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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 | | Feeding at either extreme (too much or too little) is dangerous, even life-threatening to your horse. EVALUATING HORSE CONDITION USING HENNEKE SCALE STANDARDS | Body Score | Ribs | Spine | Pelvis and
Tail Head | Withers, Shoulder & Neck bones | 1 (emaciated)
Look how prominent the spine, pelvis and ribs are. This horse has already used up its own muscle tissue over the rump, just trying to survive. | very prominent | very prominent | very prominent | very noticeable |  Note: Horses in this dire state of malnutrition require specialized care in rehabilitation. They are prone to developing ulcers and colic, and their survival is not guaranteed just because feed improves. Such animals may also have an underlying medical problem (such as cancer) that is contributing to their extremely poor condition. The paint above was euthanized by Animal Control, as being beyond help. | | | Ribs | Spine | Pelvis and
Tail Head | Withers, Shoulder & Neck bones | 2 (very thin)
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| very noticeable
| tops of vertebrae
very noticeable
| pelvic bones
noticeable; tail
head prominent | faintly noticeable | 4 (light)
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(Same horse as #2 above, after a month of good care) | faintly
noticeable
| slight ridge
along back
| pelvic bones
covered; can feel
fat at tail head
| not obviously thin | 5 (moderate/ideal)
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| not visible
but easily felt
| back is flat; no
crease or ridge
| pelvic bones well
covered; spongy
fat at tail head
| rounded withers;
shoulder & neck blend into body | 6 (moderately fleshy)
_small.jpg) | spongy fat over
ribs; can feel individual ribs
| may have slight
crease down back
| pelvic bones well covered; soft fat
around tail head | some fat deposits
on withers, neck, & behind shoulders | Mustangs are notoriously "easy keepers." Having been naturally selected over many generations to thrive on sparse desert grazing, they "blow up like blimps" on good quality hay, green pastures, and (gasp!) grain supplements. Owning a mature mustang means taking on "the Battle of the Bulge." | 7 (fleshy)
ohioline.osu.edu | obvious filling
between ribs; can feel ribs
| may have crease
down back
| pelvic bones well
covered; soft fat
around tail head | fat deposits on
withers, neck, &
behind shoulders | 8 (fat)
| hard to feel ribs
| crease down back | very soft fat at
tail head; fat on
inner thighs
| fat fills withers area
& behind shoulders;
thickened neck | 9 (obese)
www.sciencedaily.com
Photo George Clerk
photo: www.vet.utk.eduA horse in this condition is just as at-risk for early death as an emaciated one. | dimpled fat over ribs | obvious crease down back
| bulging fat at tail head & inner thigh; flank filled with fat | bulging fat on withers, neck, & behind shoulders |
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