The Wind River Wild Horse Sanctuary has so much to offer to visitors. When you visit, you can take a ride on a small ATV tour through the wild horses or go on a large group tour. The WRWHS also offers horseback riding and lots of training demonstrations that you can watch. If you don't have a wil...

To start the mare's training, the first session will focus on using the facing up with the approach and retreat method.

For the second session on day 1, Mustang Maddy will be working on building draw through the hindquarters.

During this session, Mustang Maddy will be working towards first touches and troubleshooting aggression.

In this session, Mustang Maddy will be working on the first touches again. For this exercise, the end of a lunge whip will be used.

Mustang Maddy continues to work on the first touches with the mare in this next session. As she progresses, you will notice the mare starting to relax more.

In this next session, Mustang Maddy will be refining her draw using 2 whips. This will help shape her leading skills. She will also be working on roundpenning basics.

In this session, Mustang Maddy will be alternating between getting her to draw forward with the 2 whips and working on more touching.

This is day 2. To start this session off, Mustang Maddy works on cantering transitions and then moves on to advancing touch.

In this session, Mustang Maddy will be continuing to build the draw with 2 whips, and then start working on whip desensitization.

Now that she is doing better with touch, Mustang Maddy is going to start expanding touch up around her poll/head area. The goal is to ask her to give to the pressure when touching her poll.

During this session, Mustang Maddy is going to introduce lateral flexion by getting the mustang to make movements from side to side.

In this session, Mustang Maddy is going to go over head lowering and lateral flexion. Then, she is going to introduce the halter.

With the halter on the mustang, Mustang Maddy is going to go over the head lowering and lateral flexion they have done with her so far.

The last session of day 2 will be working on the hindquarter yield and backing up. Mustang Maddy will be using 2 whips instead of the halter.

Day 3 begins with reviewing touch, desensitizing, haltering, lateral fexion, head down, hindquarter yield. Preparing for leading.

Introducing the neck rope using hindquarter yield.

Using body and whip cues to lead forward with neck rope.

This session progresses to leading using the halter with a neck rope to support the cue.

A continuation of teaching to yield to halter pressure.

Backing up in the halter without losing the draw already established.

How to get the horse okay with having her front legs touched in preparation for picking up the feet.

Day 3 concludes with picking up the front feet.

22 Foot leadline is attached to the halter for leading.