The 6W Ranch's,

"Pendulum Method©

& Building the "Mustang Foundation"

Training CD on PowerPoint with Video Segments!

The choice is yours.

Your horse doesn't have a choice.

We would like to present a method to you that involves no pain compliance with a rope halter to crush the horse's head and muzzle, no flagging to terrorize your wild animal, and more importantly.... a method which combines trust, give, reward, and with only a standard halter, 15-20 foot lead rope, the horse, your body language, and you.

By establishing and forming the relationship with your mustang or domestic horse, we begin teaching the horse the concept of give to pressure and reward from the moment we begin to interact with it. By utilizing natural "language" that the horse can accept and understand, the foundation forms and builds as we work with the horse instead of sacking it out to death or trying to over-dominate it.

Below is an excerpt from our CD. In the end, our hope is that you decide upon a method that is best for both you and your horse....

"Preparing what we will refer to as, "The Mustang Foundation," is probably one of the most frequently misunderstood processes that many folks miss when viewing training guides that aren't designed for the wild horse. Many of those round pen techniques are done with domesticated horses. Ultimately the new mustang owners reap the frustration from the steps that are often times not addressed due to the lack of need with a domesticated horse. The steps that we will take you through are, in our opinion, crucial in the foundation of your new partner. Too often, these steps are either not thought about or are completely bypassed with this newly captured animal. We must make sure that we are working with the whole animal's physiology and not just the mechanical movements which we will ultimately require of this animal at some point in time...

...1.) Set-up: There are a lot of stigmas out within the horse world about not letting the horse touch you at all. When I go into the corral with a horse that hasn't been handled or "gentled," my goal is to encourage this new animal to touch me. It will probably first touch me with the end of his nose after smelling me first. Depending on the individual animal, this will either be my hand or shoulder. Which is positioned for contact first, depends completely on the horse and what each individual animal is comfortable with. I have to be smart enough to understand this animal's body language. We are very ingrained from the time we are youngsters, that we "see" with our hands. We forget, until we have kids or grandkids of our own, that when a young child asks to "see" something, they reach out with their hands. This poses two interesting thoughts; we see with our hands, feel, texture etc… and; our desire to touch. Yet when we work or observe many who work with horses, we feel that this animal is to maintain a perfect 18 to 24 inches of respectful space. There is a time for each, touch and respect. Right now we are concerned with making this animal comfortable with us. If I am to demand a particular space, I am going to confirm to this new wild animal that I am something to stay away from. I want exactly the opposite..."

Our training PowerPoint CD is available to help start you and your wild horse on the right relationship. This is a simple method of working with your horse after you bring it home with only the halter and lead rope on it from the adoption corrals. No scaring the animal with flags, snubbing it up to a snubbing posts, or throwing it to the ground. Only the horse, lead rope, and you. This pamphlet will take you step by step in teaching your new horse the rewards in pressure/release, partnership, and trust. It will help you to understand your own body language and help you realize how the horse intently watches everything you do and those things that you don't realize that you are doing.

A note regarding having utilized the Pendulum Method:

"Phil and Karen,... We have established foundations on three mustangs adopted from the BLM. The first is a red roan adopted when he was ten months old. The second is a brown adopted when she was nineteen months old. The third is a bay adopted when she was six months old. The methods described in your booklet worked very well on all three of these mustangs. The nineteen month old proved to be a little more challenging than the others but just as effective. We just wanted to THANK YOU for bridging the training gap between wild horse and more traditional domestic horse training. Once again Thanks, Cecil and Laura"

This CD is available for:
$25.00 for standard first class postage (U.S. Shipping only).

We will promptly mail your CD upon receipt of your order by money order. Personal check orders will take 6-8 weeks for delivery. Please include your email address and we will confirm receipt of your request.
Available by money order or personal check made payable to:

Phil & Karen West

and send to:

The 6W Ranch/Pendulum Method
23 Black Rock Mine Rd.
Bishop, CA 93514

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Follow the directions for the amount of each CD, utilize our email address of: sixwranch@qnet.com, and request a Pendulum Method CD with your mailing information!

Thank you, The 6W Ranch

"A horse has no future. It cannot greet the sun and say today will be better. It can only reflect upon days of past experiences. It is our job to
create a positive past."
Phil & Karen West

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