Day 1

May 26

I worked with Blossom for about two hours in the round pen. She did a lot of silly
stuff at first. She reared up, bucked and ran her little heart out. When she finally slowed down a little, I tried to approach her for the first touch. She moved away from me several times before she finally gave in and took her first smell of me and allowed me to touch her face. It was the most rewarding feeling that I have had in Horsemanship in a long time. To touch a wild Mustang within the first 4 hours of training was unreal. After I got her used to touching and my tools of the trade, she allowed me to put a lead rope on her and we led her to a pasture for free time. I was amazed at how well she walked from the round pen to the pasture. She gave no problems, she just walked right along behind me. I would have preferred beside me, but I was taking what she was able to give. After time I soon realized that the Mustang was not mean or aggresive at all. She was simply just scared to death, so I took a different approach to training her. Instead of moving her feet and body away from me, I stayed close to her and taught her to turn, walk beside me and allow me to catch her. She later proved to me that she liked to be close, almost to close.