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MUSTANG GENTLING PROGRAM |
NEXT PRISON ADOPTION SATURDAY -
May 29
at Camp Stewart
Prison
1721 Snyder Avenue
Carson City, NV
Preview 9:00 AM -
Live Auction/Adoption 10:00 AM |
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At the Bottom of this page are "graduates" of the
Prison Mustang Gentling Program |
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When you review the horses, don't let their sizes bother you...These are
young horses. When you get these boys home, get them on a consistent
diet of good food, keep working with them, groom them often, they will
FLOURISH. My horse was 14H about 800 lbs when I purchased him, and
now, 4 years later he is 15'2 and pushing 1000 lbs. | |
To get a "feel" for what these young horses turn into....look at the
tab labeled "Look at us" on the home page of our web site. |
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Quotes from previous Mustang
Adopters......... |
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People forget that these are YOUNG horses - they will continue to grow until
they are 5 or 6. We have some friends who adopted some prison horses two
years ago and they recently mentioned how surprised they are (pleasantly)
that the horses have grown to be quite large. The ones they adopted were low
priced because people overlooked them due to their size. But they are now
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Of course. The prison mustangs are young. They're going to
have 2-3-4 years until they fully mature. (That is, if they get
fed decently and are given plenty of work. Even with domestics,
their musculature can change significantly from puny to being
very stout. On the flip side the opposite can occur. At HSA
where I have my horses, there is a quarter gelding who used to
be nice looking. This lady bought him green, got bucked off him
and now he's stood in his corral for over two years. The muscle
is gone, and he looks very immature now. Very sad.)
Even Red has changed from the five-year old when I got him
to the nine-year old now. People think he's a quarter horse,
until I flip his mane over to show his brand. He's not big or
that stout, just nicely put together. To me, he looks like a
calvary remount horse from way back. He went through the prison
program, too.
The most important thing that needs to be instilled in people
is the need to work these horses consistently, at least in the
beginning. For the first month after I got Red (he had been
turned back to the BLM), I got him out every day turning him
loose in a round pen, and then riding him once he got rid of his
excess energy. He was out for at least 1 1/2 hours/day in the
beginning because that's what it took.
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Adopted! $400
"DEALER" BLM #0671
4 Years Old 15.1 Hands 1100
lbs
HMA: Outside Devils Garden, Alturas, Modoc County, CA
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Adopted! $200
"Sunfire" BLM #3097
3 years old 15.1 Hands 1100 lbs Sorrel
HMA: Fox-Lake Range, Reno, Washoe
Country NV
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Adopted! $400
"CRISPY"
BLM #3189 3 Years old 14.3 Hands
900 Lbs
HMA: Nevada Wild Horse Range, Las
Vegas, Clark County
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Adopted! $400
Pete BLM #3239 3
Years Old 15.1 Hands 1075 lbs
HMA: Nevada Wild
Horse Range, Las Vegas, Clark County
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Adopted! $700
"Strawberry" BLM #3281
3 years old 14.2 Hands 950 lbs
HMA: Nevada wild Horse Range, Las
Vegas, Clark County NV
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Adopted! $1200
"Handsome (Guapo)" BLM #3319 5 years
old 15 Hands 1000 Lbs
HMA: Nevada wild Horse range, Las Vegas,
Clark County
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Adopted! $200
"Snowman" BLM #3366 4
years Old 14.2 Hands 1000 lbs
HMA: Nevada Wild
Horse Range, Las Vegas, Clark County
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Adopted! $800
"Blackjack" BLM #3435 4 years old
15.1 Hands 1150 Lbs
HMA: North Stillwater,
Winnemucca, Humbolt County, NV
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Adopted! $400
"Alamo" BLM #3491 5
Years old 14.2 Hands 950 Lbs
HMA: North Stillwater, Winnemucca,
Humbolt County, NV
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Adopted! $900
"Pistol" BLM #5334 5 Years old
14.3 Hands 1050 lbs
HMA: North Stillwater, Winnemucca,
Humbolt County, NV
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Adopted! $ 750
"Mesa" BLM #5783 4
Years Old 15.1 Hands 1200 Lbs
HMA: Rocky Hills, Elko, Elko County, NV
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Adopted! $1300
"Little Richard" BLM #7235 4 years Old
16 hands 1100 Lbs
HMA: Twin Peaks, Gerlach, Washoe
County, NV
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Adopted! $ 900
"Fabio" BLM #7999 5 Years Old
15.3 Hands 1000 Lbs
HMA: Rock Creek, Battle Mountain,
Elko County, NV
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Adopted! $400
"Pancho" BLM #8313 6 years
old 14.2 Hands 1050 lbs
HMA: Fox Hog, Ceaderville, Washoe
County, NV
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Adopted! $ 300
"Tubby/Eeore" BLM #8483 6
years old 14 Hands 900 lbs
HMA: Devils Garden, Alturas, Modoc County
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Adopted! $900
"Raven" BLM #3210 3
Years Old 14.3 Hands 900 lbs
HMA: Nevada Wild Horse Range, Las Vegas,
Clark County, NV
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Adopted! $700
"SHADOW" 4 years
old 14.3 Hands 1100 Lbs
HMA: Rock Creek, Elko, Elko
County NV
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Project "Stay Warm"
(12/22/09) We gave the inmates the items we
purchased for the Project: Stay Warm (Gloves, Hats,
Scarves, and Socks) Donations were made by many people who receive the
Weekly Mustang/Burro Newsletter. THANK YOU to everyone who donated!
Tom and Maggie (Sparks, NV)
Felix (Reno, NV)
Christine (Ramona, CA
Rebecca (West Linn, OR)
Walt (El Dorado, CA)
Edward (Montague, CA)
Andrea (Oceanside, CA)
Donald and Margaret (Reno, NV)
Martharuth (Sparks, NV)
Shelley (Gardnerville, NV)
Betty (Silver Springs, NV)
Josephine (Philo, CA)
A-Master Mechanic (Reno, NV)
Bart and Cindy (Reno, NV) |
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Mustang "GRADUATES" from the
Prison Mustang Gentling Program
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Adopted 2/13/2010 (first weekend home) "Tuffy" (formerly Tubby)
When we brought him home that first day, we were all so excited to have a
new addition to our family. He's settling in with our herd really well, by
today, the third day the dominant male has accepted him and they pal around
together. He's such a wonderful horse I feel blessed to have had the
opportunity and good fortune to be able to add him to our family.
I was hoping my big, tough husband would accept him as well, he's used to
BIG quarter horses (this is our first mustang and I have to say I believe we
are both sold!)--my husband LOVES him too--it's so wonderful to watch him
with Tuffy...he's so gentle and kind and gives him lots of encouragement
(and whispers asking him to listen to mom. LOL) Our 3 kids ages, 5,6 and
10 just can't get enough of him either--and I think Tuffy feels the same
way. The picture is my youngest loving on him--she just loves to walk him
around our pen and keeps bugging me to ride him (which she's done every day
since we got him, with and without a saddle) We've been spending lots of
time with him everyday as my husband tries to teach me how to work with him
on his (and my) ground manners-I'm having a great time!
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My name is Kathy. My boyfriend is the Head Wrangler at Greenhorn Creek
Guest Ranch. He purchased two mustangs from your prison program: Joe and
Paleface. Paleface is my baby! I love him so much! He is truly a
Wonder Horse. Smart and gentle, opens gates both ways, active in Team
Penning. Everyone that throws a leg over his saddle is touched by him!
Lisa Kelly from Greenhorn asked that I send you some pictures of
Paleface...so I have a few attached.
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Adopted Oct 2008
Carrying the
American Flag in the Placerville Christmas Parade 3 months after he was
adopted.
Search and Rescue
training
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2/04/09 "Reno" and Ed - Reno adopted at Wild
Horse and Burro Expo 08/21/09
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My name is Mary and I met you at the Carson City Mustang adoption on October
10, 2009. I wanted to give you an update on how Gypsy is doing. I have
added Boy to the end of his name since everyone was calling him a she. He's
very curious about everything. The day we left Carson City we did a gymkhana
and he did really well for just coming off a long drive home. He had to
stop at each barrel and check it out before going around as well as check
out everyone in the crowd.
To date he has gone on several trail rides, Christmas carolling on the
steets of Stockton (he even allowed me to put bows on him), and two camping
trips to the beach. His first trip to the beach was great. He stared at
the ocean with big wide eyes and his ears straight up, just looking. He
even went to the breakline but didn't want the water touching him. Our
second trip was over New Year's we did a 9 mile trail ride to the beach and
he actually went into the ocean, with some encouragement. He has been a
great horse and we have built a great trust between the two of us. We are
still working on who the alpha is and I am slowing winning that battle, but
he is a momma's boy!
We have many more adventures planned. We will be doing 125 miles across the
Mohave Desert in April and moving on to another series of gymkhanas in the
spring along with trail rides and more camping trips. I have attached a
picture of the two of us from our last trip to the beach (I hope the file
isn't to big to open).
Regards, Mary Lathrop, CA
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Staci and Royal at there 1st show. Royal is a prison trained mustang.
adopted August 2008 at the wild horse and burro show. There is not anything
this horse will not try for her.
Please let Bo, the inmate who trained Royal, see how Staci has done
with him. They want him to know how much they love Royal, and want to
thank him for what an awesome job he did in his starting for Royal.
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Here is an updated photo of
our prison trained mustang Spyda (a.k.a. Spiderman). We had him out for a
gallop on the beach south of San Diego last week.
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This is me
and Casper, he was adopted at the prison 4 years ago. This was 2 years
ago at our first trail trial. Casper was perfect. This picture was
us crossing our first bridge. He acted like he had always done it. I
figured out after the first two obstacles, Casper would watch the other
horses. So every obstacle after that, I waited and let him watch before
we took our turn and he would be perfect. No, we didn't win, but it was
about seeing how he would handle obstacles, lots of people and horses.
He was incredible. I think he had more fun than me. He was my perfect
partner all day.
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Dream Catcher - Adopted June 2005
Dream Catcher (at the Prison)
Dream Catcher (Now named Little One) Summer 2008
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