Charmeon ā Adopted!
Congratulations to Peter and Helen J. of Port Orchards, WA on their adoption of Charmeon! Char will be Peterās trail horse. Peter has been a course designer for the ACTHA and now he is thrilled to finally have a horse to compete with, as well as to ride with hisā¦
Aiden Update ā June 4, 2011
I went up last weekend to visit Aiden and took some video and some photos. If you missed the video clips I posted on Facebook last weekend, here they are: Also, here are some photos. You will see the lovely Delilah as his lead horse in several of the photos. Sheā¦
I have a secret
The man who scrapes my feet came this week. Heās a very nice man who never tries to sit on me, but sometimes we play a game. He takes my foot and pulls it to the front and then I try to take it back. The scraping man does not like to lose this game, and when I win tooā¦
June Volunteer of the Month: Chelsea Braswell
Choosing this monthās Volunteer of the Month was easy! Chelsey Braswell has only been with us for a few months, but sheās made a big impact in a short amount of time. Her dedication and enthusiasm, along with her genuine love and affection for the horses makes her theā¦
Mr Pibb ā May 31, 2011
Hereās some photos of Mr. Pibb taken today by one of our volunteers, Brooke. She reports that he is in love with his pasture buddy (also a gelding). They have to bring him in at night to eat his mush (because otherwise his pasture buddy will eat it all), and heā¦
Career change
My mom went somewhere today to see some people sit on white horses. (Editors note: Honeycutt is referring to the Lipizzaner Stallion performance that took place today.) I was not impressed until she told me about the horse that bucked. This horse was a fine, fineā¦
Aiden Training Update
Quick update on Aiden, who has now been in training for one month. He is progressing well, albeit a bit slowly at first. He got kicked by another horse right after he arrived so he got a delayed start while that healed, and then he turned out to be a bit of a broncā¦
Romeo Update
Dr. Hannah called me tonight to let me know that she developed the xrays and they confirmed what we suspectedā¦Romeo has suffered further catastrophic injury to his leg. It was helpful to be able to compare the xrays to the previous ones we took, while the leg wasā¦
Unforgettable Anakin, Part 1
For us, Anakinās story began early Monday morning, with an email asking for our help. It was from a woman in Winlock WA who wanted to know if SAFE had room to take in an emaciated Thoroughbred gelding. He had been rescued a few days earlier by her young boarder, andā¦
The Older Horse ā a commentary by SAFE President Kyle Putnam
āOld horses have a place in this world and it deeply saddens me that people canāt give them the retirements they deserve.ā My Operations Director, Terry Phelps, wrote this in response to assistance we were working to provide through our Community Outreach services.ā¦
November Volunteer of the Month: Tiffany Lindan!
Congratulations and thank you to our November volunteer of the Month, Tiffany! Tiffany has been volunteering with SAFE for almost 2 years. She started as a special events volunteer but quickly became much much more. Tiffany has been directly involved in coordinatingā¦
Khianna: Training Update
Volunteer Rider Erika fills us in on her work with Khianna this past month: āRecently, I started working with Khianna, a sweet, beautiful mare. Though she is a bit wary of new things, and still thinks the flag might eat her, our time working together has helped herā¦
Finn Gets a Photo Shoot
This fall Finn got a visit from one of his favorite volunteer friends Jessica. She took some beautiful photos of him and his foster mom Carrie. What a pretty boy he is! Thank you Jessica for visiting him and taking these pretty photos! You can see how much Carrieā¦
A photography session with Marta and Shay
Recently, Jessica, a volunteer and foster committee member, spent the morning with Marta, Shay and their foster mom Eileen Carol. Eileen also volunteers as SAFEās Foster Coordinator. I asked Jessica to tell me a little bit about her recent visit. Here are the kindā¦
