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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Try this again.... Meet Oscar -- This is the little jack donkey that we're fostering right now. He was with 2 starved horses (1.5 & a 2 scale) that animal control made them release - see sorrel & dun below. We took them and found them a home.
Then a few days later the donkey supposedly got out and no one was making a real effort to catch him & he wound up in my yard and I was afraid I was going to have a fight. Of course, he's not been gelded, and you couldn't get within 10 feet of him he was so skittish -- found out later he'd been roped and drug behind a truck at one point. He was the scar ot prove it. 
So I got every bucket I had and made a "trail" to the round pen -- worked like a charm. Tomorrow will be a week. Although he's still a little leery and not sure, he'll now let me rub his face and I've even touched all the way down his legs. The last 2 days he's been going on the horse trailer to eat. He follows me around the pen when I'm out feeding and brays when I leave. This evening I sat with the bucket in my lap on the edge of the horse trailer and after he ate, he sniffered my head checking me out without leaving. He still spooks when you raise an arm or something but he always comes right back. He's getting a bit spoiled..... he'll back up a good 6 feet real slow so I can scratch his butt! Then he'll position himself where I can rub his withers. I think he's training me well! I had told everyone that I was offically now an As* whisperer, but I'm beginning to think he's a people whisperer!
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| Awww he's cute! It does sound like he is training you well though! Are you planning to keep him? |
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Location: Kansas | He's adorable! I love him! |
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Location: Arkansas | He's too cute----love those stripes!! He knew what he was doing when he came to your place. |
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Location: Kansas | You are both adorable. Good luck with being a donkey mama.
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Location: Kansas | adorable!!! Love those ears!!!  |
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Location: NE Texas | I love donks! Good for you for helping this guy out. We have a donk in the pasture next to us that comes up to the fence. She still won't let me touch her and i've been trying fo almost 8 years, so you're way more of an a$$ whisperer than I am, Fairweather! HAHA  |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | i have always wanted a donkey but the so say no dam way......
p.s.which really hasn't deterred me i just need to find a donkey ..you know on the side of the road...;)
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Location: MD | 
What a sad story! I'm happy to see he's in a loving place now. |
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Location: NW. Florida | If you've never had a donkey before, be sure to not over feed him, or feed him too much protein. They require so much less than horses. They founder easy. |
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Location: Oklahoma | He's adorable!!!!! Our donkey is FAT... and only gets hay
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Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Carbon Copy - 2015-02-12 9:30 AM If you've never had a donkey before, be sure to not over feed him, or feed him too much protein. They require so much less than horses. They founder easy.
Thanks for the info! This is the first time I've been around one - had no idea about the protein levels. |
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | TwistedK - 2015-02-12 9:35 AM He's adorable!!!!! Our donkey is FAT... and only gets hay
Oh my goodness! Too cute!! |
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | MissouriJen - 2015-02-11 8:39 PM Awww he's cute! It does sound like he is training you well though! Are you planning to keep him?
I **really** need to find the little bugger a home! But it's been a good experience for my horses to be around him. They were all convinced he was half alien and ate horses for breakfast! .....and the thought crossed my mind that he might be good practice for cutting/working cows since we don't have any and like to go to settings when we get the chance.....but I really need to find him a home! Or find a free least for two pasture ornament mares! |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Love it. You'll know he totally trusts you when you can stroke his ears... |
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