If anyone knows our Morgan, the word association is … horses. She loves them. She loves them. Her favorite is all the draft horses, especially the Clydesdale, of which, she has yet to see in real life. My good friend, Krissy Gutierrez grew up on a farm not too far from where we live. With a birthday get together, we met Krissy parents, and through conversation, horses were brought up. Krissy’s dad raises mules and told us all about them. He invited us up to ride them, so we did! It was so fun. Morgan loved it. She had no fear getting’ up on that gentle giant (LuLu) and taking the reins and slapping her on the bum with them to get her moving! She is such a natural. Shavon loved it too. Krissy’s dad mentioned that both girls rid the mules well because of good balance. Dallin looked like a bug while riding, he was so small. Dad had to walk the mule… Dallin doesn’t quite get the reins thing yet. We all had a lot of questions about mules, and had a great time!
This is actually a “Morgan” Breed horse. Had to get a picture with Morgan and Morgan! (kind of sounds like the name of a bank!)
Shavon did the corral thing for a while, but wanted to do her own thing and ride around outside more. She did well controlling the mule.
This is Krissy’s dad, Larry. He was very sweet and tender with the kids, and answered all our questions…probably silly questions to him. But here are some random facts about mules, in case you were curious.
1. Mules are a sterile breed. Meaning when you breed a donkey and a horse, you get a mule. End of story. You can’t breed a mule with a mule and get a baby mule. Why? We asked the same thing. It’s just that way. Ask God.
2. Mules are more sure footed and have thicker hooves than horses. Making them easier to ride in the mountains.
3. Mules eyes are positioned differently on the head than horses, allowing them to see what’s behind them and beside them better.
4. Their ears are bigger than a horse, they can hear better. And according to Larry, watching their ears lets us (humans) know what the mule is going to do next.
5. Mules have a less stubborn disposition than horses.. when getting into a difficult or dangerous situation, the mule will always take care of himself, then look after the human. Horses kick and fight and keep at something, perhaps until death.
6.Mules don’t eat as much as horses.
7. Mules take longer to break.
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Our beautiful little cowgirl.
3 comments:
How fun!!! I forget how big Mules are! That is so awesome that you guys got to do that!
Thanks for the mule info, I just learned a lot!
I too was a horse-obsessed child. I competed in endurance riding for about 10 years. There were often mules at the 100 milers that did awesome. They weren't the fastest, but they always finished.
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