April 14 Update - Worked with Houston on grooming and picking up his back feet. The winds were super high today and he found focusing on me a challenge. We worked through it though. He tries so hard to please which is such an endearing quality! April 2 Update - Houston continues to make steady more »

I have been spending lots of time with Houston not asking him to do much except hang out with me. Whereas he was a bit standoffish he will now come to the gate and generally thinks I am interesting. Today we worked on grooming and had another lesson with his feet. He has been doing more »

Worked briefly with Houston this AM. Spent some time grooming him and he’ll now accept the brush all over his body without picking up his feet or moving off when the brush touches his legs. Also worked with picking up feet. The video for this morning shows his second time being asked to pick up more »

Quick video this AM. Haltering Houston and disengaging the hindquarters. He’s doing really well. Hope to work with him again tonight.

Today Houston worked some more on catching. He’s almost 100% at turning to the inside when being asked to change direction in his corral. He’s getting better and better at being caught. We’re doing lots of approach and retreat with him. Houston also learned how to load into a trailer today. He was super worried more »

Houston had a great review session today. Reviewed grooming and he’s doing much better with his right side. Worked some more on the obstacle course and he’s starting to get the hang of where to put his feet. Houston had his first rinse-off as well today. He was unsure at first but quickly decided it more »

Worked with Houston today on grooming and desensitization of his lower legs. He’s very good just not sure about having us touch him below the knees. Not spooky about it just picks his legs up like uh hello…that tickles! Also working with him on keeping us in his right eye. He is definitely left sided more »

Houston was great today. First day outside his pen. He started off a little heavy on the line and worried which is normal. Started with work on trailer loading. Got him to where he would consistently put two feet in. He wasn’t comfortable though with the idea of coming all the way in the trailer more »

Good session with Houston tonight. Really working on lightening him up on the lead line. He’s starting to really get it. Worked him some with the tarp on the ground. He took to that pretty easy as well. A little bit of snorting but immediately wanted to investigate it. Didn’t take much to ask him more »

Houston is a 15.1h, 4 yo BLM mustang gelding. He was born at the Ridgecrest Wild Horse & Burro Corrals in January 2009. We picked him up from Ridgecrest on March 6, 2013. Houston is being gentled as part of Mustang Heritage Foundations Trainer Incentive Program and can be adopted for $125 once he meets more »