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Thanks! They are completely halter broken. (at least when they WANT to go somewhere!) You are probably right. Yearlings are too young to bit. (not bite, bit!) Do you know of any good tapes or books on training young donkeys? Thanks, Susie

Thanks for the welcome! Lots of questions (mostly dumb ones!) to come! Just love these little guys (well, one guy and a girl) but they SURE messed up my patio yesterday! Susie

Thanks, Corrine, that was most helpful. A good place to start. Susie

How do you discipline overly friendly mini donkeys? Dusty and Daisy and just the sweetest, friendliest donks in the world, HOWEVER, they have started continually coming up on the porch! I can't bear to keep themin their small paddock during the day so let them out to roam and graze. They were...

Right now Dusty and Daisy (both yearlings+) are grazing during the day and then at night I give them each a flake of grass hay. Is that too much? Have just been reading different posts and some say very little grazing if they are also getting hay. Thanks, Susie

I just got two adorable mini-donkeys. They are like having two BIG dogs. They're so sweet and love the attention. Need to cross fence them in as they literally LICK the glass door into the living room. So. now. They are one year (Dusty, gelded jack) and Daisy, 1 1/2 year jennet. (are those...