This message is from: "CATHI GREATOREX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This is interesting. We adopted a pregnant 10 year old BLM jenny. When she first saw my son running (and yelling) down a hill in our pasture with the German Shepherd right behind him and the Black Lab following, she went nuts. Braying, rearing, pawing, etc. We had the kid run around for a while and sit with the dogs a few hundred feet away (outside her fenced area). She eventually just stood and watched them. I trained the dogs to not go into her area. We have had her for 2 1/2 years now and she couldn't care less about our dogs or cats, but will chase a stray dog away. Her gelded, year old son however, will chase dogs and cats if they are in his area, but not in the big pasture that we sometimes let the donkeys into. About a month ago, we took in a stray 10 month old St. Bernard puppy. Neither donkey reacted to it at all. I don't know if it is the dog's size, floppy movements, or build. They just totally ignore it. We still have it set up, however, that the dogs can get out in many places, under or through fences or by wading through a small creek. Patty in Yakima Yes, Lola has learned so much since she has been here with people. Unfortunately I could not originally convince my neighbors to keep their dog away from her (their comment was "looks like the donkey will take care of herself". It took some education and intervention from the Humane Society to let them know what could go wrong in that scenario. Unfortunately that just reinforced Lola's 'survival instincts'. The dogs that we keep away from her are our Silky Terriers, who have NO concept of how small they are. While these are trained show dogs, I must say their instincts often take over when outside on the farm. Maybe I am protecting Lola from them!!
