The voice over is so Informative I love this! 💯 Kirby is going to be super nice! I just found your channel and I need catch up on your recent videos of him! I’m also a huge fan of getting a halter on in the chute beforehand
I'm glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching! I've done it both ways, and probably will continue to depending on the mustang- it just makes the training go so much smoother when I have at least a halter put on.
I love watching these videos of humans establishing first contact and horses figuring out that it will be fine and they have just found the weirdest and best herd of their life. Well, it is a bit presumptuous of me to say 'the best herd' because nobody is able to define the best and we can not ask the horses and how would they even know, but still. I think that the people who take really good care for their horses do bring them a lot of benefits covering at least he majority of their needs. Thank you for doing this, filming and sharing. Glad that I've found it.
I do find that they learn to love domestic life quickly!! I get all my mustangs to where they meet me at the gate sooner or later... they love regular feedings and 24/7 forage, scratches, quality time spent with them, and I like to find a job they enjoy doing too. They of course also get all their necessary vet work, trims, routine bodywork/chiro, etc. I'm glad you are enjoying the videos!!
@@eponamustangs Safety, health care, education. And even a way to feel useful and enjoy the interaction. I admire what you do for these wonderful, fragile and sensitive creatures. Absolutely will lurk around the channel for more. Kudos!
Please could you explain this thing of getting a mustang with a lead rope . Is this a new regulation ? I have noticed that in Germany all mustangs are introduced with a lead rope and it looks cumbersome. I love your videos and keep up this saintly work .
It is not new, just something I am trying. I typically get mine without and go through the first haltering/lead rope process myself as a trust building exercise with the horse, so I may go back to doing it that way. The mustangs that arrive in Germany have already been halter trained so that they can load on the plane, so they probably leave their lead ropes on when they arrive so they are easier to catch.
There wouldn’t be an, “over population” of Mustangs on the Public Lands, except that the ranchers want to graze their cattle and sheep there at little to no cost. The ranchers have a powerful and well-funded lobby in Congress that is spreading the lie that there are too many wild horses and that they are destroying the range. They simply want to replace Mustangs with cows, and cattle are far more destructive to the habitat than horses or donkeys. Also, I’ve never seen a skinny wild horse in the wild - they become underweight after they are caught.
Unfortunately America needs to eat and the horses are considered an invasive species. Do I wish it were different? Yes. Are BLM trying to eradicate wild horses? No. Cattle are less destructive to the environment because they don’t graze as short as horses, and their hooves don’t tear up the ground like horses do. That’s great you haven’t personally seen skinny wild horses as that means the BLM is doing their job but I have. I’ve seen horses so emaciated they could drop dead any second. I own a mare whose body and joints were so damaged by starvation early in life (her mother couldn’t prove her enough nutrients in the womb) that vets say it caused her early osteoarthritis and she would have died in the wild due to not being able to keep up with the herd. When her herd were gathered over a dozen horses had to be euthanized due to body condition scores so low they could not be saved. So why does BLM also round up herds that appear healthy, why in round up pictures do you see horses that are a healthy weight? To keep them from getting to that point- they have to be proactive before it gets to where horses are starving, or damaging the ecosystem and affecting all other species on the range (not just cows, wildlife is affected when there is an imbalance). Look up the emergency Paisley Desert gather for example, those horses were so emaciated some were found already dead and BLM had to truck food and water out to them before they could get to rounding them up.
@@eponamustangs: Thank you for replying to my comment. I’m from the state (Colorado) where 146 mustangs died from influenza while under the “care” of the BLM.
Kirby is a beautiful Mustang!! You are taming him down and training him so fast!! He is going to make somebody a wonderful horse and partner! ❤❤❤
Thank you!! 🥰☺️
I love his blaze! He seems very responsive. Hopefully he will become a great pet some day.
He definitely will be!! I can already see him becoming sweet and in your pocket
He's a nice looking horse! Beautiful face. Good Luck!
Thank you!! I'm having a lot of fun with him
The voice over is so Informative I love this! 💯 Kirby is going to be super nice! I just found your channel and I need catch up on your recent videos of him! I’m also a huge fan of getting a halter on in the chute beforehand
I'm glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching! I've done it both ways, and probably will continue to depending on the mustang- it just makes the training go so much smoother when I have at least a halter put on.
Loved it! Thank you for making it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love watching these videos of humans establishing first contact and horses figuring out that it will be fine and they have just found the weirdest and best herd of their life.
Well, it is a bit presumptuous of me to say 'the best herd' because nobody is able to define the best and we can not ask the horses and how would they even know, but still. I think that the people who take really good care for their horses do bring them a lot of benefits covering at least he majority of their needs.
Thank you for doing this, filming and sharing. Glad that I've found it.
I do find that they learn to love domestic life quickly!! I get all my mustangs to where they meet me at the gate sooner or later... they love regular feedings and 24/7 forage, scratches, quality time spent with them, and I like to find a job they enjoy doing too. They of course also get all their necessary vet work, trims, routine bodywork/chiro, etc. I'm glad you are enjoying the videos!!
@@eponamustangs Safety, health care, education. And even a way to feel useful and enjoy the interaction. I admire what you do for these wonderful, fragile and sensitive creatures. Absolutely will lurk around the channel for more. Kudos!
Please could you explain this thing of getting a mustang with a lead rope . Is this a new regulation ? I have noticed that in Germany all mustangs are introduced with a lead rope and it looks cumbersome.
I love your videos and keep up this saintly work .
It is not new, just something I am trying. I typically get mine without and go through the first haltering/lead rope process myself as a trust building exercise with the horse, so I may go back to doing it that way. The mustangs that arrive in Germany have already been halter trained so that they can load on the plane, so they probably leave their lead ropes on when they arrive so they are easier to catch.
Thank you, I really appreciate your videos. ❤
Glad you like them!! :)
so glad your knee is doing better and you're able to keep the momentum going :)
Me too!!
There wouldn’t be an, “over population” of Mustangs on the Public Lands, except that the ranchers want to graze their cattle and sheep there at little to no cost. The ranchers have a powerful and well-funded lobby in Congress that is spreading the lie that there are too many wild horses and that they are destroying the range. They simply want to replace Mustangs with cows, and cattle are far more destructive to the habitat than horses or donkeys. Also, I’ve never seen a skinny wild horse in the wild - they become underweight after they are caught.
Exactly. The mustangs have been on the range for years. The farmers are saying they are bothering their cattle. That is bull
Unfortunately America needs to eat and the horses are considered an invasive species. Do I wish it were different? Yes. Are BLM trying to eradicate wild horses? No. Cattle are less destructive to the environment because they don’t graze as short as horses, and their hooves don’t tear up the ground like horses do. That’s great you haven’t personally seen skinny wild horses as that means the BLM is doing their job but I have. I’ve seen horses so emaciated they could drop dead any second. I own a mare whose body and joints were so damaged by starvation early in life (her mother couldn’t prove her enough nutrients in the womb) that vets say it caused her early osteoarthritis and she would have died in the wild due to not being able to keep up with the herd. When her herd were gathered over a dozen horses had to be euthanized due to body condition scores so low they could not be saved. So why does BLM also round up herds that appear healthy, why in round up pictures do you see horses that are a healthy weight? To keep them from getting to that point- they have to be proactive before it gets to where horses are starving, or damaging the ecosystem and affecting all other species on the range (not just cows, wildlife is affected when there is an imbalance). Look up the emergency Paisley Desert gather for example, those horses were so emaciated some were found already dead and BLM had to truck food and water out to them before they could get to rounding them up.
@@eponamustangs: Thank you for replying to my comment. I’m from the state (Colorado) where 146 mustangs died from influenza while under the “care” of the BLM.