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VIDEOS OF INTEREST TO MUSTANG & BURRO ADOPTERS:
Kitty Lauman:
From Wild to Willing: Using the Bamboo Pole to Gentle Mustangs
More from Lauman Training available now!DVD or VHS
(2-DVD or 2-VHS set) almost 3 hours of instruction! $39.95 plus $5 shipping/handling = $44.95 total 
Lesley Neuman:
The First Touch
Gentling Your Mustang
$45.00
Lesley works with 3 wild horses at a BLM adoption, and very clearly explains what is happening, what she is doing, & what she sees in each horse as it progresses. Study this video and you can learn "pressure and release" gentling techniques to gentle your own new mustang! 
Help for Burro adopters!
Crystal Ward
Donkey Training
All the basics of gentling, handling, and training. A MUST for new burro adopters! Good for domestic donkeys, too! Can't do Paypal?
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WILD HORSE GENTLING:
 
| |  |  | | Avispado, in Spain, was DNA tested E, aa, prlprl - a solid black based double pearl. (despite appearing to be buckskin or bay champagne) | Majodero R, a SMOKY BLACK PEARL (solid black plus one cream gene plus one pearl gene.) | PEARL Horses have four common coat color dilution genes with defined phenotypes: Cream, Dun, Silver and Champagne. Another rare dilution phenotype has been recognized in Quarter Horses and Spanish horse breeds such as Andalusians and Lusitanos, and in some American Mustangs, particularly from the High Rock and nearby herds managed by California in Northwestern Nevada.. In Spanish horses, this dilution is known as Pearl. In Quarter Horses and Paints, it has been commonly known as "Barlink Factor". Pearl expresses itself similarly to the cream or champagne dilutions, only with an added "metallic" sheen and green or hazel eye color. The two dilutions had long been assumed to be different. Research at the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) on the Quarter Horses/Paints identified a mutation associated with the "Barlink Factor" dilution. Further research has shown that the same mutation is present in Spanish horses with the Pearl phenotype. The presence of this mutation in Quarter Horses and Paints likely reflects the Spanish horse ancestry of these modern breeds. To recognize that this mutation probably originated in Spanish horses, it is appropriate to name it Pearl. Pearl behaves as a recessive gene with respect to the hair color. One dose of the mutation does not change the coat color of black, bay or chestnut horses. Two doses on a chestnut background produce a pale, uniform apricot color of body hair, mane and tail. Skin coloration is also pale. Pearl is known to interact with Cream dilution to produce pseudo-double Cream dilute phenotypes including pale skin and blue/green eyes. Pearl has been identified so far in American Paint and Quarter Horses, Andalusians, Lusitanos, Pasos and Gypsy Horses. Pearl is suspected in American Mustangs from certain herds - notably, High Rock on the California-Nevada border - that produce horses with a unique "metallic" look to their coats. PEARL Links: http://www.newdilutions.com/pearl/ www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolorhorse.php www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_gene www.animalgenetics.us/Pearl.htm www.horsecolor.com/dilutions/pearl/index.htm From "Animal Genetics, Incorporated:" Pearl dilution is a recently identified and rare color gene that is thought to have originated in horses of Spanish descent. The presence of the Pearl gene has been confirmed in breeds of Iberian origin, such as the Lusitano and Purebred Spanish horse, and is theorized to be present in the Spanish Mustang. In the American Quarter and American Paint horses, Pearl dilution is regularly referred to as the 'Barlink Factor.' Although the gene is distinct, the affect of Pearl dilution is similar to that of the cream and champagne dilutions. Pearl dilution is a recessive gene, and therefore will only affect the coat of the carrying horse if:
1) Two inherited copies of the pearl dilution gene are present. Horses inheriting two copies of the Pearl will have a diluted coat and pale skin. For example, red horses carrying two copies of Pearl will have a lightened apricot coat, mane and tail, pale skin, and light brown eye color. 2) The Cream Dilution gene is also present in the Pearl-carrying horse. The combination of the dominant Cream gene and the Pearl dilution gene will produce a pale coat color similar to that of horses that are homozygous for the Cream gene, such as cremello. The skin is pale and the eyes a blue/green color.
Pearl Dilution Testing Animal Genetics offers DNA testing and detection of the Pearl Dilution gene mutation.
Cost $25.00 US per sample. |
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