Demi the Domestic

Meet Demi! She is a domestic mare that showed up around October on 7 mile ridge, close to the Hywy. When I first met her she was with Benson. I could tell she was a domestic by her conformation, her hooves and by the way she came up to me to be petted!
In my opinion she needs to be pulled out, it is cruel to dump horses in this environment!

She has since joined up with the bay stallion we call Greasewood. I saw them on this frigid winters day close to the Hywy, working hard to stay alive. Anyway it was nice to see this band. I had never been able to get so close.
Here is the wiley little mustang mare/mother in the group....Yarrow. She never seems very content. There was a gather in 2008 and I'm sure the dynamics went beserk for awhile....hopefully the HSUS has some information and we could find out where this lovely mare came from. I just think it would be interesting to know...
Here is the chestnut mare's filly, a coming 2 year old we call White Sage, She is wintering really well, she is almost fat! She was very curious and seemed quite content just being. After the Oct 2008 gather the horses bred like crazy and in 2009 58 foals were recorded! This is one of them....
Here is the bulldoggy band stallion. He is also keeping his weight. It was impressive to see him search for food. He is a very strong, athletic stallion. I bet it wasn't too hard for him to get the domestic from Benson, who is a more submissive stallion. His documented name is Greasewood. Of course wild horses don't really have "names". It is just a way to talk about them and to officially document them.
Not everyone is happy about Greasewood's new mare! This little mustang was a little crabby on this day! I really love her Spirit and that big, beautiful blaze! She is a character for sure.
Yarrow has the best pawing skills I have ever seen. She goes way high and very fast! The horses were so focused on eating. I did not stay very long because I did not want to stress them. All the horses have there own personal techniques of pawing. Some are slow, steady and powerful like the stallion and some are like the little mare...whack, whack, whack. Their large platter hooves are built for the task.
There is the filly, White Sage....No worries for this filly. She was coming up with great tufts of something, not stressed at all. She is a true mustang, able to survive in these extreme conditions.