Comments on: Mustang Match-Up

By: horse lover <3

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:14:25 +0000

Erika there are a lot of horses ready for you to adopt that are about to be euthanized, which is so sad because then they are a complete waste in death as they were in life…how sad ignorant people are, they mean well, but create situations way worse than the one they try to “fix”…what’s your contact info? I can have 12 on the way to your house tomorrow…

By: erika

erika — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:48:23 +0000

and if i didnt have mares i would adopt a stally i would adopt any horse that they would murder or how they put it euthanize i bought my mustang thinking id have just a horse in the yard but i found a person to train her

By: erika

erika — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:40:00 +0000

i have adopted a cremello mustang before and before i even took it home i was in a 20foot pen with her for 3 hours and she came up and allowed me to brush her all it needs is time

By: Jacky

Jacky — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:28:20 +0000

I would absolutely love to own a mustang since they are so hardy and have a “great story”. I would also love the challenge of working on training the horse, since i love to develop that special bond with the individual horse. I bet that a mustang would be a great horse that, once you create that bond, will be something amazing. And in reference to the part about euthanizing “untrainable” horses… the correct handler has to be chosen totrain them with enough experience. There really are those kinds of people out there, the horses don’t need to be killed because it’s easier than finding the right trainer. And for the older stallions who are ‘true’ wild mustangs.. why not use them to breed and keep the purity of the wild mustangs blood line?

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:50:05 +0000

I would LOVE to adopt a mustang, If I could, but mom says that we already have “to many horses!” (but I don’t think we have enough!) if I could I would!

By: aa

aa — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:09:39 +0000

I would take a mustang in a moment if I were allowed.

By: Bryana

Bryana — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:00:08 +0000

I took care of a BLM mustang, a little dapple gray kid called Cody, for more than 3 years. I never rode him, nor really had the intention to ride him. He taught me more life lessons on the ground than any other horse has from their back. I sometimes find it is sad that we are ingrained with the idea that horses are meant only for riding, and competition, but I believe there is more to them than that. I do know that riding a horse only strengthens your bond with these beautiful creatures, and we experience things that we could never otherwise. But if I were a horse, truly, especially feral with the knowledge and natural love for the wild, I could think of nothing better than having a human buddy, for the company, and a large patch of grass, for the road…

By: Andria

Andria — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:32:30 +0000

One thing I find rather weird is that the BLM staff seem surprised when visitors & onlookers overlook those of the mustangs that are more weary of people or aren’t very friendly towards them like your normal run-of-the-mill horses who will walk right up to you. I think instead of BLM going & euthanizing all of those of the mustangs that they brand “unadoptable” or are simply just “not manageable” should give them a fighting chance & give them a REAL chance in having a great loving home with someone. If BLM does end up euthanizing mustangs as they have thought about now, it’s NOT going to solve anything what-so-ever or atleast not for long,because there will always be MORE to come. Besides there are more lives being taken than what are being attempted to be saved in return,that’s plainly just NOT FAIR to the mustangs. Euthanasia is pointless unless an animal is so old,sick,or injured that it can’t walk or eat. Having wild mustangs that have been so important to us in the past & to most in present day,then to have BLM say or even think about euthanizing any one of those magnificient mustangs is an unbearable thought to me. I think they NEED to make some kind of,or more efforts towards saving the very mustangs that BLM has taken upon themselves to find good loving homes for & provide a stress-free life,like every horse,wild or not deserves. BLM is simply giving up because times are hard at the moment.& yea I don’t know their personal situations with it all.But just because times get hard for them once or twice for a while,doesn’t mean taking a completely healthy & well horse’s life is going to simply vanish it all forever. {•.It will solve nothing.•}

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:22:22 +0000

I wonder if it is possible to own one like a big dog with no thoughts of ever riding it. Just company for another horse.

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:40:21 +0000

I have a BLM Mustang. He such a great horse, but he does get a bit “bratty” every so often. He’s the smallest horse, but HE is the King of the pasture! Great horses.