Recent content by Michael Lester

...there's been a little progress with 'Willie Nelson'. And I think it's due to 'frequency'. I started tying both donkeys to tie rings in the barn while I do chores. Every time I walk by Willie I mess with his front feet...nothing dramatic, just rubbing and telling him 'lift'. In the course of...

...the ladies sold their little acreage and moved into a city. That's how we ended up with the donkeys. As to the accommodations, the donkeys have a full sized stall in our horse barn. They have their own 5 acre pasture and donkey sized feeders. They pretty much hate the horses and go out of...

Thank you everyone...we used to chuckle in the Cutting Horse pen when donkeys and mules were brought up: "A donkey or mule never forgets. If he's ever wronged he'll patiently wait 20 years for the chance to kick your head off." Somewhere in Willie Nelson's (the donkey) past, somebody did...

I should note that little shoeing stocks photo is the first version. We have modified it a number of times to make it easier to use, but the basic enclosure is the same.

We rescued two mini donkeys from two elderly ladies who had to sell their rural property. The ladies had rescued these donkeys as newborns from a frozen farm field - about 15 years ago. The ladies are sweet, caring pet owners - who were overly sensitive to anything that they thought would...