One of the best parts of life, and this Mustang journey, is not doing it alone. Having friends and mentors to talk to, work alongside, learn from and ride with is so important. I feel incredibly grateful to have several horsewomen around me whom I respect and enjoy riding and spending time with. I’m also …
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Apr 14 2024
Breaks as Tools
*Original audio. Sound on for explanation (pardon the wind and my accent). Try to click on the video and watch full screen so you can read the text.* Tay Martin gave all the new kids a spa day after I sprayed their manes and tails. I joke about my X chromosomes not being long enough …
Apr 10 2024
Mares Update
As our snow has been turning to mud and crazy winds helped dry that some, we’ve been enjoying working with these four ladies. Eclipse, Cinder, Rapunzel and Fiadh are doing well and I feel incredible fortunate to have them. Mustangs are individuals and some take more easily to the people thing than others. These mares …
Apr 09 2024
Honor your limits
What are we looking at here? Frosty Bob’s big butt for one. Also 2 women who decided to walk 4 Mustangs – 2 from WY and 2 from CA – and 2 Shepherds for a couple of minutes to get past a scary (to us, we both don’t love narrow trails with drop offs) section …
Apr 07 2024
First ponying, “difficult” side
This was Lorena’s (2yo Twin Peaks CA Mustang filly) first time being ponied. Lorena, now Wren, has since gone home to her adopter in Michigan. I just got an update yesterday. Kiddo is doing well, turning into quite the ham, and from the sounds of it landed exactly where she needed to be. I’m happy …
Apr 07 2024
Setting the tone
“You never get a second chance to make a first impression” – Andrew Grant Some of you know I’m a counselor in my other life. I work with kiddos and sometimes with their adults. (Un)fortunately, I’m just as feral there as I am the rest of the time. I recently met with someone who had …
Apr 07 2024
This is her world, I’m just living in it
Here’s Fiadh (pronounced Fee Ah, not like the car), 2yo Twin Peaks CA Mustang filly, confronting our curtain about its audacity to blow in her face on a particularly windy afternoon. Then she walked over to me like “Did you see that???” She’d never ‘met’ the curtain before. I adore this filly. Not just because …
Apr 07 2024
Expectations
Today was the first day that really felt like spring, we even saw the first couple of butterflies on today’s ride and hardly any snow. I heard a hummingbird two days ago. Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustangs Lacy, Cedar and Griffin, and the Shepherds got to explore a new area today, with lots …
Apr 03 2024
Time for scratches
Here’s Tay Martin giving Buddy, a yearling Mustang gelding who’s been at Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy for gentling for a couple of weeks now, a good scratch. It’s funny and cute and all but the reason I’m posting it is because I think it’s important to make time for low pressure activities, things the …
Apr 03 2024
Sun snow in the high country
A big part of backcountry riding is getting up close and personal with nature and the raw elements. Yes, sometimes that means getting pretty darn cold or soaking wet, closer to moose than one would hope to, or a clueless horse sticks its nose into a hornet’s nest. Most of the time though, it’s about …