How awesome! I am dead set on getting a few donkeys or mules when I can settle down and buy land. Its always been a dream of mine to have a working donkey or mule. They would be beneficial for farm or forestry work.

If you can convince them its their idea to work, they will work all day...if not a boulder could do better work lol! But I wouldn't trade mine for the world!

Wait, are you trying to imply that asses are stubbern and are not fully willing to coperate without being convinced its there idea?

Yes....Yes I am. 25 years of working horses and the last 10 learning how to convince donkeys it was their idea to work.

I'm thinking of keeping Princess and Lady in the front yard for a couple of months. I don't want there to be an accedent with Lady and the barbed wire fenceing and once out I don't think I would get them back into the front yard since Princess won't walk on lead rope. Princess will only follow me if I'm carrring Lady.

Lol yeah I can suggest a tip I learned from Steve Edwards at Equine Affair. Get a kids lariat from the tack store, and well its hard to explain... I know what I can do. I'ma gona clean up this mess I've made in the living room and I'll shoot a quick video of how to make the "come-along" and then link you to it. I found out after weeks of trying to get Mocha to follow with a halter that she wasn't Halter broke but she was neck rope broke. If i take a lead rope and put it round her neck she'll dang near run me over! Give me a bit and I'll make and post that video. I also have some training DVD;s from Steve Edwards if You want me to try and copy and burn them for you.

How did the two foals get along and how did the jenny and mare get along? I know that mommies can be overly pertetive of there foals with other animas around.

They don't seem to mind each other at all. Until its time to feed then The mare is a witch and has always been food aggressive, but now if she tries to steal the Jenny's feed the jenny kicks the crap out of her because the baby is there munching grain also.

Of course. Mommy does not take crap when her foal is involved.