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Durham is a victim of former abuse. We rescued him for a slaughter house. He is a stunning big-boned mustang that is super intelligent and stunning to look at. Having been abused, we are currently socializing him. He is a mustang lovers dream and will require a lot of patients.
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He is stunning, well muscled with fabulous conformation, clean legs (yup, he’s sound), friendly and trained too,…..heck, his coat even gleams. When we first posted his picture, some of the Red Riding Hoods called him “eye candy”, perhaps we should say “eye opener”. He opened our eyes, to him and his two other buddies who we will have the privilege of introducing you to later this week. Somewhere along the line, something has become terribly off track…broken, that allows our beautiful American horses to be so callously discarded with no accountability and no consciousness. We are heartened to have so many of you join us in working to rewrite a shameful part of North American history (yes, Shane it is a problem that both our countries share). Durham is named in honor of a wonderful and generous family who has a deep love and respect for OUR horses…OUR mustangs, there eyes and hearts are open to our efforts, and we are humbled and deeply grateful. We welcome Durham to his new life, his second chance, and albeit small for now….a wee bit of a world where he is valued, safe and regarded. Our eyes will not be closed. Welcome Durham.
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We hate to over use a phrase, but haven’t found a replacement that has the same emotional…or spiritual impact. It takes a Village. As we so often do, we pause to reflect, be thankful and acknowledge that we cannot do this deeply meaningfu…l work alone. Thanks to the generosity…and compassion of Cindy A. Lee and the Wags and Menace Make a Difference Foundation these STUNNING, SOUND, HEALTHY, and TRAINED mustangs are SAFE. Foster, Durham and Reynolds are enjoying (and when we say enjoying, boy do we mean it) their time in an extended quarantine, AKA horsey vacation. They have transitioned from defensive, tense, and fearful to playful, frisky and perhaps most poignant of all, peaceful. It is impossible for us to acknowledge the gift of transforming a terrifying and barbaric reality into a LIFE of playing, eating, rolling and the lovely reciprocal ritual of grooming without a significant swelling of emotion in the back of our throat. While later this year we will bring them to the ranch for assessment and additional training in preparation for their forever homes, for now they are enjoying the relaxed and natural environment of pasture. For us, this beautiful picture replaces the cold and brutal reality that these American Horses nearly faced at slaughter. They are safe, and will know, experience and enjoy a life that will be meaningful…and humane. Thank you Cindy A. Lee and the Wags and Menace Make a Difference Foundation, and all those of you who help us help the horses…we cannot do this alone. Thank you!
