MULE TALK! THE PODCAST ABOUT MULES, MULE TRAINING, AND THE MULE INDUSTRY.
A published author with a lifetime experience of riding, and working with horses since early childhood, Cindy K Roberts hosts the award-winning podcast, Mule Talk about mules and donkeys. Interviews cover care and handling of, mule and donkey events, anything mule and donkey! Cindy interviews mule owners, mule handlers, representatives of mule and donkey ranches, veterinarians, farriers, sellers, and promoters of donkeys and mules. Cindy K. Roberts began working with mules in 1985 and is a contributing feature writer in several equine magazines.
In 2024, Meredith Hodges of the Lucky Three Ranch teamed up with Cindy K Roberts on Mule Talk. Together, they provide educational and entertaining content about mules and the mule industry.
Cindy also interviews mule trainers making a difference in the mule industry. Mule Talk is an Every Cowgirl's Dream production.
MULE TALK! THE PODCAST ABOUT MULES, MULE TRAINING, AND THE MULE INDUSTRY.
UNDERSTANDING THE USE OF CRUPPERS & BREECHING - MEREDITH HODGES - LUCKY THREE RANCH
UNDERSTANDING THE USE OF CRUPPERS & BREECHING - MEREDITH HODGES - LUCKY THREE RANCH
- Feeding - know what is nutritionally effective for your mules.
- Tack & Equipment - mohair - alpaca girths are ideal equipment.
- Keep your leather tack CLEAN to prevent rubbing and sores.
- Select a crupper made from English bridle leather so it will break under extreme pressure.
- Biothane and Nylon do not warm up with elasticity and flexibility like leather does.
- Proper adjustment of the cruppers & breeching.
- Weight & ability of the rider will affect the shift of the saddle.
- Crupper or Breeching? Cruppers stabilize the saddle better with human riders.
- Cruppers allow for better range of motion in the quine, especially in the hind legs for uphill climbing.
- Breeching can restrict the hind legs too much when ascending and put the equine off balance.
- Breeching can be used effectively with inanimate loads.
- Breeching has more straps and more risk of chafing than does a crupper.
Mule Talk is an Every Cowgirl's Dream production - www.EveryCowgirlsDream.Com
www.MuleTalk.Net
Meredith Hodges Interviews:
www.LuckyThreeRanch.Com/Podcast-Appearances/
