24/08/2025
Jäger 🙃
The most difficult, patience testing, cutest horse I have ever handled 😅
Jäger has been with me a year now, and has by far been the toughest horse I have ever worked with. He has try (til he doesn’t) he’s scared of his own shadow (until recently) and is a magician with his tongue and gets it over every single bit and over every gimmick I’ve tried every time.
Hes also going to be the most rewarding horse I have ever worked with. I wish I could have had a video of every interaction with this horse since the day I brought him home. He has come leaps and bounds. We took our time to do it right. To help him find his confidence (very… VERY slowly) and he’s turned into such a cool horse to ride.
Jäger is the poster mustang to prove that these are not a cheap horse you just go run and pay $125 for and get some easy horse. Are there easy ones out there? Yeah, I’ve had them. Are there bat s**t crazy ones? Yeah, I’ve had them. And then there’s ones like this guy, that have the try and the desire, but don’t even know where to begin to let their wall down. Mustangs aren’t a fairytale 9 times out of 10. And I’m a very blunt trainer that will be the first to say I will not just go tell any random person “hey! You should get a mustang!” No. They take time, lots of it. They take patience, LOTS OF IT, and if you don’t know what you’re doing, they take money! To send to someone who does! There’s plenty out there that just want to be domestic and want to do everything right, I’ve had them. But I’ve also had a lot more that don’t have that desire very quickly, or ever.
I’m so thankful for Jäger’s owner, who gets it, and has trusted me every step of the way to not push this guy past his threshold. It’s going to be worth it, I’ve witnessed who he was and who he’s becoming. But this has taken time, patience and money on her end.
