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Comment by Shirley on October 2, 2009 at 12:54pm

This is copied from my Parelli weekly newsletter. MUSTANGS

Parelli Celebration Highlights Humane Society
of the United States Rescue Horses

This weekend at the Ft. Worth Celebration, Pat played with Thistle, a sweet-natured five-year-old mustang who was rescued during a large-scale neglect investigation in Nebraska earlier this year. Since the rescue, Thistle has been under the care of the Doris Day Horse Rescue and Adoption Center until he arrived in Ft. Worth on Thursday. Each day of the Celebration Pat played with Thistle, and by the end of the third day Pat was riding the mustang without reins leaving many saying this was the best training session they have seen Pat lead. It was truly amazing to watch, and the experience is first hand proof that the Parelli method can help any animal if you put the relationship first. Read more about the Parelli Humane Society of the United States partnership here. Following the event this weekend, Thistle was made available for adoption to a selected, loving home.

Comment by Shirley on September 28, 2009 at 1:08am

Final count some way off on Wild Horse Adoption Day

September 28, 2009

Wild horses across the United States went under the hammer at the weekend, as part of a nationwide effort to rehome 1000 mustangs in one day.
Organisers of the National Wild Horse Adoption Day, said in a brief update on Facebook, that while the official day - September 26 - has come and gone, more events continue.

"Good reports from many areas, although several eastern locations had heavy rains and little or no turnout.

"Total adoption numbers will be reported in mid-October."

In the most-watched sale among the 35 staged on the day, all 57 wild horses taken in the controversial Pryor Mountain muster were rehomed.

The muster faced fierce opposition from wild horse advocates, who argued that the genetic viability of the herd, made famous in a series of documentaries, was under threat by the muster.

The Cloud Foundation, which led that campaign, reported that four bands of horses, 15 in total, including Floyd and Conquistador and his mare, will be kept together at a ranch.

"Ember and Image get to stay together, have a great home. Also adopted into great homes were Arrow, Rain, Helena Montana, Stiles, Cassidy, the lame foal with his mom, who is looking better, and Ginger got Sax."

The 19-year-old stallion, Conquistador, attracted the highest bid, of $US2500.

The foundation offered its thanks to those who contributed to a freedom fund and other supporters. "This is a big win."

An estimated 2000 mustangs were offered across the US during the day, a small portion of the more than 33,000 held in captivity by the Bureau of Land Management.

The auctions took place at 35 venues in a collaborative venture with animal welfare groups.

The adoption tally for all of last year was 3700.


Wild horses in the news

Comment by Marti Langley on September 16, 2009 at 3:44pm

Saturday night I went to a Lacey J. Dalton concert with some friends. She is a great supporter of the wild horse, and the Wild Horse Sanctuary in Shingletown, Ca. And her concert was fab!

Comment by Shirley on September 15, 2009 at 1:59am

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"Are They Still Real?"
A young girl's question rings true as we continue to lose our herds of wild mustangs to uncontrollable mismanagement by our own government. Here is an update on Cloud's capture and release and what you can do now. Plus a preview of the new show!


Dear Friends of Cloud and his herd;



On September 9th six of us stood atop a low hill near the corrals where the Pryor wild horses would be set free. The first band to be released was Cloud’s. But, the family was missing the young members of the band and Cloud knew it. Instead of racing to freedom as he has done twice before, he dashed in a circle around his mares and lone foal, Jasmine. Again and again he tried to snake them back toward the corrals where part of his family was held captive.



It is the stallion father’s job to keep the family together and we saw a display unlike anything I have ever seen as Cloud swept past his band trying to keep them from returning to the mountain top. The whole time wranglers on horse back drove the band and yelled at the horses, trying to get them to leave. Cloud paid no attention to the riders on their tall horses. Instead he tried in vain to reunite his splintered family. In the end the mares won, racing away with Cloud grudgingly following. With tears in our eyes, we watched him disappear into the desert.




Two days earlier we had stood on high hill over looking the corrals watching as bands were driven in from the mountain top through the desert. My heart dropped as I spotted the pale horse in the distance with his band. It was Cloud. The helicopter pilot dipped and swerved, doing its best to bring his family in through the desert foothills. With the Black in the lead, the band broke back time and again, as if knowing what lay before them. Finally, the helicopter was able to press them into the wings of the trap and Cloud took the lead. The Judas horse was released and raced past him. What happened next was a first for me. Cloud completely ignored the lure of the Judas horse! When the corral came into view he slowed and the band pushed in around him, trying to run away from the helicopter. Dust swirled around them as Cloud stopped and turned to face the chopper and stood still for a few seconds. Then, he turned following his family into the corral. I have never seen this kind of defiant courage . . . ever.

And so, I ask that we take his lead. Courage is what we need now. Courage and tenacity.

We must keep up the fight.


photo above: Living Images by Carol Walker


SHOW PREVIEW HERE. The new PBS Nature Cloud program, "Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions" will premiere on Sunday, October 25th - many of the horses you will meet in this third chapter now sit in pens at the base of their mountain home. Please help us lobby for the release of the older horses immediately. You can read and follow our frequent updates on The Cloud Foundation blog here.

TAKE ACTION NOW:

Ask for the release of the older horses from the Pryor Mountain roundup, it is cruel and nonsensical to remove Grumpy, 21 year old mare, Conquistador, a 19-year-old band stallion, and the 11 other horses over ten years old. Ask for the immediate reform of the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program, call daily and fax your comments as well!

1. White House Switchboard – 202-456-1414 (fax: 202-456-2461) -- Ask for Senior Advisors: Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod. Ask for Michelle Obama too, her office is receiving a tremendous number of calls and they need to continue.


2. Call your Senators – switchboard 202-224-3121 and ask that they support S1579, The Restore our American Mustang (ROAM) Act


3. Call the Senate Committee of Natural Resources – 202-224-4971 (fax 202-224-6163) Email here. ask that they push the ROAM Act through immediately– it must go up for a vote soon in the Senate


4. .Join us for for the next Advisory Board Meeting and "Mustangs on the Hill"- Sept. 28 & 29th

Please join me and many others at the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting in Arlington, VA on September 28th (click here for information). Make your voice heard – and then join us in DC on the hill for meetings with key members of the Senate as well as upper-level whitehouse and Department of Interior staff the following day. Our wild horses' hoofbeats need to be heard in Washington DC! More details to follow to be posted on our blog soon.








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Comment by Jennifer Lamm on September 3, 2009 at 4:15pm

The whole thing is interesting, but honestly, both of my horses had some attributes in all quadrants, so I'm not sure what all that means... Oliver has some of the introverted tendencies too but I can't remember them off the top of my head... he doesn't kick, but he is more of a charger.... it is all about his big fat head with this horse, and he's mouthy and food oriented, so that is why I said he is Left Brained..... it's on both sides.. I think she called that bipolar... nice. huh. :) Hugs to cash... we love making horse friends... we are kinda isolated where I live... eventhough people ride all around my area.. me and Oliver don't go out much because of his brattiness around strangers, so we have got SO MUCH WORK to do.... as well as fun. :) Oliver is not scared of people at all and will charge em right down.. my other horse Toby, OmG, he is so shy.... they are do different. I LOVE that!! I haven't decided on Toby all the way yet. He is actually more of a challenge than goofy old food hog Oliver, LOL...

Comment by Shirley on September 3, 2009 at 3:58pm

My Cash is left brain-Introverted. If I don't keep things interesting..he'll jump in and make them interesting for me. It is fun!
I like to learn things from different people too as most have things to offer to help have better horse experiences and help me be a better horse-person.
Keep Enjoying!

Comment by Jennifer Lamm on September 3, 2009 at 3:45pm

According to the Horsenality graph, Oliver is very left brain.... Mischevious, naughty, playful, so he will be fun to play with..... he loves games. So learning games that he will like is going to be fun fun fun... we play whatever games I make up. I don't go necessarily with anyone in particular, but I enjoyed the Horsenality DVD. :)

Comment by Shirley on September 3, 2009 at 2:07pm

Jennifer. If you have time, could you please elaborate on this ? I'm having trouble filling in betwen the lines.

Comment by Jennifer Lamm on September 3, 2009 at 11:34am

Last night I watched Horsenalities by Linda Parelli... well Pat, but you know what I mean.... he is such a left brainer, LOL.... he is gonna be fun fun fun.... I can't wait to learn more....

Comment by Tina Sutherland on September 2, 2009 at 11:59pm

Hey Marti, You are impressed with Jennifer and Olive too. Why doesn't that surprise me. Great people attract to each other. This is a wonderful story isn't it?

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