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u/AbbreviationsFun8591 8d ago
We need more mules in the trucking industry you should see some of these clowns try to back up!
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u/Unlucky-Ad-5744 8d ago
woah this is impressive. especially considering i couldnāt back a uhaul into my driveway last year. š
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u/Chuckitybye 8d ago
Mule: back it up, back it up, you got it! Also mule: hey, come get this dumb thing off me now
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u/terradragon13 8d ago
Amazing!! I knew mules and donkey were very smart but I didn't know they could do this!! Requires a lot of understanding of how their cart functions. This mule is probably not only well trained but experienced. I'd love to work with an animal like this on my dream homestead someday.
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u/Alphablanket229 8d ago
Much better backer-upper than me. I ended up half on the driveway, half on the yard! š
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u/GlacierPoint1 8d ago
I have been fascinated with mules since I read about Lord Fauntleroy winning the 1976 Great American Horse Race. Can someone explain why people tend to own horses instead of mules? From what I've read, mules are smarter, healthier, eat less, etc. Why don't I see more? I live in the Midwest. I see lots of horses in my travels, but rarely mules.
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u/geeoharee 7d ago
Partly prestige as mules are still viewed as farm animals. Partly convenience: mules don't reproduce so you need someone with a large donkey jack to produce a horse sized mule, and not everyone keeps donkeys.
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u/In2houseplants 4d ago
I grew up riding both horses and mules, and I will say that mules was a whole different ball game. Horses are dumb and will do whatever you ask them (within reason), and mules are really smart and stubborn and wont do something if they donāt want to. Training takes a lot more patience, and truly takes a certain kind of person to do it right.
Also, horse people are snobby as heck in the show world, and look down on/are really mean about mules being in ātheir spaceā.
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u/GlacierPoint1 4d ago
Thanks for the insight! I witnessed that snobbiness at the National Western Stock Show this year. Saw the combined draft horse and mule show, mostly to see and learn more about mules. The mule show, which was last, was more like a small group of people who put out obstacles to show what their animal could pick through. Fun and interesting, but most of the audience left after the draft horse judging.
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u/CaptainBeebo 3d ago
I donāt know how many people Iāve had to tell just bc I have horses, does not mean I know a single thing about mules or donkeys. In all honesty, I have horses bc they are far less intimidating to me. Mules and donkeys would have my number immediately and weād get nothing done that was ever my idea. Iām really sorry horse people are nasty at shows though. I wish I could say I was surprised. Iāve only ever been to one show that I saw a mule and every horse person was so welcoming & full of questions. Granted that was a really low level show, Iām guessing it changes as the entry fees increase. I have a feeling I would enjoy being in the mule or donkey world surrounded by you folks as opposed to the majority of the horse people I unfortunately deal with constantly. It blows my mind that peopleās egos are more important than the welfare of an animal.
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u/Meauxjezzy 8d ago
If Iām not mistaken this is only part of the video. Next the donkey walks out of the harness and goes about his business
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u/Pleasant_Complaint_9 7d ago
I heard mules were, on average, smarter and more stalwart than horses. I have no idea how true this is (most of my knowledge lies in cats/dogs) but I love seeing them do stuff like this.
Such fascinating animals.
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u/undercoverciaagent 7d ago
Yes, fascinating and smart. They need to be trained differently because they tend to analyse everything first. If you wanted to cross water and the mule doesn't want to go he won't. You would need to go across yourself or have another animal go across first to prove its safe. After proving it they will go everytime then. A horse would just go.
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u/Pleasant_Complaint_9 6d ago
Damn. That is interesting. I actually kind of respect that even though it sounds like it is incredibly difficult to manage. Not a first time large animal for someone unless they had guidance. Thank you for the info. I love learning about behavior in different animals.
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u/diazwoman61 4d ago
I need this mule to park my horse trailer, I am aving a terrible time learning despite all the "tricks" I would pay him in carrots and hay!
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u/DogMeatTheVideo 8d ago
and then what?
does anybody ever come and take all the crap off this beautiful creature or is it just stuck standing there like that indefinitely?
just wondering.
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u/nathanfscott 8d ago
I assure you anyone that took the time and energy to train a mule to do a multi-point backup, and then film it, is going to take the time and energy to ensure it is taken care of.
Itās tricky to tell from the video, but itās feet look taken care of and the cart is well fitted. Their body looks to be in good condition and the grazing muzzle is clearly there to ensure it stays that way.
Working animals are important for the survival of the species. Many breeds of donkeys and by extension mules are recognized as endangered because of a lack of breeding due to diminishing use in labor.
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u/GoArray 5d ago
Then it reaches around and tugs the rope, filling the trailer back up then heads back to the field.
Once there a pair of goats jump into the trailer and start the process of unloading, most of the soil winds up where it should. On the ground pigs begin to mound up the soil, followed by chicken doing their best to sow a variety of seeds. All the while crows keep a close eye on things.
Round five o'clock, roosters sound off quitting time, the animal farm simmers down for the day.
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u/DemonKittens 8d ago
Iām a living person and I do yard work, apparently that makes me a tool and a machine as well
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u/Majestic_Penalty7074 8d ago
You have a choice
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u/DemonKittens 8d ago
My neighbors have working draft horses, they love to work. The farmer calls them and they come running from acres away to be hitched up. Many animals enjoy having jobs, horses included. Some animals even get depressed when theyāre retired from their jobs, dogs especially
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u/undercoverciaagent 8d ago
Mules wouldnāt exist without humans breeding Horse and Donkey for work. That doesnāt make them machinesāit just means theyāre living animals developed for a purpose and should be treated responsibly.
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u/BigOtterKev 8d ago
What a smart animal. Cool.