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Maria
Must Tango Extreme
Mustang Makeover
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Maria Mustango
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Although arguably the
most beautiful of the two mustangs, Maria still has her original halter
on and hasn't yet been able to leave the safety of her round pen. Since
not much is known about the past histories of these mustangs, it may
never be known how Maria came to be so distrustful of humans. Arriving
with a mortal fear of having her face touched, she can now allow her
ears and mouth to be handled quietly. When stressed, Maria becomes profoundly
dangerous and it was decided that forcing her to become a domesticated
animal in 100 days was unfair to both Maria, and any one involved with
her. Because of the depth of her distrust, and the violence of her reactions,
the very difficult decision to remove Maria from the Extreme Mustang
Makeover program was made by Krista and Dave, with the full support
of the Bureau of Land Management and the Mustang Heritage Foundation.
There are options left for Maria to be domesticated, but in mid-June,
no decisions have been made.
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In the Mustang Makeover
Barn A forlorn empty stall awaited Maria .. .. ..
.. .. .. and her name card was never used. |
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Wild Rose Does Tango The first two stages
of the competiton were In Hand Trail and Conditioning. Rose had a bit
of a spook in the trailer and placed a disappointing 16th or so In Hand.
Her Conditioning was judged very fit and she tied for 5th place. |
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Rose enters the arena quietly, and stands for mounting like she's been
doing it all her life, not just for a few short weeks. Although some mustangs were mounted from the mounting block, others spooked at it. |
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Step up onto the 'bridge' .. .. .. |
Pause to take a break as a reward .. .. .. | And step off: head low and absolutely
composed! |
Great transition to the trot .. .. .. |
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| Trot off.. .. | And stop in the box. | Rose looses her composure for a brief moment .. | and is right back in focus. |
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| Forward into the chute .. .. .. | Then back up.. .. .. | Around the corner .. .. .. | And stand quietly for another big reward. |
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Look for some important keys to Krista's
success with Rose in the above sequence. |
:: Krista never asks Rose to move faster
than she's able. And on this day, she seems to be turning in the box a
little slower than usual. No problem: Krista slows down and moves at Rose's
pace. |
:: Notice Rose's headgear. She wasn't the only mustang in a bosal, but others were carrying snaffle bits, or even a shank bit. Rose never needed to be managed by her bit as she and Krista worked as equal partners. | :: Of course you can't see it, but all this is taking place while a mounted shooting demo is going on in a nearby arena. |
| Krista@FromStartToFoundation.com |
831-588-6214
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1425
San Marcos Rd. Paso Robles, CA 93446
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