Stefanie Schaefer
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May 06 2026
Available for adoption: Valkyrie
Valkyrie is a 2yo Bordo Atravesado NM Mustang filly. She was born on range. Val string tests to 14.3hh mature height and is currently just under 14hh. She appears to be bay with ND1 (not dun 1), meaning she looks dun but genetically likely isn’t. We have not had a color test done. She’s a …
May 05 2026
Magic follows effort
Magic, when it comes to Mustangs or anything else, comes after the work, not before or instead of it. Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustang Rock is a very good boy. He’s also young, he’s seeing a lot of things for the first time still and sometimes he’s so happy to be going somewhere …
May 03 2026
Mustang Sundays?
My last post thinking out loud about offering personal development/leadership/team building workshops on the basis of horsemanship and with the help of our Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Mustangs was very well received. It’s something I’d like to start offering in the near future. I’m thinking starting on Sundays, mid-morning until mid-afternoon here in the …
Apr 17 2026
Some thoughts
I’ve been thinking about a few things I wanted to put into words. Let me know how it resonates. I’m happy to have a conversation and/or go into more detail about any of it down the road. PM if you’d like. The Mustang world was in uproar very recently, and is on an ongoing basis …
Apr 11 2026
Setting a young (draft) Mustang up for success
A few glimpses into life with Rock from Little Colorado WY. Lots of cuddles while also teaching the 16-something hh behemoth of a 5yo Mustang gelding rules and boundaries because good manners and marketable skills are life insurance for horses. Teaching him to stand stock still while ground tied so I can trim his enormous …
Apr 10 2026
Adopted: Commander
Our sweet and spicy, sassy and spunky, friendly and kind little red Stewart Creek WY Mustang gelding has been adopted and is now making New Mexico cuter. He was part of the Forever Branded partnership program and we gentled him here at Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Thank you for getting him there safely Kevin …
Apr 03 2026
A (not so) little Easter weekend surprise
This is – I promise – the last load of horses we brought home from the Cañon City BLM holding facility just before they closed. It was so sad. They had so many nice horses. Everyone there was kind to them and it showed. So many friendly ones. All of them well fed. We brought …
Apr 02 2026
Creek time with Spur
This was last summer, and Spur’s first outing with the pack saddle and (empty) canvas panniers. He’d worn it all before at home. It was also the first time he’d seen this much water, surrounded by scary willows at that. He handled it the way he handles everything: “This is horrible, I’m for sure going …
Apr 01 2026
Training without fear?
Someone made a comment recently about training without fear being important. I sat with that for a while. I disagree and let me tell you why. I’ve spent most of my life working with poorly trained backyard horses, horses with baggage, horses who’d gotten confusing messages from people about different things, dogs with a lot …
Mar 29 2026
What’s your life worth to you?
A solid horse takes hundreds of hours to make. You either put in the effort or pay someone to do it. Or you buy a good one, which is also paying someone else for having done the hard stuff and hoping it’s true. Those are your options, all equally valid. Lately it appears to have …