Sorry we are a little behind. It has been a very long and hectic week. So here we are in week 7 and the issue we had with Rio Gato and the saddle is a thing of the past. Rio Gato is outstanding. He will allow me to get a saddle on him and get onto the saddle. He has quieted down quite a bit and he has lost some of his fears of other horses. He still has some buck in him. He reminds me of my red horse. I think it is going to go down hill and I have some great pictures of him at John Growney's that I will post as soon as possible. He tends to want to defend himself if he thinks anything is inflicting upon his persons. He likes the one on one time with me. I have really made a connection with him. He likes to do things but doesn't like things being done to him. I have to be careful, there was a lot of preparation things that he allowed me to do to him that will go very fast these next few weeks.
It is very interesting to me on the imput that people want to give you on these mustangs without their experience. I think that all of them ought to train mustangs to give their insight. I think domestic horses have spoiled alot of people with what they allow people to do to them,. If they all had to start with mustangs I think there would be a lot less trainers or that their training days would be very short.
I have been raising mustang type personalities for many years and I have learned it is a joint effort with you and the horse and you need to adjust to the horses character needs. If this took place in more barns I think that myself and others like me would get less do over jobs. I 'll try to keep up and keep you updated. Still really like my horse.
Sampson is acting as though he has been in captivity for years and his new owner came out to visit. Many people rode him and he handled it like a champ.