Wren was soo excited to get out to the main field today. She and Quasi are suddenly obsessed with each other and had been calling all morning after breakfast. Her cute little nickers once she got up there are so cute. And then of course Flaire wanted to join in.
Revel enjoying some love from our neighbor’s 91 year old mother today. He has only been here 7 months but is turning into such a love bug.
He still needs a sponsor! Whether a full sponsorship or a partial amount to cover his hoof trims, ($50) etc, or a few dollars on this post, any little bit helps us keep helping and sharing the magic of mustangs.
Today was hoof trim day for the herd! Can you help us cover the trim of your favorite horse here or chip in towards our bill?
Inara, Fleet, and Dorado are already covered thanks to their wonderful sponsors.
Can we get the rest covered today?
🔲 Flaire, (in this video) isn’t even two yet and got her first full trim today. We used a bit of bribery to make it a great experience and she settled down well. She’s from the same herd as Folly, just 13 years apart.
🔲Folly 👑
🔲Wren
🔲Revel
🔲Soleil
🔲Kestrel
🔲Sid
🔲Chai
🔲Seneca
🔲Quasi
🔲Pendleton
Each trim is $50, but every little bit adds up! ($550 total)
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This day was a long long time in the making. Fleet has been here a year and a half and is still the most anxious Mustang I have worked with in over a decade. I’ve watched him spook at birds in his pen so bad he ran into things or smacked his head on the wall. When he arrived he would snort nonstop anytime he saw a person, would kick if he felt too much pressure, and strike anything that touched him. We jokingly called him 50 First Dayes, but it was that way for hundreds and hundreds of training sessions. He’d progress, then regress. Lately a more curious side of him has come out, although his whole body nearly liquifie in fear still when you touch him. He is very hard to even get on the right side of and I’ve only managed some pets on that side. His first leading sessions were explosive, despite letting him drag the rope to teach himself to give to pressure. It was clear very fast that he would hurt himself before ever giving in to anything, so we used positive reinforcement and before that, the concept of a lure to at least get a baby step in the right direction. His leading is still very sticky but he is much more relaxed about it and getting a bit better with other people working with him. He has always liked my friend’s daughter and I was very proud of both of them this weekend!
We always get asked if we have mustangs for adoption, and the answer is always that they’d be available to the right forever home, since that’s the only way we can help new mustangs. Fleet is finally at a point where he would be able to go to a training-minded home where he could be worked with daily, someone who enjoys the process of training just as much as the end goal. Horses like him thrive on bonding with “their” person and with 15 mustangs here it’s hard to be that for him. But if his person never comes along, he will always have a safe place here ❤️
Dorado hasn’t been a fan of the newbies being turned out with the main herd. We’ve been trying to integrate Revel, Flaire, Wren, and Pendleton but he’s been quite a bully to the geldings. They’ve lived in a pen next to each other for a long time now and socialized through the fence, but his lead stallion mentality just doesn’t want these guys near his mares. But once upon a time, he was like this to Kestrel and now he’s his top lieutenant. Sid and him also used to have kicking battles but now tolerate each other. Last night we separated Dorado so the newbies could have a chance to hang around the main herd a little more peacefully, but they still kept to themselves for now.
Jumping ditches and water should be no problem for Revel in the future, he jumped that creek without a second thought!
The herd kicking up some dust 💛 Yesterday was Revel, Wren and Flaire’s first time with the main herd. #wildhorse #blmmustang #equine #mustanghorse #horses #wildmustang #mustang #wildtomild #wildmustangs #horse #wild #blmmustangs #animalfriends #demandthebrand #pferd #horsesofinstagram
Now that’s what you call a photo”bomb”. You can’t make this sh*t up 😆
Pendleton is still looking for his sponsor 🥺
He’s a fan favorite with a lot of the volunteers here and has transformed from so reactive he would crash into walls to a lovey boy whose big round booty gets all the hugs now. He has started wearing a saddle although that’s on hold til we find a suuuper wide one for him. Born in Cedar Mountain, Utah like many of our others here, he’s considered a roan pinto, is 6 years old, and has one blue eye and one brown.
He’d love to get a sponsor of his own or a group of people to partially sponsor his care 🙏🏻
Mares get a bad reputation but our geldings are 1000x more dramatic 😅
Fleet and Dorado were a little spicy this morning.
Turn your sound on for Fleet’s great sound effects 😆
Freya, assistant mustang tamer 😆 I think Quasi might be mentally ready for more fox hunts this year.
Folly & Friends Mustang Sanctuary is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides sanctuary to wild mustangs Our approach is multi-faceted.
