Ever See Donkeys in with Livestock?

[DSheetz]

Donkies are good judges of people. A lot of them that I have been around had an onery streak and would bite a person when they had their back turned to them.

 

[GRG]

My best friends aunt and uncle raised Bulls. They would hook a donkey to a bull if it needed broke to lead by rope and halter. Those donkeys would set back and those bulls could not pull them around.

 

[338 dude]

Ever see Donkeys in with Livestock and wonder why Ranchers own them?

Many people in Tennessee have guard donkeys with livestock.

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

Many people in Tennessee have guard donkeys with livestock.

They actually Breed Guard Donkeys. A just regular Donkey is around $5--600 where a "GUAARD DONKEY" can cost up to $1,000+

 

[cjuve]

My mule is better than a guard dog, she will stomp and kick a dog or yote if given the chance. I am all good with it until she jumps the fence and goes rouge and someone thinks that they need to rescue her and takes her back to their house and lets their dog get close....

 

[DSheetz]

They are a lot like dogs in that you will have good ones and bad ones. A well-trained one will cost more than an untrained one. From what I have seen you can't turn a bad one into a good one no matter how much you work with it, kind of like some people you can't get them to change their ways and be good citizens.

 

[Noobie]

We had a donkey and a german shepherd when I was a kid. There was a steep trail, maybe 100 feet long, between the driveway and the corral. The donkey would chase the shepherd up the hill to the driveway, where the dog felt it was her 'turf'. Then the dog would turn and chase the donkey down the trail to the corral, the donkey's 'turf'. This would repeat several times, with the donkey braying and farting the whole way up and the dog barking the whole way back down. We all just watched and laughed. One day we got a bad batch of alfalfa with pesticides in it. Both of our horses died, but the donkey refused to eat it.

 

[CCAguns]

All over southern MS!

 

[Orange Dust]

Does make a guy wonder, when someone says a particular 30-06 , Kicks like a Mule, if they've ever seen a Mule kick something in real life.

Don't know about a mule, but been kicked in the chest by a black Angus. I can assure you no rifle I've ever fired kicks that hard. I'm sure it is possible to build one, but no one on the planet would shoot it twice in a row.

 

[Quinncannon]

I've owned and worked draft mules for many years, (see my avatar)one thing for sure, they don't like dogs and coyotes, in fact, they will investigate just about anything else foreign to their pasture.

 

[C-130 Dude]

Does make a guy wonder, when someone says a particular 30-06 , Kicks like a Mule, if they've ever seen a Mule kick something in real life.

I saw a mule kick out at a dog and missed. He hit a 4x4 post support in the paddock and broke it half. With all that power, I couldn't imagine what your leg or body would go through on a solid contact. However, I did have one step on my foot. Made me invent a few new words that day.

 

[sturner]

Donkey will take down a mountain lion

 

[victor3ranger]

Ever see Donkeys in with Livestock and wonder why Ranchers own them?

Yes, I keep two with mine at all times.
Llama's are also used

 

[victor3ranger]

I had one growing up. Mine was as big as a horse.

Yep, my big ones are what they call a Standard. I got mine from some Amish folks in Minnesota.
When they are mad they growl like a giant dog