Calamity Jane is a uniquely comfortable and eyecatching because she really takes after her Tennessee Walker dam.  She moves through her flat foot walk, then into her running walk.  You can gait fast or slow, and there’s not a bunch of tinkering needed to keep her smooth.  She has the big, loose understride, head bob, and drive from her rear end that good Tennessee Walkers are prized for - you could ride her with a bunch of good walkers and blend right in - except for the extra awesome ears!

Under saddle, Calamity Jane is laid back, and mellow.  Her calm nature makes her the kind of mule that stands nicely for mounting, but she also parks out great and stays put till you tell her to step off. She’s not as forward as some of the others we’ve had - and that is a quality worth it’s weight in gold to the right rider!  This makes her a deluxe confidence builder anywhere you want to ride her.  Road, trails, mountains, or right up the bottom of a creek, Calamity doesn’t care.  We’ve been trying to find anything that upsets her - and we’ve been kind of creative about it - but so far we’ve struck out.  Dogs, cats, flapping things, running water, tractors, cars, the UPS truck, deer, flapping pheasants and IRS men - and not a hesitation or a spook about her!  (Ok, just kidding about the flapping pheasants and IRS men . They scare everyone.  But if we find one, we’ll be sure she’s not scared of him.  Heck, the way she is, she’d probably just want him to pet her!)