Marty and the Milestone
Alright, get ready for a big photo spam because Marty just reached a milestone – a proper one this time, not a “oh wow my mule just managed to eat
Category: mule whispering
A positive-negative entry!
I have been extremely lax about writing here; I had planned to do a big, New Year post to sum up what we’d done and where we were going, but I
Trust and Trackways
Marty and I have been pootling along rather nicely for the past month. I think this is partly due to the fact that I’ve finally decided to stop over-analysing* and,
The Shaping of the Mule
Oops – I have been very lax about updating, lately! This is a problem because I tend to forget a lot of things and when I eventually sit down to
A therapeutic afternoon with the herd
Marty had a visit from Stacey Bevan this afternoon. I actually contacted her on the same day that we had the bolting incident, as soon as we were back at the
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
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
In which I have a bright idea.
I was very tempted to take the mule out again today, bad back be damned, but I had the strong feeling that after Monday’s anxiety it would not be wise
Catching, simplified.
This past week, I’ve mostly been working on liberty stuff with the mule – hanging out with him, being friends, and asking him to walk with me around the paddock.
The mule and his therapist, part 3
Saturday was the mule’s final session with Stacey. As with last week, it took place at liberty in the field and the mule was very eager to take part (although