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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 | | WILD MUSTANG MULES Ginny Freeman with "Tommy" the BLM mule colt and his mentor-friend, Ashley the burro. Tommy is one of 5 young mules brought in with the 2006 Twin Peaks gather.
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Lesley Neuman's "Blue Mule" Will, also from Twin Peaks | We came across this animal while driving past a dry lake bed in Nevada north of Pyramid Lake and east of Susanville (map says Smoke Creek Desert). I think it looks more like a mule than a burro and was surprised to learn that there are wild mules in CA and NV, especially in the Twin Peaks HMA which could be where we were. Of course, I don't even know that this was a wild creature--but, the area is quite desolate. Ruth Bayliss |  |
Wild Mules do exist. They aren't common, and are produced by only a handful of Herd Areas. The Twin Peaks Herd Management area in Northern California produces the majority of wild-bred, wild-born mules, and occasionally one or two are found in other herd areas. In 2006, two were captured from one of the Oregon areas.  | 
These wild mules were gathered in Oregon. | 
Lesley Neuman works a mature adult wild mule at a BLM adoption. She reported he was "awesome." | 
The wrangler in back is riding an appaloosa mule. Since this was a BLM adoption, I believe this was a mustang mule. But I don't know for sure. |
A mule who has lived for any length of time in the wild is usually so smart, and so unhappy to be captured, that they are very difficult to gentle and train. However, some, especially the youngsters, do come around with the right training and perseverance. Wild Mules are definitely not for the novice adopter!  Above left: Colby, owned by Sal in Northern California, and at right, Eleanor, owned by the Kerson Family, are full-sibling mules out of an Oregon mustang mare and a large domestic donkey. They were bred by Rhonda Zinkel of Etna California. |  |
Many mule lovers have learned that mules produced from adopted BLM mares and domestic donkeys produce an excellent hardy mule.  since 12-29-2006
Love Mules? Video Mike has a series of videos about America's premier mule event, Bishop Mule Days |
