Photo by Terry Crawford
Lesley working with a wild horse at the
Pacific Wild Horse Club's
"Northwest Wild Horse & Burro Gentling Clinic"
in Grants Pass, Oregon
Lesley Neuman travels throughout North America and the
World, (she was part of an American team sent to Australia to work with
Australia's wild "brumbies") gentling wild horses and teaching the public
how to safely and humanely work with these magnificent animals.
Lesley is a member of the Board of Directors for the
Mustang
Heritage Foundation
Lesley Neuman,
wild horse gentler and trainer
Lesley Neuman is a gifted trainer with a rare ability to understand, communicate with, and gentle wild and unhandled horses.
Lesley also has an uncommon gift for communicating with her human audience. Lesley explains clearly, simply, and effectively what the horse is telling her and what she is doing to guide the animal from panicked captive to one who feels comfort and confidence in humans.
A mustang is, says Lesley, a "real horse." It has to be, or it doesn't survive. If a wild horse has bad feet, or if it doesn't know how to be social, it won't make it in the wild.
For these reasons, Lesley loves working with BLM (Bureau of Land Management) Wild Horses who have been gathered off public lands.
Once they have learned to trust humans, wild horses make wonderfully intelligent, sensitive, and devoted mounts who can do anything domestic horses can, plus they have built-in savvy and natural good manners.
