Little Friends Ranch, KY
Marita

Date of Birth: unknown - about 3 years old

Coat Color: Gray-Dun - Rose Dun - 34"

This jenny fits in well with other donkeys and is ok as long as you don't want to touch her. She accepts the other foals just fine. She does take a treat from your hand and likes her grain. If you try and corner her/catch her she is terrified and tries to defend herself. We truly believe that she has been abused and has had some very negative experiences - we can't touch her back end or attempt to pick up her feet, yet. We are working on desensitizing her and to let her know that we will not mistreat her. We've had other donkeys that were worse than her and know that she will improve with time as long as there is no more abuse. I can see it in her face when I feed and interact with the others that she really wants to be a part of it all and she does come very close to me! She too, has to go to a very loving home that cares about her!

This jenny has an overbite and should not be bred with - the reason why we purchased her so that she would not be continued to be bred with. Therefore we will only be placing her into a non-breeding home. She is considered a rescue.

If you feel that you can give this jenny a good home please contact us at e-mail: donkeys@littlefriendsranch.com or littlefriend@dishmail.net or call: 270-753-9270


Bandit
Date of Birth: unknown - I'm guessing mid February by comparing him to my other foals

Birth Height: unknown

Foal Coat Color: Gray-Dun - NLP

Sire: untraced

Dam: gray-dun/rose-dun- 34" - 3 years old

This is a cute little jack! With his dark nose and dark eye rings he looks like a little Bandit. He is still a little bit shy but he does enjoy his neck rubs once he decides that I am not so bad. He came to us with already very long hooves and he has just grown new fur around his ankles where he had apparently lost all of his fur. He must have lived in a mud lot. We purchased his mother and him to ensure that she would not be continued to be bred. She should have never been bred in the first place. She has an overbite! This little guy's bite is ok but since he is out of a mom with an off bite he will only be sold as a pet without papers of course. He can later be registered as a gelding if the new owner decides to do that. He deserves a good and loving home and has a lifetime of love to give! Of course as with all of our donkeys he will need to go to a home where he'll have a companion! He can also be placed with his mother into a non-breeding home.

Bandit has improved so much in just a short time - he now comes up voluntarily for his neck rubs and really enjoys them. He is still a little afraid when there are strangers around since his mother gets more nervous then as well.


If you feel that you can give this jenny a good home please contact us at e-mail: donkeys@littlefriendsranch.com or littlefriend@dishmail.net or call: 270-753-9270

PoDonk-Pure Thoughts, Inc
This is one of the little guys rescued during the Home for the Holidays rescue mission over the Thanksgiving Holiday. He looks like a cross between a donkey and a pony... hence the name PoDonk. Not quite sure n the riding, he did not take too well to it today but we will try again. He is a sweetheart and ready to find his "forever home" His adoption fee is $350. If you are interested in PoDonk give Brad a call at 561-951-2108.

Storybook Farm and Equine Rescue

Jenks - 1 1/2 y/o mini donkey gelding.  Many of you have met Jenks.  He's boarded here and his owner has moved to another state and can no longer keep him.  He is looking for a new home.  He needs to live with at least one other mini donkey and needs a home where he'll get lots of attention.  He's a people person.  :)   Jenks is gelded of course and current on everything.  He is a small donkey, even for a mini.  Of course, mini donkeys are NOT livestock guards.  He needs a home where he'll be a spoiled pet, which is what he is now.  He does have an adoption fee.  He's the spotted donkey in the photos.   Contact: Crystal Montgomery
www.storybook-farm.com
www.crystalmontgomery.com
706-260-7735

If you know of anyone who would like to adopt a donkey, if they can contact me with what they are looking for (gender, age, size, bred, etc.) I can be on the lookout. 
They will have an adoption fee that varies depending on what I have to spend to get them at auction and on their vet care/deworming/Coggins thereafter.  I am an umbrella 501(c)3 organization.  All adoption fees cover the costs I put into the animals.   
My adoption fees are as follows:
Ungelded jacks - $75-$150
Gelded jacks - $300 (if I have to have them gelded....if they come already gelded they are cheaper.)
Jennys - $250 and up.  (they sell a bit higher at auction, so the adoption fee reflects that.)
Mules - adoption fees vary greatly and I probably won't pick up a mule unless someone is specifically looking for one.  If so, please let me know! 
Most of the donkeys I get at auction are 100% unhandled and unsocialized.  By the time I adopt them out, they are people friendly and halter trained.  Of course, this isn't always possible and some end up friendlier than others, but it is always my goal.
 Adoptions include Coggins and deworming and of course their ground manners training.  Most of what I find at the auction is ungelded jacks, and the occasional pregnant jenny.  Every so often an un-bred jenny comes through.  This auction is nasty and the animals are usually coming from bad homes where they were either neglected altogether or abused.  They usually come around really nicely with TLC and gentle handling.
 I am happy to look for a certain kind of donkey or mule if someone is looking for something specific.  Just let me know!  The more long ears I can get out of that awful place, the better!

CrystalMontgomery@windstream.net