Black Cat Mules & More

03/06/2025

Ok but is your horse crop duster broke? 😜
One of the many advantages of our location is the wide variety of things our personal and client animals get to experience.

03/03/2025

Nothing like a fresh stack of locally grown fertilized Bermuda. I might be itchy for the rest of the day but happy critters are worth it.

02/18/2025

Welcome to the funny farm, Maestro!

Maestro is a 15yr old Oldenburg gelding, now retired from his life as a dressage horse after being diagnosed with DSLD. He’s here to re-learn the ins and outs of herd life as we work closely with our favorite vets and body workers to tailor his DSLD management in ways that will ensure he can safely and comfortably experience the joys of country life.

He’s as sweet and loving as he is gorgeous, and I’m sure it won’t be long before T and Harvey have adopted him into their little “bay boys gang”.

01/31/2025

This is your annual reminder to check your horses for fungal skin problems caused by moisture and mud. I am not a vet. This is not medical advice. But this is what I do for my horses and mules during the Southeast TX wet season. .

01/23/2025

Hurricane Harvey’s life motto ❤️

01/16/2025

Silver was not impressed with Eli’s attempts to flirt with her when she first came down from Missouri for her 30 day tune up before AHCA Nationals

01/16/2025

Flashback to HQH Poco Diamond Silver (Honeybee’s big sister) on her first time at the beach. I really enjoyed spending 30days prepping this gritty mare and then showing her for Hutson Quarter Horses at American Horsemen Challenge Assn Nationals.

01/14/2025

Oh Frances 🤦‍♀️ ❤️

10/19/2023

Black Cat Mules & More is now booking outside horses and mules for 2024.

If you’ve been wanting to send your horse or mule over to fix problem behaviors, get a little tune up, add finishing and finesse or have a youngster started under saddle with a solid foundation, send me a message so we can start discussing training plans and packages/pricing. Rates vary based on which program will best suits the needs and goals of you and your critter.

30 day minimum on all client horses and mules
60-90 days not required, but highly encouraged to plan for a longer stay when it comes to c**t starts, but that depends on what level of start you’re wanting vs where your youngster is at mentally and physically.

I will answer inquiries in the order that they come in, text is best: 281-723-3662

10/14/2023

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10/12/2023

Ohhh fun stuff

Exciting things are in store for 2024! We are honored to be a part of the inaugural Texas Ranch Horse Championship
November 22-24, 2024
Athens, Tx
Stay tuned for more details coming soon!

10/12/2023

Amen

Replacing Old Faithful

The best horses are built over years of hauling, hard work, tough times, good times, bad times, big spooks, little spooks, their mistakes, our mistakes and continual love and care.

No, your c**t starter can not turn your young prospect into your old faithful in 30, 60, 90, or even 365 days. It takes years.

I’m plagued with the problem of trying to impress on people how long it truly takes to build that dream partner. There’s not a smooth paved path. Your green horse will embarrass you, frustrate you, and maybe even hurt you. For some of y’all buying a $20,000-$30,000 horse is going to be worth it and SAVE you money. Even that more finished horse will take a year or more to sync up with.

In Texas right now, a cheap rate for horse training is $1,000 a month.
1 year of training: $12,000
2 years of training: $24,000

Many of you won’t believe this but your dream horse is on the other side of two years of training. It’s likely around two years of training and two years of seasoning (hauling them to town). Will that horse still make mistakes? Yes, they all make mistakes until the day they die. But that horses mistakes probably won’t put you in serious danger and that horse will probably pack your grandkids around.

If you’re trying to decide between a $3,500 prospect or a $15,000 proven horse. My advice is to do an internal inventory and figure out what you want. Buying that prospect is like the first roll on the Jumanji board. You’re entered up, get ready for a journey of ups and downs (possibly quite literally!) If you’re buying that finished horse decide what you really want, get ready for a lot of shopping and painfully overpriced sh💩tters. Take a friend or a trainer on this journey with you and try to double your budget (that’s right, 30k). Be smart and buy something OVER 8 years old. Don’t buy that pretty 5 year old they only want 20k for. He isn’t old enough to be proven for you. Lots of horse traders are trying to flip horses, anything under 8 is likely twice as green as he looks in the video. Maturity, both mental and physical will be key when looking for a safe horse.

If you want a project and a challenge I’m not hating, that’s what I want in a horse too, so I buy young ones. If you need a safe one, bring lots of money and quit thinking you need a 6 year old. You probably don’t have what it takes to mentally support that 6 year old through new situations.

The biggest reason I bring this up is because as folks retire their old faithful they are so far removed from when that horse was green and did dumb stuff. They forgot how tough those two years were back when he was 4-6. They only remember the amazing horse he was when he matured. The 3 year old they just bought is YEARS from filling that horses shoes when it comes to training level and safety level. I see people hate on trainers because the trainer couldn’t make their young horse, “finished” in 90 days. It’s honestly the biggest reason I like taking c**ts for 30 or 60 days. The expectation is shockingly lower than when I take one for 90 days. It’s weird what people expect from a 90 day start. Most people should commit to sending their young horse out for a full year. Two years would be even better.

Green horses do green horse things, don’t blame others for the challenge you bought yourself. Accept the challenge or pay the price for one further along. No matter which path you choose with horses, it’s going to cost you.

The horse in the photo is Katie’s horse Tater and this photo happened after 8 years of her owning this mare.






📸: Karen Perry

10/12/2023

Your Late Night LOL! 🤣

10/12/2023

Yep yep and yep

09/15/2023

Front porch yard sale at 6721 Pisklak Rd 77469 TOMORROW! 6:30am Saturday 9/16
Black Cat Mules is cleaning up the tack room and show/parade attire closet!

We are offering reasonably priced, somewhat negotiable:
-gently used and/or well maintained working tack and training equipment

-show quality tack and attire for English and western (pants size 25-30waist/long length, lots of western shirts small-large, English riding pants/shirts/show jackets x small-medium)

-HALLOWEEN costume pieces and decorations

-bargain farm stuff like buckets and hay nets that still work great, just a little on the scratch/dent end of things or color faded

All items are THOROUGHLY CLEANED, all leather tack has been oiled and/or treated with horseman’s one step.

Cash preferred

Funds from this front porch yard sale will help us stock up on hay for the winter and continue offering premium above and beyond equine care for our clients and occasional rehab/rehome project mules and horses.

AND anything beyond our hay restock budget will help us continually pay it forward as we purchase materials for new obstacles for Horsemen of Texas (local AHCA affiliate) - we sponsor this group of youth and adult obstacle competitors by providing and storing obstacles year-round for monthly shows.

09/06/2023

mixed media Banana Spider (a memory of a hilarious encounter with Elvira)

09/06/2023

Kimmie Sue ❤️

09/05/2023

Considering Thunderbirds 2022 mixed media - Hand Painted Hats by Monica original, signed and dated. AVAILABLE