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@Green Acres Farm yes I am. I don't want to breed what ever we get.
Mule or standard donkey
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Kusanar
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I would go with a mule, but then, I have horses and mules are more horselike, so I'm biased.
OneFineAcre
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If it were me, I'd rather have a mule.
Of course, I've always really liked mules.
By the time I came along, my grandfather farmed with tractors, but my mom is old enough to remember when they used mules.
Mules helped build this country.
There is a small town close by that has an annual "Mule Days" Festival, everybody from all around brings their mule and ride all around town.
Of course, I've always really liked mules.
By the time I came along, my grandfather farmed with tractors, but my mom is old enough to remember when they used mules.
Mules helped build this country.
There is a small town close by that has an annual "Mule Days" Festival, everybody from all around brings their mule and ride all around town.
Bunnylady
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I have real experience with only one mule, and she's a mini, but from her behavior, I'd have to say that mules aren't all that much like horses. They are amazing creatures, though, and I wouldn't have missed having that one in my life for anything. I have 4 horses plus the mule, and if I had to get rid of all but one, she'd be the one I'd choose to keep (though she'd miss the others terribly; an only mule would be a very lonely mule). I swear, that little animal is smarter than I am.
OneFineAcre
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I had to go back and find this thread.
What a beauty.
http://www.backyardherds.com/threads/my-new-little-mule.29804/
What a beauty.
http://www.backyardherds.com/threads/my-new-little-mule.29804/
Bunnylady
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Been wondering how that little guy has turned out . . .
I've always been a horse lover, and used to think mules were just weird/funny looking. Then I got my little mule, and she has made all the difference (though to be honest, she is funny looking, even for a mule). I knew I had 'crossed over' when, a few years back, I saw a picture someone posted of a mule that had just come back from being trained to harness, and my first thought when I saw the pic was, "what a beautiful mule!"
Kusanar
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Bunnylady
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That is so cool! Here's an interview with Laura Hermanson I found:
http://www.psdressage.com/viewarticle.php?id=1652
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Okay so I forgot to say donkeys up here are around $4000 unless you get a retired one. Most of the donkeys up here are for breeding they retire them around 16 years of age most of them aren't broke to ride. Can you brake a 16 year old donkey? My dad is not paying $4000 for a donkey but mules are only $1500 so it seems that is what we are going to go with.
Baymule
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A lot of mules and donkeys mission in life is to stomp the life out of anything that isn't a mule, horse or donkey. Be prepared to keep your mule away from chickens and small livestock.
