Breaking Bad

Does your mule or donkey show signs of bad behavior? Do you walk out to halter him and he walks the other way? Does she relentlessly paw at the gate? When the farrier shows up, do you spend 40 minutes apologizing for your animal’s disobedience? Do you attempt to trailer your animal and find yourself recruiting half a dozen grown men to get him loaded?

Folks, these are often just bad habits and every bad habit started somewhere.

I’ll tell you the unfortunate truth… we are often the ones who even started that bad habit. We fix one problem but it creates 3 more problems that don’t show up till months or years later… or we just allowed the bad habit to develop and now we want to fix it.

The good news is this. What was taught can, many times, be untaught. Not with anger. Not with gadgets. Not with back yard Facebook group advice. Not by using what works on a horse (which is often what gets folks in trouble in the first place). This is the kind of information that’s hard to find from someone who actually knows what they’re talking about. And rarer still is finding someone who’ll share it freely.

In this free online clinic, Breaking Bad: How to Fix the Habits That Are Holding Your Mule or Donkey Back, Steve Edwards is going to walk you through the process of correcting bad habits he hears about from folks every single day. Hard to catch. Buddy sour. Barn sour. Pushy on the ground. Won’t stand for the farrier. Pawing while tied. Fighting the bit. Won’t stand for mounting. Kicking, biting, nipping.

You’ll learn why mules and donkeys do not respond to the same corrections that work on horses, specifically how their thinking is different, and why pressure that works on a horse will backfire on a mule.

You will learn:

• How to leverage the come-a-long hitch to break pushy ground habits without ever raising your temper, voice, or hand.

• Why most “bit problems” are not bit problems at all, and no amount of bit shopping will fix a foundation that was never built.

• Why a mule who wants to rush home is not a bad mule, and how to teach patience and quietness no matter where he is.

• And so much more!

Bring your list of bad habits, bring your spouse, bring your friends, bring the questions you’ve been afraid to ask. Steve answers questions every time and no question is too basic here.

It’s not too late to fix what’s been broken. You’re not the first person to find yourself standing in the dust, wondering where you went wrong. You won’t be the last! Join us and build a plan for breaking the bad habits holding back your mule or donkey.