06/16/2026
And just like this, we ended one chapter and began a new one in this horse's life...
After a long time of thinking, we had to make a decision regarding our foster horses.
As you all know, from the beginning they came to us as foster kids. Our job was to help them recover, love on them and place them in the right homes.
Son showed too much potential. We had meetings with multiple very professional horse people and all of them agreed that he is a great horse with a clean mind, a healthy disposition and extremely fast learning skills.
At the same time, we had our volunteer Rae, who worked with him every morning and every evening. She never missed a single day. During this whole time, they developed a very strong bond.
We personally know how Rae treats her horses, her desire to continue learning everything about training him and her dream of having her own rideable horse.
No one wakes up and becomes a pilot. No one wakes up and becomes a surgeon. And no one wakes up and becomes a horseman. Horsemanship takes hours, months, and years of constant work with horses and developing your skills.
By watching Rae every day for the last three months, we can see success for her with him.
Now...
We had a few volunteers whom we love dearly and we listened to their opinions. We also carried those opinions in a head for a long time. But we just couldn't see such a great horse being sent to a sanctuary where, based on his abilities, he would probably be trained to become a rideable horse and eventually adopted out.
Once he is released into another organization, none of us really have any control over what happens to him anymore. How often and how many of us would actually be able to go check on him, even if he was only four hours away? That's right—be honest.
Now, if he stays in Pahrump, we can come and check on him. It will be much easier for Rae to work with him once he is in her backyard. She already has 3 horses that he can bond with and create his new herd.
Let's imagine the worst-case scenario (which will probably never happen), but let's imagine he doesn't work out. Raelyn knows she can always bring him back.
Now let's discuss his Mama.
Mama is untrainable and probably will stay that way. She absolutely can not be adopted to a home that is not advanced with dealing with wild horses.
One of our dear volunteers Rita, established contact with a sanctuary in California that agreed to take Mama in. This sanctuary specializes in training wild mustangs and has facility for untrainable mustangs where she will be able to bond with her new herd and live her life as wild horse. We also have another sanctuary out of North California, interested in her and they plan to come at the end of June to meet with us.
If Son goes with Mama, they will train him to be a ridable horse and use him for rides or simply put him up for adoption. He is too great of a horse to simply be left to roam on fields. Both sanctuaries have been very straightforward with us about that.
Tonight, he walked through the neighborhood like a champ. Rae and Son have an incredible bond, and it was magical to watch them together. He listened to her whenever they stopped and when she needed to calm him down. He followed her lead for solid 50 minutes of walk. His new friends were so sooo excited to see him!!!
By the way, we strongly believe, that the person who gives this soul a home, has all rights to name him.
Rae named him Rowdy
Welcome to your new life Rowdy boy❤️
And we just can't wait to see you visiting us someday, carrying on your back your beloved Rae🥰
