Category: Donkey Behavior

Bonded Donkeys What Do I Do When One Dies

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Donkey Livestock Guardian

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Will a donkey make a great livestock guardian? I am happy to share seventeen years of experience with donkeys. Very few donkeys make great livestock guarding donkeys. Donkeys are intelligent and emotional beings that prefer to live with their own species, eat, drink, play, groom and sleep together along with grabbing the neck, biting, playing… Read More Donkey Livestock Guardian

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Goodbye Tuba

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We are deeply saddened to share that Tuba our rescue donkey age is estimated to be in his thirties has passed away. God in Jesus Christ precious name has brought home another precious donkey to heaven. Tuba was healthy no signs of illness and than boom he started to have grand mal seizures. Our veterinarian… Read More Goodbye Tuba

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Learn Why Donkeys Are Not Horses With Long Ears

Donkeys evolved from the desert their gift is to survive on low sugar, low protein forage: Equus asinus (Donkey) evolved in the desert regions of our world. Donkeys have been been given the gift to survive in the desert, a part of our world where very few other creatures can survive. Donkeys can survive and thrive on… Read More Learn Why Donkeys Are Not Horses With Long Ears

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Donkey Whisperer Farm ® Spring Sale

Spring Sale! Spring is almost here get ready to take your donkeys out for walks this spring and summer. Donkey 101, 102, and Trailer Loading Video On Demand Sold with lifetime access. Print out my e-book located in the first video of all of my training to speed up your training time. After you get… Read More Donkey Whisperer Farm ® Spring Sale

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Donkey Has Surgery Will Not Eat

Tips to help your donkey recover after Surgery: Donkeys make life better. Owning a couple donkeys is a truly wonderful blessed life but with it, we must learn as much as we can to keep our donkeys healthy and happy. Please never make a donkey live without another donkey. Donkeys have thick fur, slanted long… Read More Donkey Has Surgery Will Not Eat

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Are You A Treat Dispenser

Are you a treat dispenser? What is it about donkeys that make us want to give them treats? Maybe it is because they are so darn adorable, maybe it is because they are so interpersonal, maybe it is because we want to earn their trust and be loved by them. Maybe it is because we… Read More Are You A Treat Dispenser

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Donkey Standing In The Rain

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Melody, I have a donkey that refuses to go into the shelter and stands outside he stands out in the rain nonstop. I am worried about my donkey. I am thinking I should lock my donkeys in the shelter during the rain, Should I give him a blanket? Trixy, BC Hi Trixy, “Please do not… Read More Donkey Standing In The Rain

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Donkey Trailer Loading Training

Learn how to train your donkeys to load in the trailer, ride in the trailer and stay safe. Learn how to load multiple donkeys and unload. Learn how to purchase the right trailer and how to have a safety plan in place. Donkey Trailer loading includes twelve teaching videos with over one hour of the… Read More Donkey Trailer Loading Training

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Donkey Scratch

Introducing Rocket Man, a miniature donkey gelding, he just turned twenty-six years old. Rocket Man has been in our life since he was thirteen years old. When Rio our Mammoth donkey was weaned from his mom, Rio bonded to Rocket Man. Rocket Man was a jack on the breeding farm in his early years. Rocket… Read More Donkey Scratch

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Kiang Donkeys

Where Do Kiang Donkeys Live? Kiang is the common name for a wild member of the horse family Equidae, Equus kiang, the largest of the wild asses, characterized by distinctive patches of white on the neck, chest, and shoulder, as well as long legs and an erect mane. Native to the Tibetan Plateau, where it inhabits high-altitude montane and alpine… Read More Kiang Donkeys

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Donkey Education Made Easy

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Donkey Whisperer Farm ® On-Line Learning Is The Leader For On-Line Education Worldwide! Teach your donkey to have social skills and manners via Donkey 101 & 102 Video On Demand. Use our soft yacht rope donkey halters with matching lead lines to speed up your donkey’s learning time. Teach your donkey to follow you as… Read More Donkey Education Made Easy

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Donkey Behavior

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged! Melody Johnson, Trainer/Owner Donkey Whisperer Farm ®

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Donkeys Have Personalities

Did you know animals have personalities? Donkeys are born with their unique personality, extroverts are more go than whoa. Introvert more whoa than go. Did you know introvert donkeys do not bray? Yes, it’s true the true deep introvert donkey will make a little bit of noise but will never let out a full bray.… Read More Donkeys Have Personalities

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Donkey Is Bonded To Cows

Donkeys usually prefer to live with their own species. Donkeys have photogenic memories, they remember good and bad memories forever. If a donkey is forced to live with just a cow or a bunch of cows in a field without another donkey and later in life, the donkey is re-homed into a herd of donkeys… Read More Donkey Is Bonded To Cows

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10 Things About Donkeys You Most Likely Did Not Know

Donkeys are livestock guardians This is wrong! Very few donkeys make great livestock guardians. Please get a livestock guarding dog to protect your livestock. Donkeys will guard the animals they are bonded to if they are big enough. A miniature donkey is too small to guard anything. Domesticated dogs can kill a miniature donkey. Donkeys… Read More 10 Things About Donkeys You Most Likely Did Not Know

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Brush Donkeys, Never Body Clip

Donkeys evolved from the desert. The donkey’s fur protects donkeys from insects making the donkey bleed, sunburn and regulates body temperature. The only time we should clip a donkey’s fur is if the veterinarian ordered it due to a serious health issue. Living in the Pacific Northwest our donkeys are shed out by the end… Read More Brush Donkeys, Never Body Clip

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Barn Sweet Barn

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Donkey Singing The Blues

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Bringing Your Donkey Home DONKEY CARE

The Donkey Whisperer Farm ® proudly presents a free educational video “Bringing Your Donkey Home” Introduction 1.Have a Plan Donkey Meets Human Pasture Pair Them Up Touching Donkey Environment Bio-security Shelter Gates and Locks Diet Manure Training Toys Vet & Farrier it’s a Team Emergency Preparedness  

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