Faster horses said:
RAIN!!!!!!!!!! YEEE HAWWWWW!!
And the cattle look really good.
So please tell us how riding that mule differs from riding a horse,
Soapweed. And how long did it take for your horses to get used
to the mule. Any horses I ever saw around a mule for the first
time, were plenty nervous. I think it is/was the smell they
weren't used to.
My grandfather in Missouri used to raise mules...
The mule can effortlessly outwalk any horse on the ranch. He is fun to ride, but is still quite "green." Being a mule, he may or may not get over being this way. He has a smooth trot and a long-strided ground-covering lope. He is a bit hard to hold on a straight course, though, as he tends to veer when he thinks that the other horses get to go to more fun places than he does. :?

The wind was howling yesterday, which never puts any horse or mule really at their best. Then when it started to rain, ol' Willy had a bit of a hard time accepting my bright yellow slicker. The ride went well and he is a good little animule.
In the afternoon, there were eleven heifers in a bunch of pairs that we needed to sort out, before driving the next bunch of heifers home. I just thought things would go better if I traded back to a dependable cow horse. They did. :wink: