WANT TO ADOPT BUT NOT SURE YOU CAN HANDLE A WILD ONE?

The Mustang Heritage Foundation's TIP Program has the answer!

Thanks to the Mustang Heritage Foundation, you can arrange for a TIP Trainer to do the early gentling work, at no extra cost to you!  Under the TIP program, trainers are paid by the Foundation to gentle and halter-train wild horses at their own BLM-compliant facilities. When the horse is ready, you finish the adoption paperwork and take the horse home. Go to the Information booth at the adoption, for information about hiring a TIP trainer or contact one of the TIP Trainers listed below.

Please note that you must work through the TIP Trainer at the adoption (The Trainer must do the paperwork with BLM at the adoption, and then you will do your own adoption paperwork when the horse is ready for you). If you adopt first, before engaging the trainer, your horse will not qualify for the TIP program.

TIP horses must be 3 years old or older, and one of the basic colors: red (chestnut, sorrel), bay, brown, or black, Or a horse approved by the BLM facility. Horses must be picked out and taken from the facility in the name of the TIP trainer (although the potential adopter can go along and help) and the adopter will officially adopt the horse after no less than 10 and no more than 90 days of training.

TIP training includes gentling and halter-training. A halter-trained horse is one that can be caught, haltered, lead, loaded into a trailer, and will stand for grooming and will allow all four feet to be handled. TIP training does not include saddle training. Many TIP trainers will do saddle training, but that is outside the scope of the TIP program and needs to be worked out between the adopter and the trainer.

Napa TIP Trainers
Mike Kerson Napa, CA 94558 nosrek@sprynet.com Visit Video Mike (He makes videos but can also train Mustangs!)	Nancy Kerson Napa, CA 94558 nancy@mustangs4us.com or visit Mustangs 4 Us	Misty Evans Napa, CA 94558 misty.evans@comcast.net Misty picked up her current TIP horse (above) on July 15, and he will be available for adoption at Napa Mustang Days Click here to Follow Cooper's Progress	Midori Morgan Napa, CA Click for Flyer or visit North Bay Natural Horsemanship
More Northern California & Nevada TIP Trainers:
Alyssa Radtke Vacaville, CA (works out of Napa) alyssaradtke@gmail.com  Deven Childers Riolinda, CA 95673 reinmakerranch@aol.com  Meg Verardi Sutter Creek, CA 95685 megverardi@wild2stable.com	Sue Watkins Sheridan, CA 95681 horseysue@gmail.com Robert Gonzales Jackson, CA 95642 gonzaleslivestock@hughes.net Linda Stine Garden Valley, CA 95633 wildhorse9920@yahoo.com Bill Shinn Cohasset, CA 95973	Michele DeCamp Penn Valley, CA 95946 mdecamp@att.net Saunya Bolton Reno, NV 89506 saunyajo@charter.net Shawnie Peters Janesville, CA 96114 shawnsterama@yahoo.com	Jason Allen Tollhouse, CA 93667 tinajordanallen@yahoo.com David Kneller Paso Robles, CA 93446 krista@fromstarttofoundation.com Krista Koenig Paso Robles, CA 93446 greathorse4u@hotmail.com

To find a TIP Trainer near you, contact the Mustang Heritage Foundation