The Mustang Diaries

A large step for Axl yesterday as he went out to pasture for the first time. Being a wild stallion for 10 years and only being rounded up by the BLM almost 1 year ago, this felt like watching him discover that little piece of himself that has been missing since the roundup. For 10 years, the world kept moving without asking him for anything back, and then, in the span of a few months, the world asked him to be patient and to learn again how to listen with more than just his e

Yesterday, my focus with Oakley was on reviewing known groundwork exercises, refining hind quarter yielding, establishing clearer...

We started Kai-Ju's training session by reviewing groundwork exercises that he was already familiar with. Despite the lingering snow and moderate wind this evening, he willingly performed everything I asked of him. We had a beautiful sunny end to the day, and Kai seemed to be using the thinking side of his brain as he whizzed through groundwork tasks. I had no intention of saddling him today but the conditions and his body language shouted that he was desperate for SOMETHING