Bringing up Donkey

I guess tomorrow morning I will have to work on re doing Donkey Fencing Requirements .....I put him back in the paddock 3 times tonight, then the last time he pushed in the screen door and waltzed right in the bunkhouse. If I ever want to leave this farm again I have to figure out something...........hahahaha,...........the little bugger just makes me laugh too much to get serious about discipline......I mean what is the infraction.....he's just coming to visit.....

Monday July 11...........fecking donkey must have A D D OR O C D OR some sort of a fecking syndrome........now he thinks its a big game.......OMG.........you have to keep him occupied, busy, amused, worse than a smart 7 year old kid who likes electronics.........WTF?????????? i put him in the field......he runs around the corner, rolls under the fence and comes back to the bunkhouse, kicks the door and at least now is waiting, rather than barging in..........omg...what the Bleeding heart have I done........he is supposed to be company for Haimish.......MAYBE IF I START BITING HIS EAR

I busted out laughing when I saw the pictures of the boys in grass over their heads last night on facebook.

Ed just told me that he found Shaemus and Sam on the front porch about 3.30 this morning. He heard an unfamiliar noise and went downstairs to check it out. Sam and Shaemus chasing each other along the porch.....so we know for sure he does stairs just fine......But how the Bleeding heart did he get out of the run in?????????? the gate was latched and he was in there this morning........I know Sam can crawl under the gate, but poophead?????? maybe I need to install A Donkey Cam.......he is just too smart.......SMARTASS.......

ummm.. now I understand why the donkeys on the farms I've been at are always loose... I guess donkeys don't like being fenced in.. ahahahahah.. so Joan.. me thinks he will just have to be a roamer.. with Sam watching over him.. .. hope the coyotes don't get wind of this.. geesh..

oh sure.....leave him out with Sam......to chase logging trucks, mail man, garbage men, and to sniff out my trail after I have gone to town. Cant you see it now, Sam and Shaemuss galloping down my road trying to catch my truck, Well maybe I could just chain both of them up.

The two girls where I board used to escape on a regular basis.. however now they are in electric fencing that has 4 strands. The bottom on is very low so they cannot roll underneath.. We had to stop them from getting out because they were following us on trails, which was annoying and were roaming out on the road...

the 3 strands of electrobraid worked for Abbey and Haimish.....I just never figured on a very agile tricky escape smartass. :cowboyhound.gi

Oh dear, silly smart-buttercup!

The Bad Boys

https://youtu.be/xn_MBqt8VYo

shoot, its been so long since I did a Video, I forgot how to post them once they are done.......

Sam really looks like he is grinning in the video!!!! Maybe you should have called the little guy Houdini instead. I was telling a friend that you were having a difficult time keeping the donkey in and she said they will literally crawl under a fence if they can...so maybe the fourth row of wire ...at least in one enclosure might do the trick....or you might just have to haul your buttercup around with you were ever you go!!!

PS>>>I am thinking we should bother Simi to see if we can get some donkey smilies..please Simi, please!!!!!!!

Tuesday July 12.........Good Morning Ladies..........I am pleased to announce that I have successfully been able to contain my too smart Donkey. The gate I had moved back to the outside of the run in was always kept closed with a short black rubber bungy cord......it always kept in or out Abbey and Haimish.......but while working in the barn yesterday I watched Shaemus squeeze himself in behind the gate and move it open enough to get out........so I got Ed's big drill bit wood cutting thing and made a hole in the wall that the gate sliding bar could engage and close up tight with no give.
Ed worked on the electric fencer yesterday to boost up the amperage.....gonna get a truck battery today....and see how that goes.
I'm going to move the top rail of the small paddock to below the existing bottom rail.....think smaller, shorter, skinnier.

If he starts climbing trees to get over fence I"ll be cutting off his legs not cutting down the trees........

and yes Val, I think we need a DONKEY SMILIE!!!!!!!!!!

ok here are some if there is other l you want let me know..

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I love the little walking guy..........hahahah.....other than colour, it looks just like Shaemus.

Good morning girls. Wed July 13..........I feel like such a jerk this morning. The was so depressed looking yesterday, and this morning he is either pouting or just pissed off at me. He didnt come when I called him and just sort of stood there giving me the eye. Taking away all his escape routes seems to have removed his sense of humour. I didnt realize he was having as much fun as I was playing this game.,, I know you will all think I am nuts, and that restricting his movements are for his own safety but I do want him to be Happy, and I also was having fun trying to outsmart him. So I am thinking that there has to be a compromise......I am going to give him back one easy exit from the paddock, but only remove the board when I am going to be here all day and re install it in the evening.
Having him trotting around and following me here and there was such a joy, I mean, who has that.....Sam follows me everywhere, but Haimish would rather just eat....Shaemus wants to be a best buddy.....next he will be catching frisbees and fetching the ball........
I am opting for a minimum security facility for him.....I mean, if Martha Stewart and Conrad Black can have this sort of set up, then Shaemus is definately entitiled........those two never made me laugh

hahah Joan you never fail to make me smile.. even when I don't want to.. I love the donkey and what he's done for you.. can't wait to meet him..

lol....what a softie you are!!!! I have heard that humans train dogs but cats train humans...me thinks the same is holding true for little white and butterscotch colored donkeys!!! I have to agree....letting him roam while you are there, sounds like a plan. Maybe you should start him on obstacle training...it would be nice to have him jumping through hoops and such...so you can entertain Dexy when she come to visit the circus!!!!!

Thanks for the smilies, Simi!!!!!!

FIRSTLY,,,

SELF CLEANING SHAEMUS





secondly
SACKING OUT SHAEMUS

He sure doesn't look too bothered by the sacking out! Love the self-cleaning pictures

Shaemus getting ready for hunting season
https://youtu.be/fHOJglaZa4o

He is just too cute, you and your crew make me smile and laugh everyday!

gonna run out and buy a HOOLA HOOP so Shaemus can jump through it for Freva and Sexy....but I;m pretty sure the dollar store doesnt sell the ones that you can set aflame!!!!!!!!!!!

Ohhh, can't wait to see pictures of that! The circus is coming to town.

what no update yet.. must have slept in again ..???????????? ummm must be an age thing..

Hey Joan.

Really enjoying your adventures with "Bring up Donkey", but like morning coffee - where are you? - need our morning fix!