Dos Lomas Wild Ranch
Sanctuary
Dos Lomas Wild Ranch Sanctuary
Most people know us as wild mustang trainers. We gentle, train and start wild horses under saddle. We compete on them and provide education to the public on adoption and training. Our goal has always been to help as many mustangs get into permanent homes as possible. Everything we do is done with that goal in mind. But something was missing. There was a need and we were not able to fulfill it.
Until now.
We would get messages and e-mails all the time of people overwhelmed with their wild horses and wanting to give them to us. Sometimes we were in a place to take them and train them, then find a home. As the economy got worse our ability to do this became impossible. We lose money doing this, every single time. We could not sustain it. Then there were the mustangs that did not want to be part of the human world. They did not want to be domesticated. Many would already be titled and therefore could not be returned to the BLM to live out their days. Their fate as a ungentled or highly reactive mustang would often be heading to the slaughter pipeline or starving in a pen somewhere, forgotten.
We are not huge but with our skills as mustang trainers we can provide a safe place and necessary care for those mustangs that cross our path. If they can be trained, we can train them and find a suitable home. If they can't be trained, we can provide them large pastures to live in our small mustang herd. We can do this with the help of people like you who love wild horses and want to help them.
Unlike a lot of the other big "sanctuaries" and "rescues" that go after the famous horses, sensationalize tragedies and play with emotions to get donations. Those that bid up popular horses on the Internet Adoptions and mislead the public regarding "families being ripped apart". We have a different goal and perspective. We want to help those who have already been adopted and are in a bad situation or the adopters are in desperate need of help. Then, if possible, provide the best thing for a horse to be safe there is...effective and good training. So they become a safe member of society. And if they are not meant to be that, give them a safe landing. Our primary goal is to train and find good homes. We have a limited space for those that won't transition to domestic life. We currently have three residents who belong in this category.
Let's meet them!
*Dos Lomas Wild Ranch is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit so all donations are tax deductible.
EIN: 93-492277
15hh gray gelding from Choke Cherry, UT HMA. Ligero was selected for the 2022 Virtual Extreme Mustang Makeover. He was Sale Authority so could not be returned to the BLM and no longer had government protection. When we brought him home he seemed like he would be fairly easy to domesticate. But he was really good at hiding his true feelings. He was supposed to be 7yrs old but after doing his teeth, we found out he was actually 11yrs old. He progressed painfully slowly and every step was one step forward and half a step back. We trained him for about a year and a half. He did eventually get a first ride and some subsequent rides but it was obvious he didn't want to be ridden. He didn't really want to have anything to do with humans at all. We had an animal communicator speak to him and she said he has an Eeyore mentality. He had a lot of trauma in the wild when he was young that he hangs on to. He is pretty grumpy and unhappy in general. He balked at the thought of a human on his back. We made some headway with him brining his personality out and getting him to enjoy somethings. After a long conversation with his owner we decided to just turn him out in pasture and give him a break from training. We saw after some time he was so incredibly happy turned out in his little herd. Collectively we decided to make him a member of the sanctuary. Ligero, and mustangs like him, are the reason we created this space. He will have a forever home here galloping our pastures with his mustang friends.
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