Lacy, my first branded Mustang, first TIP horse, first gaited horse I’ve ever owned, and the best horse I’ve had in my life yet, turned 9 on Sunday. We know that because she was born in holding in Cañon City to a Divide Basin, WY Mustang mare. I’m not the kind to bring my animals …
Category: Stefanie’s Notebook
Apr 03 2024
Unpacking
There’s always been more than one meaning to the word ‘unpacking’ and our time at the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo certainly has left me with a lot to unpack, more than just training tools, winter boots and clothes. The mares (DG Cedar went instead of Griffin at the last minute), Shepherds and I left for …
Apr 03 2024
Adding Value
The Shepherds and I made it home midday yesterday from our little adventure. We came back to a winter wonderland and more snow still falling. I got some work done and a ride in before dark, that’s what you see here. In other news, we finally decided who’s going to The Mustang Summit at the …
Apr 03 2024
Some thoughts while snowed in…
I was going to post a video this morning, that was before I got snowed in while having dinner at my friends’ house. We went from no snow before it got dark to 6+in when we looked outside a few hours later, some miles into narrow windy mountain dirt roads that don’t get plowed by …
Apr 03 2024
An ounce of prevention…
I recently read somewhere on social media – and I wish I could remember where – that the best way to fix a bad habit in a horse is to not let it develop on the first place. That’s so simple, yet at the same time so profound. I’ve seen so many horses revert back …
Mar 04 2024
Do the Thing
Nothing super profound here today, just a couple of clips from a ride I really enjoyed and a song that speaks to me, Ride Away by Matt Robertson Music I do have an education and I could be sitting in a warm office all day, coffee in hand, saying some version of “And is that …
Feb 27 2024
New Mustangs Update
The 4 wild ones we picked up last week from the Cañon City BLM Wild Horse & Burro Program holding facility , Gus aka Gus the bus, Lorena, Deets and Woodrow, now have 4 sessions under their belt. They halter and lead, we’ve started tying them and Gus and Lorena have started on picking up …
Feb 27 2024
The Sensitive Horse
People like all kinds of different horses, all for their own reasons. They all will make us better humans and horsemen and -women if we let them. I’m fortunate to have a lot of horses – all Mustangs now – in my life, many only for a short time on their path to hopefully becoming …
Feb 27 2024
The DG Kids
It’s been so much fun watching our youngest Ambassador Mustangs DG Cedar (filly, coming 2yo) and DG Griffin (colt, not quite 1yo) grow up and their personalities develop. They came to Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy last year from the Double Devil Wild Horse Corrals in California. I’d never before owned a horse this young. …
Feb 27 2024
The Hook on a Stick
In the caption on a recent video I suggested not putting anything on the horse when you don’t have a plan for how you’re going to remove it. Here’s how I remove the ring rope aka neck rope as well as put on and remove the leg rope in the early stages of gentling: The …