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Mustang Artax
Mustang Artax is making me work for it… but that’s ok because I’m getting better at roping 😉 Now it only takes me 2 tries to make a catch instead of 5,420 tries 🤣
Mustang Shiloh is getting acquainted with new people 🤣 #mustanglife #wildhorses #horselife #newberryfarmok
Valentine
Valentine is a 3yr old draft cross mare that came to me for training. After 60 days she has gone from completely untouchable to friendly & basic groundwork completed.
Barn kittens!
The Kellyville kittens are getting so big!! At least 4 of them are already spoken for… let me know if you want one asap! They will be ready to go to their new homes in just a few short weeks!
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Mustang Luna
Mustang Luna learned to load in a trailer & back out today! This girl has been a tough one, but she’s slowly catching on! Now that she knows some of the basics, she will soon go home to practice more groundwork with her owners before being started under saddle.
From “wild” to the beginning stages of halter training: Valentine the feral draft cross mare is here to be gentled. Whether it’s a Mustang or feral domestic horse, the process is the same. Slowly gain trust while teaching boundaries with pressure & release. Valentine started out being extremely head shy & terrified of any touch. She’s learning that she can relax in my presence & that touch can be a good thing… especially when I scratch her itchy spot on her mane 😁
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Boone the BLM Mustang #mustanglife #blmmustang
Mustang Blue
**SOLD**
“Blue” is a titled 6yr old Mustang gelding from the Antelope Valley HMA. This sweet, easygoing guy can go western or English & is comfortable in the arena or on the trails. Blue requires no maintenance, been barefoot his whole life, & has never taken a lame step. Someone is going to get an amazing, once in a lifetime partner! $8500
Jumping Mustangs
Roy’s first jump, Azriel practicing consistency over jumps, & Boone just showing off jumping with only leg cues (Claire has her hands off the reins the whole time)!! All Mustangs in different stages of training (Roy & Azriel just 6 months out of holding), showing what these incredible horses are capable of.
Mustang Luna
Mustang Luna belongs to a client & is here for training. Currently we are working on halter skills & overcoming her habit of bolting when she’s introduced to something new. Here are a couple exercises I am using to help her do “scary” things by trusting my instruction rather than reacting out of fear. This will help her become a calmer, safer horse for her owners to handle.
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Mustang Luna
Mustang Luna is in for training. During a desensitizing exercise we discovered she “smiles” when she’s nervous 🤣
Mustang Mabel
Mustang Mabel trailer loading process: some horses need us to break things down for them & its our job as trainers to make sure they understand what we’re asking & change our process if it’s not working. This girl is still very nervous about new things & doesn’t fully trust me, so rather that wrestle her into the trailer, I started with asking her to step onto something flat on the ground then worked up to the trailer.
This builds her trust in me & her confidence in her own abilities, as well as as accomplishing the goal of loading into the trailer safely.
Mustang Roy
Mustang Roy update! Took him to his very first show just for fun & to get him some exposure to new things. Normally I wouldn’t take such a green horse & try to show under saddle (I’ve only had maybe 15 very short rides on him), but I knew this sweet boy could handle it! Since it was such a last minute decision to take him, I didn’t even try to prepare him… so literally everything in this video is something he has never been asked to do before. All I wanted him to do is try, & try he did! Even kept his cool at the end when he decided to ignore my leg & back into the straw bales 😆