Melvin and Jackson had been here all summer. They usually spent summers in Colorado and winters in Tonopah, AZ. But this summer they stayed here while their family went to CO.
Going for a walk with mom
I think they had a good time being part of the herd, haven't heard yet if they were happy to get home.
Suzanne took 7 donkeys to Empire Ranch for a Cowboy Festival last week-end. John and I took care of the ones left at home and then went out for the day Sat and Sun. Lots of people interested in the donkeys and we've already had people come out here to see the rest of the donkeys.
Next week we will be picking up a jenny named Betsy that has been living at a Bed & Breakfast, but has worn out her welcome by becoming too aggressive. Treats probably were a large part of the problem, or perhaps not having anyone in charge. Donkeys need to be part of a herd and have a leader. If there isn't a leader in charge, they can become rather difficult to deal with, so they figure they must be in charge since no one else is. That can be a big problem especially if the people don't agree with this arrangement.
We are going out to the Mescal Movie Site next week and taking some donkeys for the people to pet. We have never taken Boaz because he has scars on his legs people want to know about. But he is the "donkey" of a thousand faces. He has learned to make all sorts of faces to make people laugh and give him animal crackers. Maybe people won't notice his legs, they'll be too busy laughing at his antics.
We have always wanted to take Beefy because he is a mammoth. But he is just now learning to behave himself around jennies and still has a lot to learn. We've decided to take him to Mescal with 3 or 4 other guys.............no girls. It's been almost a year since he was gelded and he still acts stupid sometimes, but if there aren't any girls around we're hoping he'll enjoy all the people and forget about chasing girls.............!!!
Suzanne's modular is coming together, hopefully she can go get her furniture out of storage, move it in and her and her mom can enjoy all the space to spread out.
Sorry I haven't been keeping up the blog, we never know what our days will be like, and there is usually surprises we hadn't planned on. I keep trying to keep up, but sometimes the days just aren't long enough.
2 comments:
Good to hear from you. It sounds like a busy few weeks. This has been a busy week for me watching where the hurricane was going to come. It was south of us; I have one tree on the ground and one about half down. It is still windy and raining tonight. I need to get the tree that is half down pulled up and braced. I hope to call someone tomorrow. All tree people are so busy right now.
Glad you were out of the line of fire, although it sounds like your tree didn't enjoy the wind. Hopefully you have it cleaned up by not.
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