Is training a mule different than training a horse?
Training a mule should NOT be different than a horse. I have used identical methods on both with equal results. However, mules must be trained the way horses should be trained. Horses are more forgiving and throughout history horses have been mostly improperly trained. The exceptional unforgiving horse was labeled an outlaw. If the traditional coercive, insensitive, forceful methods are used on mules, they usually end up as the stubborn, untrustworthy, disagreeable creature that tradition portrays them to be. Properly handled, the mule can make an extraordinary animal, superior to the horse in several ways. Several of my books and videos include mules: Imprint Training, Handling The Equine Patient, Understanding Horses DVD.
