Who Needs Saturday Morning Cartoons?

 After months of looking, we found what we thought would be a nice addition to our little farm - a guard donkey. I'm not sure how much of a guard he will actually be since he seems to be very sweet to every animal - even the new kitten in the barn. The norm around here is to have guard dogs that sleep with the sheep or goats to protect them from coyotes (yes, we really do have coyotes!) Since the last thing we need is a 4th dog, we went the guard donkey route; supposedly he will attach to his goats and then protect them from predators.

  
He came with the name Jake, but we are trying to limit the number of people names that animals are called to reserve some names for future grand-children; so we are going to try and transition it to Chewy. So for now, he is Chewy-Jake. (This is a proven method at our house, as we have done it for five African adoptees...)

 Chewy-Jake is six, just like Selah and Elijah.

 This is a whole new frontier for us - donkeys involve messy poop, hoof care and I think he may need a dental check-up from the glimpse I got feeding him a carrot. 

 I really just think the animals make for fun childhood memories and a good lesson in responsibility. 

  
Selah is a huge animal lover; so nice compared to the hysterical screaming that she did the first few months in America whenever she even laid eyes on any animal!

Obviously early morning pictures before anyone bothered to get dressed.

 Chewy-Jake and the goats have about a week to get accustomed to each other before Leia has her baby (or hopefully babies).