--- In [email protected], "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>> We had a john mule who had brindle marks on his shoulder, as he got > older you couldn't see it anymore. Weird. > > If they were on or near his shoulder, then wouldn't that mostly likely be an > extension (or deviation?) of the shoulder barring that is usually associated > with dun markings? Many (most?) donkeys have some primitive coloring > similar to (or maybe exactly?) like dun. Buck has distinct shoulder > barring. Since he's chestnut, it's easy to see that he's light red dun, and > he does have a dorsal stripe, but if he were faded black, brown or bay, I'd > think it could look like brindle. >
Only one out of 4 of our mules had any kind of dun looking marking. This one was a dark brown/ black mule, no kind of dun marking, this marking looked like brindle, they were not straight and it was just lighter brown with darker brown. I don't even have the mule anymore, it really didn't look like the normal dun type of stripes, to me anyway, it looked like a brindle dog color, I remember it as almost a spider web looking pattern, sort of. Kim
