My wife, Desiree and I were looking for a new horse due to one of ours coming up with navicular.  While looking for a horse we came across a nice looking and what we thought was a well mannered mule.  We went and looked at him, rode him and he had potential.  I had ridden my father-in-law's mule before and loved the way he rode.  So we bought this mule, later to be named Andy.  We got Andy home and my first try getting on him to ride him wasn't successful to say the least.  I could not even get my foot in the stirrup with my saddle on him.  In the following days he managed to destroy a stall in my father-in-law's barn; he said it was time he found a new home after only about two weeks.  Some friends of the family had a mule being trained by Dora and suggested we contact her.  We decided to see if Dora could do anything with him I originally gave her two weeks to see if she could fix him.  We loaded up and drove to visit Dora, (Andy, father-in-law and myself).  Upon arriving at Diamond D, Dora met us and was very friendly.We unloaded Andy to let Dora evaluate him; part of the problem with him was my saddle didn't fit him at all.  Dora got one of her saddles, tacked him up and got right on Andy.  Within 15 minutes of her working with him, my father-in-law and I knew she could fix any problem Andy had.  Two weeks had passed so the wife and I visited Andy to see how he was doing.  He was a totally different mule.  While riding him, when you ask him to do it, he did it.  Andy remained with Dora for two more weeks.  Dora suggested Wyoming Saddlery for my new saddle.  Bill owns the company and took very good care of me just like Dora did.  Before bringing Andy home after 30 days I rode Andy with his new saddle I got him.  During his stay with Dora, she keep us up to date with how Andy was doing. Since picking him up, Andy gets better and better every trip out.  Last weekend we went to Shawnee State Forest I was able to lead Andy to the trail head, lay the reins down and he went right down the trail without a single problem.  It was great to actually be able to ride and not have to worry about making sure he was good on the trail.  He didn't try to wonder off trail or misbehave at all.If you are in the area and need a mule turned from an ok mule to an awesome mule everyone wants, take him to Dora.  Her and her staff can do amazing things with mules.  If Andy has anymore problems or if we get another mule, I know who will be training him for us!  Thank you Diamond D for turning our piece of coal into a sparkling diamond!      -----Jason & Desiree' Bowling, and Andy the mule, Burlington, KY