Desert Rose

In our experience Mike Dillard develops the very best riding/working/trail/hunting/cattle working mules we have ever had the pleasure to ride or ride beside. Desert Rose is the mule this professional equine and dog trainer chooses to work cattle, move mares, train colts, hunt deer & elk, and to guide hog, lion & bear hunts using his hounds (http://www.rimrockadventures.com) in the really rough and tough country.

   ROUGH STEEP ROCK SLIDING COUNTRY!Notice the hog, bear and lion hunting hound dogs in these pictures ... Rosie works in a team with dogs.   Desert Rose is a rough country mule that handles the challenges of an uncertain cross country adventure.Ridingn an easy horse trail is almost a day off from work for a rough country mule ... Rose.  

The above pictures tell any rough country rider all they need to know about Desert Rose ... Rose is the best of the better mules in our humble opinion.

Rose is wearing her rough winter coat and not gussied up in this picture. Check out the strong full quarter horse type hip & shoulder. This gentle Rosie mule gal is stout and can easily carry a 250+ pound person with ease all day after long day with no problems. Desert Rose is out of a high quality registered Poco Bueno quarter horse mare and a top quality jack. She has excellent conformation with she has those quarter horse thick strong muscles to athletically ride the tough trail with ease. Rose has good withers that hold a saddle.

 Rosie is an easy to mount is 15 hands tall molly mule that is big enough for dfficult country but not to big to mount and dismount easily.  13 settled years old.  NO EAR PROBLEMS!  Rose loads in trailers, saddles easily, hoof trims, shoes with the lead rope on the ground with nobody holding her, mane roaches, leads, stands tied calmly, stops, easy to tack up, and neck reins. Rosie has no injuries, blemishes, scars, or brands.

 

Would You Dare To Risk testing the reliability and safety of your equine ride? WELL then pull your jacket or rain slicker out from where it is tied behind your saddle and put it on while your mount is moving down the trail as you hold your reins in your teeth. IS YOUR LIFE AND LIMB ENDANGERED? ... not if your saddle is on Desert Rose.  

Rosie stands quietly motionless in place to mount and dismount because this is not the pony express ... she also stands quietly while the rider attends to other business on the ground like an injured foot on a dog or to work a calf.  Rosie is a safe mule that takes her time to work through dangerous difficult areas without panic while taking care of the rider in her saddle and the pack mule behind her.

Rosie is an experienced mountain mule ... packs ... leads pack mules ... climbs the high rough stuff to get into the elk & bear country.Rose is a superior rough country trail riding mule that can lead the other equines on the trail or follow with ears flopping.    Desert Rose worked  week after week in the New Mexico Gila wilderness checking cattle, working fence, and scouting the bear, lion, elk and deer while giving the new hounds an outing. Rosie walked the horses to death & still had plenty of energy.  Our trainer/lion hunter/guide/professional mule man, Mike Dillard, also said that Desert Rose “takes her time to work her way through the bad places, ranks with the best of  all mules when ridden over bad rocks, and she is as gentle as a mule gets!”  Rose was Mike’s personal mount. 

While living in MN for the past two years Rosie has been extensively ridden in the rough country and hunted Elk and deer out of state.    Desert Rose is safe, dependable, physically tough, hard working molly mule that pushes her way under and through the brush, around the prickly pear cactus, across the creek, over the rocks and holes, and up the hill.  She has great endurance and can carry a good sized person distances that would put a horse to its knees.  Rosie is an easy smooth mover. She is not a fast mule to run after cows and turn them back but we do rope cattle in the rough country and drag calves to the branding fire with this dependable working girl.  If you want a turn back equine that runs like a horse then we suggest you get a horse … if you want a safe protected ride to get down the elk trail that is caving off the side of the canyon as you go uphill then ride this Desert Rose mule and arrive alive ready to hunt.

No dog problems due to her experience with ranch dogs, coon dogs, lion hounds, & bear hunting hounds.  Desert Rose is not cheap because she is a first class quality trail and versatile saddle mule. She is in our opinion, worth every cent, because this mule is strong insurance policy.  Having no hospital bills and seeing the smile on a rider's face is a great bonus in memories, safety, and money saved.  Intermediate and experienced riders will especially enjoy riding this fine performing mule because she just puts her head down and goes to work. 

Desert Rose is priced at the ranch for $6370.00 without transportation. 

 

Is this mule at $6,370.00 just too expensive?

A lot of MONEY?  Yes and No?

Just how much are safety, health, peace of mind and a carefree ride worth? Been in an emergency room lately? No price can really be put on those needs of safety & health. Good folks, this mule might seem very expensive, but in truth Desert Rose is worth every cent and much more.  Life is short.  Laugh and be well. Expense is quite relative.Happy trails are deserved. 

Ride the best because

“Baby you are worth it”!

When are you going to ride

your safe dependable dream mule

... in your next life?

We hope you do not wait until it is too late

for your Rosie to be under your saddle.