num_pages: 161
description: Mustangs Wild Horses &amp; Burros of the American West tells the stories of adopted wild horses and burros from the ranges they once roamed to the hearts and homes across America. The goal of this book is to extend help to the BLM's Wild Horse and Burros office by helping to preserve and protect the American Wild Horse and Burro in their natural environment. To help design a program suitable to help new adopters become familiar with the Wild horse and/or Burro by providing videos that help take the new adopter through the beginning process of gentling their newly adopted friend. The wild horse is not just a horse that you adopt and keep as a lawn ornament. It is a horse that you can adopt to have many years of a close nit friendship and bonding experience which is a unique characteristic trait of a feral horse. One of the reasons that these horses make such great trained animals is due to the fact that they have a herd bonding instinct which develops from their birth and interaction with the band. This is not something that is "learned" by simply taking domestic horses and turning them loose on HMAs. It takes many generations to develop this instinct. With the proper training and care, your wild horse will become the most trustworthy equine companion that you will ever have the opportunity to own. They can compete in many events and are just as successful as the domestic horse in competitions like, endurance trail, dressage, driving, western pleasure, english pleasure, cutting, team penning, reining, roping, barrels, poles and many other equine events.
language: English
title: Mustangs, Wild Horses & Burros of the American West: Stories & Photos of Adopted Wild Horses & Burros from the Ranges They Once Roamed to the Hearts & Homes Across America
titlecomplete: Mustangs, Wild Horses & Burros of the American West: Stories & Photos of Adopted Wild Horses & Burros from the Ranges They Once Roamed to the Hearts & Homes Across America
ratings_count: 2
publisher: New Global Publishing