by Lily Leitkowski | Jul 29, 2025 | Trinket
With only a handful of rides, Trinket is coming along great. We are keeping things short and sweet (just like Trinket herself) but this smart little mare is a fast learner! She is quickly getting the hang of coming up and down through the gaits on a feel, and recently...
by Lily Leitkowski | Jul 28, 2025 | SAFE at Home Stories
At SAFE, we are proud to help horses in need find safe and loving homes. But a lot of what we do happens behind the scenes, conversations, consultations, and quiet moments spent helping people figure out what kind of horse (or donkey!) is truly the right fit...
by Lily Leitkowski | Jul 26, 2025 | Cleopatra, Deja Vu
Having a community of trustworthy organizations in our network that can call on us for support — and vice versa — helps us to help more horses, not to mention each other. In exchange for taking Hayden into our program, Care Fur Life took in not just one, but two of...
by Lily Leitkowski | Jul 24, 2025 | Eda
Eda was the first of the Valentine herd to wear a saddle, after making her way through our groundwork checklist swiftly and without a lot of trouble. Her first time being cinched up was, as you can see, pretty mellow. But mellow is more or less par for the course with...
by Lily Leitkowski | Jul 18, 2025 | Quincy, Thistledown
SAFE’s promise to our alumni is that they will be safe, forever. Quincy’s adopter’s life circumstances had changed, and in the long term she would be unable to support Quincy and his herdmate, Thistledown. She asked for our help to rehome them — an incredibly...
by Lily Leitkowski | Jul 17, 2025 | Alvaro
Alvaro’s ball was temporarily lost, but this week it made a reappearance, much to his delight. This guy is perfecting his technique ahead of the world cup, running drills every day now. His athleticism is something else, and his energy supply never seems to end. He’s...
by Lily Leitkowski | Jul 15, 2025 | Hayden, Tiva
The last time Tiva saw her filly, Hayden, was when she was weaned from her. The pair had been living in a stall, and when Hayden left for her fresh start at Care Fur Life, we did not anticipate that the pair would ever be in the same space again. But life moves in...
by Lily Leitkowski | Jul 14, 2025 | Inky
When a cute guy like Inky comes through SAFE, we know that he won’t stick around for long. His petite stature coupled with his sweet personality made Inky a hot ticket item — as soon as he got up to date on his vet and farrier and passed his intake quarantine, the...
by Cathy Olson | Jul 13, 2025 | Harley Star
Elouise and Harley continue to do horse agility and compete through the International Agility club and have been doing very well at competitions. Harley and Elouise are definitely a very bonded team. Elouise is now learning to ride but is using another horse...
by Lily Leitkowski | Jul 11, 2025 | Edward
Back in 2021, Edward arrived at SAFE alongside his friends Jacob and Esme. The trio had been adopted from an orphan foal rescue by a family that was not equipped to care for them. On intake, Edward was suffering from equine asthma, and as a result was incredibly thin....
