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Book

BUY THE BOOK!

Working with Wild Horses

Second (Improved) Edition
A Handbook of
Gentling and Training Tips

By Nancy Kerson
Support independent publishing: Buy this book on Lulu.

Paperback $22 or
Downloadable E-Book $7.50

For more information about the BLM's Wild Horse and Burro Program, please call (866) 4MUSTANGS or Click HERE

This website is owned and created by Nancy Kerson, a private citizen - I am not the BLM or any other branch of government!

Information about BLM adoptions is offered as a service, to help mustangs find homes and to promote public appreciation of wild horses and burros.

Please direct adoption questions to the BLM, not to me.

And I sure as heck am not a Mustang car dealership!

I have NO horses or burros for sale and am not interested in buying or listing or otherwise promoting your sale animals!

This website:
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All Rights Reserved.
I am happy to share, but please give me a credit when you "borrow" things off my website! Thanks! Just say, "author, Nancy Kerson www.mustangs4us.com "

VIDEOS OF INTEREST TO MUSTANG & BURRO ADOPTERS:


Kitty Lauman:
From Wild to Willing:
Using the Bamboo Pole to Gentle Mustangs
More from Lauman Training available now!

DVD or VHS
(2-DVD or 2-VHS set) almost 3 hours of instruction!

$39.95 plus $5 shipping/handling = $44.95 total

BUY 2 DVD Set:

Can't Order Online?
No Problem!

Just email us and we'll tell you how to mail order


Lesley Neuman:
The First Touch
Gentling Your Mustang
$45.00

Lesley works with 3 wild horses at a BLM adoption, and very clearly explains what is happening, what she is doing, & what she sees in each horse as it progresses. Study this video and you can learn "pressure and release" gentling techniques to gentle your own new mustang!

Format:


Help for Burro adopters!
Crystal Ward
Donkey Training

All the basics of gentling, handling, and training. A MUST for new burro adopters! Good for domestic donkeys, too!

FORMAT

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OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN
WILD HORSE GENTLING:

How to Raise Orphan Foals | Horse Psychology 101 | Approach & Retreat | Connecting | Just Spend Time | Bamboo Pole | Desensitizing | Clicker Training | Ground Work | Get Professional Help | Case Studies | See it on Video!


1. BACKING UP

There are several ways to back up a horse. Each comes in handy in certain circumstances, so it's good to know them all:

1. From the Side at the Withers

2. From the Chest Muscle

3. From the Nose
(pictures to come)
 

4. From the Front

For detailed instruction, get Jerry Tindell's "Ground Work" video, or Lauman Training's "Ground Work For Success", or seek professional help locally.


Jerry Tindell
Talks About
Ground Work
$50.00
FORMAT

Learn to communicate effectively with your horse, using only halter and lead rope. Build a solid foundation for safe and pleasurable riding and driving.

The video focuses on these essential Ground Skills:

  • Softening at the poll/Lowering the head

  • The 4 Back-Ups

  • Ground Driving

  • Driving in a Circle

  • Yielding the Hindquarters

  • Shoulder Yield

  • Leading

  • Standing Still

 

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Disclaimer: Horses are inherently dangerous. Use the information contained within this website at your own risk.