Mustang Stories
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The Story of Li'l Gal:
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In 2005 I was told that there were some mustangs at the Litchfield, BLM holding facility that fell under the “Three Strikes” Sales Authority Act allowing anyone to purchase them. I selected one of the two year old fillies to train for our adoption program. Her only flaw, she wasn’t a horse of color. She was a little bay horse. Many adopters look at color as main criteria when adopting a wild horse.
From the first moment she walked into my horse trailer without a fuss, I knew she was special. I didn’t know how special until I started to work with her. I knew I wasn’t going to keep her so I just called her Li’l Gal. I usually let a wild mustang get use to their new surroundings for a few days before I start training. However, as soon as she looked around her corral she cautiously came up for a touch on her nose. I haltered her and taught her to lead the very next day. Her training went extremely well. She did everything I would ask her. We decided we would have to find a very special person to adopt her. We did not find that person at the adoption and decided to keep her.
Li’l Gal developed into a beautiful bay horse with an exceptional mind. I had a very trusting relationship with her. She was a positive representation of what a mustang could be if given the right training that every horse deserves.
She was the ambassador for the Mustangs of America Foundation and traveled with me to equine events and adoptions to help educate the public about mustang adoptions. In 2008 she went to her first event as she represented the mustang as a breed. It was the first time the event had allowed a mustang. She made points with the crowd that fell in love with her and was very special to one particular couple. A man in an electric wheelchair and his wife were watching as people came up to pet Li’l Gal at a “meet and greet” during the event. Li’l Gal was at her first event, had her first bath and had never seen a wheelchair before. She must have sensed something about the man. She walked over to him and laid her head in his lap for him to pet her. His wife told us that a horse had never approached him before. I couldn’t have been more proud of our Li’l Gal for giving this man such a gift of love.
She went for saddle training with Lanny Leach. I couldn't have asked for a better trainer.
She always took care of me until she became ill and we had to make that decision that know one wants to make. Years later I still miss her.
From the first moment she walked into my horse trailer without a fuss, I knew she was special. I didn’t know how special until I started to work with her. I knew I wasn’t going to keep her so I just called her Li’l Gal. I usually let a wild mustang get use to their new surroundings for a few days before I start training. However, as soon as she looked around her corral she cautiously came up for a touch on her nose. I haltered her and taught her to lead the very next day. Her training went extremely well. She did everything I would ask her. We decided we would have to find a very special person to adopt her. We did not find that person at the adoption and decided to keep her.
Li’l Gal developed into a beautiful bay horse with an exceptional mind. I had a very trusting relationship with her. She was a positive representation of what a mustang could be if given the right training that every horse deserves.
She was the ambassador for the Mustangs of America Foundation and traveled with me to equine events and adoptions to help educate the public about mustang adoptions. In 2008 she went to her first event as she represented the mustang as a breed. It was the first time the event had allowed a mustang. She made points with the crowd that fell in love with her and was very special to one particular couple. A man in an electric wheelchair and his wife were watching as people came up to pet Li’l Gal at a “meet and greet” during the event. Li’l Gal was at her first event, had her first bath and had never seen a wheelchair before. She must have sensed something about the man. She walked over to him and laid her head in his lap for him to pet her. His wife told us that a horse had never approached him before. I couldn’t have been more proud of our Li’l Gal for giving this man such a gift of love.
She went for saddle training with Lanny Leach. I couldn't have asked for a better trainer.
She always took care of me until she became ill and we had to make that decision that know one wants to make. Years later I still miss her.
