wow how cool, thanks you guys! i'm Susan, my daughter Lindsey (^T-bird89^) has been on the forum for a while now and has been trying to get me on, she finally succeeded. and as you can see i have a lot to say LOL. yes i am trying to get that spotted jack from Shawna, i think it's a done deal but waiting on confirmation... i am about to burst!!! We have had mini donks for about 4 years, currently have 1 jack Dillon, Lindsey posted a thread with his pictures not too long ago, and 7 jennets (Betty Jean, Taffy Jo, Betty Lou, Susie Q, Becky Lynn, Peggy Sue and Mary Ellen), all purchased from Marino Ranch thank you so much Diane!!! The girls are all related (kinda) if you follow the bloodlines up and down from baby to mama to baby to papa to baby... see if you can follow this: Betty Lou and Susie Q are full sisters, their mom is Betty Jean who also has Mary Ellen from a different jack, Peggy Sue and Becky Lynn have the same father as Mary Ellen and Taffy Jo is Peggy Sue's mama... got it? We also have a spotted small standard jack Trooper, who is a mule-maker and we are expecting our first mini mule from him in February from our black rescue mini mare Bella. Besides the donks we have 6 mini mares, Lindsey has a mini stallion she got from Shawna as a yearling, a mini mule who was our first rescue, a blue-eyed Indian pony, and our 6 big riding horses and 1 big mule. We do rescue on a small private basis (not 501©3) and over the last three years have had 25 or 26 rescues go through here as well. and 8 dogs, 2 cats and 9 fish in the fishpond LOL.
as for weather it has been so hot here that we finally just yesterday were able to give the jacks their girls to start the season...
ok i hope you are not sorry, you asked for pictures
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Dillon is my Avitar and Lindsey already posted a thread on him so I won't put more pics here.
This is Little Miss Maggie Faith our first mini mule and our first rescue/sanctuary. Her mama was an appy mini. Her rescue story is on our website.
Trooper our spotted small standard jack
My very first jennet I lost to pregnancy complications (MISS YOU SO MUCH BONNY!) but for the jennets I have now, Betty Lou and Susie Q were my first pair, full sisters 14 months apart:
Betty Lou
and Susie Q
Then we made one last trip to Texas and bought 5 jennets, the two mamas are also bred again so maybe it was 7
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Betty Jean (due in April 2007)
Taffy Jo (due in March 2007)
Becky Lynn
Peggy Sue
and last but CERTAINLY not least the yearling, Mary Ellen
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this baby is the sweetest donkey i have yet to come across, she must be made of solid sugar LOL.
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: ok i think that's enough for now
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but seriously i LOVE my donkeys and there are very few breeders in AZ yet, so we are excited to be beginning our program.
: and was my pick too. We love to see pics on this forum, so if you have any to share we would love to see them. Also, if you ever have any problems or questions about this forum please email me. I am the moderator. ([email protected]) Hope you enjoy the forum. Corinne
