why mustangs?

i always knew there were people who bred horses to look and be a ceratin way. but when i learned recently that there are people who dispose of the horses that don't come out the way they want i was horrified. i had no idea. they take them to auction and they usually end up bought by 'kill buyers' real cheap, who then take them to either canada or mexico where they are then bought by foreigners who slaughter them for meat that they eat. (shit if people in america ate horses, we woudn't be able to grow the wild ones fast enough would we?)

mustangs are deep, and carry many secrets from long ago in their hearts and souls...

when people say there are "too many (even domestic) horses in this country" it's a myth. even in hard times most folks are reluctant to let them go often even feeding their animals before themselves. so, that leaves us with horses that were once wild that have now been captured who also need homes.  the folks that breed for color or perfect confirmation or whatever they deem necessary in a good horse, obviously fail to see that mustangs, no matter whether they have four or none of the genetic markers indicating good iberian or spanish bloodlines, are the cream of the crop, and that they stand the tests of mother nature year after year and pass with flying colors. in the wild they go without fancy barns, quality hay, and all of the other things us humans think they need to survive, carry on and buck-up (no pun intended) when the  going gets real tough. they don't need blankets or shoes or us trying to tell them how and why to live either but after capture they do need homes. maybe some of the folks who produce throwaway horses should take a second look at the mustangs. but then again, do we want them to have them to have them in the first place? all of these are great reasons for getting one but to me, the best reason is one you can't put into words. it has to do with their sensitivity and they way they keen into your or said more better, your very soul. they will test you, study you and wonder about you in a way i've yet to see any other animal do. they will make you work hard for trust and give it back tenfold. the will reveal their broken hearts if they have one, and will wear it on not only their sleeve, but yours as well. but...it's something that lives between all of this that makes them different and if you don't feel it at first, you will eventually and if you never do, well then it wasn't meant for you to have. notice i said "have". it's a gift and not all can handle it. lots of people give up with mustangs "oh he's taking to long gentle" or, "he just won't settle down and let me do anything". DUH!!! he's a WILD HORSE!!! my reply would be "your not giving him enough time to get to know you...slow down, don't hurry" and, "stop trying to DO STUFF!". my first mustang HoonaH, died of a broken heart. after two years of sporadic but almost constant colic and a $10,000 surgery at davis that proved nothing, he died. my mentor at kickin' back ranch willis lamm told me "he holds in his emotions...that's why he's sick". he was right. this horse would stand on a little hill at the ranch with me, look east and tears would roll down his face and his bottom lip would tremble. all the rest of his time he was holding it in and trying to make me happy. he had been horribly neglected and abused before i got him and was also one of those mustangs that (there are many)  never should have been caught in the first place. they just can't be happy with humans. HoonaH would do everything i asked of him but stay alive and when he died it tore me up real bad. more than any human loved one even. did i have the courage to start again? yes. was it worth it? hell yes. do i miss him? everyday...