Welcome to Queen Valley Mule Ranch

It's time to change not only the way you think about your mule and donkey, but also the way you

feel about your confidence and ability to communicate with them for safety and enjoyment!

Steve Edwards and his wife, Susan, live on the Queen Valley Mule Ranch, in Queen Valley, Arizona where they offer clinics on understanding and training mules, donkeys, and their owners. They focus on partnership with the mule and donkey, teaching how to communicate from the ground, problem mules, shoeing, ranch work, apprentiship programs for professional mule trainers, colt starting, foundation training, driving from one to six mules, various levels of showing, pack mules, trail riding, and much more. 

Steve trains both mules and donkeys and educates humans through clinics, apprenticeships, and individualized programs.  He has also created a series of instructional videos that teach various mule care, handling, and training topics.

Steve has designed, developed and sells his own line of mule-friendly saddles and tack created with you and your mule's comfort and safety in mind.  He offers all the basic equipment used on mules for riding, packing, and driving at various levels of training.

Steve and Susan travels across the USA and Canada teaching mules, donkeys, and owners how to communicate.  You can see Steve at Expos such as Equine Affaire, Mane Event, Equifest, Western States Expo, Ride The West and Minnesota Horse Fest.

Steve has been a featured writer for numerous magazines including Western Mule, Mules and More, Rocky Mountain Rider, Trail Rider, and Bridle & Bit Newspaper.   Steve was also featured in Western Horseman in 1999.  He has also been instrumental in establishing the first Mule Training Apprenticeship Program in the newly expanded equine program at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, California and more recently in Arizona at Central Arizona College.  In 1998 Steve began a  project of training  twelve mules for a riding and driving program at the Phoenix Zoo. He also trained zoo workers to present informational programs on mules, their history and their abilities.

Queen Valley Mule Ranch is a working ranch Steve and the apprentises not only training at the ranch they also work cattle, pack freight, train in the Supersition mountains and other mountain ranges.Steve Edwards travels throughout the United States giving clinics on mule handling.  He teaches a course in mulemanship at Pierce College, part of the Los Angeles Community College System where students earn a mule trainer’s certificate.   Steve frequently appears on Rural Heritage on RFD-TV to demonstrate how to train mules and donkeys.  When he’s at home in Arizona, mule owners flock to his Queen Valley Mule Ranch to learn to communicate more effectively wit h their mules and donkey.

Note from Steve:  Due to the nature of mule training, we are only open to the public by appointment.

Hey Steve, where are you and Susan this week?

May 16th

I now have a 2008 dodge 3500 I cannot say enough about

Dishman Dodge http://www.dishmandodge.com/ from Spokane, Washington

I will say honest, pl easant, the most caring Dodge dealer I have worked with.

Contact super Dodge man Scott Donnelly sdonley@dishmandodge.com. when buying a new Chrysler.

Scott even took his own screwdriver and put my license plate on,

full tank and went over every detail of how the truck runs.

 The service department was fantastic.  Always ask for Larry.

Now I  know who keeps customer service in tune,

Richard Bowman Customer Service Manager richardb@dishmandodge.com

Richard is the man with the answers.

How did I find Dishman Dodge ?

Mike Hanson of Idaho he said he flew in to Spokane and Dishman sent a driver

to the airport to pick up his new Dodge.   When I'm ready, I will drive from Arizona or fly

but I WILL only buy my Dodges from Dishman.

Hey, I drove a Ford for 25 years now Dodge fits in my garage.

May 20 

We are on our way to Port Angeles for the

Timberland Wagon Ears Ranch

http://timberlandwagonears.com/

Woo! This 2008 Dodge 3500 is a great puller.The new exhaust brake

is worth the money. Pulling my 38' trailer coming off

Snoqualmie to Tacoma I just pushed the button on the exhust brake and

never touched the brakes on the truck or trailer.

May 21 to 26

We have so many ears and so little time.

May 26

Rain and fog then cleared off we went with my brother-in-law and his fiancée

to a zoo that you drive through. We saw lots of elk, bison, deer, rhino

May 31

Yep, lowered my standards and started a horse colt today for Rashells dad

June 1

Mike, Rashell and I hooked four abreast and did some communication

and driving skills

with mules Mike and Rashell

June 5-20

We flew to Disney world in Florida  from Spokane

yep surprised the 4 grand kids

And celebrated 40 years of marriage

my son Sean and his wife Stacie

my daughter Sharlene and Her husband Don

and Sharlene has one on the way YEA!!

June 24

Called dishman dodge spoke to Josh woo does that guy know about that cummins motor

I wanted to chip and make some other modifications to my dodge he gave me some great Ideas and a lot of do's and dont's

Most of all I have 350 mules(not horses)under the hood sure do not need a chip !! woo what a pulling machine

June 26 to 29 

Plummer Idaho 

Trail riding with confidence

Colt foundation training Jan Zito (Adriane s mom) getting ready for a first ride

on her donkey

We started 3 donkey and one mule in colt foundation

 Lynn with her first ride

Mules ,Donkeys and proud owners in the clinic

Cowboy church from the cart

This was the first time this donkey has every been driven

Woo another great clinic that Adriane Meksch puts on

July 12-13

Minnesota clinic

Ron Deen  

what a great and fun clinic !

July 14 -15

Fishing in Minnesota with my clinic host Ron Deen

have a look at this Pike 38" around 9 lbs !!

August 1st- 25th

We spent all the time we could with all four grand kids in michigan ,fishing,

riding bikes,camping,picking blue berrys

August 23

Susan and I said a sad see "you later" to the grand kids and their parents

and went to South Haven to see that part of michigan. We rode our bikes on the bike trails

in the area .

August 26th

Susan and I went to Battle Creek Michigan

we camped at a great camp ground call Custer State Park

I met up with John Torsch who took me BASS fishing and showed me how to top water

fish with a frog his web site is www.HOGBASS.COM

I had purchase Johns dvd on advance frog fishing he sure knows how to fish top water

I fished with John two afternoons whooo GREAT Bass fishing

my first top water bass on a frog

John with one of his bass

August 30-31

Trail riding with confidence clinic at Rick and Rusty Herwarth stable and training facuilty

                Rick and Rusty are great host and we saw some major changes in communication skill

with people, mules and donkeys

Steve Sharing from his pulpit

a mamoth donkey named "Balaam" for cowboy church

Balama is all decked out in his new trail lite saddle ,and  Mule(donkey) riders martingale

I rode this donkey while I shared the word ,during that time I trained the donkey to canter in the right lead

turn on the forhand ,side pass Donkeys are great !!

Hey go to satified mules and customers you'll see a lot more

September 1

heading to Bellivelle Mi. to have lunch at craker Barrel (Susans favorite place to eat )with my

Uncle Al who I have not seen for 10 years.

September 1

9:30 we made camp in lexington ,Ky

Oak Creek Camp Ground

September 2

Heading to North Carolina Mountain State Fair