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MaryE Baker City, OR(Zone 5b) Nov 21, 2003

I raised mules for several years, breeding a variety of horse mares to donkeys to produce a strong animal that is larger then the sire. A mule is the result of breeding a donkey male known as a Jack, with a horse mare. The physical appearance resembles the donkey side of the family more than the horse side, narrow feet, tail that is not as hairy on the top half as a horse tail, and very large ears. The voice is also more like the donkey. A hinny is the result of the opposite cross and resembles the horse more with rounder feet, more hair on the tail, smaller ears and I don't know about the voice. Put simply, these hybrid crosses resemble the sire's side the most.

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scooterbug Tellico Plains, TN(Zone 7b) Nov 22, 2003

Whew, cleared that up..... Guess I had the genetic dominace traits flip-flopped =)
............ I tip my hat to ya Mary

.........I've been into breeding, training and showing American Quarter Horses + Race bred stock since '62.
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MaryE Baker City, OR(Zone 5b) Nov 22, 2003

Scooterbug, one of the mares I used to have had been on the QH track for 2 seasons, she raced in California. When I got her it was without papers, and she had a crippled leg from a fence accident so was lame at a walk, but she produced beautiful colts. She was very hard to catch or to handle, ran over me a few times and so I sold her before she hurt me. Sometimes you just have to.

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Morph Dayton, OH(Zone 5a) Nov 24, 2003

Just love those pictures of the young Shoe! Aren't we lucky to have those? So many family pictures are few & far between!

Shoe, LOL at your DW saying not to be frugal and use all you cared to use :) I just never feel clean ~ a product of modernization I suppose!

Those poor Romans being considered outlandish when they were just getting clean! It's amazing to me that bathing somehow got a bad rap and was extinct for a few centuries!

We are a strange species, don't ya think?

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