Interview: Cynthia Fisher

This episode I sit down with my fellow EMM competitors Grace Thompson and Garrett Shanks to discuss our experience at the Colt Starting Clinic. We also talk about our journey to the EMM and what will come after our week long in Texas.

I speak to JP Dyal horsemanship and his intern Elijah Cooper, as well as his assistant Payton Thomas. We discuss the impact mustangs have had in our personal lives, and the lives on inmates who train them at R3C!

I competed in the SoCal TIP Challenge and got to speak with some awesome friends about their mustangs! It was a great successful weekend for all horses and burros. There wasn’t one animal there that shouldn’t have a proud trainer!

This episode was created to encourage listeners to consider entering a TIP challenge!  Las Vegas TIP Challenge: Applications open April 1st, event date is October 1-3, 2021. Contact [email protected] for inquiries.  Link for other upcoming mustang and burro shows and events: https://mustangheritagefoundation.org/shows-events/ Subscribe so you never miss an episode! Thanks for listening!!

In this episode I talk about some research I have done about different Herd Management Areas.

Meet young horsewoman Cat Zimmerman as we talk about her mustang training journey!

This is a wonderful episode to end this season on!  We get to hear from Camille McCutchon, a young horse trainer from Texas! She shares with us her insight on Mustang gentling and their behaviours. We went over signs of over stimulus, as well as the signs of relaxation.  I asked Camille her opinion on BLM issues and topics, its a great question raiser of what is the best method of management practice for the wild horses and burros.  Do not forget that Abi and The Mustangs will return on January 8th,2121! Have a wonderful rest of the year!

Stephanie Boyles Griffin is the Senior Scientist for the Wildlife Protection Department at The Humane Society of the United States (The HSUS). For more than 20 years, she has worked with federal and state agencies, non-governmental agencies, municipalities, corporations, and communities to develop and implement humane effective, and sustainable wildlife management policies and programs. She also to serves as a Commissioner on the Maryland Wildlife Advisory Commission. In this episode, Stephanie gives us insight into her work and knowledge working on the Wild Horse Issues.  She delivers her point very well and definitely offers some ideas for us to consider, pertaining to the issues themselves. Also, a huge shoutout to Stephanie for really guiding the conversation for me when it was difficult to know exactly what questions to ask! It really shows it is as important to her, as it is to me that this information is shared as a resource for the public. Enjoy the episode! Share your thoughts on our Facebook group: Abi and The Mustangs Discussion forum.

Short and sweet guide for some beginner listeners! I go over different acronyms and abbreviations you may want to familiarize yourself with.

In this interview, I had an amazing conversation with Cynthia Fisher about burro training. She is a wealth of knowledge about owning and training burros/donkeys. We go over TIP training, the burro mentality, the difference between horses and burros, and much more! (episode is listed as explicit only because when talking about burros, they also referred to as "asses".)