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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! $49.95 plus $5 shipping/handling = $54.95 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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Mustang & Burro Events Lewis & Clark Mustang History, part 2 | | Sparky is Sick! :^(| Saturday, April 28 This morning he had a bad coughing spell, combined with a snotty nose, and he seemed to be so congested that he had trouble breathing - had to gasp with open mouth. It passed and the rest of the day he was okay. We gave him his second worming dose at about noon. In the evening he was eating well and we took him on a nice long walk - he grazed enthusiastically and seemed better. Saturday - May 5 The coughing and snotty nose have become much worse. We called the vet out. He diagnosed severe bronchitis - nearly pneumonia - with congestion throughout the lungs. He said it was a good thing we called him because by Monday things might have been irreversible. Even so, he talked about IF Sparky recovered, not WHEN. I was very freaked out! He started him on antibiotics, which we will continue for 14 days, and he took a blood sample. By Monday Sparky was showing improvement, and the blood work report came back encouraging: the white cell and fibrinogen levels were high normal - not indicative of an intractable deep-seated problem (such as "bastard strangles" - internal abcesses). When the vet said we'd have to administer oral antibiotics for 14 days, I thought "fat chance." Well, no problem! I dissolve the pills in maple syrup and Sparky LOVES it! He comes running when he sees the medicine syringe. By Thursday Sparky seemed almost fully recovered, although we will continue the antibiotics. We had the farrier out to trim his feet. He did SO well! We felt proud of him. And now he walks much more easily, without tripping over his long hooves. 
Here is Sparky, getting a kiss from Michael, on May 11, 2001. Notice how nicely he is shedding out.
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Follow Sparky's Progress: Sparky 2001 - Adoption | Gentling Sparky | Sparky Settles In | Sparky is Sick | Sparky Spring 2001 | Sparky - Summer 2001 | Sparky In School | Sparky in School, pt 2 | Sparky's First Rides | Saddle Training 2 | Sparky 2006 | Sparky 2007 Our Horses: BENNY (Kingsley) | Ruby - BLM Wild Mustang Filly | SILVER - half-draft | SPARKY - Mustang Colt | Dawn & Bert Burros | Max | Lewis & Clark | Sparky, Ruby & Max in the Mountains | Our Mustangs In Video | Mustangs on "The Fearful Crossing" | Pine Nut |
