In between posting our adoptable Mustangs, sharing the Ambassador Mustangs’ adventures and offering hopefully helpful thoughts on training Mustangs, I’d like to also highlight our adopted “kids” and their new humans.

DG Elanor moved to Michigan earlier this week, the first of our most recent group of Devil’s Garden Mustangs from the Double Devil Wild Horse Corrals to find her human.

Read through the screenshots after the photos of the adorable little lady to see why we do what we do and why it’s worth all the hard work in the end.

Elanor is a beautiful, opinionated, brave, smart and athletic yearling filly and we’re so excited for her and her adopter!

It takes a village to run a nonprofit organization and to make these things happen.

Many thanks to all of you for sharing, liking and commenting, donating, volunteering, buying merch, scheduling coaching sessions, sending Mustangs to Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy for training and otherwise showing up in many ways.

Thank you Tay for all your hard work and for loving and helping with these guys to make the transition into their new homes easier for them, Jennifer for the much needed mom voice, Danielle for taking such good care of the website,

Kelsey for processing our adoption applications,

Charlea Johnston for making the reassignment happen,

Rocky Top Veterinary Service for doing all of our health certs,

CK Hoof Care CBT, APF-I for the best first trims,

Colorado Horse Hay for keeping us in hay,

Rowdy’s Ropes for all the lovely training halters and ropes,

Karyn Tessman Miller for the Knotty Horse detangler products that help us make the wild ones more comfortable and beautiful,

Patty Latham and Jim Latham Jr. for your continued support, friendship and guidance,

Marina Carr for making sure the math maths,

and Laurie Schroeder Healy and Brian Healy for giving us a home and a place to operate.

We currently have 14 (possibly 13 as of this evening, fingers crossed) amazing wild ones looking for humans of

their own. Please go check them out at w i l d h o r s e o u t r e a c h . o r g

If you’d like to support us and help the Mustangs in a direct and tangible way, take a look at our Amazon wishlist in the comments.

Summer is here and so are the flies. If you’d like to send the wildies a fly control care package, they and we would appreciate it so much. The cattle tags are approved for horses and for braiding into manes, nobody’s getting their ears pierced

Happy trails little El(e)anor!

Thank you again to all of you for making outcomes like this possible, including all of our wonderful haulers and our ever feisty brand inspector, and various not previously mentioned friends who offer advice and encouragement and lend a helping hand when needed!

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Next in our “Adopt Me” showcase is red roan Devil’s Garden Mustang yearling gelding DG Pippin.

Pippin is brave and kind with enough spice and sass to keep things interesting. He is a handsome, energetic little guy with a big personality. He’s cute now and he’s going to be one seriously handsome boy once he grows into himself.

He had a rough start in life, was orphaned and is here with us today only thanks to the diligent care of the Double Devil Wild Horse Corrals staff.

They say dynamite comes in small packages. This adorable redhead currently measures 12hh and string tests to 14hh. If you – like me – like being able to see the ground from the back of your horse and to duck under branches rather than going around them, he’ll be perfect for you when he’s old enough.

He does all the important baby things: Halter and lead, load, cross obstacles, pick up feet, stand for grooming. He weirdly loves to be fly and detangler sprayed. Pippin also yields shoulders and hindquarters and understands the basics of lunging.

He sends over obstacles and is super brave when we go for walks outside of the pens. He’s been good with the dogs running and playing all around us.

Pippin is a fun, bright young horse and would like to find an adventure buddy who will continue his education in an age appropriate manner and do all the fun things with him while also continuing to set boundaries. He enjoys attention and getting fussed over as much as he does exploring and moving his feet.

I love his facial expressions that vary from kind to mischief and he’s probably the only horse I’ve ever met that can smirk. Look through the photos to see for yourself.

We have Karyn Tessman Miller to thank for the Knotty Horse detangler products and Rowdy’s Ropes for the adorable yearling halter and lead rope.

He is available for adoption through Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy in Guffey, CO. You can find our adoption application at w i l d h o r s e o u t r e a c h . o r g

We’re happy to answer questions via PM or email. Comments can get lost, please use the above means to contact us.

We appreciate you continuing to share, like and comment on our adoptable Mustangs posts, it makes a huge difference for finding them great homes. Thank you and let’s show up for Pippin too!

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Where are our pony people at?

This little jelly bean comes in the flavor “sweet & spicy”.

She’s the coolest, hairiest, friendliest tri-colored pinto Ponystang we’ve ever met.

Rapunzel is a 3yo Mustang mare, facility born to a Stewart Creek WY mare. She’s fun sized at currently 13.2hh and string tests to 13.3hh with about 18hh worth of personality.

She’s looking for an individual – smaller adult or handy youngster with guidance – or family where she can be an adventure buddy, best friend, show pony and just her whirlwind self.

She’s curious, brave and affectionate, good with strangers, other horses, dogs, loves to be scratched and groomed and go on adventures.

She’s easy to catch, leads, loads, ties, lunges, crosses obstacles, moves hips and shoulders, stands for spraying and is good with her feet.

She’s located in Guffey, Colorado at Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy , a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping wild horses successfully transition from holding pens to loving homes.

We have a list of reputable haulers available.

Please PM or email us if you’re interested in adopting this little lady with a huge heart.

We have Karyn Tessman Miller to thank for the Knotty Horse products we use, hands down the best detangler on the market. They smell amazing, are good for our horses’ hair and keep fairy knots at bay much longer than others.

Thank you to Agape Natural Nutrition for Horses & Livestock for sponsoring EquiPride for this girl to promote gut and overall health.

And of course thank you to Rowdy’s Ropes who makes all of our rope halters, lead ropes, lunge lines, ground driving lines and loop reins.

Last and most importantly thank you to all of you for your support!

Please share far and wide, like and comment on our adoptable Mustangs posts to get these guys seen and help them find the ideal home

PS: The last pic shows a cute little pony sass blooper

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*This week we’re going to showcase our adoptable Mustangs, starting with the ones that are ready to find their humans.

Tay Martin and I are taking current photos and videos of everyone now that they’re shed out – short of some babies who apparently identify as llamas – and (knock on wood) mud free.

I’m going to be posting photos and/or videos, feel free to request more info, ideally via PM or email.*

We’ll start with Eclipse, our golden girl with a dun factor (she’s been color tested).

Eclipse is a 3yo mare, facility born to a Stewart Creek WY Mustang mare. She currently stands 14.1hh tall and string tests to between 14.2 and 14.3hh mature height. Eclipse is stout and Quarter Horse type in both mind and body.

She’s easy to catch, an easy keeper, and a joy to work with. Eclipse is calm, brave and willing and doesn’t regress if she has a few days off. She is good with new people.

She stands for spraying and grooming, is good with her feet, ties, leads and loads, lunges, crosses obstacles, wears a saddle and bridle, has been ponied and enjoys going for walks.

She’s easy to get along with, ready to start under saddle and would make a good first Mustang.

Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Guffey, Colorado.

Our adoption s vary based on the horse, their age, size, conformation, temperament and level of training.

Adoption s are what keeps the program running and enables us to continue adopting, caring for and training wild ones to place into suitable homes.

Our goal is to match Mustangs and adopters in such a way that sets both up for long term success and joy.

We have a list of reputable haulers available.

Sharing these adoption posts far and wide, liking and commenting helps these guys get seen and find their person. Thank you so much, as always, for your support!

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I wasn’t expecting the outpouring of love and support you all sent following the post about Cedar.

This is a photo from last night’s sunset ride with Lacy, Gus and the Shepherds.

Thinking Cedar is running in those storm clouds made me smile.

Here’s part of a comment on Cedar’s post that I hope will stick with me and that might bring joy to some of you:

“We will listen for her hoof beats in the thunder as the wild ones bring in the storms.”

Back to regularly scheduled programming tomorrow. I have lots of fun pictures and videos to share. For right now I’m still pretty tired and tongue-tied.

Thank you all again for all the love and for your patience and understanding as I’ve been online less these past several days.

Stefanie & all the Mustangs at Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy

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The short version is, we said goodbye to one of our Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustangs, 2yo DG Cedar, yesterday. We being Gus and Lacy, Tiny, Echo, Griffin, Tay Martin and I.

She spent her last day out grazing and running with her friends, thanks to pain meds and a boot, something that her treatment protocol would have never allowed.

She squealed at Taylor one more time and watched one last mountain sunset over the rim of a bucket full of grain.

We wanted to give her the best last day she could have, and I believe we accomplished that.

She was a Mustang with a personality larger than life, more fire than I’d ever seen in a horse, and more intensity than what her body could hold up to.

She ran, played, loved and tormented (usually Taylor or Lacy) for everything she was worth.

She hated every day of being penned up, was lame and obviously in pain. With poor odds for a full recovery we opted not to put her through that for the year or longer it would have taken to see this through.

It’s not just quantity of life that counts, quality matters too. Cedar would have never been happy with anything that wasn’t full throttle, all out, 100% freedom, strength and speed.

Life as a light riding horse or with restricted movement for her safety was no option for her. Nor was being a companion horse or pasture puff. It wasn’t who she was and it wouldn’t have been fair.

Cedar had a coffin bone fracture that involved the joint, P2 (the bone above it) was also fractured and possibly the navicular bone as well.

Several of you asked how the injury occurred. Cedar came in lame from pasture one day and the best guess we have based on what one of the vets suggested is that she was running and hit a rock just wrong with the front of the right hind that would have been in the air at the time.

I cried my eyes out last night, or my brain through my nose as I put it to Taylor so poetically. I’m normally the one who hands people cry towels. Yesterday I was on the receiving end.

I loved that little horse and sometimes loving means letting go.

See you on the other side Cedar, I’m thankful for the chance to know you

Thanks to your support we were able to cover her vet bills and even had a bit left over for hay. Thank you to all who sent their love in one way or another.

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The hardest part of this work is falling in love and letting go over and over again.

We try to get to know and care for each Mustang we gentle the best we can, give them a solid foundation, love them while they’re here and find them just the right situation and home.

The 4 new Wyoming boys are doing well (2nd and 3rd pic are of the same horse, believe it or not).

We’d still like a few more name suggestions before we do the draw. The way it works is to donate $5 per name and comment your name under the photo/post.

Funds raised help with hay cost, hands down our biggest expense. Some horses are only here for a few weeks. Others need extra time to be ready and to find their human.

Use the donate button in this post; other ways to help in comments/link in bio.

This time Tay Martin and I are going to play too and donate for our name ideas:

Nemo for the pinto with the fish eye (she calls him Fish and I just can’t ),

Rusty for the big sorrel that looks and acts just like Gus. Taylor really wants them to be Rus and Gus,

Ghost for the grey because many years ago I knew a kind young grey gelding that got sold after I changed jobs. I’ve wondered what happened to that little guy ever since. This boy with his soft eyes reminds me of him.

Pancho for the bay roan pinto because he’s a free spirit and a bit of a bandit with a big heart.

All are available for adoption through Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy , a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Guffey, Colorado. Hauling can be arranged.

PM us if you’re interested in adopting or if you are adopting a wild one you’d like us to gentle.

Please play, comment, like and share, many small actions add up to make a big difference.

Thank you!

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2yo Twin Peaks CA Mustang filly Echo, the newest addition to our Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustang herd, has taken to ground driving with the same ease as everything else I’ve introduced her to so far.

Ground driving is excellent riding prep, her next steps are ground driving outside of the pen, getting used to the light and then the work harness, dragging the tire and stoneboat.

I use ground driving to prevent buddy sourness and to give the horse confidence in going places with just me, traveling out front and taking guidance from the human behind her.

Horses that pony, pack and ground drive comfortably should ride off without a hitch when the time comes.

There are several steps that came before this one. Ground driving is a process, not an event.

I ground drive all young horses before I ride them, and I like having at least one Mustang around that knows more and likes working in harness for when the opportunity to go sledding or drag some logs arises.

Ever wanted to drive a Mustang? Totally worth it and so much fun!

Interested in ground driving lessons? Let me know! I grew up riding and driving in Europe. Driving is still near and dear to my heart.

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You might have read or heard that Steve Mantle from Mantle Ranch in WY was here last week, working with me and the Mustangs here at Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy

(WHOA).

Steve has been training Mustangs for 25 years, does demos at Cheyenne Frontier Days every year, helps get the Meeker Mustang Makeover trainers off to a good start, and teaches ‘back on track’ clinics to bring wildies and their adopters on the same page.

My objectives were to learn more about working wild horses from horseback, get comfortable using our chute, get tips on how to improve our gentling program and to work on my riding.

We worked on all of that and more, and talked about horses and life until dark every night.

My main takeaways? “Pet ’em more”, “Wait”, teach them to “follow the feel” and to raise my expectations.

Steve manages to be gentle and firm, patient without being permissive all at the same time. He visualizes the desired outcome and has the tools to get there. He teaches humans and horses in the same quiet and easy-going manner.

It was a fun week building on what we learned from Mustang Matt when he was here 2 years ago around this time. And yes, I’m wearing Gus’s tail as a scarf because having fun isn’t optional and Gus is cool

I’m already applying what I’ve learned and am so excited to continue to do so, to see the outcomes and to pass it all along to our adopters and clients also.

If you’d like to learn from us, are looking to adopt a gentled Mustang or for someone to gentle the wild horse you’re planning to adopt, we’re here to help.

PM or email us with your thoughts and questions, we look forward to hearing from you.

WHOA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Guffey, CO. We work with amazing haulers if someone needs a Mustang transported to or from here.

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Lacy, Echo and DG Griffin, are all working on different, developmentally appropriate things.

Lacy and I had a lesson with Steve Mantle at a neighbor’s arena. We focused on improving our left lead, softness, stops and bending. We got several great pointers and exercises to work on.

We may feel most at home on the trail but having her be balanced and responsive is important for her health and our safety.

I did some untracking, directional and speed control exercises in the round pen with Echo. We’ll start ground driving next. We also took a walk together, away from the other horses, because buddy sourness is no bueno, for anyone involved.

I want her to learn to feel just as comfortable in my company as she does being with her herd. That requires work, time and continued practice.

Little Griffin worked on being left behind, safely on the patience post. He’s learned to go on walks with me without worrying too much about where his friends are. Being able to feel ok all by himself doesn’t come naturally to most horses, so we practice that too.

Many of you have been asking about Cedar. She’s in EasyCare hoof boots on both hind feet and back in her pen. She’s doing as well as one could hope for given her diagnosis.

It’s been an emotional rollercoaster trying to figure out a way forward in the face of several different opinions, prognoses and treatment approaches.

The obvious is that yes, it’s an articular fracture, meaning it involves the joint above the fractured coffin bone and P2 is fractured as well but not dislocated. The outlook is less than great, less than good even. I’ve heard everything from “dead horse walking” to “we’ve had some success with these types of injuries” multiple times.

We’d be looking at 12+ months of therapeutic shoeing and rest, possibly a cast, likely PRP, pain management, regular x-rays. She’s supposed to see the vet again on Tuesday to rule out infection in the joint as that would most likely be a deal breaker.

Lots to figure out, we’re taking it one step at a time. Cedar and I and all of us at Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy are so grateful for the support you guys have shown, both through donations, hands on help, advice and so many encouraging and caring messages.

Tiny is alive and well and doing a great job looking after Echo and Griffin. He still fancies himself a band stallion, until it’s time for food and cuddles anyway.

Many thanks to Karyn Tessman Miller for the Best Ever Pad (it’s really been the best pad I’ve ever had and it made a believer out of Steve too; contact her directly to order yours) and to Rowdy’s Ropes for the loop reins with cowboy quick connects as well as the training halters and lead ropes. They see long days, real work and lots of mud here. I wash them when they need it and I get years and years of use out of them.

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