Does anyone have any suggestions for fly control? My donkey is a bit of a special case I fear 😂. He gets really badly attacked by flies in the summer. I’ve tried multiple different fly sprays, I use swat cream, and Vaseline on his legs where it gets especially bad (they are raw from him biting...
Hi, we are kidding right now and have three babies (2 mamas) and this is our first time doing this. We also have a donkey named JJ.
The first mama has been doing great with her kids, feeding, licking, etc. It also helps that she was a bottle baby so she is used to attention and humans...
He is about 16 years old and I’ve had him for 3 years. The previous owner neglected him a little but said he used to go to kids parties for rides about 11 years back 🙄 I don’t even know if that’s true though because you would think he wouldn’t be so green now with that kind of experience...
Yup, I do have a rope halter that I’m using. I probably should have clarified, the only time I ever touch him with the whip is when he doesn’t respond to me tapping it by his feet, and I never do more than a light tap with it on his butt. I have never touched him trying to cause pain in any way...
Hey all, I am trying to train my donkey. The goal is for him to stand for a farrier and flow me on a lead, plus not being scared of the gate/driveway. Lately I have been working on leading and I am using a lunge whip to tap the ground or swing around his back legs when he doesn’t respond to me...