Mulography

29th April 2015

A series of odd behaviours

The mule has seemed a little bit subdued since the incident on Monday. When I went back up to the stables that evening, he was incredibly gentle and cuddly; very...

27th April 2015

A Punchbowl Adventure

Monday is my day off, and as I woke up this morning with only mild back pain, I decided that I was damn well going to go out for a...

26th April 2015

Desensitisation

Marty’s had a little bit of a holiday for the past week, as unfortunately my back has been too sore to do much with him beyond his daily care (feed...

18th April 2015

More work with the saddle

On Wednesday I decided to pick up where we left off with saddling, now that Marty’s issue with the halter seems to be under control! He’s been lovely to catch and,...

13th April 2015

Happy 1st Gotcha Day, Marty!

Exactly one year ago today, after a grueling five hour journey, we brought a little dun mule home to live with us. Of course, the journey wouldn’t have been so...

12th April 2015

He’s lucky he’s cute…

Long time no post! I had a couple of bad days with the mule that resulted in me seriously questioning whether or not I wanted to persist with this. There...

1st April 2015

The glass is half-empty, and so is my halter

So, I’ve had an interesting few days with Marty since Monica’s visit. On Friday, the day after, I went out to the field with rope in hand and the intention...

31st March 2015

The day it all began

I have a few things to write about, but I am running perilously close to my precious sleep time so I’m just going to make a short entry. I know! It’s...

26th March 2015

Quantum Savvy mulemanship

Last month Ben and I attended an open forum hosted by the Holistic Animal Network, whose guest speaker for the evening was Monica Andréewitch. Monica is an instructor for the...

23rd March 2015

A smaller field and a lot of determination

Sometimes, I think the mule has bad dreams in which I’m terribly cruel and abusive to him and, when he wakes, he can’t quite figure out fact from fiction. A...