DONKEY UPDATE

Lin and Sophie get to grips with the grooming!!

Since Jote’s traumatic arrival here at the end of last year, he was extremely nervous and frightened of us and very stand-offish and it took us many months to gain his confidence.

Linda has done a remarkable job on him and Hector, through hard work and perseverance. She is now able to halter both of them easily and grooms them virtually every day. She clearly loves working with them and they have given both of us so much pleasure and enjoyment since they have been with us.

They live quite happily with the alpaca boys and quite often we will find them all eating together, although if there is any disagreement it’s the donkeys that wear the trousers.

We noticed recently that both needed their hooves trimmed and balanced, so we had to call in a farrier. We contacted Klaus Stadler, a young German farrier who lives in the white village of Villa Martin, who had been highly recommended and who I have to say, did an excellent job and clearly loves his work.

Lin was awfully worried how Jote and Hector would behave for the farrier, but they both did so impeccably and were a real credit her. All of her efforts and hard work had paid off.