Finally Dunit Mustangs & Performance Horses

11/07/2025

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HORSES IN TRAINING WITH A TRAINER… 👀

You pay that hefty training bill for the month.

You look to have you horse in training as little as possible so it doesn’t break the bank.
You’re disappointed when after 30 days or 60 days or 90 days, there’s still more work to be done or the goal hasn’t been met. Worse yet, it looks good, you take the horse home and it unravels piece by piece. All that money “wasted”.

When you pay a trainer, that money isn’t paying for a result, it’s paying for someone’s skilled effort. At least for me, when someone gets unhappy that their horse “isn’t fixed yet”, or comes “untrained” after it’s been home a while, makes the task of training horses for other people, discouraging. Discouraging because the efforts are being made, usually my best efforts that are filled with compassion, determination and lots of ruminating on how to fix complex issues a horse may have. Their disappointment becomes my failure basically. I know that’s not an actual truth but it’s never rewarding when someone is disappointed due to their own expectations.

Training a horse is NOT like being a mechanic on a car. Its not a tune up, it’s not the simple replacement of a part. It’s an animal with thoughts, feelings, emotions, habits, talents, etc. You don’t just program them, tune them up or replace a faulty part and send it back good as new.

You arent paying for results to happen within your timeline, you are paying for the time it takes to reach a desired result. The more complicated the project, the bigger the investment. The more baggage a horse has, the more effort it takes to unravel the mess. The bigger the goal, the greater the investment.

People send their horses/mules to certain trainers because they want the outcome that trainer proves they can achieve. The problem is, people want that result in the shortest time frame possible because time, again, is money. It takes the time it takes to create the vision and time costs money. People who have a diy mentality, value the effort so much more when they themselves invest their own energy into a horse rather than just paying for it. I really feel that those who do it themselves, come to appreciate the efforts it takes, as they truly know the dedication and time it takes to get these horses going! They truly see at the end of the day that the cost of training is worth it with the right trainer.

Be nice to your trainers. They work hard for you and your horse! ❤️ 💯

~Unknown Author~

P.s this is in no way pointing out to any particular person, just in general something that is so very true! ❤️

10/22/2025

Two huge deals for Punchy tonight! Last night after the halter video, we had a terrible session. But before that we had had two or three great days, so that's usually how it goes. But tonight...we took our 1st walk outside of the pen! Walked all around the small paddock and up to the round pen with no mishaps at all. And, I got the right side of his mane completely untangled!!! (Only took 2 weeks lol). Yay Punchy!

10/22/2025

Punchy update.

10/18/2025

Punchy learning to tie yesterday. All the prep work had been done, but it was a tough day for him yesterday so we both got a little sweaty. Perfect time to stand tied.

10/09/2025

Punchy Day 12. Two parts, part 1 is just me yapping.

Part 1. https://youtu.be/nGO3AGBMIv0?si=QrWFg4bScat8JUlt

Part 2.
https://youtu.be/QASbVsf6Jtg?si=jt1_ZsthTad2lscm

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10/07/2025

The Cost of Entry

The cost of entry into becoming a good horseman, is discomfort.

Learning is not supposed to feel easy. When someone is teaching you, especially in horsemanship, it’s going to challenge you. You’ll feel awkward. Unsure. Maybe even frustrated. That’s part of the process.

Because horse training isn’t something you can memorize or “figure out” through words alone. You can’t study enough in a book to master technique.
It takes feel, and feel can only be developed through time, mistakes, and experience.

Every great hand you admire once sat right where you are: fumbling through timing, missing moments, questioning themselves. But they kept showing up. They stayed open. They let the horse and the work shape them. And most of us are still reaching, still pressing to learn more, do better, and putting ourselves in the awkward learning stage.

If you want to be a good horseman, you have to be willing to pay the price, and that price is being uncomfortable learning but still showing up anyways.

10/06/2025

Today's haltering.

10/05/2025

1st time haltering casually for a 1st session (took it off before shift)

10/04/2025

This is last night's session with Punchy...it took forever to load! If y'all see a YouTube video, you know it's a long session!

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10/01/2025

1st of all, this comment has nothing to do with what political party you prefer, and I won't allow comments that follow that topic. Just saying, that the current situation(s) with the government are REALLY JACKING WITH WILD HORSE ADOPTIONS.

1st: They canceled all the eastern state deliveries a DAY BEFORE the last internet adoption because of government budget cuts. All of us eastern trainers and adopters are having to use desperate measures to get horses to us IF WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO SPARE.

2nd: Here are screen shots from TODAY showing the results of the government shutdown. The Alabama event was one of the last of the year - that the eastern states were depending on because they couldn't get horses delivered from the internet auction.

3rd: It's not just the BLM who's affected. The USDA is also federal government, and the Devil's Garden corrals are in the middle of a gather!

The future truly is grim for the adoption of wild horses.

09/30/2025

Day 4 with big man