Apologies for being sceptical but it does sound as if they were not all that wild to begin with??? Regardless well done!!!

Great for you! I'm interested in, more specially, how you did it. Mind sharing in order what you did?

Thanks.They were wild in terms of never been handled by humans and living in the middle of a forest, but I suppose they may have seen people before, although the locals did say there were wild. In New Zealand most wild horses would go by this description, Im not sure what people in other parts of the world classify as wild or not. I used some of the techniques from the join up lessons except I did not send the horses away in a circle around me, I just concentrated on keeping by body language passive (casting my eyes down, moving very slowly but with confidence).I also started "arcing" away from the horses when they wanted to move away and standing quietly when they stood to look at me and this seemed to draw them in a few steps closer each time.They were very scared at first but started getting more curious when they knew I wasn't going to harm them. Don't ask me how this worked but It did! I guess there really is a language they all understand.:)As soon as my dad came up to have a go at approaching them they galloped off!

This is an awesome experience you had and I can testify that it is real for any doubters, lol. I was recently at a Wild Mustang round up in Nevada led by Pat Parelli. Although they do "natural" horsemanship, they use another method that involves a "gentle roping" technique. Well, it took those guys ALL DAY to even get the horses to give them an ear and eye. Very few trainers were able to approach or touch the horse they were working with by the end of 8 hours! Their body language was all wrong! It was driving me crazy, as I knew exactly what they were doing wrong. They were expecting the horse to respond to the gratification of the release of pressure from the rope around their neck and that would somehow build trust with the human. I went outside where they had some horses that were waiting to be worked with with trainers and asked if I could do a join up with the 2 horses that were in a round pen. The new owners said sure. It took me 15 minutes to be able to get both horses to follow me around then let me touch them on their head, neck, shoulders. Then, I used a soft rope to touch them everywhere and lift their feet. Simple as that, Monty"s principles work. The requirements for adopting a wild mustang is that they can be approached, touched, lift their feet, and led. In about 30 minutes, we were there. It seemed ridiculous to chase the horses around a round pen with a rope around their neck for hours and then expect them to "give in" and come to you...and it was.

Fantastic medicinalarts! What an experience for you! I wasn't doubting the principal and certainly I would expect it to work in a round pen as it did for you. I guess I was just a bit amazed when Phoebe had done it so quickly in the wild as when I have come across wild horses they have initially taken off which makes the process much slower as in Monty's Shyboy. Congratulations this has been a wonderful experience for you and I am sure we are all envious!!