I Am A Nervous Wreck - So Talk to Me Please!

Yep. Give me a few to get it on there.

I was lucky enough to catch JJ rolling over today on video. She is too precious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD_d9mOiWfo

That is great, thank you!

JJ was definitely worth waiting for! What a cutie.

Thank you! I think she is adorable. But, I have to admit, finding out she was a mule and not a Paso Fino/Tennessee Walker was a real shock. It is a funny shock though.

I never would have guessed and Pam, the lady I bought Joy from was really in shock. Pam, my trainer and I went riding this afternoon and I think we laughed the whole time about Miss Joy's baby being a mule. Too funny!

U have a very FRISKY BABY, Arella Mae, for being not even one day old!

How does Mother Horse feel about u approaching her baby ?





David

Congratulations, Arella Mae! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JJ!!!

I think "JJ" is a great name for a mule! How lucky you are! Mules are very special animals, as others here have said. You're going to have so much fun!!!

Thank you so much for letting us share all the excitement!

Now that youve got a "Jenny" on your hands, I asked my Amish neighbor why he has only Jack mules in his team. "They are easier to geld" sez he.
Elam (the sone of my AMish neighbor and a new farmer himself) stated that all mules gotta be gelded so they dont get aggressive. He says that "jenny's" or "hinny's" (dads a horse and moms a donkey) are less agressive than jacks (male mule or hinny), but not completely. They may be sterile but they get :frisky" and this can translate into aggressive behavior.
Elam said that when they breed a mule or a hinny (I think hinny may just be a Pa German word ), they always sell the ones they breed because if they are there with the parent and grow up ungelded, they get really aggressive (kinda like Amish teenagers in "rumspringeh").

I think Id conasult asomeone with mulish expwereience and get their opinion about what you may be in for. We have a stock auction in Vintage (a small town near us), and they often sell young mules at auction and the AMish always seem to be "trading" the ones they breed for ones that someone else has bred . They can be really big (think about a percheron or a belgian mule. THEY ARE MONSTERS .

So, gelding is probably a good idea and maybe think about selling her to someone who is a mule fan or is AMish. (You have horse auctions in your area no?)

I understand that George Washington was very interested in mules
and became an expert in producing them and raising them at Mt. Vernon.





David

Time to figure out who the baby daddy is: http://able2know.org/topic/142766-1

I am laughing too hard to repeat the post I made here:

http://able2know.org/topic/142766-1#post-3932461

Oh boy
We're back to square one on names, aren't we?!

Well, I think we can stick with Joy's Jewel to be known as JJ. Actually, I think Jewel kind of took on a whole new meaning!

I am laughing so hard! I haven't been able to get my trainer on the phone yet. This is just toooooooooooooooooo funny!

Okay, since there has been no post from Farmerman on the latest on JJ, I am assuming he is still laughing too hard to post.

Congrats on Joy's jewels. He's a lovely wee scamp.

Oh my goodness. The excitement just never stops.

Sozobe I know! I have laughed so hard all day about the whole situation. Me freaking MONTHS ago about this horse, then she has a mule, then we don't know the danged difference between male and female! It's just too funny. I really expect him to sprout wings and fly next.

But I got one wonderful night's sleep last night!

Yay for a good night's sleep!

I took my daughter through the whole saga just now, her jaw kept dropping further. She thinks JJ's adorable, no matter his provenance or gender.

Joy was covered by a DONKEY?????

Now there's a twist! LOL!

He's cute as can be. Love the wobbly legs when they are first up and about. Don't usually see little ones rolling like that so early. He musta had an itch or was trying to clean himself up a bit when he saw you had the camera.

Congratulations!

Oh that is so funny! He really is an adorable little guy. He won't get more than ten feet from momma right now. I just wanna hug him!