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Roger,

One thing I did when I wanted to sell a mare that I had rescued was ask the 
prospective buyer to come camping with us at Robie Park (start of Tevis) for 
a couple days of riding. She was a hyper sensitive mare who had been abused 
by a rough trainer. She had overcome all the dangerous issues and trusted 
people again, but will always be touchy about certain things. I wanted to be 
sure she would have a FOREVER home.

Abigail Madden camped with her, rode her for two days, and loved her. Sierra 
has the best home I could imagine her having.

I guess the advise is to buy a horse you can both live with (go camping and 
find out) and one you can't live without.


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> From: Roger Rittenhouse <roger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: roger@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RC]   Moonbeam Mule Returned
> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:25:49 -0500
>
> Well, as in life - sometimes things do not go as planned or hoped for.
> My quest to find a new ride of ANY type has failed again.
> With all that has not gone  well for me and my riding over the past 4 to 5 
> years, this latest failure is just par.
>
> The mule was a sweet girl. The test ride did not show any major issues I 
> felt I could not deal with.
> However... long pause.
>
> Our first ride here at home on Monday resulted in a major -almost dangerous 
> incident.
> Rather then go into the details lets just say she was not trained to the 
> level I expected, to lead in hand at a walk past scary stuff.
> A pull away bolt into the highway   resulted in her almost getting hit and 
> did result with me getting hurt. There was another incident at a sign where 
> I got pulled to the ground. TWO strikes your out of here.
>
> My FIRST tenet is the horse/mule must be safe and I must not get hurt...
>
> The owner graciously agreed to take her back. We did not match as well as I 
> thought.
>
> I made a mistake, bought a young mule without MANY MANY miles and HOURS 
> under saddle. Way too green for me.
>
> We were VERY lucky with Carol's mule. Who was 6 and very green BUT did 
> respond to us very fast and never did anything dangerous.
> I was not so lucky this time.
>
> So now I am looking again.
>
> Today I rode two gaited mules. Riding gaited was so way cool and easy.
>
> One is very nice  BUT I am making no rash decision. This one is also young 
> BUT was dead broke. Nothing phased it. It was owned , bred and trained  by 
> the same person. Was ridden in the show ring by an 10 YR OLD GIRL last 
> year.
> I have to think about him and go back to ride more. We may meet at a local 
> horse camp and ride for  a few hours.
>
> Going to make sure this time... I hope.
>
> AND yes I DO want a trail mule
> --
> Roger
>
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