LRTC "Wild Horse U"
Palomino Valley, NV
Trainers' Gentling Reports
WHU Horses & Burros Available for Adoption,
Part Two

Please note: This list is compiled to our best knowledge and we will try to keep it updated, but all animals are subject to prior adoption. Please check with the National Wild Horse and Burro Center to determine the availability of any specific animals. Please also note that this list does not include weanling horses and burros that were not part of the volunteer gentling activities. Thus there are a number of additional animals available at the facility that BLM will be happy to place with qualified adopters.

The animals in this listing received from between 1˝ to three hours work during Wild Horse U, the purpose of which was primarily to desensitize the animals to people and to determine which approaches seemed to work best with each horse, the assumption being that many adopters prefer to employ their own training methods. Anyone having questions about how a horse behaved during training sessions are welcome to contact the LRTC Wild Horse Mentors.

Session 1: Started out crashing the fences – separation anxiety – and keyed off the other horses. Laid ropes around the corral to get his attention and asked him to walk around. Could start touching with pole and he started to face up.

Session 2: This horse calmed down a lot. He allows approaches and poling. Is more confident on his left side but is improving on his right. He tends to turn his rear end when pushed but does not offer to kick. Could use work in the round pen. (Worked only in square pens.)

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Session 1: Came in really scared and keyed off the horses in the adjacent pens. Put some ground poles in the pen and dedicated for her a “safe space” with a couple of poles and she settled down quite a bit and started to get curious. Volunteers could scratch with a pole at the end of the session.

Session 2: Major wind blew up with chairs and other stuff tumbling by, plastic bags blowing through pens. This horse settled with someone in the pen. Just worked on basics due to the weather. This horse will do OK with a calm, consistent handler.

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Session 1: When first in the pen was scared by another horse running by and crashed the fence. Took a while to get calmed down. Was able to scratch with pole. Got ropes over her using two people. Reacts to pressure. This mare responds best to quiet approaches and quiet handling where she can start to think. When she is thinking she does OK.

Session 2: Came in a bit nervous and then the wind started blowing chairs and tables over. Put 4 people in the pen and walked around quietly to get her to settle to a more quiet rate of travel. Reduced the pen crew to just the trainer and worked on maintaining quiet focus and relaxing until the wind started to die down (at least below sand blasting levels.) This horse can focus and should do fine with a quiet handler, and if nothing else she was able to get control of her senses while all heck was breaking loose so she has potential.

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Touched all over with pole. Threw ropes over. Got rope around neck and started yielding work. Touched withers with hand, up neck & on ears. Very quiet and curious.

(On request BLM will geld jacks at no charge prior to being picked up by adopters.)

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Pretty calm. Easily responded to pole on back & mane, neck, chest and tummy. Allowed touched on his nose. Would face up and take steps towards the handler.

Note: This horse has been adopted.

Very gentle and willing. Able to pet neck, around ears, on nose and face easily but he preferred people on his “on” side. Poled, used neck loop, started giving to pressure. SMART HORSE. One of the fastest learners of the group.

Note: This horse has been adopted.