This website is owned and created by Nancy Kerson, a private citizen. Information about BLM adoptions is offered as a service, to help mustangs find homes.
Please direct adoption questions to the BLM, not to me.
And we sure as heck are not a Mustang car dealership!
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DVD or VHS (2-DVD or 2-VHS set) almost 3 hours of instruction!
$49.95 plus $5 shipping/handling = $54.95 total
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!
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!
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Wild horses are wonderfully sophisticated, intelligent social beings. Growing up in a wild herd, the horse learns manners, cooperation, respect, and a deep understanding of movement and body language. Only one thing stands between them and a loyal, lifelong bond with you: FEAR
Once you have earned the horse's trust and loyalty, they are ready to be trained just like any domestic horse - plus they have the added advantages of all the wisdom and savvy that they have learned from their life in the wild. Even young horses with only a few months in the wild are better off for the experience! As Jerry Tindell says, "They were born into a Black Belt Family!"
Click for downloadable ADOPTER HANDBOOK, with "HOW TO SPEAK HORSE," Lesley Neuman's "Notes on Horse Psychology," and other articles of interest to new and potential wild horse adopters
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself...
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
There are a wide range of "natural" humane approaches to gentling wild horses.
Each horse is unique, as is each horse handler. You may find that some methods work better for you and your horse than others. You may feel more comfortable with certain methods than with others. What may work best for an expert may not be useful for a beginner who lacks the experience and background to understand the techniques.
Most likely, you will, at one time or another, use all of them.
If you are an experienced horseman/woman, you may already know far more than I will ever know. I had never had a horse before I got Sparky - I'd been AROUND horses, but did not really know much. Before adopting Ruby and Sparky, Michael and I put a lot of energy into studying gentling techniques.
I am not a professional trainer by any stretch of the imagination. I am, in fact, pretty much a rank beginner. I have shared on these pages things that I have learned. Nothing beats working with a knowledgeable teacher, in the flesh, who can talk you through things as they occur. If you can attend an "In-Person" Gentling clinic - DO SO! Here are some I know about:
PROFESSIONAL TRAINERS: In addition, some of the professional trainers occasionally give workshops and clinic about gentling and early training. You can also arrange with them to have your horse professionally trained by them:
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Disclaimer: Horses are inherently dangerous. Use the information contained within this website at your own risk.
