Animals
- Out And About
For weeks now, Daphne and Chloe have lived on a very narrow path from their house to their water and food area.Back and forth all day...refusing to go off the path. Unlike the horses, who trudge through the snow, no matter how deep,these gals will...
- Shooo Fly!
One of my favorite after-dinner things to do on a summer eveningis to take a chair into the donkey pen and sit with the donkeys as the cool of nighttimesettles over us. You've gotta love donkey kisses....these gals are very affectionate! Whe...
- May Day!
Up until now, I have been avoiding putting the new donkey girls out in the same pasture with the horses.Yesterday, being the start of a new month (May Day!),I decided it was time that all of the equines got to know each other. So, I opened the gate...
- Never Enough Fences!
It seems like every summer brings another fencing project.At the end of each project I say the same thing...."Now we have enough fences...no more fences."Then another summer comes along and we need another fence. This year's project is construction...
- Getting Along Famously!
The "littles" , as I call them, are getting along with each other quite well. Actually, they love, love, love each other! They are spending a good part of the day in the pasture beside the "bigs". Sadly, the "bigs" are both on a weightloss program...they...
Animals
Push Me Pull You!
I've started putting my horses out to pasture early in the morning.
They love being out to graze and
best of all they love when Becky's horses are across the fence from them.
The donkeys can finally go out to graze, too.
We had them in quarantine until their fecal exams were free of parasites.
And finally after worming they are!
I have not yet put them out with the horses, but instead keep them in a separate pasture for now.
Daphne went right out into the front pasture,
Chloe was another story.
She was quite hesitant to jump over the board that lies across the ground at the gate.
(This board keeps the bedding in the dry lot from washing into the front pasture.)
We talked. We cajoled.
And finally we pulled.
(it is amazing how these girls can dig their heels in!)
(notice how much help Sam is!)
And pulled a little harder.
Nope....not going...no how....no way!
We talked and pushed and pulled....it took both Hubbs and I to get her out.
But, once out, she had a blast.
The girls ran and played and grazed....finally aware of what they had been missing.
The boys kept watch...
Coming back in was the same story.
A little hay put down for enticement,
and Daphne came right in.
Again Choe was another story.
We talked about it.
And finally we had to do a little more than talking.
A little push from behind and she finally decided to join her sister.
The picture I didn't get was her leaping 3 feet into the air to clear the board!
So the old saying..."stubborn as a mule"... implying that those creatures in the donkey family
are a bit willful might have an element of truth to it. But I have come to the conclusion that
the stubbornness is not orneriness but rather caution. So maybe we should change the saying to
"Cautious as a mule!"
PS....I have started all of my equines on a strong garlic supplement with their daily pellet feed.
It is supposed to help ward off flies in the summer.
What I know is that they have amazingly offensive breath...
as for the flies...
time will tell!
- Out And About
For weeks now, Daphne and Chloe have lived on a very narrow path from their house to their water and food area.Back and forth all day...refusing to go off the path. Unlike the horses, who trudge through the snow, no matter how deep,these gals will...
- Shooo Fly!
One of my favorite after-dinner things to do on a summer eveningis to take a chair into the donkey pen and sit with the donkeys as the cool of nighttimesettles over us. You've gotta love donkey kisses....these gals are very affectionate! Whe...
- May Day!
Up until now, I have been avoiding putting the new donkey girls out in the same pasture with the horses.Yesterday, being the start of a new month (May Day!),I decided it was time that all of the equines got to know each other. So, I opened the gate...
- Never Enough Fences!
It seems like every summer brings another fencing project.At the end of each project I say the same thing...."Now we have enough fences...no more fences."Then another summer comes along and we need another fence. This year's project is construction...
- Getting Along Famously!
The "littles" , as I call them, are getting along with each other quite well. Actually, they love, love, love each other! They are spending a good part of the day in the pasture beside the "bigs". Sadly, the "bigs" are both on a weightloss program...they...