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08/16/2024

Last week I was finally able to switch out Fin’s cut dragline for a new and actually useful one. Now that we have a little control of his feet we’re making much faster progress with him. He is still a sensitive c**t so I’m being careful not to push him over his threshold, but it’s nice to be able to inch my way further back without him taking off the millisecond that he gets even a smidge uncomfortable. 😅 Another perk to the dragline is that we were finally able to get started on giving to halter pressure and started on leading. Though all those days we spent basically ropeless gave us lots of time to practice coming to a whistle, a bit of a silver lining to the otherwise very inconvenient setback.

Fin is still easily overwhelmed by touch, so I needed to find other things to work on while we built up some confidence and trust between us. And since his foot is still a bit tender I also needed to limit movement during our lessons as much as possible. The solution for him was to get an early start on learning to smile. Turns out this kid is going to take to trick training like a duck to water. 😂 This video was maybe his third lesson on smile and he’s already pretty much figured it out. This horse is ridiculously smart and going to be so much fun to work with once he’s gentled. He’s also finally figured out the cue “go to your room”, and more importantly he also now walks calmly when he puts himself away at the end of our lessons.

08/12/2024

Shortly after Gremlin’s previous video was taken she managed to slip her halter off, and as it turned out she wasn’t nearly as confident as she had led us to believe. Without the halter Gremlin, now named Valkyrie, was in fact much more honest about her opinions on being anywhere near people. We went from leaning into and melting for good neck scratches to not even being able to get near her for several days. So we basically got to start over with her as though she were completely untouched. Can’t say that I loved that.

We spent several days where we had to build up to just touching her again. In that time gap we filled we filled our lessons with some very easy Liberty work. She had a pretty good start on coming to my whistle at this point but backing was still not an easy task for her. And even now is still shaky at best. She’s a very forward girl and going in reverse just does not come naturally to her.

Once I could get my hands on her again we went through a fun phase where she would allow touch, but tried nipping whenever I went past the front of her face. She still seems unhappy with her cheeks touched, and is especially unenthusiastic about her lips being handled, which is not super surprising with the scar she has there. It might just be a coincidence but we may need to have a vet to take a look at her once she’s tamed down.

The reaction kyrie had to her tag being touched was pretty surprising since we had been playing with it previously without any issues both before and after her halter was off. I believe she was still not as confident as she liked to pretend she was. After the spook we had to go back to just working on getting her trust again for the rest of this session. Two steps forward and one step back.

Once we were at least back where we had started I introduced her to switching hands. The video shows just how sensitive these mustangs are to even the slightest changes in our bodies. She was given a positive introduction to the change and switched back to the hand Kyrie was familiar with before finding a place to end her lesson for the night.

08/09/2024

Beezy was long past due for his trim, so I figured why not also turn it into a mini desensitizing day for the new mustangs? You can see Serafin in the background of the videos, he was less than thrilled at the start and stayed as far away from us as he could get. After a few minutes he got brave enough to creep up to his stall door and watch from there. I think he was hoping it would open on its own so he could hide from the scary grinder. 😂

By the time I switched to Beezy’s other side Fin had started to relax and creeped closer, and then closer, and then even closer. He seemed pretty fascinated that Beezy was just letting me hang all over him and use the grinder on his feet without a care in the world. It definitely brought out a bit of curiosity in Fin and gave him something to think about.

08/06/2024

Very late but here is an older update on our lil panel crashing friend. This video was from his second week here, and as expected this guy was slow to come around. We spent our first two weeks just working on him allowing me to approach without taking off and running into walls. Because of his high reactivity and lack of self preservation I opted to ignore his dragline. With how overly sensitive he was the added stress from halter pressure likely would have made this particular horse hurt himself. So the slow and mind numbingly tedious route was required.

Once he was over panel crashing he developed a fun habit of swinging his hip towards me and threatening to kick out. Thankfully that didn’t last very long and he got started on disengaging his hind quarters when asked. By the point this video was taken the problem was already mostly resolved and the hip swings were at best half hearted. His threatening head bobbing was still going strong though, and continued to be a problem until very recently. I’m very glad that’s over with.

On a far more positive note he was quickly picking up on the cue to touch my hand in exchange for a bit of hay. Small victories but they important stepping stones for this sensitive beauty. More recent videos coming soon!

I don’t often share links to fundraisers, but this is very much an exception. These people are stepping up to save what ...
08/04/2024

I don’t often share links to fundraisers, but this is very much an exception. These people are stepping up to save what few mustangs are still living from this nightmare hoarder case. Please consider donating to their care. This trainer is closing down her operation in order to save the horses that are still alive. Many of these mustangs I photographed myself while they were still in holding. Both the living and now deceased. These horses deserved better than the hell they were put through. Please consider helping in any way you can, even if all you can do is to share this post.

07/26/2024

Does anyone need a babysitter pony? Not entirely convinced this thing was wild. Or a horse. Pretty sure someone lost their Great Dane at the corrals. 😂 whose looking for their new best friend?

07/23/2024

Video from last week with Serafin (Fin). At this point we were just starting to get over trying to bite and pawing at me every time I touched him. Scrappy lil c**t. 😂 you can see Fin still picking up a leg up and consider striking at me a few times in this video. But at least it was with much less commitment than was usual for him.

On another good note he was really starting to figure out how to come when I whistle. As best as he can anyway with that lamed foot. Much better here than it was previously. Poor kid couldn’t hold any weight in it for a few days there.

Fin’s still not a super big fan of me touching him, but we’re making progress. And he’s now very comfortable with me walking up to him and me just being close. Preferably without the touching. 😂 He’ll get there eventually, for now I’ll enjoy his begrudging tolerance.

This video is a bit longer than I originally intended. But I need to get the backlogged videos uploaded to YouTube before I can start splicing newer ones. So apologies to those looking forward to more condensed content here. 😅 I will be trying that out soon!

07/18/2024

This video is from the golden gremlin's second day here. This is a longer video so it took awhile to get it edited down into a somewhat reasonable length.

Here we were working on giving to halter pressure and leading a bit better. And from much more willing light touches all the way to getting her first good scratches in. Which she very much enjoyed. Because she is such a pushy and forward horse we also started working on establishing boundaries and learning how to back up. Something she very much needed to learn asap.

Unfortunately a day or two after this video she slipped her halter off. And without that little bit of control she’s been far less willing to let me touch past her face. Despite how much she likes being scratched on. 🙄 so that’s been fun to deal with. Brightside we’re almost back to where things were in this video. Plus a bit of liberty work that we’ve picked up along the way. Silver lining I suppose.

For those of you that have read this far, and actually do watch the videos, I have a quick question. Do you guys like watching the longer clips like this one here, or would shorter and to the point be better? Say 3-5 minute videos instead of these long 10+ minute ones? I could still post the longer videos on my YouTube channel should anyone still want to see them. But would shorter ones be preferred here? I’d love to hear what you guys think.

Did I take these pictures over a year ago and forget to finish editing them? Maybe. Did I only find them because I was g...
07/15/2024

Did I take these pictures over a year ago and forget to finish editing them? Maybe. Did I only find them because I was going to open another shoot and work on it? A strong possibility. 😅 I'm beginning to feel like I have a problem. And that problem is me.

Anyway here is the sort of ridiculously late photos of Wicca from South Steens and her old buddy Galahad from Twin Peaks. Someday I'm going to no longer be buried under a mountain of old projects. Today is not that day. If I'm honest with myself it's probably not gunna happen this year either. I swear somebody needs to confiscate my camera at least until I get caught up on all these photoshoots. To those who are still waiting for their photos I'm so sorry, and I will get to your photos sometime this century. You wont be buried in my hard drives forever, I promise.

07/13/2024

The intense heat wave has finally passed and we’re back to at least the 90’s and therefore back to work. So here’s an update on our lil golden panel crashing friend here. 😂

As you can clearly hear we’re still verrrry snorty. But I can now walk up to him (mostly) and offer some food and he will usually take it. Kid has a lot of personality and I look forward to a more trusting relationship with him in the future.

07/07/2024

We are having one hell of a heatwave here in Oregon this weekend with temperatures sitting around 103°-106°. So until this passes we’re taking it easy and making sure the horses stay as comfortable as possible. And a lil frozen treat certainly helps with beating the heat. Can’t wait until this is over.

07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July everyone! I hope y’all are having a fun and safe day and everyone wakes up tomorrow with all 10 of their fingers. 😂

This videos is from Serafins third session. We’re moving a little slow with this guy. Not having a usable dragline definitely makes the process take longer. And unfortunately the corrals trimmed him very short and off balance on his left front.

If you watch closely you can see the limp in the video. It has since then turned into a full blown abscess. Poor kid is 3 legged lame. I wish we could help him, but there really isn’t anything we can do for him when he’s not yet gentle. Brightside he likes to stand in his water bucket so at least he’s keeping it soaked for us. 😅 downside he’s wasting sooo much water. I hope it’s at least helping him feel a little bit better.

06/30/2024

First training session with miss Menace. She picked up on giving to halter pressure and leading super quickly. And while she was fine with booping my hand she was far less interested in face pets, but was more irritated than fearful of them. She’s a very bold and confident mare, so we might need to focus more on getting control of her feet before we worry too much about touching her and making her even more confident than she already is. 😅 this horse is waaaaaay to big to not have some boundaries. So for now I might need to take advantage of what little weariness she still has for humans before it’s gone for good and we have a pushy monster on our hands. Basic manners, then friendship later with this one.

06/30/2024

First session down with the grulla pinto c**t, now named Serafin. Thankfully he’s pretty willing to work with me seeing as he’s now sporting what’s left of my dragline. Gunna be sad about that loss for a bit.

It didn’t take him long at all to figure out both my negative and positive cue markers. Which is fortunate since he likes to turn his hip on his problems. And in his opinion I was a pretty big problem. 😅 But he is very responsive, fast to learn, and curious. All of which makes up for the defensiveness.

While the little weirdo rejected my green grass he was verrry willing to inhale some alfalfa from my hand. Apparently this boy just has expensive taste. 💅 thankfully the other two are cheaper. Pretty sure the menace mare will eat anything she can get her greedy mouth on. 😂

06/29/2024

First sessions with the new load went pretty well. Aside from our little panel crashing friend here. He’s gorgeous but hot blooded, but that’s what I was expecting from this guy so no surprises there. Unloading the night before was eventful, he had gotten his line tangled with the other c**ts, and for the first time ever I had to cut one of my ropes. RIP to one of my favorite draglines. 🥲 looks like I’m gunna have to make another order to Ridgecreek tack soon, so a silver lining I suppose.

Star (placeholder name) is probably going to be a hard nut to crack, and will without question be the most difficult of the 3 newbies to gentle. But for a horse this ridiculously pretty he will be well worth the extra effort. And possible dents to my panels. 🥲

06/28/2024

She’s a menace. An absolute menace. 😂🥲 RIP to anything in there that isn’t screwed to a wall or nailed to the earth.

06/28/2024

Just a few more hours to go and we’ll be home. Which is for the best since they’ve already vacuumed up their hay piles. 😂 this might be the first trip where I’m not scrapping wasted hay out of my trailer afterwards. By time we get home the mare might have licked my mats clean. 🤣

06/27/2024

Nevada pit stop successfully done. 😂 surprise! More horses. This golden eyed beauty is just breathtaking up close. I can’t wait to get all these guys home and out of this desert heat. 🥵 Oregon here we come!

06/27/2024

It’s been awhile since we’ve had some new faces around here! Super excited to get these pretty boys home and settled, just a quick pit stop in Nevada and we’ll be on our way home! 😁

I love watching the wrangles halter these guys, they’re always so patient with them. Even when they’re being spicy ponies. 😂 they make this stuff look just so much easier than it actually is.

06/22/2024

It took a little over a month to get this lower pasture fenced off. Mostly because of the insane amount of trees we had to cut down and drag out of the forested part bellow. We still need to come through and do some more clean up before we can call it done. But for now it’s safe to walk through and let the horse play in. More pictures to come later.

05/29/2024

Nothing says time to finally clear some space on your phone like an upcoming trip. 😂 so let’s enjoy these videos of Namida’s owner who made her own trip out here to meet her mustang last year. Where she spent several days with her filly and as a bonus got to meet that absolute chaos goblin that is Wicca. 😅 photos of them will be coming out soon so be on the look out for those as well! A few of them are actually Wicca free.

It's been an absolutely wild year here, but it's finally time to welcome some new faces to the barn. I know a lot of you...
05/22/2024

It's been an absolutely wild year here, but it's finally time to welcome some new faces to the barn. I know a lot of you have been waiting a long time for there to be training spots open here. Well that wait is finally over! Spots are limited to only 2-3 this time around, so if you're ready to bring your dream mustang home send me a message as soon as possible and we can get you on the list. Here are some teasers from my last scouting trip. No, these horses are no longer available, there will be other exciting choices for you to choose from on this trip.

After once again going to bed with a hose running I’m now required to wear the bracelet of shame when I’m filling water ...
05/14/2024

After once again going to bed with a hose running I’m now required to wear the bracelet of shame when I’m filling water buckets. 🫠 Silver-lining I get to wear my very own mustang tag. And at least Kiz seems to be getting a good laugh out of this. 😅

Anyone else out there enjoying the light show tonight?
05/11/2024

Anyone else out there enjoying the light show tonight?

I was hoping to get these pictures out sooner, but unfortunately the projects out here have just been taking up all of m...
04/06/2024

I was hoping to get these pictures out sooner, but unfortunately the projects out here have just been taking up all of my time. The auction ends in only a few days but its not too late to put some bids in on these amazing South Steens beauties! They are currently at the Burns corrals but there are lots of shipping options this time around! Don't miss out on these amazing horse! Do you have a favorite horse here?

Edit: apologies for the repost. Facebook has been less than corporative lately. 😑

04/05/2024

I think it just might possibly be the start of shedding season around here. 😂😅

Now that one project is done(ish) it’s time to temporarily abandon it and move onto the next big project. 😂 we finished ...
04/02/2024

Now that one project is done(ish) it’s time to temporarily abandon it and move onto the next big project. 😂 we finished the first small pasture in December, and had to put off fencing the rest until after the gentling corrals were completed. Now that that is kind of done (for now) it’s time to get back to getting these pastures usable!

The horses were definitely interested in what we were doing down in that lower field with all that amazing forbidden grass. 👀 I can’t wait to get the fences up and let them have fun on that gorgeous meadow. And what were the odds that we’d get a uhaul that referenced wild horses of America on the side? 😂

After several very very very verrrry long months it’s finally time for that big announcement! As I’m sure a few people h...
03/23/2024

After several very very very verrrry long months it’s finally time for that big announcement! As I’m sure a few people have noticed there’s been a change in scenery in some of my videos recently. That’s because this summer we made an offer on a property and it was accepted! So I’m thrilled to finally be able to share the good news with my followers here!

It has been a busy and stressful journey, but this place is finally starting to come together and turn into something amazing. We’ve been clearing the land and putting up fences, converting the old shop buildings into barns, gentling corrals, and what will soon be a covered arena. We’re far from done yet and there’s a mountain of projects ahead of us, but here is what we have accomplished so far!

For those of you waiting for training slots to come available you won’t have to wait much longer! We’re nearly ready to open our doors to new mustangs and get back to getting horses adopted into their forever homes!

And now that that’s said enjoy some pictures of our new facility! And laugh at my inability to not overflow a water trough. 🫠 I waited months to be able to take some nice photos and still couldn’t manage to not nearly flood a stall. Gotta love the chickens coming in to mock me and my water puddles.

03/07/2024

No training in this video. Sometimes you just have to stop and take a moment and appreciate a very pretty horse. 😂 I can’t wait for spring to come so this guy can go back to work.

03/05/2024

Surprise, another older video, but the end is almost in sight. 😂 soon it’ll be time for newer and more exciting things. Like that announcement I said was coming a few months back. 👀

Anyway enjoy a Kelpie video. This was from her first week of loading onto the trailer. We’d spent the first couple days just having her front feet on, then a day with her backs. This was her second session working on fully loading onto the trailer and gaining confidence with backing all the way off of it. You can see from her first time loading to the last how comfortable she was after just a few tries. She might have been a feisty girl but she was also a very smart and willing one. ❤️

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