Lisa adopted this 9 yr old mustang mare, Tess, as “wild” from the BLM prison program several years ago then trained her. From the first time I went out to her farm I was totally enthralled with this little mare and would spend several minutes at the fence giving her some attention. Although normally not a fan […]
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Meet Tess
August 7th, 2008 · No Comments
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We went to jail last weekend
May 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments
The Hutchinson Correctional Facility is a licensed BLM training port where up to 500 wild-caught mustangs are housed. The inmates work very hard to get into the program, often waiting years to be accepted and currently there are only 12 men in the training side. When they first enter the program they begin with “environmental […]
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This time the canter was intended
May 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Oh my heavens, so much has happened around here recently and the days have absolutely flown by. With gorgeous spring weather it seems the minute I’m finished working I head out to the barn and don’t come in again until evening! So many updates…… so little time. So I’ll give you my favorite update of […]
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Lazy farming and baby steps with Buck
May 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
As crazy as yesterday was, today was plain lazy - a Good Thing indeed.
After my morning shift I started thinking about how truly lazy we are around the farm. Lazy, in the sense of keeping it simple and avoiding work. There are enough projects and things that need doing around here to last us for […]
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Horses keep me humble
May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
So now that I’m a big TV celebrity and had all that star treatment last week in NYC, you’d think the animals would be really impressed and in awe while around me right?
Not so much.
I tried to explain to them that it’s really so like beneath a big TV star to clean up after them […]
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