Mammoth & Mini
Thinking about sun protection for your donkey? Sunburn prevention is essential for donkeys in the hot summer, especially for pink-skinned donkeys, white donkeys, and painted donkeys. All colored equines need cool, clean water, salt with minerals, and shelter during extreme heat. Leaving fair or pink-skinned equines out in prolonged UV exposure can trigger sunburn, skin… Read More Prevent Sunburn and Cancer For Donkeys
Happy World Donkey Day, annually celebrated on May 8th of each year, to help humans raise awareness of the daily challenges and abuse donkeys face. You can be a human angel and make a difference in the life of a donkey. Donkeys have been the beasts of burden far too long. Please support saving and… Read More Celebrate World Donkey Day: How You Can Help
Sharing donkey education creates awareness and change for donkeys living in our most fragile world. Thank you for reading and sharing this most important donkey post. Facts: Over 500 million people worldwide, mostly in poor communities, need the support of donkeys to stay alive. Donkeys provide a car, tractor, A.T.V., and much more to people… Read More Raising Awareness: The Donkey Crisis
Please understand that donkeys are not horses with long ears. They metabolize food and drugs differently from horses, and they need to be treated by a veterinarian experienced with them. Fat lumps can be felt and seen on the donkey’s neck and throughout the body. Please be sure to ask your veterinarian to do his/her… Read More Donkey has a lump
How much weight can a donkey carry? Donkeys, including the saddle and rider, can safely carry 20% of their body weight. Please be sure your donkey is prepared to work, meaning be an adult and in condition to work. This means that a miniature donkey weighing 300 pounds can carry 60 pounds, which is excellent… Read More Weight Limit To Ride A Donkey
Donkeys evolved from the desert. Donkeys’ fur and hooves do not like to stay wet. Donkeys can get bald patches any time of the year. Donkeys love to grab (bite) the neck and hip and nip at the legs, sometimes pulling large chunks of fur out. When you see this, put a little Neosporin on… Read More Donkey Bald Patch
Donkeys evolved in the desert. Donkeys’ fur and hooves do not like to stay wet. Donkeys can get bald patches at any time of the year. Donkeys love to grab (bite) the neck, hip, and nip at the legs, sometimes pulling large chunks of fur out. When you see this, put a little Neosporin on… Read More Help My Donkey Has A Bald Spot
Donkeys have sadly been the beast of burden since the beginning of time. “Here is the sad truth, donkeys are usually cheap and easily replaceable. When the farmer is using the donkey as a beast of burden, the job is clearly to benefit the farmer to make a profit.” When the donkey gets sick no… Read More Donkey Tied To A Cow
Donkeys evolved from the desert, making their metabolism different from that of the horse. They thrive on low-sugar and high-protein forage. Donkeys living in the wild walk up to sixteen miles per day searching for food and water. Creating a Paddock Paradise track is a game changer for the health and life of donkeys, mules, and horses… Read More How Do I Give My Donkey Exercise
Donkeys evolved from the desert, meaning one of their gifts is to survive and thrive on low-sugar/protein forage. When donkeys are fed the wrong foods and given the ability to graze twenty-four-seven on pasture and brush along with fruits, cereal treats, oats, and even vitamins, they can gain weight quickly and become obese. The photo… Read More Donkeys Are High Risk For Equine Metabolic Syndrome
We are deeply saddened to share that Tuba, our rescue standard donkey, is estimated to be in his late twenties, has passed away. God has brought another precious donkey to heaven in Jesus Christ’s precious name. Tuba was healthy, no signs of illness, and then boom, he started to have grand mal seizures. Our veterinarian… Read More Goodbye Tuba
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to announce the following roundup of wild horses and wild burros for fiscal year 2023. These helicopter roundups are brutal and traumatizing, resulting in injury or death to the horses and burros. Google BLM Donkey Abuse to watch a horrible YOUTUBE video showing the truth, helicopters chasing the… Read More Wild Burro and Horses BLM Roundup
Tips to help your donkey recover after Surgery: Donkeys make life better. Owning a couple of donkeys makes life better, as donkeys are special, deep thinkers, intuitive, emotional, and intelligent. Please never make a donkey live without another donkey. Donkeys have thick fur and slanted long eyes pushing back further into their head, enabling the… Read More Donkey Has Surgery Will Not Eat
Melody, how can I teach my donkey to walk on the halter, lead, and not pull back or refuse to move his feet? I am frustrated. Sherry, AL Hi Sherry, Donkeys are not horses with long ears. Donkeys are not flight equine; donkeys have personalities just like people. Extroverts more go than whoa, and introverts… Read More How Can I Teach My Donkey
Congratulations, you own a donkey! Donkeys evolved from the desert and have pointy hooves to walk on hard ground full-time. Donkeys have been given the gift of surviving on low-sugar and protein forage. Please understand that if you give your donkey the wrong foods or too much food and the opportunity to graze full-time, they… Read More What Do I Feed My Donkey
It’s almost Christmas on the Donkey Whisperer Farm ®. Life is really great, all the donkeys, horses and doggies are doing great. God bless you and your family two and four-legged!
GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged! Melody Johnson, Trainer/Owner Donkey Whisperer Farm ®
Wedding Burro is wearing my adjustable burro standard softy yacht rope White halter lead line. 2021 has become a new year for donkeys and weddings. In fact, more and more couples are bringing a little bit of Jesus into their weddings. Yes, I said Jesus. Did you know that donkeys have a cross on their… Read More The Wedding Donkey
Passing by a farm is a treat for city folks, as it can bring back some extraordinary memories. Please look and enjoy the equine or any farm animal, but never feed the animals. As tempting as this may be for you please stop and think about the health of the equine (horse, donkey, mule, pony)… Read More Do Not Feed The Animals
MAA Rio Grande was his registered Mammoth donkey name. God has brought another donkey home to heaven. Rio was the ambassador for the Mammoth donkey as he was truly a gentle giant. Standing at 16’2 hands tall he was a magnificent donkey. Rio helped train the owner and caretakers of donkeys worldwide in our E-training… Read More Saying Goodbye To Rio
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