by Melissa | Sep 9, 2016 | Horse Retirement Farm |
Today was our grand finale of 2016 with the dentist. Since we like to go big or go home we had Sparky the donkey as one of our final dental patients today. Sparky is actually a champ about having his teeth floated and he’s great for the farrier. He stands like a...
by Melissa | Jun 17, 2016 | Horse Retirement Farm |
Last week brought us a new (mis)adventure with Sparky. Sparky has been a member of our family for 21 years, ever since that fateful day when my father felt sorry for him and bought him at a gas station on his way to work one morning. We don’t know exactly...
by Melissa | Nov 22, 2013 | Feed & Care, Horse Retirement Farm, Jason |
After all of our donkey loading adventures our relationship with Sparky had been strained. For anyone who by chance missed our donkey trailer loading adventures you can find part one of the saga here and part two here. Although Sparky seemed quite happy with his...
by Melissa | Oct 28, 2013 | Horse Retirement Farm, Jason |
As most of you know we’ve had more than a little bit of trouble getting Sparky the donkey on a trailer so we could move him to our farm. After spending a few days of our time attempting to get Sparky on the trailer we finally decided we all needed to take a step...
by Melissa | Oct 4, 2013 | Horse Retirement Farm, Jason |
As you read in our last post Sparky the donkey has made it known that he does not wish to change addresses. We did put him in the dry lot with water and hay in the open trailer. After almost 30 hours Sparky had opted not to drink or eat anything. Jason and I...
