Ernie: adopted 09/26/2023
Ok so I have a not so secret crush on this mule. Well… I have a love affair with mules in general. Cholla, the mini mule and now Ernie a full-sized mule. What is a mule you may ask?! Check out the FAQ section for more info! But take my word for it… there is nothing NOT to love. They are hardy, yet sweet, stubborn, yet playful. I just cannot get enough.
When Shaq was heading our way, I asked Barb if she had room for one more. For a built in buddy for Shaq, another life we could help keep safe forever. Barb was up for it, so I asked Tahlia… might you have a mule that needs a good home? I bet you can guess what she said?! ;)
She sent me photos and videos of Ernie and well I am sure you won’t be surprised to know, I fell in love. The ears, the face, his story. They all spoke to me in the way all my creatures stories have felt a part of me. My poor Ernie boy, he was dumped into the direct ship field at the Bowie, Texas auction house. He was tagged and chipped to be sent across the boarder to Mexico. Additionally, and perhaps the reason he ended up where Tahlia found him, he had a large and somewhat odd injury to his back left leg. It looks like perhaps that leg was caught in or wrapped up in barbed wire, but in the end we don’t really know. The back stories of these thrown away equines is almost always a mystery.
Ernie was rescued over two years ago by All Seated in a Barn. And he waited oh so patiently for the perfect home, perfect situation, perfect life to open up for him… and I am perhaps quite biased, but his wait was not in vein. He is safe, he is cared for, he is with his best friend, and he is unconditionally loved by a whole lot of people. Ernie was also co-rescued with Barb of the Saving Gracie Equine Healing Foundation, and I will be forever grateful for her willingness to open her heart to her very first mule!!
Our boy is just the definition of handsome. Plus he has the personality to match. He is so attached to his best buddy Shaq, loves carrots and being involved with every little thing you are doing, he has a serious case of FOMO. But we never want to leave him out, not ever again. Ernie mule, we LOVE you!!