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Old Dec 15, 2017, 01:30 PM
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Well, just figured I would share the video that has this Mustang's journey that I rescued.
Each individual you see has/had challenges where they were hurt themselves. You can also see some of my farm too. This Mustang had to first learn how to trust and we all worked on that with him, there is a brief picture of me dressed in my puffy winter coat and hat working with him in my ring and he is coming up to me finally knowing I will be nice to him and he can trust.

If you pay attention he has a freeze brand on his neck as he was captured in the wild and this brand tells when, where and his age at capture. We put a lot of time into training him and in this video he is learning how to do a lot of different things so he is still just learning. He learned a lot and the past two years he has been free leased to a Dressage trainer for her son who also had/has learning challenges has been riding and learning on him. And these individuals also understand that he will always be sensitive and to make sure he continues to be treated in understanding respectful ways. He changes colors because he was shaved so we could work him without him getting too hot from having a winter coat that makes it harder to cool down when in work and training.


This is a video of one of my ponies being trained, he suffered suspensory damage in both front legs that resulted from my neighbor's dog.


The girl riding him was one of my students that struggles with panic attacks and struggles from growing up in a home challenged by having an alcoholic parent. This video taken was of this pony's very first experience at a horse show competition (dressage horse show).
Thanks for this!
RubyRae