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Natural Elements Horsemanship Listen to learn. The horse never lies. The mule is blatantly honest.

Another nice foal from Post Farm Mules. What is done with them and the way they are handled when young becomes PART of t...
06/04/2026

Another nice foal from Post Farm Mules.
What is done with them and the way they are handled when young becomes PART of that mule down the road

These folks do it right.

Another nice foal to take a look at. These folks start them right!
06/04/2026

Another nice foal to take a look at.
These folks start them right!

Nice little foal! I’ve worked with quite a few Post Farm foals. I have two under training (Eli and Meg) and two as my pe...
05/31/2026

Nice little foal!
I’ve worked with quite a few Post Farm foals. I have two under training (Eli and Meg) and two as my personal saddle mules (Mo’ and Rose). I’ve trained many more.

They start these foals off in a good way. That early contact becomes PART of the mule and makes a huge difference down the road.

People to trust. 👍🏼

Solemn site. Sacred site. We visited this American Military Cemeterylast year while in France for their National Mule Co...
05/25/2026

Solemn site. Sacred site.
We visited this American Military Cemetery
last year while in France for their National Mule Competition (Mule Qui Peut) and three of our clinics.

One cannot stand at this place, see all of these grave markers and not be moved.

The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial in France contains the remains of 6,013 American war dead, most of whom lost their lives while fighting in this vicinity in 1918 during World War I.

Let us all remember the reason for this
Holy day.

05/22/2026

What I’ve been saying for years.
Clear, consistent, effective and in context.
Horses and mules have their own ‘culture’.

We have to make sense in a way that makes sense.

05/13/2026

Eli’s first time on the trails and his 7th time under saddle.

05/13/2026

Eli and I went out for our first ride in the woods, today.

Let me preface the video…
This is the 7th time in the saddle for us.
BUT, I’ve done my ground communication on lead to prepare. Critically important; I spent time with him in the pasture, at liberty, over feed (hay and oats) and have established myself as a ‘leader’ by integrating what I refer to as ‘herd-dynamic interaction’. (I’m not trademarking anything)

Aside from our interaction, he sees the regard given by the other herd members
from the top down. I have eleven horses and mules in the herd and move among them daily…not as a human food delivery system but as a herd member…the #1.

They learn by observation as well as individual interaction. This is a PART of prepping for the first ride. He’s comfortable in my presence. Comfortable taking direction from me and has not had anxiety built into him but trust.

I would be disappointed in myself (lack of preparation) if we had a ‘rodeo’.
No reason to give them a bad experience in the process. I’ve been told I’m not ‘cowboy’ or ‘flashy enough’. That might be but I won’t compromise the animal OR risk my neck for anyone’s opinion.

To sum it up, he followed, lead, stopped, waited pretty well and managed both me and the trails very well.

05/06/2026

‘Contact and response (thoughtful motion)’ is what I want to see develop from pressure and release.
Here are some key things I look for in lateral flexion and the disengage.

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