Stefanie Schaefer
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Jul 31 2026
Thinking out loud
You know what I’d like to see change? The nonsense. Every day I dare linger on social media – I usually post (after giving myself a 3 to 10 days long pep talk) and run away screaming – there’s someone who puts a lot of effort into their posts saying they can’t take the hate …
Jul 30 2026
The short bus kids
These 4 boys arrived at Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy last year and started training. They were making progress but it wasn’t smooth and it wasn’t very much fun, not for them and not for me either. Not every Mustang is especially excited to start school and I accept that. However, having to trudge through …
Jul 27 2026
Appaloosa Mustang gelding Apollo seeking human
Apollo is a 7yo Pine Nut Mountains NV Mustang gelding we gentled and placed through Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy in early 2024. Apollo stands 14.2hh tall and is stout. Apollo is well started under saddle, honest and sane. He may not yet have “been there, done that” all but both his owner and his …
Jul 22 2026
On the trail with Rock
5yo 16hh Little Colorado WY Mustang gelding Rock, one of the Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustangs, has quite a few trail miles under his belt now. Yes, he has great ears and he’s SO happy, all the time. What he hasn’t had is consistently the same rider so I’ve been making it a …
Jul 17 2026
Available for adoption: Casita
Casita is a beautiful, smart and friendly 2yo grey Bordo Atravesado NM Mustang filly. Last measured at 13.2hh and still growing, she string tests to 14.1hh mature height. If you’re looking for your first Mustang or a smaller horse that’s confident, consistent and meets you at the gate eager for attention and adventures, that’s Casita. …
Jul 08 2026
A good horse
The older I get, and as someone who gets to play with horses for fun at the end of the day when I’m tired from working with still mostly wild training horses and being present for more or less dysregulated people (I’m a counselor in my other life), the more I appreciate a good horse …
Jul 04 2026
Chaos in red, white and blue
Chaos is the first red, white and blue Mustang we’ve gentled at Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy . Not kidding, look closely. This beautiful 6yo sorrel rabicano Mustang mare with one partially blue eye is celebrating 4th of July with her very own family. She was adopted back in June and went home early this …
Jul 02 2026
All aboard the school bus
With Spur having gone home, the Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustang herd is once again down to 4: Lacy (“the princess”) – 11yo dun Divide Basin WY Mustang mare Rock (“Rockypoo”) – 5yo pangare bay Little Colorado WY Mustang gelding Firefly – (“the fly”) – 3yo buckskin Bible Springs UT Mustang mare Goose …
Jun 22 2026
Plot twist
Earlier this month our sweet, big and quirky bay roan Stewart Creek WY Mustang gelding Spur left with his new human, or so we thought. Greg had come out a couple of weeks prior all the way from Wickham Ranch in Indiana to pick up Bordo Atravesado NM Mustang filly Valkyrie, adopted by his wife …
Jun 12 2026
Wimpy girl broke
I like to ride a nice horse. I can’t afford to buy nice horses, so my options are either riding questionable horses or making nice ones. I prefer the latter. I like to go on sometimes hair raising adventures in the mountains, ride alone, gallop bareback through the dark and snow and go on backcountry …