Without hesitation Wildairo goes through the gate.
And keeps going.....
We're left watching a little cloud of dust. My worse fears!!!!
Soon as the dust clears we see him sniffing the air the other side of the rocks and he comes racing back.
For the first time in a very long time he can gallop with wild abandon. Clearing huge boulders in big leaps he gallops to his hearts content.
He has a wonderful time. He galloped back into his corral....
...making sure no one was stealing his hay.
He'd grab a mouthful and take off again.
He did that at least a dozen times.
He always wanted to know what was the other side of this rock wall.
He has no problem with us approaching him. He never went to find out where the fences were and so as far as he was concerned he was totally free.
Then he felt the call of the wild....and went and had a quick look for his herd.
He stood looking for ages in the direction of the place where once he was a wild horse.
Then remembering it was bran muffin Sunday, he raced home.
Wildairo said he doesn't need a shot in the neck or a stranger attacking his hooves because he's a mustang and he can trim his own feet thank you.
I told him not everybody is as lucky as us and have a huge pasture of ugly rocks and hard ground.
5 comments:
That is awesome!! Beautiful still looks off toward her herd, too. I'll release her when I get her paperwork in the mail--but she'll have to learn about fences a lot sooner than Wildairo.
Oh, Arlene - how marvelous. And how awesome he has such a large place to run and play.
Love the pictures! He really is one lucky horse.
That is so great!!!! The pictures were wonderful! He looks so happy! Congratulations on the "release" of your wild mustang!!!
I was really scared when we opened the gate and let him go. There is just a electrified cable running along the cattle feeder (just outside his gate) and I was worried he wouldn't see it and run into it. On his second outing he saw a fence and wouldn't go near it. He seemed scared of it. I think these horses are pretty sensible and respect fences but I'm still too nervous to let him out when I'm at home alone though.
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