[Ag-eq] need to vent

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Zac:

Mules are willing to learn, this guy wasn't!

Nella
Quoting Zachary Mason via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

>
>
> I think the phrase is "stubborn as a mule. " Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 14, 2015, at 6:04 PM, Nella Foster via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > So, today I went to look at a mini mule.  I've been wanting to get one to
> be a
> > friend for Cruiser.  The mule was owned by an elderly man who doesn't live
> far
> > from me.  He told me that the mule was halter trained, but could be hard to
> > catch.  The little mule was running in a pasture with several full sized
> horses
> > and mules.
> >
> > They had him caught so I could look at him and he was a little shy, but I
> liked
> > him.  I thought He seemed very healthy and more reserved rather than
> > frightened.  This is very common for mules.  I thought if I brought him
> home
> > and put him in a stall I could get him used to me and he needed more work
> on
> > the halter.
> >
> > I told the man I would like to buy him.  The man said I didn't realize you
> were
> > blind and I don't think he would be good for you.  I asked him why he
> thought
> > that and he said I don't want you to get hurt.  I told him that I've owned
> 3
> > full sized mules and 3 horses and am very comfortable with them on the
> ground.
> > The mule wasn't very big, not much larger than my goats.  The man refused
> to
> > sell the mule to me.  He said he could find me a nice donkey; he didn't
> think a
> > mule would be good for me.  I told him that I was capable of finding my own
> > animals and that I didn't appreciate him deciding what was right for me.  I
> > told him that I had a lot of experience with blindness and quite a lot of
> > experience with mules.  He still refused to sell the mule, what an ass.
> >
> > It's so frustrating; I thought I had found my mini mule and was all
> excited.  If
> > it was a full sized mule that I wanted to ride it would be different, I
> would
> > still be pissed off, but could understand it more.  It's his mule and he
> has
> > the right to sell it to whom he likes, but I'm sure if I hadn't been blind
> he
> > would have happily took my money.
> >
> > Well, just wanted to vent.  I think only another blind person can truly
> > understand my frustration.
> >
> > Nella
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting Jody Ianuzzi via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
> >
> >>
> >> Hello Jewel and all
> >>
> >> There is a new owner trainer guy dog list that I thought you might be
> >> interested in   It was set up by Julie Johnson and Buddy Brannan   It is
> free
> >> of all of the restrictions of other owner trainer list   I hope you
> consider
> >> joining because it is really great
> >
>
Jodyhttp://lists.brannan.name/listinfo.cgi/guidedog-owner-trainers-brannan.name
> >>
> >>
> >> JODY 🐺
> >> thunderwalker321 at gmail.com
> >>
> >> "There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."
> >> DOCTOR WHO (Tom Baker)
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