I enjoy my gift of horses everyday, even when I have to do chores in subzero temperatures, even when I get kicked (1998) or trampled (2008), even when making hay is necesssary in the hottest part of the summer and it is hard, hard work. Saving wild horses from the BLM roundup and auctions is its own reward. Giving horses back a "wild life" combined with all the luxuries of domestic life. Just being a good animal caretaker is its own reward. Especially if there is no self gain, just doing it for the sake of giving - giving animals a natural life- one that is becoming harder and harder to attain at a time of tremendous human population and sprawl.
In November of 2008, Madeleine Pickens, wife of Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, announced she would dedicate 1 million acres for a wild horse refuge. She did a great thing. One in which we can all do a small part. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has been pressured for years by cattlemen to reduce the herd population thereby instituting this adoption program. Every year auctions are held for these horses, at under $200, and the right facilities, you can adopt. I encourage more horse people to give these horses a good home!
Our mustangs are named Blackfoot, and Blossom, they are within a year of each other born in 2003 and 2004, and they are great pals for oneanother. They also fit in great with our Quarterhorse herd. In fact, they all think they are wild horses now! This is Blackfoot shown in the photo on our land - her land!
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