This is Eeyore , a young Asturian donkey (a gennie). She will be mowing the grass, nicer than having a small tractor we thought. There are not many young donkeys around anymore in Asturias, the vet told us. Bob built her a shelter, but we have to close it off to keep her in it if the weather is bad. She'd prefer getting snowed on. I thought about making a raincoat for her, but the neighbours think we're batty enough as it is. We take the donkey out walking, which is obviously a bit weird. It is good for the hoofs though and she normally enjoys it. If not, she'll tell you so and be a nuisance, kick the dogs, go the other way, and on top refuse to go back into the meadow. A carrot works wonders though...
Eeyore arrived in the beginning of February, but we knew we had to have two donkeys as they need company! So in March (8th) we found Flora in a regional advertising paper, we went to Grado (about 70km away), had a look at the donkey and the guy brought her over in a rather large cattle truck the very same evening.
We had first looked at a very young donkey, tied up in a stable next to a cow and her calf. Owned by an 80-year old, whose son had bought him the donkey to keep the cow company in the meadow. He said he needed to sell them all - he could not walk them up to the meadow anymore. We felt very sorry for the wee donkey, but Flora is a two-year old donkey, just like Eeyore which is a lot easier.
This is Flora. She is slightly smaller than Eeyore and a little bit quieter. Eeyore bosses her around....
