World Donkey Day

[Muley Gil]

Today is World Donkey Day, so I gave my two jacks an extra treat. It is also my late daddy's birthday. He would have been 99 this year. He served aboard a yard minesweeper during WW II.

I wonder what he would have thought about sharing his b'day with a bunch of donks.

From Nubia to Now: History and Significance of World Donkey Day

 

[two-bit cowboy]

The first and second times I was stationed in Las Vegas I used to
drive out west of town through Red Rocks -- a natural haven for
wild burros. They had no shame. They'd stick their heads right
inside the car window for a snack. Always fun.

Give your jacks a pat for me.

Thanks for sharing the information -- stirred good memories.

 

[LEO918]

No Donkeys anymore, still have a couple of miniature horses.

 

[6518John]

No Donkeys anymore, still have a couple of miniature horses.

Shoot lower Pa—theys ridin shetlands!!!

 

[Alk8944]

Two animals I have owned and would never have another are Geese and Donkeys. Years ago I had a Donkey that was always braying and annoying me and the neighbors. I sold him to a friend that lived about 1/3 mile away from me and I could still hear that Donkey in the morning braying just like a damned rooster! Geese are just aggressive like small ankle-biter dogs, couldn't go anywhere around them without being attacked!

 

[Rustyt1953]

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_2laB4L0z5I[/ame]

 

[bamabiker]

Hey Muley, I bet he would rather share the day with a bunch of donks instead of a bunch of ******* people we have running around today.
I know my father would have.

 

[Muley Gil]

Hey Muley, I bet he would rather share the day with a bunch of donks instead of a bunch of ******* people we have running around today.
I know my father would have.

He and Mom drove down from Winchester VA back in 2007, right after I got back from Afghanistan. I took them to the pasture where I was boarding my mule Betty Boop. They both loved Betty and talked about her often.

Yeah, he would have preferred the donkeys!

 

[oldbrownhat]

This is Harold, my neighbour's donkey, who went with his equine BFF, Polka Dot, when she got traded off. I miss Harold.

 

[jeffrefrig]

I don't know the difference between donkey, mule, *******, or burro, (SP) so do they all protect your herd from coyotes or is it just the donkey? My friend had one of whatever and it killed scores of coyotes, protecting the calves. It seemed to live for that.

 

[Muley Gil]

Generally speaking, burro is a name used in the western US for a donkey, though some sources say a burro is smaller than a donkey and is feral. A ******* is a male donkey.

Mules are the offspring of a mare (female horse) and a jack (male) donkey. Generally, mules are sterile and can't reproduce.

Both donkeys and mules tend to be protective of herd animals.

Burro vs Donkey: The Differences Explained (With Pictures) | Animal World

 

[LVSteve]

The first and second times I was stationed in Las Vegas I used to
drive out west of town through Red Rocks -- a natural haven for
wild burros. They had no shame. They'd stick their heads right
inside the car window for a snack. Always fun.

Give your jacks a pat for me.

Thanks for sharing the information -- stirred good memories.

Soon after I arrived in '97 I heard this about the burros in Red Rock.

Tourist: "Are these burros wild?"

Local: "Only when you run out of snacks for them."

The increased human population and increased traffic out on Highway 159 past Red Rock has led to the BLM quietly removing most of them. It's not helped by the idiots movong here who cannot help feeding them, or trying to pet them, often with bad results. Now we have another cycle of this BS going on up on Mt Charleston. Once again the imports don't get that the horses up there are wild, and feeding them attracts them to the highways with the inevitable fatal interactions with those same dimbulbs in their SUVs.

 

[Rudi]

Someone has a Donkey near my house. I love to hear it call, sing, bray?

 

[Muley Gil]

Two animals I have owned and would never have another are Geese and Donkeys. Years ago I had a Donkey that was always braying and annoying me and the neighbors. I sold him to a friend that lived about 1/3 mile away from me and I could still hear that Donkey in the morning braying just like a damned rooster! Geese are just aggressive like small ankle-biter dogs, couldn't go anywhere around them without being attacked!

Mine don't bray that much. The older donk, Jake, used to bray a lot when he was younger, but has mellowed out.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

I had a burro female given to my years back. Named Penny, gentil as a lamb. My kids crawled all over her, rode her and fed her. Sold the place and had to leave her, it was in the contract. Fond memories for sure