Why a Mustang by Barbara Kiipper and Michele Bell
This book was written from two long term trainers on why it’s a very good option to start with a wild mustang rather than a domesticated one and along the way are some humorous stories and personalities that make a mustang an individual type horse with their own personalities and intellect. You would not believe some of the brilliant beautiful animals and their human-like love to tantrums and why you should take a look at the option of a wild mustang as your next companion on the trail. Over 50 years experience with these two authors and that’s a lot of stories..
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Barb Kiipper bio Born with a passion for horses, I learned about horses, training, and showing from an early age. My teachers were the California Vaqueros, Native American and African American cowboys, and dozens of notable clinicians and trainers throughout my life. Tradition, history, and unique cultural influences shaped my early years as a horsewoman.A love for animals and training horses will always be my guiding light. Horses can teach us much about ourselves and help us heal from many traumatic situations.A 35-year distribution and supply chain management career with Mervyn’s, Target, and Disney would teach me leadership principles, problem-solving, process improvement, and scientific methods.As time went on the call of the American Mustang took over my life work, uniquely their own, their blood contains the history of this land.I adopted my first mustang, Carson, in 2009 and realized what a gem the Mustang is. I wanted to do what I could to help people better understand these wonderful horses and rescue them from bad situations.
As founder and CEO of Jicarilla Mustang Heritage Alliance, a non-profit since 2012, JMHA has helped over 100 wild horses find peace in their domestic lives.I am a Carson Partnership for Horse Management member with the USFS Jicarilla Ranger district supporting the New Mexico wild horses. Becoming a mustang advocate and seeking a positive solution to a growing American plight is another chapter still unfoldingThis passion for the free spirit of the Mustang consumes my efforts to find solutions that will bring peace and balance to their life on the public lands, so they can remain free and wild for all to enjoy and preserve for future generations.Barb lives in Bloomfield, NM, with her three mustangs and dog
Born with a passion for horses, Barb learned about horses, training, and showing from an early age. Her teachers were the California Vaqueros, Native American and African American cowboys, and dozens of notable clinicians and trainers throughout her life. Tradition, history, and unique cultural influences shaped Barb’s early years as a horsewoman.
Barb lives in Bloomfield, NM, with her three mustangs and dog.
Michele has been involved with horses, some of them mustangs, for most of her life, but her mustang journey did not truly begin until a grey mustang mare named Ellinor came into her world in 2014.
She worked full time as a barefoot trimmer for almost ten years. In addition to trimming hundreds of well-behaved horses, she did many first trims on mustangs and young horses, and also worked with quite a few misunderstood, difficult to trim horses. The communication that happens through simply touching a horse is astounding, and our acknowledgement of what the horse is truly giving up when they hold up a hoof and stand on three legs -their ability to flee- means more to the horse than most realize. She offers the horse safety and comfort with her entire being, and in return the horse allows her to take away its means of flight or fight by standing on three legs and offering her a hoof.
An overuse injury to Michele’s hip curtailed her trimming career in 2017, so she shifted gears slightly and began teaching natural horsemanship lessons. That led her to starting colts for other people, not just her own, which led to not only training, but taming mustangs.
Michele lives in Dolores, Colorado on a beautiful ranch/hay farm with her husband and their dogs, cats, and horses, two of which are mustangs.