We went down to the barn and cleaned some more, Helia took the new volunteers around and showed them the ropes and I actually got to groom Buffy, who was oddly not very cooperative, especially when it came to her feet, but I got them all done and off she went out into the pasture.
Since it was a nice an sunny day and I had brought my camera and list of donkeys to take certain pictures of, I ventured out into the main herd to get some of those done. Being among all the donkeys out in their domain I find always a little bit intimidating, there is so much to watch for, most important thing to watch for ...is charging Hershey, but he seemed to be calm and happy to be grazing after his morning adventure, but Hershey has been known to stalk people out there and charge at them for no apparent reason. I found some of the donkeys that I needed from this side, and took a few other pictures of ones that just were good photo opps in my opinion....like this one of Panne overlooking his domain. He stood there for the longest time just like a statue, totally still, with eyes and ears forward.
Then I went back to the barn side and took pictures of the donkeys I needed from there. And of course even there were some other donkey photo opps. And I took a picture of our two peas in a pod....our very challenging donkeys that are right now kept away from the main herd, because they are so hard to handle and a little bit dangerous to be around. So they get a lot of one on two attention by staff to try to train them for easier handling. These are Juliet and Donny, and as I said two peas in a pod, both have the same temperament, sweet as can be one minute, aggressive and very assertive the next minute, so you just never know. They look sweet and innocent, don't they?
I found Chiclet sleeping in the sun, totally relaxed, he didn't even blink an eye when I approached or flinched....just snoozing away...
Orly was soaking up some sun too....
While others came to investigate...like...
Summer, our senior and animal barn manager
and Chaplin, our newest donkey
I was ready to leave by 2:30 pm but was held up at the fence for at least another hour just watching and mingling and scratching ears and butts...
Visiting with Cocoa
...and Amigo
Like always it was hard to say good-bye to those sweet faces, but I will be back tomorrow and Sunday...woo hoo!
3 comments:
What a fabulous day you had! Love the pictures of the donkeys and glad to see what Chaplin looks like, very sweet. So glad there was a happy ending with Hershey!
I'm so happy for you that you can work with these wonderful animals. How typical donkey to lock one of their own in a stall!--Inger
I envy you. Lovely animals & cute pics...xxx
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