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 …
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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 …
Apr 03 2024
We’ve got Names!
Thanks to everyone who participated in our naming fun-raiser, the four new Mustang mares are no longer “the palomino, the dun roan, the pinto and the dun”. Instead please welcome… Eclipse: 3yo palomino Mustang mare – with the most unusual facial coloring – from Little Colorado WY. Cinder: 3yo dun roan Mustang mare, facility born …
Apr 03 2024
New Life
I’ve decided to let naming the new Mustangs be this evening’s problem, in favor of storytime because it’s been a while, hasn’t it? With spring in the air, green grass coming up and new (wild)life soon or already coming into the world, I’m itching to get back into the still snow covered mountains soon-ish. During …
Apr 03 2024
It takes a Village
Lorena, 2yo Twin Peaks, CA Mustang filly, left with hauler Brice Bebout for her new home in MI a few days ago, just in the nick of time before another storm. I’d like to thank Tay Martin for taking care of and loving the wild ones that come through Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy to …
Apr 03 2024
Together? Or what?
Deets and Woodrow, our 5yo NV Mustang boys, an appy and a silver bay, earned their roommate privileges yesterday. They were in a pen together when we picked them up and are really good friends, zero drama and personalities that mesh well. We separated them for gentling when they got here and they’d been living …
Apr 03 2024
Easy but…
I’m going to do a little myth busting here, based on my experience. Not just mine, I know. I also appreciate if your experience has been different, this isn’t about right or wrong. These four young Mustang mares are the most recent kiddos to join our program here at Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy . …
Apr 03 2024
What’s up with… Gus?
This guy though… He’s a Golden Retriever puppy that accidentally ended up in a rather large horse’s body. He’s a coming 4yo Antelope Hills WY Mustang gelding. He does all the things and then some and is technically ready to find his person. But only technically. He was gathered as a baby and doesn’t have …
Apr 03 2024
Name the new wild ones!
We’re a few days into having these 4 lovely ladies here, it’s currently 3rd winter here, headed into 2nd spring, so everything is snowy and soggy. The new “kids” are eating, drinking and doing well. We’re starting to give them nicknames and some of them I really would prefer didn’t stick so we’re asking for …