i too rescued a donkey girl ..... she was 10 months old lived in a field neglected with a large herd of horses who did not get enough to eat .... the guy only put out 2 round bales a week for approx 15 horses ....only a small run in barn where of course only the top horses could go for shelter .... this was in the winter ...there were times when i drove by that there was no hay for a few days ..... the humane society was always being called so he would put out more crappy hay and they could do nothing ... at any rate i kept seeing this little donkey trying to get hay , sneaking in and they of course having to dart away from the horses before they bit or kicked her ..... i went in and told the guy i wanted her .... so he told me 500.00 i said no i just wanted her before the humane society came again ..... he even delivered her .... not very gently tho .... she was covered in ringworm , skinny and sooo sad lookin and of course scared ... he suggested that i just put her in with my mare and her foal well she came charging at poor Belle like she was gonna kill this colt eating monster ..... i put her in her own stall and told the guy they would make friends my way with nobody gettin hurt..... then he had the nerve to ask if my colt was for sale ..... this was in january ..... i had the vet and the farrier out that week .... poor baby she was not impressed ..... i worked with her all winter .... she would not leave the barn unless i went outside with her into the paddock.. she worked all that winter and spring on my mare ... just staying out of her reach outside the stall bars ...... then when Freebie {my mare }had her foal she got to be with Echo {the now 1 year old} oh how she loved that ..... i finally decided the time had come to let them all out together and while freebie would chase her away there was no murder in her eyes anymore......now 2 years later they are a {family} herd Freebie is alpha , Echo the boy and Belle is the one who protects the herd from all things evil in the world which includes the vet and the farrier .... she knows their vehicles and always tries to get the horses to run away LOL ....she is the most lovin girl and smart too ... i can't see life without her and neither can the rest of the crew here

Gotta love those donkeys, Mr Coffee has since dropped ( he is not gelded) and will soon be going to vet to fix that lttle problem.I have to say though that for a Jack he has been pretty awesome though by end of sumer his manly antics have become some what of a pain for all of us.

Brodie has taken to crawling on him when he is loose in teh yard ,I have pics but they are on the 35 mm but will get them posted  next week.

The minis now have a new pen ,larger and cleaner LOL.

Would love to see pics of Belle. I just love my minis.

Kim

Here is Coffee and B .Though Coffee is not broke to ride he is a sweet boy that puts up with Brodie climbing on him wherever he takes a fancy.Though this will be the last year for B to do that I know that I can at least put little ppl on him and he will do well as a lead line guy