Sheila the Mule

Since I now have a picture of Sheila, figured I'd share it with you. :) Also, that is Sunny the QH gelding in the background.

A bit on Sheila's personality: Sheila is a younger-ish-middle-aged mule, with brown (E-/A^tA^t) coloration. She's a mare that'll test you. Oftentimes when you go into her field, she'll come at a hasty trot towards you, with her ears slightly back. The feeling you get is quite similar to being herded, I believe. However, if you just stand there or continue walking and ignore her, she'll (usually, just a warning) leave you alone.

She really is a sweet mare though, after she's had her feed. If she's not eating when we're cleaning out the barn, she'll come up to the door (unfortunately for her, there's a single chain blocking the passageway) and just watch. And she doesn't mind being petted on either.

A bit on Sunny's personality: Sunny is just...Sunny! He's an older red dun Quarter Horse gelding, and is pretty laid back. Usually he's not near as active as Sheila is, and not as inquisitive either. He seems like a really sweet boy, though. I like him. :)

Peppy the Mule Colt

First of all, this is not a 2013 foal! This post is almost 11 or so months late, sorryyyyy. However, Peppy is too cute to not have his own post, so here it is. :)

He was born on April 12, 2012. His dam is Flicka, the silver dapple and white pictured below with him. The sire was a gray pinto miniature jack. Somehow Peppy managed to avoid the pinto allele. XD

Anyway, the story about how he came is slightly humorous. I guess you could say that he was an "oops" baby. MiniOwner had been offered Flicka (not in foal at that time), and had settled a deal to take her. However, before we ended up getting her, MiniOwner was called up by the Flicka's original owner. Apparently, Flicka had crawled through a water trough to get in with the miniature jack, and the lady had no clue as to if she was bred or not.

Regardless, MiniOwner took her, and we've had her since (although, if she doesn't take [aka if she isn't breedable] this year, we'll be selling her *sad face*). Turned out (yay!) she was pregnant. Anyway, all said and done, we got Peppy from it. We sold him after he was weaned, but it was awesome when we had him. :)

These stall pictures were taken the night he was born, and the outside pictures were taken a week or so later. :)

Awwww!

Flicka. Such a good mommy!

"What're you doing?"

He didn't have the dorsal stripe for long, but it was adorable! 

A big forehead, followed by a cute lanky mule. (:

Already great at walking!

Aww. I like this dam and foal shot.

Almost looks like he's gaited. XD

Looking back at Mommy.

He was braver than most foals - first time ever outside and he's already exploring! 

What's this that I smell?

I'm excited!

So, since Mommy's busy eating the grass, maybe I'll see if I can wander off again!

Not sure what he's thinking here, but it's a cute shot. I love the airplane ears!