(or, a course in "Longear-dom")

© 1999, 2004 The American Long Ears Society
All Rights Reserved

Below is a list of terms or events unique to the world of Longears (donkeys, mules, hinnys) or Exotics (zebra, quagga, zebra hybrid, wild ass, przewalski, riowche, Tarpan). Just click on a Term (hyperlink) in order to learn (read) more about it.

Use your back button each time in order to return to this Table of Content Topics OR else hit the Learning Series button atop the Nav Bar. That'll get ya back here too.

Thanks!
Now surf to your hearts content!

(Stay tuned as this page continues to GROW.)

Events & Performance:

What Is a Lead?

Coon Jumping

Snigging/Skill Driving

Mule Logging

Canal Boat Towing

Beach Donkeys

Mules in the Military

Forest Service & Firefighting Mules

Packing

What Can You Do With a Balker?!

Mules & the Endurance Riding Circuit

Mule pari-mutual Racing

Pack Burro Racing

Donkey Guard Duty

Halter Breaking Calfs with Donkeys

Domesticated Zebras

Tack & Fads

Longear & Exotics Headgear

Halter Fitting the Donkey

McClellan Saddles

Cruppers & Britchen

Origin of the Donkey Seat

Bell Tails [origin & how to sculpt]

Mule Hair Styles [a short primer]

Ear Tassles

Color, Breed, & Conformation:

All About Foals

Twinning Factor in the Longear

Realism...in Donks & Mules

Stud Mules

Mule Fertility

Mule Cloning

Seein' Spots: Pinto & Appy patterns in the LE

Burchells vs. Quagga Stripe Patterns

A Zebra ID Chart

Zebra Rump Patterns

Zebra Crossing

Aggie, the Brindle Donkey

The Donkey Cross

Mealy Markings

Gray, Graying, Slate Gray

Differences between BLM Feral Burros and the Wild Asses of Europe

The African Wild Ass

The Asiatic Wild Ass

The Indian Wild Ass

Donkey Breeds

The Gaited Donkey

The Spanish Ass

The Spotted Ass

The Standard Donk

Mammoth Jackstock

The Poitou Ass

The Miniature Mediterrean

The English / Irish Donkey

Mule Breeds

The Gaited Mule

The Spanish Mule

The Arab Mule

The Saddle Mule

The Draft Mule

The Miniature/Pony Mule

Breyer Balker debate: saddle or draft type?

Mule Hybrid vs. Species

The Hinny

Hybrid Vigor

Zebra Breeds

Zebra Hybrid Breeds

Przewalski/Tarpan/Riowche Breeds

Przewalski White Markings

Evaluating Conformation ~ Roach Back

Linebreeding Vs. Inbreeding

Long Ear Longevity

History & Folkore:

George Washington

Teddy Roosevelt

How Tall is a Hand?

How the Donk got his Cross

The Democratic Donkey

Of Longears & Politics

The Martin Donkey Act

Longear & Exotic "Language"

A Little Turquoise Trivia

King Cake Tokens

Brindle & Striped Equine International

Celebrity Profiles:

TMA Bonnie Shields

Gillian Anderson (X-files)

Francis, the Talking Mule

Hambone, the Jumping Fool

Brighty of The Grand Canyon

Knight Of Malta

Black Warrior

Espana

Royal Gift

Krause

Old Beck

Idaho Gem TC

Utah Pioneer

Idaho Star

John Henry

Dolly Barton

Squawlena

Clementine

Tammianne

Mae Bea CT

Avenging Angel

Texas

Doctor Henry

Little Jack Horner

Black Bart

Jen-Jack

Bar Code

Zabrina

Tilly & her Surprize Zony Foal

Spot & Gizmo

Hoax's, How To's & Other Misc:

New Mexican Unicorn

Primer: How to Judge a Photo Show

Golden Live Show Tips

"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed one that we do not see the one which has opened for us."

-Alexander Graham Bell

(This Page last updated: November 1, 2004)