Hailey's Mustang Project

05/09/2021

Today was a very emotional day! Zoe got to come back home to be a permanent part of our family and herd. ❤️🐴❤️

04/09/2021

It was a crazy fun day today at the fair. We had the mustang trail challenge, the freestyle show and talked to lots of people. These kids have done amazing things with their mustangs. It’s so fun to see.

04/09/2021

Hailey and Zoe in the mustang trail challenge. They did their best and it was great! They took 5th place.

03/09/2021

Eastern Idaho State Fair time in here! Zoe is all snuggled in for the night, excited for tomorrow, the first day of the fair.

Friday, The Mustang Trail challenge is at 11:00AM

They are hoping to have a freestyle mustang show tomorrow after the dog show if it works out.

Saturday, the Mustang Adoption at 11:30AM

Come out and visit us! If you have ever wanted to adopt or gentle a mustang, the BLM staff have tons of information to share.

02/09/2021

Yesterday, Hailey practiced bridges, platforms and poles with Zoe.

Zoe heads down to the fair today to get settled. Come out and see her and the other mustangs at the fair tomorrow(Friday) and Saturday.

Friday is the Mustang trail challenge at 11:00AM at the Infield East Arena.

The auction/adoption is Saturday at 11:30AM. Spread the word. We are hoping to adopt Arizona and bring her back home, but there are other wonderful mustangs looking for their new family. These 4-Hers have done amazing work with their mustangs.

01/09/2021

Hailey made a “car wash” on Zoe’s gate. I don’t think that she is afraid of it. What do you think?

29/08/2021

The state fair is coming up next week. Hailey figured it was time to introduce Zoe to the clippers. She did pretty well. Hailey did not clip her yet, but with this filly, she has learned to take things slow.

29/08/2021

Hailey worked ponied Zoe yesterday. Zoe is responding very well to verbal cues.

24/08/2021

For your entertainment, more from this evening

24/08/2021

Just some fun from this evening

24/08/2021

It may seem like it’s a little late, but guess who finally has her halter off?!?!

Today we practiced changing halters. In the end Hailey left it off. Zoe is finally trusting enough to walk up and get caught. She has become much more friendly just since the county horse show. She doesn’t run anymore when we go in her pen.

Slow and steady is what works for this girl.

21/08/2021

Hailey and Zoe did in-hand trail at the Rigby 4-H horse show. It was definitely not perfect, but now they know what more they need to work on. I love how Zoe trusts Hailey.

21/08/2021

Hailey did showmanship with Zoe at the Rigby 4-H horse show. Hailey loves showmanship. Zoe did great.

19/08/2021

The adoption is coming up on September 4th at 11:30am.
Come out and view the mustangs from the 3rd to the 4th and cheer us on at the in-hand trail challenge.

If you are interested in adopting one of the mustangs, fill out your BLM form in advance to make things go faster at the auction.

17/08/2021

We got to meet up with some of our fellow mustang friends at the Rigby 4-H show today. Zoe did really well in showmanship and the in-hand trail class. She needs to work on side passing, but we are so proud of her. She stood tied to the trailer all day from 7:20am to 5pm. What a trooper!
Madee’s Mustangs
Eryn’s Wild Adventures

12/08/2021

Today we went to the rodeo grounds and practiced showmanship and Zoe did so well!!! She pivots so naturally and listens so well to queues. My little friend Tenley wanted to pet her and give her a kiss.

04/08/2021

Zoe got to go on a walk to meet one of our neighbors. It’s so exciting to see how this filly is coming around so nicely.

04/08/2021

04/08/2021

We took advantage of the flood irrigating to work with Zoe on walking in and out of water. (She stands in water when her pen gets flooded, but didn’t like it when it was our idea for her to walk in water) Hailey didn’t have muck boots on, so she let her dad take Zoe through the water. She almost jumped on him the first time her foot stepped in water. By the end, she was having fun and eating grass in the water.

03/08/2021

Here is the info on the schedule of events and adoption at the East Idaho State Fair.

29/07/2021

Zoe went to 4-H yesterday. She had to stand tied at the hitching post until it was time to practice showmanship. She did a great job.

28/07/2021

Not only did Zoe load in the trailer and then back on it yesterday, but she got tied in the trailer and went around the block.

Other progress with Zoe is that Hailey took the lead rope off. She now has just a halter ok. It seems like a long time since it took almost 2 months to get there, but she is finally really coming around and easy to walk up to.

Hailey is also working on touching her with 2 hands on her neck. She has been fine with 1 hand but would get overwhelmed with 2.

28/07/2021

So I know that you guys have seen Zoe get in the trailer, but this time she got in and backed out. She loves to back up. It’s been her way of getting away from stuff she didn’t want to do since day one, but now her great backing skills have helped her out in getting out of the trailer. 😁❤️👍🏻

15/07/2021

Trailer loading, worming, desensitizing.

15/07/2021

Today Hailey got Zoe to get in the horse trailer. This by far was the easiest thing to do with her. For some reason she likes the trailer.

02/07/2021

Today our farrier came out to trim and shoe some of our other horses. While he was here, he showed Hailey how to safely work on picking up Zoe’s feet.

Hailey was able to brush her whole body, and changed her into a rope halter.

30/06/2021

Today we worked on leading. It was going pretty well. In the evening, we heard a loud sound of the panels banging and she had gotten out of her pen. We don’t know how. The gate was still locked but the panels had been moved around but were still all attached to each other with the pins. Maybe she jumped over. 😬

I was glad that we had worked on leading and that she has started to trust, because we were able to lead her back into her pen.