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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?
No Problem!
Just Call TOLL FREE
1-877-345-6748
(1-877-FILMS4U)
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OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN
WILD HORSE GENTLING:
 
| | Ruby from Twin Peaks, Our First BLM Mustang
October 23, 2000: 2 hours after arriving at our house from the BLM Adoption, our daughter, Saanen, posed with our new filly.
Wild, huh?
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January, 2004: Ruby & Michael
2005: at a Jerry Tindell Challenges Clinic
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Fall, 2006: Ruby has matured into a beautiful mare. Mike is training her to both ride and drive.
Fall 2007: Riding at Pt. Reyes National Park
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Ruby in fall of 2008 on The Fearful Crossing Wagon Train & Pioneer Trail Ride
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We adopted Ruby, our first mustang, on October 22, 2000 at the BLM Satellite Adoption in Vallejo, CA. She was a bright, inquisitive-looking filly, who was so light on her feet, she nearly floated when she ran. She "chose" us, in a way. We had planned on getting a buckskin or a pinto, and this little girl was plain brown. But she kept looking at us, almost haunting us. Every time we looked over in her direction, she was looking back at us! Michael reported that he woke up in the middle of the night after our visit on Friday, and he "saw" the little filly looking right at him. He went back Saturday morning and adopted her! Before we loaded her up for home, we asked Lesley Neuman*, the on-site mentor, if she would work with her for a little while to show us how to get started.  
Lesley agreed. It took about an hour and a half, to get Ruby to accept touching and stand calmly with a human. She was off to a great start - the initial contact with people had started, and she was on her way to being gentled.
* We were so impressed by Lesley's work that we made her a video for new adopters. Click here for more info about that. Follow Ruby's Progress: DAYS 2 - 5 | 6 Weeks | Fear Of Sandpiles | 3 Month "Anniversary" | Birthday! | Ruby Summer 2001 | Ruby 2002 | Ruby 2003 | Ruby 2004 and 2005 | Ruby 2006 | Ruby 2007 | Ruby in 2008 | Ruby, 2009 & 2010 Or check out our other Horses: SILVER - half-draft | Ruby - BLM Wild Mustang Filly | SPARKY - Mustang Colt | BENNY | Dawn & Bert Burros | Eleanor Mule | Max | Piney the Pine Nut Pony | Lewis & Clark
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