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,
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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
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
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
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
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
An excellent weekend!
I have had a very lovely weekend with my mulo, and as I dragged Ben along as photographer I even have some pictures to go with my usual blah blah!
Marty’s 5th birthday
Today was Marty’s 5th birthday! He celebrated by wearing a halter. YES, YOU READ THAT RIGHT. I walked into the field, he pushed his way between the horses to reach