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@Arella Mae,

Arella Mae, I have taken a real shine to J.J. I like his irrepressible, won't be bossed around personality. I also like what a beauty he is.

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@Roberta,

Why thank you Miss Roberta. JJ is definitely his own mule so to speak. He has a great personality. I think my trainer was a bit upset with himself today that he didn't get the rope on JJ. But, it'll happen!

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@Roberta,

Roberta wrote:

Arella Mae, I have taken a real shine to J.J.
I like his irrepressible, won't be bossed around personality.
I also like what a beauty he is.

JJ is a libertarian, Individualist Beauty.

David

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@Arella Mae,

Arella Mae wrote:

From what I have read, it seems stubborn is not the right word for mules.
Mules are smart, a lot smarter than horses. They think more for themselves
and that seems to be taken for stubbornness. Oh you bet! I'm gonna be riding JJ someday.
He will go for training when he is about two. The vet said JJ will be the best ride I have ever had.
Mules are more sure footed and a gaited mule is super smooth.
I bought JJ a halter today. Now, to get it on him.......................

That is very, very interesting, Arella!
I had no idea that mules were smarter than horses.
Do u believe that donkeys r smarter than horses ?
I understand that the Father of Our Country loved
and was an expert on mules. He raised them.

Until JJ's birth, I had very little occasion to consider mules.
I only knew that stubborn people were compared to them;
I thought that it was implied that if mules were more intelligent,
then thay 'd be more co-operative, but I gotta SAY that the way u
expressed it makes a lot better sense. Who woud accuse a cat
of being stupid because he is independent in his decisions!?

I 've heard that zebras have NEVER been domesticated, despite the most
persistent human efforts. Y shoud thay want to do want humans want them to do??????

Everything u wrote in this thread about JJ and the horses
is soooooooooo nice! I can see that u r going to have a
wonderful time riding JJ when he is old enuf!
Thank u for posting this thread on A2K; it is a blessing.

I LOVE your beautiful avatar!

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

Thanx David! JJ, my darling mule, is a handsome fella. I cannot believe that my first reaction when I saw him and realized he was a mule was a bit of disappointment. He has brought us more joy than I could imagine. Tonight, we are going to try to get that halter back on his head where it belongs.

Johnny and I have decided we are going to go ahead and start buying panels for a roundpen. We will definitely need it to do any training with JJ and it will give me a chance to start doing a bit of groundwork with the rest.

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@Arella Mae,

Arella Mae wrote:

Thanx David! JJ, my darling mule, is a handsome fella. I cannot believe that my first reaction when I saw him and realized he was a mule was a bit of disappointment. He has brought us more joy than I could imagine. Tonight, we are going to try to get that halter back on his head where it belongs.

Johnny and I have decided we are going to go ahead and start buying panels for a roundpen. We will definitely need it to do any training with JJ and it will give me a chance to start doing a bit of groundwork with the rest.

I must say that I was quite surprized, since JJ's birth,
to discover that mules can have such charming personalities!
I expect your nabors to plead with u to let them ride JJ.

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

It'll be at least two years before anyone gets to ride JJ. I probably should check on that though. Horses you start at two years and maybe mules are different? I can hardly wait. The vet said JJ will be the best ride I've ever had. I love watching him run in the pasture. He has such a beautiful gait. I just hope he doesn't feel he needs to do those side karate kicks while I'm riding him.

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@Arella Mae,

Yes; tell him to work on his braa
instead of the karate kicks.

(Don 't show him any Bruce Lee movies.)

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

Good point! No Bruce Lee movies! LOL

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@Arella Mae,

Instead, if JJ has too much time on his hooves,
let him watch My Friend Flica and The Lone Ranger and Silver

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

LOL! He'd love those shows.

Dave came over tonight and put JJ's halter back where it belongs. He also got JJ on a leadrope! I was quite surprised JJ didn't put up more of a fight than he did. He seriously thought of jumping those pen panels though. He was wanting out of that pen but Dave got him calmed down.
Here is Dave working with JJ today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shlfXNm2vGc

When I typed this post it was 10:39pm CST. The video had not finished processing yet.

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@Arella Mae,

Wow, JJ is such a big, strong boy !
I had not seen him for a while.
He was not at all stubborn in the video.
I see that his mom trusts Joy's Jewel with Dave;
she does not see him as a threat.

More people who r known by double letters r
known as JJ than any other double letters, by a long shot.
I wonder Y?
I never heard of anyone called AA nor DD nor QQ.

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

I was very surprised at Little Miss Joy. The first time I had casually gotten a rope halter on JJ she came over and stamped her feet and threw a fit. That was a few months back. She did not get upset one time yesterday. I thought it was so sweet of her following JJ around while Dave was leading him. It was like she was encouraging him. Dave is a wonderful trainer and I am so blessed he is so good!

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I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about JJ. He did really good yesterday but he did give Dave a bit of trouble when he first got that rope halter on him and tried to lead him.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1223/jjrearing1.jpg

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6813/jjrearing2.jpg

But, as you can see here, everything worked out just fine!

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/529/thepiedpiper.jpg

Big Mac was not concerned at all about what JJ was going through with Dave. Mac was up in the pen eating the grain and apple wafers we used to lure JJ into the pen. Lil Man was on the sidelines just watching.

It is so hard to imagine JJ as that little wobbly legged baby on his birthday. He has gotten so big. He's a Mammoth Jack all right!

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This was our first attempt at trying to get a leadrope on JJ. Dave really thought the rope fence would work. It didn't take long for us to realize that ain't happening.

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/9772/trainingdayone.jpg

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@Arella Mae,

Arella Mae wrote:

I was very surprised at Little Miss Joy. The first time I had casually gotten a rope halter on JJ she came over and stamped her feet and threw a fit. That was a few months back. She did not get upset one time yesterday. I thought it was so sweet of her following JJ around while Dave was leading him. It was like she was encouraging him. Dave is a wonderful trainer and I am so blessed he is so good!

Maybe Joy feels more secure n confident now that JJ is older n stronger (less vulnerable).

Do u ride Joy ?

David

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I don 't claim to be an artist, nor an art critic,
but those pictures r superbeautiful; thay capture the magnificent,
dynamic equine strength and robust vibrancy of your pals, Arella.

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

Little Miss Joy has been under saddle before. I don't know how long it had been since she had been ridden before I got her. Since JJ needs to be totally weaned from her, she will be going to Dave's for training. He will get her back under saddle again. While she is there, hopefully, she will lose some of that fat and JJ will get weaned. She ought to be a really nice ride since she is a gaited horse.

Anna, Dave's girlfriend, does take some great pictures, doesn't she? I really need to get busy working on JJ's facebook. I have so much stuff to put on there.

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@Arella Mae,

Arella Mae wrote:

Little Miss Joy has been under saddle before. I don't know how long it had been since she had been ridden before I got her. Since JJ needs to be totally weaned from her, she will be going to Dave's for training. He will get her back under saddle again. While she is there, hopefully, she will lose some of that fat and JJ will get weaned. She ought to be a really nice ride since she is a gaited horse.

Anna, Dave's girlfriend, does take some great pictures, doesn't she? I really need to get busy working on JJ's facebook.
I have so much stuff to put on there.

Gee, I hate to think of the emotional trauma on JJ of his mom disappearing.

Won 't he be weaned in the natural course of events?

David

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@Arella Mae,

Dat mule shure got a big head. Shoulda called her "Cephala"

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