Top Barn 12 Week Challenge: Week Seven
Sorry for the delayed blog post this week; I haven’t been feeling particularly motivated to do … well, anything really. The weather and the mud and the mess of everything
Category: saddling
Q&A with Team Half-Ass: part two
The second half of the questions sent in via Facebook! You can read the first half here. 6. How does caring for a mule differ to horses and donkeys? I’ll
Always a pleasure never a chore, Xato.
Working with Xato continues to be a pleasure. He had nearly a whole week off over Christmas, which I think is the longest he’s gone without doing anything since he
Team Half-Ass and First Contact
My first weekend as a dual-mule-owning-fool has been pretty great. Saturday was a bit of a wash-out (welcome to England, Xato!), but luckily the rain paused long enough for Xato
Mule School: part three
At the beginning of the month, I took a couple days off work and made the journey down to Devon to visit Marty. As I don’t drive, this was a
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
Term-time continues
Marty has had a second week of working with Ben, and it has been a really good thing for him. He is doing so well – once again I’m seeing
Bootcamp for Marty
Marty has been on bootcamp for the past week. I’m afraid to say that I reached the point where I was about ready to give up entirely; even keeping in
Here are a couple of mool-vies…
It’s been a week since Marty and I went skijoring in the Punchbowl and, apart from that short foray into the village, we haven’t been back out. This is mostly
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