Our neighbor, Panzee, has wanted a donkey for forever.
I wasn't a donkey hater ... they've never really registered on my radar... and I don't know much about them.
Until now.
They are SO cute! They have 10,000 years more domestication than horses... they are very mellow. They are used to poverty conditions - which means no grain mashes or rich alfalfa for these little dudes, they are long lived and not very reactive. They need good hoof care.
This donkey, Buster, reminded me of my old gelding... he is older and shaggy and a bit grumpy but he became donkey buttah in my hands after some serious tail scritchin....
Buster, Buster, Buster... lookit those lips... shaggy, floppy, long eared Buster. I was VERY tempted to adopt a donkey after our visit to Longhopes. We really don't need another hay burner tho' I may sponser Buster.I was really impressed with the rescue - it was so clean and well run and the woman helping us was professional, knowledgeable and those donkeys.... oh, such cute, cute long eared critters. Panzee adopted two - they were delivered to her house yesterday. I'll be able to get my donkey fix just four doors down....
3 comments:
Ahhh...wish you could get a couple of those. You would be an excellent donkey Mom, and they would know happiness. I understand Donkeys are all sorts of different from horses and I follow a blog that features her two donkeys alot. I sure could enjoy and appreciate a couple of them myself!
So that's where donkeys come from!!!
I would have been tempted, too. Though I'm tempted by nearly every animal I see.
Did she adopt it as a pet or as work animals?
DebH - maybe one day... yeah, the lady there kept saying horse people can get annoyed cuz the donkey isn't as reactive as the horse... they just need time to think things over. They were so affectionate and cute tho! I'd have one for a pet if we had room...
Cheryl - oh you have no idea - they were SO cute. She has them mainly as pets.. but she did buy a donkey cart and would like to teach them to pull the cart. One of those things she's always wanted to learn and do... glad I can get my donkey fix any time I want!
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