Marty meets his match
So after yesterday’s debacle, for round two I brought in the big guns and Marty had a long conversation with Ben. I tried to see if he’d be caught by
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The trials and tribulations of a whimsical mule
A while ago, someone posted a list of never-do’s on a mule group I follow on Facebook. It was a very funny list, but also completely true in every respect.
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A summary of the past week
The mule has been his usual contrary self lately; we haven’t been doing much, but what we have done has been good or, at the very least, interesting. I’m really
Catching: a time line of events
Although I’m always dealing with varying degrees of a sore back (I have lordosis in my lower spine and mild scoliosis in my upper spine, because I am a very
I will be very glad when this catching problem is something we can look back on and laugh at.
Well, the mule’s catchability did not last the week. The last two times I caught him, Iris had already been taken out of the field; and as he was reluctant
The art of catching
My theories about catching the mule have evolved over time. I used to believe that, if I set out to catch him, I had to catch him – no matter how long
The mule and his therapist
On Sunday we had a visit from Stacey Bevan, a healer and animal communicator who specialises in horses. I’d come across her name on a local Facebook group, where the
Guess who didn’t want to be caught. AGAIN.
The mule had Tuesday off, as usual. We’d run out of hay so I went up first thing to put his halter on, which meant that I could move the fence for them instead.
Quarter step back, half step forward
Today was a very brief, but very interesting session with the mule (I really need to think of a different adjective for describing what it’s like to work with him.
Ways to be a better person; mule edition
Oh dear. I feel like this is turning into some kind of farce: the mule would not let me put his halter on today. In fact, this is the first