IT IS REALLY REALLY HOT..........!!!

Here are a couple of videos from Colorado.  It's hard to imagine these people are running and playing in the snow, when down here in the SW desert we're hitting 110* most afternoons and the nights aren't going below 70*

Snow fun with donkeys..........

Cochise and Leo doing their thing

I know this winter we will feel sorry for them, but right now their snow looks really inviting..!!!  Although there aren't any official races yet, a lot of people are going out for fun runs, which is really good, for the people and the donkeys.  Some of our healthy donkeys that went up for the summer, have never been in a race, although they have miles of training. Wouldn't want them to think they were just up there for a vacation.  LOL  No problem, it doesn't take much to figure out who enjoys running and who doesn't.  Almost all of them love it, I can't think of anyone that said "no thank you".

At the end of this video is Quilla, who is one of the donkeys that goes up to Colorado for health reasons.  That's doesn't stop him from wanting to participate, granted he's not trotting, but he's trying to keep up with the rest of them.

This morning Nellie and Carlos came to visit for a few days, while their humans take a mini vacation.  Unfortunately this time of year because of the mesquite beans isn't a good time to get to enjoy Longears Camp, which usually consists of being able to enjoy running on the acreage.

This is Nellie fresh out of the trailer

Nellie and Carlos headed for their pens.

The first thing they did when their halters came off, is put their heads down and start eating beans on the ground from the trees just outside the pens. 

The beans are ripening rapidly in this heat, yesterday we had quite a bit of wind and a lot of the beans blew down.  John and I checked over in the "day care" center called the Burro Barracks and it looks like about 1/4th of the beans are on the ground.  So we are hoping for a lot of wind.  Once most of them are on the ground, we can rake them in that area, and then let the donkeys go over there in small groups between morning and afternoon feeding.  Then we will be hoping it rains a lot to make the beans turn black quicker everywhere else.  

They all know they are being horribly mistreated, poor Carlos and Nellie are wondering what happened to their lovely large pen with all the amenities their little hearts could desire at home.  The rest of them watch us constantly when we're outside and if we go close to their pens they get all excited.  

We're still doctoring Macho Man's leg every day.  The leg really is looking good I think, except for an area down at the bottom of it.  Dr. Jeremy said the scabbing should be scrubbed off.  So we'll see how that goes in the morning.  

All the newbies seem to be settling in just fine, well Kosharie is a mouthy squirrel.  He means well, but is pretty exuberant.  Anazazi has fly damage on a front leg we are doctoring with Underwood  Horse Medicine.  This is really good stuff to use on just about any wound on an equine.  I think a lot of their wounds becoming a problem is the difference in our ground.  They were on soft dirt and years of manure, our ground is sand/gravel/rock.  When they lay down their scars and wounds aren't use to such abrasiveness and break open, which thrills the flies to no end. Kosharie and Kachina both are in good shape, no wounds that I've found yet.  

DJ, the palomino pony is gaining weight and is starting to look pretty good.  Mikaela has been taking him out for walks, so he can see there is a big world out there.  She's been taking him out about 5am, when it's relatively cool.  I'm not sure he is interested in anything except food.  He so dearly loves his pellets and anxiously watches us, when we're handing out rations.  

Here he is one morning out for a walk.  He's going to miss her when she goes home in a week or so.  But he will be going to a new home with other horses, donkeys and mules as soon as we get a little more weight on him.