Did You Know The Mammoth Donkey Is The Biggest Donkey?

I found this article and had to share it “The Mammoth Donkey Is The Biggest Ass In America” I would like to add one more comment to this, we do not call our donkeys an ass ever.  Around the Donkey Whisperer Farm the word Ass is reserved for the special two-legged human of the world, we think it don’t say it :}

Here is the history of the American Mammoth Donkey - Gifts to President George Washington from the President Of Spain.  Enjoy!

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

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All The Beautiful Donkeys

 

The Donkey Is Humble

A donkey is truly humble he/she is Not concerned with who he should be. He isn’t concerned with himself at all, but instead he’s concerned with his pasture buddies and the most special human in his life who does not abuse him.

I think we humans can learn from the Donkey making our most fragile world a much better place.

 GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

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Fireworks and Pets

Howdy,

Fireworks and Pets Not A Good Combination:

Plan ahead to keep pets safe; owning pets is a huge responsibility and for those of us who have equine (donkeys, horses and mules) living in rural areas we must be extra careful.  The equine is a prey animal meaning  they get scared when the fireworks start, and the smell is in the air.  Some horses have been known to run into fences.  Locking them in their stalls is the safest when neighbors are shooting off fireworks I turn the radio up and give lot’s of hay and fresh water.

Want to read more tips on pet safety and fireworks?  Select Blue Cross Pets Fireworks for more details.

Dogs and cats can get so scared of fireworks they can run off and not be able to find their way home best to keep them locked in the house too. Our doggies get very stressed, turning the radio up helps, some people tranquillize their dogs until the fireworks are over.  I say do whatever you have to do to keep your pets safe as they don’t understand fireworks.  Please remember animals do not understand fireworks “they are truly scared and think they will die.” It’s our job as the smart human to protect them and take care of them.

What do you do to keep your pet(s) safe during the fireworks?  Please leave a comment to help others.

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

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Blog Of The Year Award 2012

I am honored to receive this Award from All Things Boys - Thank you again!  I am a bit overwhelmed as blogging started out after surviving a life threatening motor vehicle accident while riding as a passenger.

How Blogging Has Helped Me

Blogging helped me fill my time, stay connected to the people in our most fragile world

Blogging has given me a sense of purpose

with the extremely long isolated days and nights (pain) turned into

 weeks than months and finally years

Almost three years of physical therapy rehabilitation learning how to walk and adapt to chronic nagging pain caused by the broken ribs that did not heal correctly along with three long surgically installed screws in my pelvis. I suffer from horrific back pain, rib pain, neuropathy in my feet, ankles and deep aching pain in my right hip where the screws were surgically drilled into my pelvis.  Pain is something I write about to help others and share why training equine in a natural way without pain and resistance is the very best way.

Please remember to trust Jesus Christ each and every day and make him your Lord & Savior as he is truly the light of our most fragile world.

Here is instructions for the Blog Of The Year 2012  

As you can see there is one gold star with the possibility of six in total.

The ‘rules’ for this award are simple:

1 Select the blog(s) you think deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award

2 Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ them with their award.

3 Please include a link back to this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award – http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/our-awards/blog-of-the-year-2012-award/   and include these ‘rules’ in your post (please don’t alter the rules or the badges!)

4 Let the blog(s) you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the ‘rules’ with them

5 You can now also join our Facebook group – click ‘like’ on this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award Facebook group and then you can share your blog with an even wider audience

6 As a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award – and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar … and start collecting stars…

Yes – that’s right – there are stars to collect!

Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once – this award is different!

When you begin you will receive the ‘1 star’ award – and every time you are given the award by another blog – you can add another star!

There are a total of 6 stars to collect.

Which means that you can check out your favourite blogs – and even if they have already been given the award by someone else – you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum 6 stars!

My Nominations 

Elephant Advocacy Blog

Rayya  The Vet

Main Writers

David Kanigan 

Memory Bears By Bonnie 

Morning Bray Farm

News Ferret

Long Life Cats and Dogs

Everyone has a story

Weeping Into Dancing

An alphabet of gratitude 

Blessed With A Star On The Head

AnimalCouriers 

I read so many blogs each month too many to share that are amazing.  I truly pray my pain and suffering has in some way touched you and will help you to be the best you can be, treat humans and animals in our world the way you want to be treated.

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

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Why Do We Call The Sweet Donkey An Ass?

Here is a post I wrote in 2011 Select Why Do People call the Donkey an Ass?  Enjoy!

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

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Reblogged from anitamillerart:

Rio's Finished Painting

 

Got A Donkey, Horse or Mule?

Howdy,

I was thinking it would be great fun to see what your equine look like?

I will make a post all about you and your farm equine, send me photo’s, and if you have a video this would be super fun along with a brief description of your farm to Melody@donkeywhisperer.com by December 25th, 2012.  Please add your Donkey, horse or mule’s names, ages, breed and a little story about how each equine came into your life, I will do the rest of the work.

On January 1st, 2013 I will be creating a post all about you and your farm equine this is going to be fun to see all the equine living around the world.  Share with us we look forward to seeing all the babies (equine) around the world

Where can I send my farm info?

Please e-mail me at Melody@donkeywhisperer.com

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

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Memories Of Our Baby Mammoth Donkey Growing Up

Howdy,

Rio our Mammoth donkey is six years old now he is almost done growing. 

Rio is 16”1  hands at the withers not the ears and yes he still has one more year of growing to do.  Rio is a Mammoth donkey 100% donkey no horse he will be full-grown at age seven you see the bigger the equine the longer it takes for them to mature.  As the human owner it is our responsibility to learn what age the equine is full-grown and what it takes to keep them in optimum health mentally, physically and emotionally.    I have only been on Rio about four times as he was way too young to be ridden right before the semi truck accident in 2010.  Many times we took Rio, Lily and Rocket Man for lot’s of walks in the woods to prepare them for trail riding and I highly suggest you do the same if your goal is to trail ride and you have a equine big enough and old enough to carry your weight.   Training the equine to load without stress is the most important thing to do as you do not want to be trying to trailer load in an emergency.  Any time you can spend with a youngster preparing them for what you want them to do for you when they grow up is time well spent, it’s like laying a foundation on a house make it strong and solid.

Due to the car accident I have not been able to train my equine or ride, still we live a grateful life to be able to keep our little farm.  If you have young donkeys, mules or horses please wait to do riding until they are full-grown as their bones, joints and mind needs time to grow up.  If you wait for them to physically mature you will have a healthy and happy equine into their senior years if you push ahead too much too fast you can cripple the equine for life.

Rio (mammoth donkey)  just a few days old

Rio nine months old – Look how GOD puts all the thick baby donkey fur on to keep him warm in the winter

“Rio 9 months old this is the face I fell in love with” look at those eyes

Rio at 9 months old

Rio at 1 year old

Rio with Lily at 1 year old just got home to our farm – Lily has always liked the donkeys and the donkeys have always liked her we got lucky

Taking Rio to another farm practicing trailer loading and meeting other horses – Rio is two years old here

Going for trail walks not rides – Rio carried our lunch and water as he is still too young to ride age 2

Rio and Melody age 3 (most famous photo) just got a bath and is wearing a cooler blanket

Rio age 3 backing up using Parelli methods

Lily is five and Rio is almost four here Ponying up

Rio age 5 2011

Rio age 6 summer 2012

Rio age 6 standing at the gate summer 2012

The Donkey Whisperer Farm is a hobby farm, NOT a business. Melody is a student of Parelli Natural Horsemanship and is not authorized to teach Parelli, Melody is happy to help coach you to understand your equine for free.

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

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What Does It Mean When A Donkey Brays?

Howdy,

This is our sixth summer living with two donkeys and a horse it has been a very blessed journey.  Our donkeys only bray “I say cry” when they are stressed as one donkey is not with the other or dinner is late.  

Donkeys Braying Singing or Distress “Crying For Help”

When I first started reading about donkeys people would say my donkey sings when talking about the donkey braying.  Donkeys can sing and donkeys can bray a distress bray.  I respectfully disagree that braying is all the same as it is not.   Just like dogs can sing along with their human and dogs can bark when stressed so can donkeys.    I do think a high pitched sound like the violin can make a donkey bray and this is singing, similar to a dog who will sing along when we encourage them with high notes.  The donkey has amazing hearing.  I think when the donkey hears another donkey braying with the distress bray they understand the distress sound as it is their language.

Please don’t think a donkey that brays all the time is normal maybe something needs to be corrected to keep the donkey relaxed and calm.

Kinda like a dog that keeps barking in the neighborhood this is not normal for a dog to keep barking and barking frantically.  Most dogs bark when something stresses them out, they are tied and distressed, they hear something or like mine when I come home to greet me.  Some animals are more vocal than other animals just like people have personalities I believe animals have personalities!  Some animals are more vocal and extroverted and some are more introverted and quiet.

Our donkeys have brayed maybe six or eight times in five years I have yet to hear Rio make a complete bray as he is very happy and relaxed.  I have no doubt in my mind whatsoever that he could bray all the time if he was stressed and not being touched, fed, and watered on a regular schedule.  On large donkey farms where many donkeys are living and they can only hear and not see one another it is perfectly normal for donkeys to talk to one another by braying, again this is a different bray than a distress bray.  As the owner and human leader we must learn the different sounds of the donkey braying.

Here is a video of a donkey hearing a violin sound and responding with a bray notice the bray is not the stressed bray.

Select video of donkeys Morning Bray Farm listening to a donkey braying sounds like a distress to me and several of the donkeys act stressed and bray stressed.

Please remember if your donkey is braying all of the time the distress bray something is wrong, it is imortant to learn the difference between a sing and a distress bray.

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

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