[HairOfTheDog]

Yeah - my friend Bob has mules.

They are sterile, but without gelding would ~act out~ just like a stallion, so yes, they are gelded.

They do have a different temperament than horses, but most of the training would be about the same. Over all, the attitude difference would be that they learn better from steady persistence than they do force. If horses don't often hold grudges from unfair treatment, mules do. Their diet (protein) requirements are less than a horse of the same weight, they should have a more basic system like that of a donkey or pony that can get a lot of nutrition out of lower power feed, and will get fat easily.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Ok, thanks.

We have friends who meets us every Sunday for breakfast before church. This morning she told me that her daughter got a couple of young unbroke mules. The daughter doesn't know anything about even horses. She told her mother that she wants to come out here and "pick Becky's brain" about what to do. LOL. I had no clue if mules could be trained the same. I thought they were all sterile but one of them is a gelding, so that confused me.

I'm going to call Debbie, (the mother), and tell her if she goes out there to see them anytime this week to let me know. I want to see them.

We had a lady who competed on a mule. He was the coolest thing. Samson. The lady who rode him was like 65. They were a pair to see:)

Becky