Colorado Road Trip W/Kids 2025- Days 4-7….Donkey Hooves

Learning the business of farrier work from Ross Keller in Colorado

First Light Over the Donks

First light when I’m out feeding is sometimes spectacular and this day was no exception.  Although I’m not a morning person, these mornings are some of my favorite.  Rooster crowing away, donkeys looking for breakfast;  life seems simpler during these times in the morning. 

Checking Out Mini-Donkeys- A Visit To “Wee Ass Haven”

Mini-donkey’s are not genetically altered by humans to be perfectly small size versions of standard donkey’s….they evolved this way and are originally thought to come from the islands of Sicily and Sardinia in the Mediterranean.

Trimming Donkey Hooves With California Breakfast Burritos

This is how it looked as I eased the truck out of the garage, just starting my three hour drive to Ridgecrest, Ca.  I was hauling my ass out of bed early and heading 3 hours north to get to follow and learn from a fellow graduate of Megan Hensley’s Holistic Hooves Course.  My friends […]