Question & Answer, Melody, I saw a video from a large Donkey Rescue Organization using a fence panel to tame donkeys. What do you think of this technique? Tina, OK. Tina, I have seen the video. 🙁 Humans and Animals cannot learn when under the flight response. The donkey in the video is dangerous due to the… Read More Training A Donkey With A Fence Pannel
Rio our Mammoth donkey started limping last Sunday. Donkeys are stoic, by the time they show us they are in pain it is serious. We took Rio into the barn and began our hoof abscess program Select Donkey Hoof Abscess Video On Demand to purchase. Everything I teach in the Abscess Video was taught to… Read More Hoof Abscess
One of the most beautiful days for donkey owners is when we bring our donkey(s) home. Donkeys are healthier emotionally, physically, and mentally when they have another donkey to grab the neck and play tag. Eat and groom on the withers. One of the first things we must do is get the farrier on… Read More Preparing The Donkey For The Farrier
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Rio turned 13 years old! Wow time has flown so fast as Rio came into our life at 9 months. Rio is a Mammoth donkey, not a mule. Rio stands 16’2 hands at the withers. Resource: History Mammoth Donkey
Wondering if you can teach an old donkey new things? The first step in teaching a donkey is taming the donkey, building a relationship built on trust, love, and clear leadership; be a dependable human one who is on time with meals and clean water. Teaching a donkey to do anything takes patience, timing, emotional… Read More Teaching A Donkey – Does Age Matter?
Endorphin Training Donkeys, Mules and Horses – All animals and Humans The brain is powerful for animals and humans. A bite of our favorite foods is always going to make us feel better for animals and humans. Why is the attitude and mood changed? A massage for animals and humans release chemical change in the brain… Read More Endorphin Training For Donkeys
Select Tallest Mammoth Donkey Romulus is 12 years old and has been measured at 17 hands (68 inches, 173 cm) from hooves to withers, two inches taller than the former tallest donkey, Oklahoma Sam. Romulus weighs about 1,300 pounds (590 kg). Romulus and Remus are American Mammoth Jackstock donkeys, the world’s largest donkey breed. Breed:… Read More Tallest Mammoth Donkey
Please do not feed farm animals without permission. Our donkeys and horses are on a serious diet. Sadly most people just do not understand throwing apples, pears, bread, grass clippings can make the equine sick and yes even kill the equine. Colic, founder, cushings, laminitis, insulin resistance, abscesses, rotting hooves are all part of over… Read More Apples and Pears Are Ripe In Sequim, WA
PLEASE DON’T HIT ME If hitting a donkey (or any animal for that matter) produced positive results there would be very few naughty or dangerous donkeys. Hitting does NOT work, in fact, hitting your donkey only makes EVERYTHING worse and you, the human, lose every time!! Hitting a donkey creates a huge disconnect between you… Read More Please Do Not Hit A Donkey
FRAT PARTY Because donkeys are herd animals and are ‘species specific’ their happiness meter increases dramatically when they are paired with another donkey or in a donkey herd. Happiness equates to improved psychological well being and physical health which means fewer behavioral problems and veterinary bills for owners. It is a win/win for both donkeys… Read More Frat Party
Donkeys, horses and mules with pink skin are at risk for sunburns and skin cancer. Prevention is number one, use sun screen, fly masks with UV filters and shade. Please remember all colored equine can get skin cancer and sacroids. Resources: Select Protecting your Horse from the sun Select Skin Cancer Select Preventing Sunburns. Select… Read More Preventing Sunburns In Donkeys, Horses and Mules
One of the most wonderful days for donkeys owners is the day we bring our donkeys home. Watch my free YOUTUBE video Bringing Your Donkey Home Donkeys are healthier emotionally, physically and mentally when they have another donkey to grab the neck and play tag. Eat and groom on the withers. One of the… Read More Teaching My Donkey To Pick Up The Feet – Farrier Preparation
Hi Melody, I have a 38″ donkey approximately 29 years old. He is thin and I wondered what you feed your senior donkeys to put weight on them? He has had his teeth done and is wormed every other month. I live in Michigan so I want to get weight on him before the winter. … Read More Senior Donkeys Need Help In The Winter
Living in the Pacific Northwest summer is a treat. This year has been a year of less sunshine and more gray days, difficult for sure but all part of home. My garden is here for just a moment of time it seems. Soon it will be fall and the season will change again. For now… Read More For Just A Moment
Living the farm life is a blessing as farms are expensive to maintain, our world has become very expensive. The life of a farmer is amazingly difficult as each day something new is left at our feet. A farmer must pray, plan and let go. Nothing is more difficult than working for a year and… Read More Death With Dignity For Our Donkey, Horse or Mule
Donkeys evolved from the desert. Let’s think about what food sources are in the desert. When we feed a donkey like a cow or a goat eating green lush grass and brush the donkey gets too much sugar and or protein creating diarrhea. The donkey poop should be hard. Stress is another sign of diarrhea.… Read More Why Does My Donkey Have Diarrhea?
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