My new babies!

Soccer Mom · Feb 2, 2008

Of course I need more animals like a hole in the head, but I was in the market for a miniature donkey gelding to keep my young jack, Blackjack, company. See Blackjack is growing into sexual maturity and is no longer free to roam with all the gals, but donkeys pine if left alone. Of course when I went to the breeders to get Quincy, he made me a deal if I took his best buddy Brodie (also a gelding.)

So here they are:

Short ASSet's Quincy

and Short ASSet's Brodie

Both are built like little tanks and are sweet as pie. Quincy is three this summer which means I can start breaking him to drive. Brodie is three now.

Have you ever seen anything cuter?

Bubastes · Feb 2, 2008

Squee!!!!! They're adorable!

DaddyCat · Feb 2, 2008

They're wonderful! Now I want donkeys!

wyntermoon · Feb 2, 2008

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Now, what does "breaking them to drive" mean? His tiny little hooves will never reach the pedals...

Soccer Mom · Feb 2, 2008

Donkey carts. These little guys are not bred down from standard donkeys. Mediterranean Donkeys are a small draft breed. They are born to pull.

eldragon · Feb 2, 2008

I've always wanted a donkey.

No fair.

Would you mind, giving me a ballpark figure of what a donkey costs?

Soccer Mom · Feb 2, 2008

Registered geldings around here can go for as little as $250-500. But if you don't care about papers, I've seen them for less. They eat very little grain, but do need hay and farrier care the same as a horse.

The minis are very sweet!

eldragon · Feb 2, 2008

That sounds like a good deal to me.

We have plenty of room, but not proper fencing.

I'd love to have a pair of donkeys and a cow or two. I'd take an old one (cow) and just look at it.

paprikapink · Feb 2, 2008

How 'bout housebreaking? Is donkey-hair hard to get off of a couch? These are lap critters, I can see that!

I like the idea of house cow too. What was that movie with Billy Crystal and the Marlboro man? At the end he has a pet cow...

melaniehoo · Feb 2, 2008

How big are they? I know they're minis, but is that three feet tall? Because a one-foot tall donkey would be REALLY funny.

But seriously, they are beyond cute.

Soccer Mom · Feb 2, 2008

The donkey farm I went to today had about 140 of these little beauties. They follow you around like dogs. They have many pictures of the donkeys taken inside the house.

Actually, I've seen people list female jennets for $100 when they were past breeding age, but with a lot of good years left.

I hope donkey hair is easier to get off the couch than goat hair. Pygamy goats make a perfect house pet.

Soccer Mom · Feb 2, 2008

The max height is 36 inches at the shoulder. These guys are 31 and 32 inches.

TsukiRyoko · Feb 2, 2008

I'm coming down to play with them. In the middle of the night, I'll break in and feed them treats, and pet them. Ah, I want donkeys now - they're so damn cute!

melaniehoo · Feb 2, 2008

OMG, I can just imagine them following you all over the place. So adorable!

awatkins · Feb 2, 2008

wyntermoon said:
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Now, what does "breaking them to drive" mean? His tiny little hooves will never reach the pedals...

joyce · Feb 2, 2008

They are both so adorable!

Haggis · Feb 2, 2008

What? No LOL donkehs?

Chickenscratch · Feb 2, 2008

You could also "rescue" a donkey from the Bureau of Land Management program. I believe donkey adoption starts at $25. But you do have to convince the officials that you have a suitable home for them, and then there's the task of gentling a wild critter ... I'd say they'd get their learner's permit in about six months longer than the other donkeys.

reigningcatsndogs · Feb 2, 2008

They are adorable! You need to celebrate. Here's the cake!!

seriously, you didn' think the donkeys wanted a real cake, did you? Okay, the ones we used to have would eat cake in a heartbeat, but this is healthier!

Soccer Mom · Feb 2, 2008

Thanks all. Yes, these guys are addictive and you can't have just one. I was told when I bought my first one that they were like potato chips and thats the truth.

Soccer Mom · Feb 2, 2008

Haggis said:
What? No LOL donkehs?

mscelina · Feb 2, 2008

Very cute Soccer Mom. Little pink harnesses and a little pink beribboned cart would just be the thing.

TheIT · Feb 2, 2008

Very cute! Now I'm picturing Anne's parrots riding on the donkey's back shouting "Yeehaw!"

eldragon · Feb 2, 2008

Some people down the road had a donkey, and the next thing I knew, they had two ponies instead.

I thought that was rude, upgrading like that.

Pat~ · Feb 2, 2008

Soccer Mom said:
Have you ever seen anything cuter?

I'm gonna completely sidestep that one and tell you that those are the cutest donkeys I've ever seen! Congrats on the new babies!

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