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Camps Continue with Precautions – Mustang Trainer Still Needed

September 16, 2020September 10, 2020 by Stonewater Mustangs

As I write this short update, Ken, Tracey, and our summer staff and volunteers are in their second day of horse camps for the summer. Due to the restrictions and needed precautions with COVID-19, we have broken one 10-student camp into two 5-student camps. We have also adjusted how/where students …

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Volunteer Needed – The Search for a Colt Starter Continues

August 10, 2020 by Northwest Horse Source

What an unexpected season we have all been thrust into this spring and summer! For Stonewater Mustangs and Stonewater Ranch, this currently means less student interaction and much prayer around what ministry will look like throughout the summer. At the end of June, Avery completed the basics of starting Milo …

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Wild Hearts Graduate Learns with Young Mustang – The Search for a Team Member Continues

June 10, 2020June 3, 2020 by Stonewater Mustangs

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Stonewater Mustangs Wild Hearts student, Avery, has graduated out of the program and has decided to stay involved with us as a volunteer. With Dorothea’s coaching, she has been helping start Milo under saddle. This is what she shared with me about her experience: “I came to my first horse …

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Mustangs Continue Their Education

June 10, 2020May 26, 2020 by Stonewater Mustangs

What a different world from when I last sat here to write our monthly update. In mid-March, Wild Hearts suspended meetings for several weeks in response to the COVID-19 outbreaks. With no students coming on-site, it’s easy to lose sight of the ministry heart of Stonewater and Youth Dynamics. But …

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Stonewater Ranch: Plans and Steps

June 12, 2020April 6, 2020 by Stonewater Mustangs

A Time for Reflection By Stonewater Ranch Staff We had planned to bring our first Stonewater Mustangs onsite in December. The timing was all arranged. Go pick out horses, bring them home, and they would be mostly halter trained and “gentled” before Dorothea, our head trainer, takes maternity leave …

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Three Mustangs Meet their Students, Dreams Come True at Stonewater Mustangs

June 10, 2020April 1, 2020 by Stonewater Mustangs

That moment when you realize you are living a dream happened for us here at Stonewater Mustangs a few weeks ago. It was a Monday evening. Much like most Mondays here, we were in the arena with the Wild Hearts students. As we stood in the round pen, three Mustang …

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A Girl and a Mustang – Stonewater Gears Up for Spring Training

June 11, 2020March 1, 2020 by Stonewater Mustangs

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As I write this it’s still winter, but I trust that as you are reading this we are enjoying days of spring sunshine! Over the winter, our plan was to pair each Mustang with one Wild Heart’s student. Because of the unruly winter weather so far, we have not officially …

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One Final Mustang Joins Stonewater – Students to Prepare “The Boys” for Saddle Training

June 12, 2020February 1, 2020 by Stonewater Mustangs

As promised, we are excited to introduce our fourth and final addition to Stonewater Mustangs for 2019. In November, we picked up our final horse for the year—a tall, handsome red roan gelding from the Stinking Water HMA in Oregon. As of this writing, we have not given him a …

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Stonewater Ranch: The Season Winds Down

June 10, 2020October 1, 2019 by Northwest Horse Source

Time for Rest and New Focus at the Ranch By Stonewater Staff The peak busy season is over now, and everyone at Stonewater is taking some much-needed down time. With this comes the opportunity to tend to our horses in a way we simply do not have time for …

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Stonewater Ranch: Dally Trusts Leslie

June 10, 2020September 1, 2019 by Northwest Horse Source

The Little Mustang Takes a Big Step By Stonewater Staff The time had come. I knew Dally was ready for a student to take his leadrope and begin the student-Mustang partnership we have been working toward. So, on Thursday evening, with the other nine campers watching from the rails, …

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