After the sunset walk with Spur, join us for a sunrise ride with our Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustangs and two greenies, Juniper and Rock! More info in video!
Ponying is one great training tool among others that I like to use as we work towards riding or packing. I start once a Mustang is fairly comfortable with being approached, handled as well as with leading and lunging at all gaits from the ground.
We start in a small round pen, then venture out to larger, safely fenced areas and navigate some obstacles. Once that works well, we go out, still on a fenced property. After that, the world is our canvas and we go exploring for real. First close-by, then we trailer out.
This is the first bigger ponying adventure for Rock, and one of the first and likely the longest and most intense for Tay Martin ‘s DG Juniper whom she adopted from us as a weanling and has done a great job with.
Questions, input, your own ponying experiences? We’d love to hear about it in the comments!
On another note…
I want to profusely thank everyone who has contributed to or shared our Giving Tuesday fundraiser and sent items from our wishlists. You all are amazing and we couldn’t do this work without you!
If it takes me a bit longer to get back to you, I’m prioritizing sleep for the first time since high school. I’ve never been a partier, but I’ve always thought that if I needed my body to work and study, rest for 3-4h and then start all over again, it should do that and not complain.
Well, I’ve recently discovered that it’s not actually supposed to work that way and no longer does, darn it. I’m trying to do better so I can keep the engine running smoothly while helping Mustangs and doing other life things besides gentling wild horses and posting about them online. Thank you for understanding 
Next Tuesday is #ColoradoGivesDay2024 . It’s beyond me why all these big giving days are so close together AND to the holidays but here we are. We will be posting another fundraiser to benefit the wildies we gentle and find wonderful homes for then. In the meantime, there is still time to contribute to our #GivingTuesday fundraiser that goes towards covering the next load of hay for the Mustangs!
https://www.facebook.com/donate/942059687818995
We appreciate all of you so much. Thank you for supporting our nonprofit organization’s mission and for the great community we’re building here! 
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