I don't think it would even be wise for me to get started on this one! The adopting idea (auctioning) was a good idea, I know quite a few people who have adopted mustangs and they are phenominal horses, I hope to adopt a few in my life, but now they just want to euthanize them? Why? I've heard dabbles into this, and for a while they we're just going to castrate a percentage of the stallions to minimize reproductivity.
This just frustrates me! GRRRRR!!!!
I had a grand idea, and if only I had the money I would start it up. I want to build a barn specially designed to train mustangs (as they are very good horses, but they do present certain qualitys that other horses don't have that make them difficult to gentle) and then I would adopt 5 or 10 of them, gentle them and get them going to a sufficiant starting spot for any riding discipline then sell them. Why is this different you ask? I truly believe that a lot of the horse world out there would like to be able to own, ride and have such a great partnership with an American Mustang! However, the problem is that most people do not posess the time, means, nor PATIENCE to train a mustang. The average horse can take 1-4 months to be gentled, depending on how often you work with the animal and what breed it is, and for what purpose your training it for. Mustangs? I've heard it can take anywhere from 6 months to a year to train a mustang. I've heard months alone just to touch it! But it's so worth it! Mustange are amazingly trustworthy, VERY easy to keep as they grew up haveing to survive on the plains and deserts of Nevada, Colorado, Oregon, and such, and they can do almost any discipline!
This is all just sad....
