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!
Category: walking the mule
We venture out into the big bad world again.
I was quite surprised when Marty let me catch him today, partly because I’ve adopted a sense of gloomy fatality about the whole thing, and partly because he didn’t notice
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A sunny stroll on the common
It was a beautiful afternoon, warm and sunny, and I ambled out to the field to see if the mule could be persuaded to come out for a walk with
Time to crack out the tiny victory flag
The mule was easy to catch today, but I rather suspect that was because I don’t usually work him on Fridays and he thought it was going to be a
The original all terrain vehicle
Today we discovered something else the mule can do with his bells on: he can jump! Mules are so. Cool. So cool. I watch videos of people in the States
First snow with the mule
Yesterday wasn’t a working day for the mule, but I caught and haltered him in the morning so that I could give them all some grass. He was perfect. He started to
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.
The further adventures of Mule-Ninja and Trip Hazard Girl
A month or so ago, the mule and I were out for a walk on the common when we encountered a loose horse. She was a very big mare and she
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Taking the high road
Yesterday was mule’s day off. Although I’d planned to catch him/reward with grass before work, it was -7 and everything was frozen so I didn’t see any purpose in moving
Finally – adventure time!
I CAUGHT THE MULE! Ha! Sorry, I’m trying not to be too over-excited. Catching him is certainly not something I will take for granted again, and I am by no