Tis' the season of getting butts in trailers and off to their homes! Last weekend we said goodbye to another incredible mustang as Pecos officially headed back home to his family after nearly six months of training here with us! Pecos arrived in February; a towering, 16-hand, 1300lb, Devil's Garden Mustang with an even bigger personality. Beneath that massive, drafty frame was a horse that wasn't quite sure the world was a safe place. He was nervous, reactive, and always prep

If you've been following Mama Bear's journey, you know she hasn't been the kind of horse that checks milestones off quickly. In fact, her first two months here looked very different from what many people picture when they think of horse training. For nearly eight weeks, our focus wasn't on fancy groundwork or learning new skills. It was simply about earning enough trust that she would allow a halter to be put on. That may not sound like much, but with a truly wild mustang, th

Some horses seem to take the long way home, and Phoenix’s journey certainly didn’t happen on anyone’s original timeline. I first adopted Phoenix last summer, excited to bring this handsome mustang home and get started with him. Then came the government shutdown, which delayed my ability to pick him up. Once that was resolved, some internal issues with the BLM pushed things back even further. Then there was trouble finding transportation. So we waited. And waited. And then, fi