Mules are "different"
I have come to the knowledge that RopeBurn has not been handled much. She shakes when I get close. I am more stubborn, so I will just stand close, invading her personal space, talking in a soft voice to her. She still shakes. At some point she has had some manners.
All will be well, nice relaxing rub on her neck and withers and she will bolt away for no reason I can think of.
It would make a preacher cuss.
But I just let her run around the round pen until she stops with that puzzled look . She is running and running but not getting any farther from me.
Last night I talked to the man from the sale who wanted to buy her. I told him she was not broke to work and would not be what she wanted. He is an old buck'em out cowboy type. He asked if he could come out this week and watch me work horses in the round pen. I said he could. He then said he would give me a cart, to go behind the mule.