Stefanie Skidmore
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Jan 15 2025
Adopted!
Beautiful Tillie, coming 3yo Twin Peaks CA Mustang filly, nuzzled and side – eyed her way into her new human’s heart this past frigid Sunday morning. We’re so beyond happy for her! She’ll be staying with Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy for another month of additional training to get her to where her adopter wants …
Jan 12 2025
Thank you and please
“We don’t usually do this, but…” is not how I’ve begun any other post before, but here we are. *Before I let the out of the , I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for several very generous and unexpected year end donations, for our recurring donors and for everyone who took some of their …
Jan 10 2025
Rockstar
Credit for that hilarious play on “words” goes to Tay Martin . And to Rock because he really was a rock star at the New Year’s ride. Something like 88 riders and drivers came together to start 2025 on the right “hoof”. The weather was gorgeous, and the greenies, Taylor’s DG Juniper and Wild Horse …
Jan 07 2025
Be the change
I’m back. Happy New Year a week into 2025! Thank you to everyone who messaged me to check in and ask for proof of life. My mind has felt the way Rock’s face looks in the pic. I caught him mid-itch as he was scratching his head on Lacy’s saddle horn. I put myself in …
Dec 26 2024
Rock’s Christmas gift
Rock, 3yo Mustang gelding from Little Colorado, WY got the ultimate Christmas present yesterday: His first ever pasture turn out. To me that’s one of the biggest steps, right up there with the first touch, the first time leading out of the pens, the first trip off property and the first ride: Giving them a …
Dec 24 2024
Finding peace
One of the late Zig Ziglar’s famous quotes is “Everything in life is either a blessing or a lesson.” That’s something I try to live by. Be thankful for the good and learn from the rest. And in turn be thankful for the lessons too, hard earned as they may be. For years I’d go …
Dec 23 2024
Chip (?) progress
I figured you’d enjoy seeing more pivotal moments in early gentling up close. Chip (name attempt #3, we’ll see if this one is the charm), is our newest student. He’s a handsome 3yo West Douglas Creek CO Mustang gelding. His adopters sent him to Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy to learn the basics and set …
Dec 19 2024
Riding fence
The Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustangs are getting ready to move to a new winter pasture, which means dealing with potential hazards, making sure gates are closed and fences intact. I almost didn’t ride the fenceline this time. I’d checked parts of it recently on horseback and drove by another section just a …
Dec 18 2024
First touch and early sessions
Our newest friend – the name situation is still under construction – is learning all the bare bones gentling basics. This 3yo bay Mustang gelding from West Douglas Creek, CO came to Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy last Friday for gentling. He has a home His adopters entrusted him to us, a responsibility we take …
Dec 17 2024
Dreaming of adventures
Tay Martin and I have been packing and shipping Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacycalendars all over the US and to Europe. Thank you all so much for supporting what we do! I love the images we selected for the 2025 calendars. Our Ambassador Mustangs, the two second hand German Shepherds and this beautiful state are …