THE FARMYARD

Let's Rodeo San Antonio!

	PONY RIDES + PETTING ZOO + HORSEBACK RIDING
	"A Non-Profit Educational Organization & Animal Sanctuary" with
	"Old Fashion Farmyard Fun for Family & Friends"
	School, Church, Parties, Company picnics & Community Events
	Monies raised from these events go to maintaining all our critters large and small!
	Lots of "Buckets O' Love",
	Cowgirl Cheri

WILD!  WILD!  WILD!  WEST PARTY!

4+ Wild Mustangs!

From Wyoming, Nevada & Kansas!

April 30, 2008:  Our first wild mustang colt, "Patrick" ("Paddy") born on the farm.  He's so handsome!

The Mustang Pavilion

From the main gate, The Mustang Pavilion is the first pavilion on the left of the drive.  It is 12' x 20' with 2 picnic tables.

Bring those cute horse party plates and favors for an awesome party theme for yer special cowboy or cowgal!  And add "Cowboy the Ox"!

These little gals are <1yo, 2yo, & 3 years old!  They are here to stay, so you can come back to see them and watch them grow with yer youngin's! 

May there be a generation of children
On the children of your children.

Don't forget about "Dancer" he's a 4yo Nevada mustang I adopted 2 years ago!  I think I saw his 1/2 brother this time.  He looked at me the same way Dancer does.  It was all I could do not to bring him home too!

Oct. 05, '08 Update:  These mustang gals are coming along real nicely.  Although "Cheyenne" is still standoffish, she has always allowed me to mess with her colt ("Patrick", "Paddy" for short) she foaled here on the farm.  And what a sweetheart he is!  "Sundance" will let you pet and brush her and I just bred her to my stud "Stetson".  "Shawnee" is real sweet too and will let me pet and brush her.  Although they are still considered "wild" by some, they are gentling down real well.  They have gotten used to all the critters here on the farm and people coming and going. 

These mustangs are not part of the party package per say.  But you can feed them hay and all our horses and ponies love carrots and apples (hint, hint).  Wild mustangs are only used to eating their native grasses so we need to keep an eye on what they eat for awhile. 

This is a good way for kids and adults to learn more about the wild mustangs in our country and what the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is doing to help preserve these living legends. 

From 1680~1880 tens of thousand of Spanish bred horses were released along the Rio Grand and bred with domestic horses till there were over 2 million by 1900.  All those horses were eating the rangeland grasses that the ranchers wanted for their cattle and they began slaughtering them.  By 1970, there were less than 17,000 wild horses.

One year later, Congress passed the Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971 stating that Mustangs were "living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West". 

They estimate that there are 41,000 Mustangs roaming public ranges today.  To manage these areas so there is plenty to eat and enough water for the Wild Mustangs, livestock and wildlife, The BLM rounds up some of them for adoption.  The BLM has adopted out over 217,000 horses and burros since 1973.  Awesome! 

They are a very dedicated and caring group of people.  It pleased me to see the same faces again this year.  They travel all throughout the year to bring these beautiful animals to us.  And Holly remembered me and "Dancer" from 2 years ago!  They do a great job!  Without them many of us wouldn't have the pleasure of getting to know such a wonderful animal.  Thank you BLM!  My hat's off to you!

Happy Trails Everyone!

Cowgirl Cheri

For more info. or reservations, please go to Contact Info.  Thanks, "Cowgirl Cheri" Hallisey-Owner, Operator, Milk Maid, Wrangler, Horse Listener, Zoo Keeper...