MAY 18, 2008
We had not heard about the Mustang Makeover, but during the week of May 18, one of our clients sent us a newspaper article about it, and suggested that a young man like our son might find this a fun project. Little did we know that it wouldn't be our son, but ourselves, who were about to begin our Mustang Makeover Adventure.
We read the article and noticed that there were some yearlings going to be included in the makeover too. I absolutely refuse to let Jere take on a wild horse to ride, because, after all, he is 63 years old. And while he is a spry old feller, I still don't want him breaking bones!! But, the yearlings would be a little different deal.
I e-mailed Patti Colbert of the Mustang Heritage Foundation and she was enthusiastic about us getting a yearling. So we got our paperwork together and had some people fill out references for us, and faxed it to them. We were chosen to be one of the Yearling Mustang Makeover Trainers. We decided to take two of the Mustangs because they would settle each other down. And, why take one, when you can take two of them?? We were approved on the Friday before we had to pick them up in Elgin, TX.
MAY 23, 2008
We traveled from Utopia to Elgin, a trip of about 3 hours, to pick up our two Mustangs. We didn’t have any idea of what our horses would be like, so we came prepared and brought ropes and halters.
We started from home at around 7 a.m. and got to Elgin around 10 a.m. We took care of the paperwork and backed up to the chute to load our Mustangs. The crew they had to load was evidently very experienced and we were amazed at how quickly they loaded them and we were on our way. To get home we have to go through Austin. We were worried that all the traffic would worry our Mustangs, so we went around Austin and came in through Johnson City and then on South and home.
We made the trip home fast and when we got there, put a couple of panels up and backed the trailer up to their pen. They both walked off the trailer like they had been doing this all their lives! We kept them in the same small pen for a little while, because we didn’t know how wild they would be. We also went and got two of our yearlings to put in the pasture beside them. We figured if they jumped out, they would at least stay with our colts and we wouldn’t have to chase them all over the country.
We had not heard about the Mustang Makeover, but during the week of May 18, one of our clients sent us a newspaper article about it, and suggested that a young man like our son might find this a fun project. Little did we know that it wouldn't be our son, but ourselves, who were about to begin our Mustang Makeover Adventure.
We read the article and noticed that there were some yearlings going to be included in the makeover too. I absolutely refuse to let Jere take on a wild horse to ride, because, after all, he is 63 years old. And while he is a spry old feller, I still don't want him breaking bones!! But, the yearlings would be a little different deal.
I e-mailed Patti Colbert of the Mustang Heritage Foundation and she was enthusiastic about us getting a yearling. So we got our paperwork together and had some people fill out references for us, and faxed it to them. We were chosen to be one of the Yearling Mustang Makeover Trainers. We decided to take two of the Mustangs because they would settle each other down. And, why take one, when you can take two of them?? We were approved on the Friday before we had to pick them up in Elgin, TX.
MAY 23, 2008
We traveled from Utopia to Elgin, a trip of about 3 hours, to pick up our two Mustangs. We didn’t have any idea of what our horses would be like, so we came prepared and brought ropes and halters.
We started from home at around 7 a.m. and got to Elgin around 10 a.m. We took care of the paperwork and backed up to the chute to load our Mustangs. The crew they had to load was evidently very experienced and we were amazed at how quickly they loaded them and we were on our way. To get home we have to go through Austin. We were worried that all the traffic would worry our Mustangs, so we went around Austin and came in through Johnson City and then on South and home.
We made the trip home fast and when we got there, put a couple of panels up and backed the trailer up to their pen. They both walked off the trailer like they had been doing this all their lives! We kept them in the same small pen for a little while, because we didn’t know how wild they would be. We also went and got two of our yearlings to put in the pasture beside them. We figured if they jumped out, they would at least stay with our colts and we wouldn’t have to chase them all over the country.
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