Re: Re: Mules?

["Arco Farm" <arcofarm@gulftel.com>]

Ok,  I guess I am going to have to chime in here....

*It requires greater savvy and a good sense of humor to ride and enjoy a
mule.

*Mules HAVE to be trained and ridden the way a horse SHOULD be trained and
ridden.  Mules may forgive, but they never forget.

*Most people are not prepared nor willing to tolerate their mount constantly
thinking for itself and making decisions on its own.

*Well bred mules ARE beautiful... ask anyone who has seen Rudy.

*They don't all bray at night.  The horses at the rides are much more noisy
than Rudy who rarely ever brays at home or at rides.

*I strongly disagree that they take longer to reach condition than an
average Arab.

*If more people would try them, more people would like them... ... the mule
should be a product of two well bred animals or you haven't given the specie
a fair chance.
(no - a 'well bred donkey' is not an oxymoron)

*Mules are not for everyone.

Cindy  (Whoa Mule!)
Rudy (Hee Haw!)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>
To: "Cliff Fenneman" <cfly@concentric.net>; "Ridecamp"
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: RC: Re: Mules?


> Personally, I don't find mules very attractive.  I ENJOY immensely my
> strong, intelligent, sure footed and competent Arab who is also very
> beautiful to boot.  I guess the beauty is a bonus.  He has great PRs, can
be
> aggressive when appropriate (pushing the cattle along anyway) and is not
in
> any way dangerous (but don't tell him that...he wants everyone to think
he's
> a wild and crazy Arab stallion.  He has a rep to uphold!  I know, I
> know...beauty is in the eye of the beholder but what is the saying?  The
> outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man?   Please don't flame
> me....I KNOW a mule won BC at the NC 50.  But that's still not a good
enough
> reason for me to want one.
> Maggie

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