The Grooming

After "Starting Off" and "Meeting th Donkeys" we got to groom them. We brushed them and got a demonstration of how to clean their eyes and hooves.

Donkeys eyes have to be cleaned regularly with water and cotton wool, otherwise they will get infections.

You also have to clean their hooves with a hoof pick, or else they get leg and hoof problems.Like humans, donkeys also have to cut their nails or file their hooves. Only thing is that they have to have one specialy trained person called  a 'farrier' to file their hooves for them.

                                                                    It was cool and interesting!!

For more wait till next week.

Meeting the Donkeys

 The first time we saw the donkeys they were coming through a long narrow track.Then they came through a gate, and into the paddock we were going to be in. I always thought that donkeys were always dirty and gross, but they were so beautiful, soft, clean and well looked after. (Especially since they were all abused, thats why they are at the sanctuary.)

There were different types of donkeys, fat ones, thin ones, shy ones, long hared ones and short hared ones. We got to touch most of them (the non-shy ones of corse.) they were so beautiful.

Some thing interesting that I never new is that all donkey have a cross on their back.

Wait till next week to find out more.

Here they are coming into the paddock we were going to be in.



This is Amy. She wes over fed by her previous owners.



This is Eyore. He is over 30 years old and is 1 of 2 long hared donkeys.

This is the cross all donkeys have on their backs.