Oh, no you didn't!!! Oh yes.........I did.........
I was wanting a companion for Amos, after losing Hobo and Moses. I didn't plan on buying one because over the years, I have been offered free donkeys many times but I didn't want another one. I knew one would show up sooner, rather than later. As it is, it costs $250 to geld a jack, and most people don't geld them due to the expense. I have been very badly bitten by a jack....not one of mine....but I wouldn't want to keep another jack. However, I expected my "free donkey" to probably be a jack and I would pay to have him gelded.
So, my friend, Heather, told me there were 3 jacks that were rescued from the flood, and no one claimed them and if they couldn't find homes, they would be put down. They were being held at an old auction barn about 20 miles from here. I told her I would take one, and pay to have it gelded. I didn't hear any more about it for a few days. But today she called me and asked if I wanted to go look at the donkeys and pick out one. We were in Alvin, so we met her there.
Ends up there were 4 donkeys. One one is a female. (jenny) Heather wanted that one though. It is a "donkey family"....a jack, jenny, and a young one...probably a year or so old. I wanted a young one because I wanted one that is playful and would keep Amos occupied. So I said I would take the young one. But there was also another jack, a reddish one. I didn't want to see any left behind, so I said I would take that one too.
Also, there is a mini horse, stallion, that they said was a flood rescue and swam quite a ways. There were three horses there. Two were going to a rescue. The rescue didn't want the mini stallion. There was also a 30 yr old horse there that was an owner surrender. The girl who owned him wanted him sold at auction but he didn't have a current Coggins, so they couldn't auction him and so he was more or less just dumped there. She said she "loved him so much". His name is Snoop. He is skinny and his knees are blown but he gets around okay. She loves him but she was willing to let him go to slaughter. (smh)
So, I said to Jody....let's take him. He can be a companion to Emory. We ended up hauling them all to Heather's. I told her I would come pick them up tomorrow because Jody had a doctor appointment today.
Heather called me just now and asked if I would take the jenny. So, I am taking the jenny and her yearling colt. She is going to do a fund raiser on her page to get the others gelded....then she can find homes for them. She has lots of friends who are donkey and mule people, and I know she can raise the funds to have them all gelded. I will pay for mine....we will get the vet out there to do them all at once. She is also going to go back and get the mini stallion and have him gelded too, and find a home for him.
The jenny is in foal....so not long before a little one will be here.
That was a long post to say.....I have another old horse. This is Snoop.
If no one takes the red donkey....I will take him too. But, I think he can find a home. He is at least halter broke and they others aren't.
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- 9 years ago
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