Well FINALLY- after 2 months of drought the dam has broken!!! Samson is enjoying his first rain since arriving here by running full speed out in the field. It is a wonderful sight!! He is having a ball. We have had 4 inches so far. Hope that others under the drought are getting relief also!

It might help If I let you know where we are.
We are less than 40 minutes away from Will Rogers Memorial Center in a town that is located a little South/West of Fort Worth called Godley, Texas.

What is up Homies?

I have not been on in a while due to the fact that I have been working like crazy.

I did want to put up a few pics a buddy of mine took of me working Sugar Daddy in the round pen along with my Daughters help.

Francesca thought it would be nice to play as rough with Sugar Daddy as she does her stuffed animals so she proceeded to hit him in the nose. Once I explained she needed to be gentle she decided she would give me kisses and then pick his nose for him.

All of which Sugar Daddy was up for. It's good to see everyone is making progress with their wild broncs. I can not complain, my two are rocking the flipp'n house doing everything I want them to and we still have over a month and a half left for training. I have a feeling it is going to be a barn burner this year.

Best of luck to everyone.

Also,

If any one is interested we are going to be opening up our stable for a clinic/pre-makover training the Monday Tuesday and Wednesday before the competition. We have a 22 stall facility, covered arena, outdoor arena, horse walkers ,round pen and about 27 acres where we will have various trail courses set up.

I thought it might be some good practice and prep going into the show and some good exposure for the horses.

If your interested shoot me an e-mail. I will be sending an e-mail out to everyone later this weekend.

Rock On

We've had an unusual amount of rain this year, which I guess has caused the snakes to come out of their holes. I was gathering a pasture of cattle on Rainmaker the other day when we came upon a ratttlesnake. He must have been watching because he saw the snake before I did!

Hey all you fellow trainers......I don't know about you, but I'm always up for learning something new, but that can get quite expensive! I have stumbled on a website (some of you may already know about it) that is similar to Nexflix only this is horse DVDs you can rent in the same manner! I just wanted to pass the information along to everyone, there may be some questions you need answered or just want to better your training skills or maybe you just want to see what other clinicians have to say! It's www.giddyupflix.com Check it out!! I know I'm going to! Flash and I are still working on becoming a "team". He has by far been the most stubborn horse I have dealt with! BUT I still love him!

Samson had a pretty tough Tues and Weds as we asked him to become independant of his pal and equine trainer Fred. It was unfortunate that we had to encourage this bond from day one as Samson proved to be an escape artist. He has been the only mustang that has gotten out of our gentling stalls. I have a full description of the first solo outing on Tuesday on my blog. It wasn't easy on any of us. Yesterday was alittle better. He has no fear of his surroundings during the ride- he just wants Fred and his home. He knows a good thing when he sees it!!!!! He had the toughest workout yesterday so far. We rode hard for 2 hours and covered several miles with my Dad around on his ATV to offer assistance if needed. We called it quits and had a bath, rest and some grazing while still away from home. Today we are all resting.

Even though here in Texas we have been hitting triple digit temps, Tuff just didn't want to shed his winter coat. It was still almost an inch long, so Kirstin decided to see how he would do with clippers. He loved the clippers, I guess it felt good. Look at how shiny his coat is underneath it all. Finally seeing the benefits of feeding Strategy which he loves. If anyone is still having a hard time getting their Mustangs on food, you might consider trying Strategy. It's made by Purina and all of our Mustangs have always eaten it right off the bat.

Here is Tuff completely shaved. His papers list him as black, don't think so. He is actually a brownish color. He loved the trim and I'm sure that he will feel a lot better now that all of that hair is gone.

Hello one and all EMM trainers,

Just wanted to let everyone know that my Blogspot is up and running. Check it out and let me know what you all think. It would be awesome!!! to have some followers to watch Me and
Ergons progress. I am looking forward to meeting each and every trainer in Fort Worth. By the way, this is my favorite pic of Me and Ergon.
Just click on my name, Jessica Frantz, in red on the right, and it will take you to my blogspot. If you want to contact me by email here it is:
wildjzbuzz@yahoo.com

Hey everyone!
I hope everyone is having a great time with their mustangs. The entire family up here is really enjoying Sioux and Ranahan. We can honestly say that both Sioux (the black...potentially a blue roan) and Ranahan (the bay) are two of the best horses that we have ever had on the farm. These two mustangs have fallen head over heels for people and are really coming into their own up here with the boys methods. Both of them have already been out for numerous rides, both solo and with 60 other riders ( and a weekend long campover ride next weekend). The mustangs have also been in the local parade for the celebration of our volunteer fire departments 100th. From firetrucks, and crowds to the deep woods and rushing rivers the mustangs are passing with flying colors! Boy Named Sioux has already been riden by multiple people and is loving every bit of it. Apart from the solid month and a half of rain up here in New England our summer has been great. We Hope that all of you are doing great and having fun with your 'stangs. Please keep in touch and let us know how you all are doing!

P.S. I will atempt to post a video along with this blog of Ranahan and Sioux during days 20-40. If it does not appear then it will also be posted on our website and youtube (with better quality). I appologise about the double pasting of the video I must be doing something wrong haha.... :-/

Nik Kokal

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Hey trainers,
Everyone is doing such a fantastic job. Sara you can send some of that rain to us. Here in South/Central Texas we are soooo dry and hot, just broke the record for the longest time hitting triple digit temps and no relief in sight. Kirstin trains early in the morning and late evening. Yesterday, she worked mostly with TAZ the mustang we adopted at last year's makeover. She is dying to carry a flag on his back, she wants so badly to use him in her drill team. TAZ hates the flag. Will eat alongside it, play with it but put it above him and he freaks. We can circle round and round him, touch him with it, but no on the carrying just yet. Might have to try a different approach.
Tuff is doing wonderful. Kirstin has to be the luckiest girl around. He is such a smart little guy and so easy going. She was having problems with backing and trotting at a lead, but if yesterday is any indication, the problem seems to have been solved. He backed with very little pressure, and trotted off immediately when Kirstin started jogging with him-no pulling YEAH!!! But, she has worked continuosly on both day in and day out. And will continue to-we all know that just because they do it once, doesn't mean they will do it again.
Keep up the good work everyone.
Kirstin's mom-Priscilla
www.kirstinsmustangmakeover.blogspot.com

Well we have been forecasted to have rain all week! I hope it stayss away long enough for me to work Kizer this week. We have been making good progress and he is finally not running from me when I come into the round pen. I think as long as it's not a down pour I will work with him. Can't take a day off because of some stinkin rain! Hope everyone is doing well

Finally Image is coming around, she has been harder than Stunner to get her to trust us. Yesterday was a great day for her, she allowed me to walk up to her without running away, she even allowed me to rub her head. This is great, and amazing progress for her.

Stunner got his first bath yesterday, he loved it, he drank from the hose, and stood like a gentleman for it.

Our little girl tried to feed him Twizzlers, but I don't really think that he was thrilled with them. lol. She thinks that all the horses should be crazy about them, like she is.
I have more pictures, and details on my blog, www.stunningimage.com

Waylon was so scared of tarps, now he likes to hide under them...LOL!

Thank you so much for posting that, what a great thing the CCSP kiddos did. Your post hit home with me as my boyfriend leaves for his 3rd deployment to Iraq on August 23. He wasn't supposed to go until December, so when we found out last month he'd leave so much sooner, it threw us into a bit of a whirlwind. We were so excited to share the EMM this year, and I wanted nothing more than to have him there by my side. He is, afterall, Memphis' BIGGEST fan, and my biggest motivation. He will spend 3 weeks in Florida training before he leaves, and will actually arrive in Iraq on my birthday, which also happens to be the day we arrive in Ft. Worth for the EMM. I'm so proud of him, and so thankful for him, and for each and every man and woman that serves this country. Thanks again for the post!

This is my boyfriend and Memphis, best buds from day one.

Snowman is becoming quite the gentleman.

Okay sorry all fellow mustang trainers and fans, been awhile since I have blogged. It has just been CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyways will be posting some pictures of Cowboy here soon. Cowboys doing great, went on a heck of a "trail ride". Hes doing all gaits fine now, moving forward without any arguments, hes just a great horse and I mean great. Everyone is going great. I am so looking forward to Ft Worth. If anyone from Oklahoma or on the way to Ft Worth needs a ride or help hauling their mustangs let me know. I will be more than happy to help out anyway I can.

Kirstin takes Tuff through the paces. He loves to jump and looks so good when he does. He is doing well at most things, still working on backing-he backs but very slowly. Trotting at a lead is coming along slowly as well, but it's happening.

Everyone is doing such great work.

www.kirstinsmustangmakeover.blogspot.com

Just a reminder that in our day to day life sometimes we forget that what we have here in the USA has a price. This weekend the kids of the Comal County Sheriffs Posse honored a fallen soldier as he was escorted home. Brandon Lara, only 20, always wanted to be a Marine. Last week, Brandon gave his life for his country while serving in Iraq.

Kirstin is the one holding the American flag. This was especially hard for her because her father is active duty Air Force and it brought a little bit of reality to the risk her father and other military people face when they are deployed. Everyone in the military is family even if you don't know them. Trigger the horse that she is on, is normally a very dancy, prancy type of horse and hates to stand still, but today he was on his very best behavior and stood still with so much pride showing on his face-he knew what he was tasked to do.

Just remember that we are free to do what we do and will remain that way because of people like Brandon who are willing to give all.

Hey Everyone -
All I can say is WOW!
It's funny, quite a few people have stopped by to see the 'wild mustang' and if it wasn't for his freeze brand they would't believe he was 'the wild mustang.' He walks right over to the fence to be scratched and doted over. I can't tell if the visitors are amazed or disappoionted at how friendly he is. It seems everyone has this vision of a mustang made up in their heads and expect to see a horse running around, kicking, and rearing...lol.

We went on our first trail/road ride yesterday, the only thing that really made Ransom nervous was a shirtless jogger... haha, we'll have to work on that!

Happy Trails!
Fawn

Waylon & Willie are progressing everyday. The difference in Waylon is unbelievable. This little horse has made a remarkable turn around. Willie is still a big ol baby!

Well we are a week into training and things are going MUCH better. I was getting a little concerned with the first few days but the last two have really made it a lot better. We have learned how to lead and Kizer is much better about me rubbing him all over. He finally got over his fits about me moving around him and has learned that me being close isn't so bad. Hopefully I can upload some more pics tomorrow

July 25.09

Me and Ergon at the beach

wildjzbuzz@yahoo.com

Today will be a week since the mustangs arrived here in lovely Adrian ,Georgia. They are adjusting great.Wyatt is very mellow. He seems to always being saying "whatever" to my requests. He is leading great, disengaging his hindend well and could care less about grooming and what not. He did not like those plastic bags though so I tied up bags everywhere in his area. Now he says "whatever" to them too.
Easy-(we named him that cuz I could see right away that he was very hesitant)- is learning not to run away when I make him uncomfortable. He has decided that he would rather stand and let me pet him rather than do a few laps. As he learns more and more he will replace that flight instinct with some thinking-hopefully-no he will he just may need a few more laps! I have always said that I prefer a training a more lively horse to a dull one because you can teach a lively one what to do with that energy but it is hard to teach anything if they wont move!

Texas EMMers, keep the pics coming, so cool to see everyone's adventures. Tenn EMMers, it's fun to see the journey beginning for you guys, reminds us where we were just 6 weeks ago!

I am still recovering from an injury, which has hendered me some, but Memphis is still progressing. He gets shod on Monday and not a moment too soon as I'm anxious to get him out and about. He's just too tender outside of the pen to do much without shoes.

One of my friends that participated in the EMM last year brought over some trail obstacles for us to play with. I love how brave the Mustangs are. Memphis digs this bridge, he even looks for it when I turn him out to graze.

I had his wolf teeth pulled and teeth floated 2 weeks ago, and as I was unable to ride anyway, he got the week off following. It's a good thing, the roots of his wolf teeth were an inch or more long, so he was sore for a while. My first day back on him he was good, but the next day, he was aggitated. I went back to the hackamore on him and was immediately back to his good ol' self. One of our biggest challenges has been lightness though. He's so big and heavy, and tends to want to be lazy, that keeping his feet forward and light, as well as his face and his ribcage is a constant challenge. In the hackamore, he is good for a couple of days, but then starts to get heavy again, so we've been alternating back and forth until his mouth feels better.

I have been pushing the socialization with him too because every new person is still a new person to him. He is absolutely completely gentle with me, but he will snort at a stranger until they get their hands on him. He'll come around. He has regular visitors. :)

I'm sharing a picture of him in the hackamore, but I like this picture because I think his neck has shaped up so well so far! He was SO cresty when he got here that when he'd walk, his neck would sway from side to side. He's still a big heavy boy, but it's fun to see him getting fit.

I'm in the west San Antonio area and anxious to haul this horse as much as I can before the EMM. Anyone want to meet up somewhere? Horse show? Trail ride? Anything? mcmillanshowhorses@yahoo.com

Well I finally got a chance to upload some pictures of Kizer so here he is. He is still making good progress. Probably not as fast as some, but like Clinton Anderson says "You gotta have a good foundation to work with!"

Kristina Mazmanian-Ellis and Cody

For those that have not been following our blog:
www.gsperfhorses09mustang.blogspot.com

Cody is coming along REMARKABLY well.

SO well that he now lunges with the saddle on him. We will be working a bit more on leading before I add the sidepull and start asking him to steer- but all is well!

VERY excited for October!

OK I know, Sorry we were not too photogenic today, Worked on backing, leg pressure, turning off front and back legs, and sidepassing. A little confusing at first, but Element is doing it all smooth now, and even transitions smooth from any one of them to another. Took things slow, didn't work too hard, but made tremendous progress with handling. Some things just don't make for a good picture... Thanks to everyone that sent help on getting my own blog, it will be on soon. Good Luck to everyone with your progress, looks like Ya'll are doing Great! robbie_daughtry@yahoo.com

Kidd Cool is doing great here in Corpus Christi, Tx.

Here is a wonderful sunset photo my friend and sponsor Richard Olsen caught of us at the beginning of this month.

To follow Cool and his progress please go to our blog at http://lorriegrover.blogspot.com/ or visit my website http://www.synergyhorse.com/

Lorrie

Hey yall, Aimee and Lio here. I've been working with him everyday, and now I can do just about anything to him or with him that I want. He is smart and willing to please. Good Luck to yall. :b

Well Kizer did much better with our progress yesterday! I decided that he had firgured out our round pen game so I moved him to a pen about the size of a large box stall. It worked! He wasn't so concerned with me petting him as he was with the actual part of me coming up to him to pet him. So it was a good day and the thought of adding more pressure really worked. I also introduced him to the saddle pad from the rail and within about ten mins. he was unconcerned with it to. So maybe today I will start introducing the saddle to him!

Hi All!

My name is Fawn and I'm part of the EMM - Eastern Stampede, this' my first Mustang Makeover!!! I picked up my boy on July 17th in Ewing, IL. After a much longer than expected ride home to New Hampshire, we are home and ' Ransom' has settled in quite nicely. It only took a couple hours before I could touch him, he is an absolute doll! Everyday he amazes me with his willing attitude and curiousness!

Best of Luck Everyone!!!!

Fawn & Ransom

Hey This is Buck,I am eight years old and a horse girl in Tennessee. been working with my mustang daily.He nickers when he sees me and will eat out of my hand,I can rub his head without him pulling back.His name is Winner.

In a mountain valley somewhere on Bald Mountain Herd Management Area, a new life begins; the little bay filly opens her eyes for the first time. She discovers the tall mountains, the sagebrush and her wild herd that she is born into. This filly is born with instincts that a domestic horse will never know; she has the blood of her ancestors running through her veins as she grows stronger every day. The herd teaches her to run with all her heart from any danger, this will help to keep her alive.
Her home is also home to the Mountain lions, she lives in constant threat from them. One nice warm day the herd approaches a water hole...... To read the rest of the story visit Brady's blog, http://www.stunningimage.blogspot.com

hey yall(:

Sooo...today when i was drinking my water after a good 2 hour working in the round pin with Miss Unique aka "Missy", she decided she was thirsty too.

She reached up and hit my glass with her nose, which of course, made it spill down the front of my t-shirt.

I didnt complain much, with this hot and humid Alabama weather, it actually felt kinda nice. :)

But i wasnt going to let her know that.

I filled my glass back up with fresh water, and held it up to her, that little hefer drank all of that glass plus 3 more and didnt hardly spill a drop. :D

She is so silly.

Next time i go to get a drink of my water, i'll know to watch out for a "nosey" little filly.

JULY 13

I brought her home last night. Im so happy she is here. (:

When i woke up this morning, i started on her.

Within the 2 hours i worked her, i despooked her with a feed sack, i picked up all her feet, lead her around, and had her saddled.

She is so sweet.

This is my first time to compete in an EMM competiton, I am bringing Element to Ft. Worth for that. Is there a way to get my own blog space over there ---->
in the red? robbie_daughtry@yahoo.com

So I picked up Winston last Saturday. It all started well and went off without a hitch except my stupidity of forgetting the halter that would fit him. So, we loaded him without. Got to the barn, backed the trailer in, gave him the first stall in and shut the doors to the barn. He walked right in the stall..........then it got fun!

Trying to get the halter on in a stall was a chore, after being bit (on the nipple) and on the side....we finally got it. I got him haltered and the last few days I have sacked him out. He is good everywhere except right on the front of his face, little touchy...but then so am I when people stick their finger in my face.

The last couple of days have been good. We have him leading fine (still a little touchy when things move around him). One thing I have learned, I have to be the alpha at all times. It is an interesting balance between being very calm and patient and being strong and pushing off when he gets in my space. I have been able to lay him down once and starting to try and get him to think about things other than how to beat the poop out of me......so we are ready to go to work!

One thing, I don't know the name of the movie but the book was 90 Days With a Horse about prisoners in Colorado training mustangs. We watched it the other night. It was very interesting and showed a lot about the horses and the men. If you can find the name of the movie by the book, I would try and watch it.

Y'all let me know how you are doing. I write and play some music and I am going to try and write a song about the mustang. If you get a chance, say hi on my myspace or facebook www.myspace.com/colephillipsmusic or www.facebook.com/colephillipsmusic

Blessings,

Cole

I have found that by not increasing the pressure and sending you horse away he will never respect you. In the wild the ALPHA horse get its respect by sending the other horses away, so I would increase pressure. In the mortal words of Clinton Anderson " You can not control your horse and gain its respect unless you have control of his feet going forwards, backwards, left and right." Hope this helps and good luck.

Michelle Gilles
www.lchorserescue.com

Hey ya'll. Samson and I are still here-just haven't had time on computer for 2 weeks. My son and family (including 4 yr and 2 yr old) stayed with us for 2 wks while in process of transferring from Ford Hood, Tx to Fort Carson, Co. Go Army!!!! Needless to say, things were alittle hectic. Samson and I did what we could which included a trip to the local arena for exposure. This is my daughter in law on him. He handled the outing pretty well - which included a cowboy church service going on right outside the gates. Samson much prefers his trail rides- doesn't think working in arenas is a good thing.

Priscilla, that's great! Tell Kirsten I said congrats!!! It seems to me that Kirsten will be putting that old trainer out of business here in a few years! "Untrainable", pfft.

Okay, Sara - I think it's important that a horse will move away from you when asked. My first BLMer, Hammar, would stand on my feet when I showed him a rope (I didn't adopt or start him, I'm his 3rd or 4th owner and the previous "trainer" was very harsh). It was as if he would say "PLEASE don't hurt me, I won't run away!" But he was a danger to me, and had to be taught to move away. Kizer doesn't sound too dangerous, but he could do anything at any moment. Horses are unpredictable. I would suggest sending him away from you with either a soft rope or a lunge whip/dressage whip/buggy whip/training stick of some sort. If you use a rope, swing it slowly at first towards his neck and shoulders. Let it tap him, and swing it harder and harder (but progress slowly!) not enough to hurt him and you need to still have control of the rope so it doesn't hit his ears or eyes or anything... But keep the pressure on until he moves away from the rope, even if it's just a single step. As soon as he even shifts his weight away from you, drop the rope completely! This will reward him for his try. Give him a moment then start again, very softly at first. He ought to pick up on the cue eventually, and you can start asking for more and more movement until he will move around the round pen freely.

If you are using a stick/whip/whatever, tap him on the neck, softly at first, then slowly increase the pressure until he moves. You don't want to hit him hard, because firstly you can loose control and accuracy and hit him somewhere you don't want to (ears or eyes or whatever) and secondly you want to be able to keep it up for a long time before your arm falls off! Same goes for the rope of course. Follow the same procedure, releasing the pressure at the slightest try at first, and starting again as softly as you did the first time. Kizer will start moving off and a slight tap eventually. Hopefully, lol. Every horse is different of course, but this is the way I would try at first.

Another thing you can try, to get him used to the idea that you can give him cues from a distance is Parelli's Yo-Yo Game. If you've never heard of that, here's basically how it goes; get a long lead rope on Kizer and stand right in front of him. See if you can get him to back away from you when you wiggle the lead rope, then come back to you when you gather up the lead rope and reel it in. Again, start gently - wiggle the lead very softly and slowly, then increase speed and energy by increments until Kizer takes one step, even a tiny one, back. Then drop the lead to release the pressure immediately. When you ask him to come forward start by just running your hands along the lead rope, using the friction to cue the horse. At first he probably won't respond to this, so you start closing your hands to increase friction until he steps forward.

I think if Kizer figures out that even if you're not right next to him you can still communicate with him, he will start making leaps and bounds! :) I know you're worried about pushing him at this point, so use your judgment and instincts; if he reacts badly, take a step back and think about it, maybe try a different approach. Safety needs to be you're number one priority, not a blue ribbon. Again I think you will be safest if you can get Kizer to move around the pen without you next to him in case he spooks or whatnot; you don't want to find yourself beneath the hooves of a wild horse! Good luck, let us know what works!

If my mother in law shows up today I will try to ride Nine again. I have a good feeling this time :P

ok all you guys out there, i haven't blogged in forever i know, and i've got some new pictures of my slow but sure progress with fancy! i can finally pet her back while being on her side not in front of her, i think her biggest fear was me leaving her front but she is starting to trust me and guess what





I GOT THE FEET IN MY HANDS!




good luck everyone yall have done amazing work! cant wait to catch up in ft. worth:)

Well one day five we made some more head way. I used my 6 yr old quarter horse mare as help. She is very calm and we stood at one end of the pen and he came to check us out, meanwhile letting me rub his face and hips. I'm a little stumped on wether I should put more pressure on him. He is unconcerned with me in the round pen with him. Ropes or any other training tools don't phase him. He will let me breifly touch his head, but then he is done. To get him to even move in our round pen I now have to stay within touching distance of him and continusley walk beside him. I'm just wondering if I should start adding more pressure to our traning or just keep it at the same pace? I would really appreciate any advise from anyone.. Thanks

Wonderful pictures everyone! Looks like the TN trainers are well on their way to success!!! Priscilla, you always make me cry (happy cry) when I read your blogs, such happiness is meant to be shared! I am so proud of Kirstin, too! She WILL ride Sakari! Looks like it will be soon, too! Kirstin, you are one awesome teen and your parents are lucky to have you! Mine are good too, but they don't have the dedication that you show! Kelsey and Caitlyn, you're doing great too, just keep at it and you'll be suprised what a little time invested will return to you!

Image had a great day yesterday and is finally realizing Brady isn't going to eat her, lol. She is now facing up with him and will touch the pole. This little girl has an amazing trot, she flows on air. I am going to try and get a video of it today.

One thing that is really funny about her, when the pole touches her belly she is super ticklish. She has a shipping cold, so she is on meds and being kept separated from everyone, and she is not happy about that.
Here is a really good body shot of Stunner. Y'all be the judge, is he Brown or Grulla?

I love the head and neck on this boy, he is going to make someone a wonderful jumper or crossage horse. He loves to jump and will jump over the water tank just for fun. Silly boy.

About 4 years ago we adopted Sakari, Kirstin's first Mustang. Sakari is the horse that got Kirstin to come out of her caccoon. Kirstin was a very shy, temid little girl until she found confidence in herself and I strongly believe that it is because of Sakari. Sakari taught Kirstin that she could do anything if she believed in herself and worked hard enough. Sakari was only 1 1/2 years old when we adopted her and Kirstin worked day and night to gentle her. When she was old enough, we sent Sakari off to be trained only to pick her up a couple of months later and $1200 later to be told she was untrainable. Give me a break, a then 11 year old was leading her around, could put a saddle blanket on her and even a surcingle on her and you can 't train her. Sakari has been pasture art since then, we just didnt have the knowledge to train her ourselves & no longer had the money. But Kirstin is determined to ride her someday. Today when I got home, Kirstin met me at my car, blindfolded me and led me out to the horse pen. I figured that she had done something new with Tuff and wanted to show me. Boy was I surprised when she removed the blindfold and this is what I saw:

This is Sakari, saddled for the first time ever. Kirstin got a wild hair and decided it was time to move on with Sakari. She didnt get on her back, but she did see how Sakari would react if she attempted to put weight on the stirrups. Sakari didn't like that, but this was huge not just for Sakari but for Kirstin.

Becoming involved with the Extreme Mustang Makeover has given Kirstin a new purpose in her life. There's not much a 15 year old can do especially when you live out in the middle of no where, but the Mustang has become such a huge part of who Kirstin is, they are forever in her soul, a part of her and really define who she is becoming as she matures into a wonderful young adult. She is living her dream at such a young age and has gained so much from her experience with her Mustangs. Not to many teenagers these days will devote this much time and energy to something unless it's a video game, yet Kirstin & all of the people involved with the makeover do this day in & day out and look forward to it each & every day. And I'm sure that I speak for everyone, it really doesn't matter how you do when competition day comes, it matters that you cared enough and really tried to make a difference. I've blabbered enough, put I'm a very proud parent, my daugther wakes up after I leave for work and while I'm gone does all of the chores expected of her and trains her horses. What more could a parent want, I really am blessed!

Priscilla

www.kirstinsmustangmakeover.blogspot.com

We are on Day six and Pretty Boy aka TROUBLE has been making GREAT strides!!!

He needs a bit more work in the leading parts but otherwise is desensitized on his entire body. Yesterday he wore his saddle with no incident.

and he is fairly easy to catch as well!!!
follow us at www.gsperfhorses09mustang.blogspot.com

Chavez is moving along a lot faster than the mares from Gatorland EMM. I am thankful for a gelding. We have joined and followed up, and working on desensitizing him. WOW you look good on Element looks as if you may be a force to be reckoned with. Good Luck in Texas. I am hoping I can get away to watch.

Michelle Gilles
www.lchorserescue.com

First time jumping with me on him, at least he didn't balk and leave me jumping by myself. still got some work to do, but I'm still proud of him and his effort.

A little log ropin", a little log draggin", a little log pullin" A LOT OF HOT WEATHER" robbie_daughtry@yahoo.com

Good luck all you EMM trainers! I wish I was doing the EMM again this year, but I'm too broke and evidently too inexperienced :P No Stars division this year and all that. It looks like all of you are doing very well! Keep up the good work, I know it's hot but it's worth it!

Howwwwwdddddyyyy !!!!!

Here is an update on whats going on down here in South Texas. HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I haven't been workin' Ergon much. He's had some tender feet. So he's been catchin up on his grazing. LOL!! Just doing simple things with him at this point. We all are wishin for some rain to cool things off. As you can see I am not the only one training.

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Hoss and his training.
On day 16 he got his first ride. He didn't even get snorty or anything I've been extremly cautious with him due to his size. I love working with such an intelligent horse, he catches on quickly and retains very well.
If you couldn't tell this is my first mustang makeover.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Mustangs Beginning

The ride home was a little challenging. The Mustang I now call Hoss kept pacing back in forth and rocking the trailer. We made it though and he is settling in just fine. My dogs had to check him out he doesn't seem to mind them either. Hoss seems really laid back and not much bothers him just yet. I, like most of you, had a rough time sleeping Thursday night with anticipation of picking up my mustang on Friday. I want to thank all the workers at Pauls Valley for their help and support. Well that's all for now, look forward to seeing y'all at Ft. Worth.

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Image is more reactive than Stunner, so she is taking longer to come around, and realize that we are friends not foes. This little filly is from Callaghan NV, and is built like a tank, she has a very wide chest and wonderful comformation to her. She also have stripes also, so we are thinking that she has some dun in her.