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The donkeys always like to meet people!!!!
Here, with 2 lovely friends from across the pond!
We have been so busy with Dobble's care for the past 5 weeks.... So this lot was overjoyed to have more attention!
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Lumi and the rest of the gang say safe return across the pond, Bari Fischer and Dr Tamara Dobbie!
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Waiting for Kia to arrive, 4 years ago...
Did you know studies show that more than half of people wrongly believe that donkeys are stubborn? 🤔
In fact, what's often misinterpreted as stubbornness is actually related to donkeys' strong sense of self-preservation - a survival mechanism to prevent predators spotting signs of weakness.
Poor Dobble... feel so sorry for this placid, stoic girl, who has gone through enough in her life.
4th Vet visit in 4 weeks now. Xray of both front feet. The boots help but she is still limping badly. Still on antibiotics and hurtling towards 5 months pregnant.
Extinction really is forever and so every pure race Livret A Baudet du Poitou matters.
Despite the Anaplasmosis and the awful crisis 3 years ago.... Dobble is normally fit and well. Not had any feet problems or abcesses since coming here in 2019.
I just don't understand. The Vet first came the morning after she started to limp and the Farrier, 2 days later and then another 2 visits.
On Infacalm anti-inflammatories and other medication for 4 weeks. Magnetism and massages. Been doing all we can... She now also has a wonderful pair of trail boots which make her more comfortable. Bathing her feet twice a day for 4 weeks and still we are here at some huge expense in every sense....
Declared laminitis in both feet. Xrays today. The phalange has moved down.
Really upsetting because Dobble is huge, beautiful and so placid and redpectful. She normally walks beautifully and quickly. She is even happy to be ridden.
The Vet says the heat etc means that when she had her first abcess (despite a vet visit the following morning after she started to limp, followed 2 days later by the Farrier)...she put all the weight on the other foot and the combination of extra weight, the hot weather and the pain has provoked the laminitis.
I am devastated because Dobble is so beautiful, so good and normally so nimble. Despite everything, with costs now over €1000 .... here we are.
This breed deserves to be saved. Yet this comes at a cost. The Baudet du Poitou is glorious yet fragile. If easy, they would not still be at critical risk of extinction.
We now have 2 with laminitis. Their diet, exercise and care could not be better.
On it goes. Thank you for caring. Pleaseckeep sending your positive wishes to this lovely girl.
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All dressed up and nowhere to go!
Happy weekend!
The Poitous just love the paparazzi!!!
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Nadège !!!!
Only 13 months old, judged in the catégorie of 2 years...so she is obviously much younger than that!
So courageous, Nadège just jumps in to the transport.. very relaxed, surrounded by so many spectateurs, in brutally hot heatwave conditions from 6 am until 20h...
Just amazing.
1st prize and hats off!
Extinction is indeed forever and helping to save this glorious critically endangered and most ancient breed really matters. Thank you to my donkey children for their trust and confidence.
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On their way to the Régional Concours yesterday....
Very difficult to train when you do not have a vehicle of your own but 3 lovely girls obliged...
Only one of the youngsters declined the offer of a long drive (for them). Very long, hot but a fab day out...
Can you tell who hopped in bravely for an adventurous day??
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Encore!!
It is so difficult to train them to go into transport when you have no transport!
But essential for Vet emergencies and to go to the Régional Concours etc! Important when you are a critically endangered species living in La Drôme, the only Poitou breeder here...... Raising awareness of the need to save this most glorious and most ancient donkey breed really matters. Extinction is forever, as a friend said in the USA!
Kis got in with her beautiful little sister Nadège... Kia always is ready to travel! Lumi said no thanks.... on it goes!
Exhausting and stressful at our business time of year for the gîtes...And in between, the 2nd emergency Vet visit in 2 weeks. This time, Anissou and Dobble, both suddenly limping badly...
Neverending. Vive the Régional Concours in the Ardèche on Sunday. Even I don't know who will eventually go.... they are keeping it a secret!
Why is this annual Concours held mid August in the South of France??? Even the National is at the end of August.... too hot to travel so far....
Not for the faint-hearted but breeding the glorious most ancient donkey race, the critically endangered Baudet du Poitou absolutely matters.... and so showing them to people matters....
Without transport of my own it is really hard to get them used to it.... which also matters for emergency health reasons.
The girls are doing the best and hats off to them!
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Patience, trust and love means everything...
Speechless and moved to tears this evening when finally, after years, months, days and hours.... two of our beautiful girls just each got in to the van, within minutes! Just incredibly moving.
Kia and Nadège get in cheerfully. It is so strange. Kismet and Lumière have just refused. No way, José...ever...
Kismet is now 4. Having watched her super star, intrepid little sister, she just got in! Enough to shut the door.
Then Lumi! In minutes! Even when serioysly sick in December, Lumi refused to get in to the transport and had to be treated at home. She almost died.
This evening, I just sat inside on the floor. She watched me for not even a few minutes...with a friend behind her...and then just stepped in. She then looked out of the door, glued next to.me just like she did when I slept with her and stayed beside her 24h for a month in December. There is a strong bond between us and I feel so touched that these young girls have enough confidence in me to climb in next to me.
It is very difficult not having a vehicle and so only be able to train occassionally when a friend's van is free... but we got there in the end. As seen with Lumi, transport at times of emergency is so important....
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Tellement fière de mes 2 belles!!!
Ça pris du temps, des années, des mois, des heures... encore compliqué si on n'a pas un camion et peu d'opportunité. Merci Anne, pour ton camion et Philippe, pour ton savoir-faire et patience!
Kismet à 4 ans et elle n'a jamais monté dans un camion... Lumi a refusé complètement aussi....
(Kia et la Nadège montent facilement. C'est curieux.)
Et ce soir dans un coup, Kis a suivie sa petite star-soeur Nadège ! Ça pris que quelques minutes enfin...après des années de non, no way!
Et en suite la Lumi! Juste quelques minutes.
Elle avait peur... mon ami était derrière, je me suis assise...elle m'a regardé bien. On a un grand lien/connexion, Lumi et moi, depuis le mois ensemble dans l'abris quand elle était gravement malade, en Décembre... Elle a dû se rappeller nos temps ensembles toutes seules...et allez-hop dedans avec moi! Porte fermée, elle regardait tranquillement la famille de longzoreilles dehors, juste comme elle faisait de la sécurité de son abris en hiver, collée à moi.
Un moment super spécial et émouvante dans ma vie. Je pleurais, tellement fière de mes filles tellement bien dans leur peau. Merci pour la confiance, mes filles.
La patience et le persévérance aussi que l'amour et la gentillesse...payent vraiment dans un façon ce qu'ils n'y ont pas des mots pour expliquer. La complicité complète.....
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C'est vraiment loin... je voudrais bien prendre mes belles jeunes mais il fera vraiment chaud en plus....avec un voyage plus que 10 heures en camion.
Dommage car ici on a des belles mais peut-être il vaut mieux qu'elles restent au frais dans leur forêt ici et accueillent les clients aux gîtes !
Nous y allons au Concours de Mirabel le 11 août!
En tout cas le National doit être vraiment superbe et je le racommandes fortement !!
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Les Beaux Chenes - gites avec une grande piscine
Busy time with the Vet...
Here just last week and back again today:
1. Kia is suddenly limping badly. The Vet found a nasty abcess. So, pierres the abcess. Farrier again this weekend. Antibiotics, anti-inflammatories etc for 6 days.
2. Dobble has a nadty wound on her back leg. Just like Griot has every year. Caused by flies. No products are working. We need some trouver to protect them..
Last week the Vet shaved her leg and prescribed treatment but it is not healing at all. Now they say just put honey on the wound. Several times a day. OK..
3. Aramis has his usual allergies. Rubber his face sore. Every year since he arrived aged less than a year. Today, the Vet said it is caused by a certain yellow plant, the only one still flowering. Arrivés late June and something in the photosynthèse causes skin burns if you eat the leaves...
Always something...
Helping to save Baudet du Poitous from extinction really matters. Extinction is forever... But it comes at a cost in so many ways...
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Lumière de Barret and Kiaria de Barret in action! Full of the joys of life and looking forward to celebrating their September birthdays, next week! Lumi will be 3 and Kia, 4, next week. Such a joy to behold after the traumas of Kia's birth and then Lumi's almost fatal illness last December. The Baudet du Poitou is at critical risk of extinction. Every pure race Livret A counts. So very blessed to have them and they are so full of beans! You can support the donkeys by donating, becoming a Patreon Sponsor or by booking a holiday in one of our gîtes. Link in bio. Linktr.ee/Ladromedonkeys #fulloflife #fullofthejoys #feelinglucky #baudetdupoitoudonkeys #poitoudonkey #eseldonkey #asineriepoitou #joiedevivre #instalife #instagood #instabeauty #angelswithhooves #animallovers #donkeylover #lovebigears #photooftheday #picoftheday #donkeyplaytime #celebration #waitingformybirthday #birthdaypreparations
Waiting for Kia to arrive, 4 years ago...
Good boy, Griot! Griot du Vern has a life of luxury compared to many studs, who spend much of their lives in a box and are only brought out to breed by hand. He has a large undulating prairie, which is interesting, a stream, cows and a cat for neighbours. Luckily he is a very gentle soul. However, he is a working entire male and so we must pay 100% attention. I have found that, since he has only known reproduction ever, he has not learnt the code to live in a group. He just had one thing on his mind! As soon as you put à halter on, he starts looking for a female and trotting. So, we are teaching him, now aged 8, that it is actually possible just to go for a walk for the fun of it and not to look for a girlfriend! He is incredibly intelligent and trusting. He walks through rivers, on small steep traces. He can climb under and around trees and underground. Very light on his feet for a huge chap! It is lovely to see his évolution in the past 2 years here. He was always respectful, relaxed and friendly but being able to walk him without fear he will dash off is so wonderful. Because he roams in freedom, here and has lots of daily contact he is muscular and absolutely happy in his head! There are very few approved Livret A pure race Baudet du Poitou studs in the world and they are not always such placid gentlemen. Very lucky to have him in our lives. His father Cupidon du Vern, aged 12, was the Champion stud Poitou for many years and is still winning National Awards. His grandfather, Rhébus de la Boutonne, father of our enourmous glorious Kismet de Barret, was absolutely enormous and thicky curly coated! Griot is showing the évolution of the Poitou in the South of France, his dreds fall out in the hot prolonged summer and grow back in the winter. He is a very special chap, who has the accolade of being approved and permitted to breed to help to conserve his critically endangered species. Only foals born from approved males and verified pure race females are coun
Beauty and the Beast... Griot du Vern, our glorious stud Poitou, father of or lovely Nadège! One of few Baudet du Poitou Livret A males approved by the special Comission to breed in order to help to conserve their race. So lucky to have this gentle boy. As a stud, he was raised purely for breeding and so is unable to live safely with another equine. Yet he seems to make friends easily! Here, with my friend's young cat, who just follows him everywhere! You can support the donkeys by donating, becoming a Patreon Sponsor or by booking a holiday in one of our gîtes where you can meet the donkey family. Link in bio. Linktr.ee/Ladromedonkeys #griot #frirndship #friendscomeinallshaoesandsizes # baudetdupoitou #poitoudinkey #criticallyendangered #special #ankmallovers #donkeylover #insta donkey #animalfriends #naturelover #nature #instabeauty #photooftheday #picoftgeday
Such a brave girl...Dobble Fighting with severe limping on one front foire, then the other, then a bit better, then wirse, for nearly 4 weeks. Such a worry. Dobble is incredibly stoic, lucky. She stays standing and drags her self along to stay with her friends... but she is evidently in terrible pain. 3 Vet visits. 3 Farrier visits. Magnetism and massages. Medication and bathing twice a day. And now she has some nifty special boots with pads with iodine inside. On Infacalm again. The Vet will be back on Monday for xrays. Abcesses on the bottom and at the top. So odd because Dobble has never had feet problems since arriving with abcesses in 2019. Since the crisis and anaplasmosis 3 years ago, she has been fit and well. She is so sweet and just lets us do what needs doing to try to help. She deserves to feel better. Nearly 5 months pregnant, so very worrying. Extinction is forever. The Baudet du Poitou deserves to be saved. Such gentle giants. You can support by donating, becoming a Patreon Sponsor or by booking a holiday in one of our gîtes where you can meet the donkey family. Link in bio. Linktr.ee/Ladromedonkeys #donkeyoftheday #Dobble #,baudetdupoitou #poitoudonkey #criticallyendangeredspecies #donkeylover #donkeylife #instadonkey #animalloversofinstagram rs #instagood #instabeauty #helping #instalife #instalove #onitgoes #photooftheday
Nadège !!! Always on the move, this one! With a very funny humour! Nearly 14 months old and always raring to go! She hops straight into the transport she walks like a dream..and now likes to be first..... so it serms that her big sister Kismet has a run for her money!! Never a dull moment! You can support the donkeys by donating, becoming a Patreon Sponsor or by booking a holiday in one of our gîtes where you can meet the donkey family. Link in bio. Linktr.ee/Ladromedonkeys #Nadege #donkeyoftheday #baudetdupoitou #poitoudonkey #instabeauty #instagood #instalife #instalove #nature #donkeylife #donkeylover #lovedonkeys #animal loves #donkeyoftheday #photooftheday #picoftheday #poitou
Dobble is so courageous. Really such a gentle giant. We can just do anything and she just stands there. Even without a harness. She is always very stoic and calm which makes treatment easy but spotting the scale of the problem not so... As soon as a donkey stands away from the others or stops eating, there is a problem... The Vet now says to leave the bandages off and is treating for laminitis. Strong anti-inflammatories and a special medication to help the blood circulation in the feet. She is evidently still very uncomfortable but is now trundling slowly around with the others. And eating. Last week, she just stood under a tree and would not even eat her hay or go for water and so I had to brinc buckets to her and give miraculous honey on apples etc. Have ordered special boots and comfy inner soles for both front feet to make her more comfortable. It is essential that she stays standing and walking... Anissou, who arrived with terrible feet will be able to share them later on. It is such a worry because we could not have réacteur more quickly and cannot do more... She might even be limping very slightly less but not sire. The Farrier returns on Saturday and the Vet will do xrays soon. Thank you for your positive thoughts and kind donations. It makes all the difference. Extinction really is forever and we need to do what we can to save this glorious but fragile, ancient breed. Thank you for caring. Linktr.ee/Ladromedonkeys #baudetdupoitou #poitoudonkey #criticallyendangered #thankyou #caring #insta donkey #instalife #instalove #instabeauty #kindness #sweetsoul
This has been a hectic, busy and stressful 2 weeks for Dobble, who has been in good health this last couple of years, despite living with Anaplasmosis, she has been fit, happy and never had feet problems. Then she just suddenly started limping really badly. Despite all the attentive care, medication/treatment for nasty abcesses in the front right foot and then the left. The day after starting to limp, the Vet came, cut into an abcess , gave injections and medication. Since then, the Farrier has been twice and looking at vidéos... A super person has given a seance of magnetism and massages to help purge the kidneys and liver to help the blood circulation. On medication for various. Bathing feet in bleach and wrapping in betadine bandages twice a day... Close surveillance and care.The Vet has been twice more. And yet here we are, despite everything... Last Vet visit this morning and he declared laminitis. Caused by the poor blood circulation as a result of the abcesses. We could not have done more and yet here we are. This has already cost hundreds of euros in care/ visits and treatments/products/medication. And we are not finished. Despite everything Dobble is in terrible pain. She is so stoic, luckily, she remains standing and is eating and drinking again, after a scary week... Still on strong anti-inflammatories and special treatment to help the blood circulation in the feet... We now have to see if she gets better or not. The Vet will do xrays off both front feet and legs next week to see if the phalange bone has moved down or stayed still. Lucky it is so hot and dry so a strict diet is easier. The Vet thinks the Anaplasmosis makes her more fragile. Also 4 months pregnant so we hope the medication does not cause other problems. But for now keeping Dobble standing, moving, eating, drinking and alive is the priority. Dobble has been so well. The scary thing is that this came from nowhere and I cannot see what else we could have done. Really worried as this brave gi
Believe in yourself! So touched that 3 out of 4 of the youngsters agreed to participate at the Régional Concours and go on to win prizes aswell. The glorious Lumi, aged 3 in September, was happy to get in to the vehicle in the week but early hours during a prolonged heatwave and she said no thanks! So we will wait and see another time! Not easy to train them with no transport of our own and not easy hors berceau/ as an outsider but so very impressed by Kis, Kia and Nadège, who hopped in for a long hot journey, a sweltering day of waiting...and then returned home all calm and relaxed. Just love them so! Thanks are not enough to my wonderful daughter and 2 very special friends, who formed the entourage and made this day possible. Thankyou for following and caring ❤️ Linktr.ee/Ladromedonkeys #believeinyourself #youreawinnerbaby #insta donkey #instalove #soproud #donkeylovers #donkeylife #instalife #specialmoments #confidence #friendship #staypositive #baudetdupoitou
Spot the dons.. Happy at home!! The donkey family is so lucky to have wonderful neighbours and friends where they can pasture.... but they absolutely love to be home in their forest! Where they can watch the gite customers on their terraces or in the pool!! You can support the donkeys by donating, becoming a Patreon Sponsor or by booking a holiday in one of our gîtes where you can meet the donkey family. Link in bio. Linktr.ee/Ladromedonkeys #happyeating #happytobehome #waitingforyou #holiday #holidaywithdonkeys #donkeylovers #animalloversofinstagram #donkeysofinstagram #instalife #instalove #nature #naturelovers
Bath-time! Kismet the Princess, our 1st born Baudet du Poitou, takes a leisurely bath... Whilst big-biss Portos watches over and also waits his turn! Donkeys are very sociable animals and they need other donkeys! You can support the donkeys by donating, becoming a Patreon Sponsor or by booking a holiday in one of our gîtes where you can meet the donkey family. Link in bio. Linktr.ee/Ladromedonkeys #Kismet #donkeyoftheday #firstborn #bath #lovely #baudetdupoitoudonkeys #insta donkey #donkeysofinstagram #donkeyrefuge #donkeysanctuary #happymoments #familylife #familyandfriends #donkeylovers #animallovers #nature #naturel over #photooftheday #instagram #instabeauty
Donkey Derby or Wacky Races?? Nope, rushing home after pasturing at neighbours. Led by live-wire Nadège, with her wild child summer hairdo! They have been able to benefit from grass, not rich but perfect for them... unusual for this time of year. Thanks to such wonderful neighbours! But they do love to be at home in their forest, next to the gîtes and us! You can support the donkeys by donating, becoming a Patreon Sponsor or by booking a holiday in one of our gîtes where you can meet the donkey family. Link in bio. Linktr.ee/Ladromedonkeys #donkeyoftheday #wackyraces #donkeyderby #leadfromthefront #donkeylovers #animalloversofinstagram #instadonkey #walking #naturephotography #naturelovers #lovebigears #picoftheday #goinghome #photooftheday
Mother-daughter love Nadège, 1 year old and her brilliant Mum, Bamako.... Bamako is our smallest Poitou Mum but she is incredibly complicit, a perfect Mum...and she seems to produce monstrously big cildren!! You can support the donkeys by donating, becoming a Patreon Sponsor or by booking a holiday in one of our gîtes where you can meet the donkey family. Link in bio. Linktr.ee/Ladromedonkeys #motherdaughter #instalove #instalife #naturephotography #nature #donkeyoftheday #familymatters #instadonkey #baudetdupoitoudonkey #poitoudonkey #eselpoitou #poitouasinerie #caring #lookaftereachoymther
Zorro-Griot the Great! One of very few pure race Baudet du Poitous stallions approved to breed to help save their glorious but critically endangered species from extinction. Griot is such a gentle soul. The easiest of all 11 of them to pop into a fly mask or a coat! Just such a sweet natured soul. Father of our lovely Nadège! You can support the donkeys by donating, becoming a Patreon Sponsor or by booking a gîte where you can meet the donkey family. Thankyou for following and caring. Link in bio. Linktr.ee/Ladromedonkeys #zorro #donkeyoftheday #nature #instadonkey #donkeylove #donkeylife #lovedonkeys #animallovers #donkeysanctuary #donkeysofinstagram #photooftheday #instalife #picoftheday
Baby Nadège, born on midsummer's night, à year ago....just before midnight Such a special girl. And the best mum in all the world, Bamako.... Nadège means espérance/hope. Apt for a glorious ancient breed, critically endangered. Saving the Baudet du Poitou from extinction really matters. You can help by donating, becoming a Patreon Sponsor or by booking a holiday in one of our gîtes where you can meet the donkey family. Thankyou for following and caring xx Link in bio. Linktr.ee/Ladromedonkeys #nadege #happybirthday #birthday #criticallyendangeredspecies #donkeyoftheday #nature #instalove #instafamily #instalife #lucky #luckytohaveyou #instabeauty #Instagram #justperfect #picoftheday #photooftheday #donkeylovers #donkeylife #babydonkey #love #specialmoments #specialday #specialgirl
Bébé Nadège, il y a un an. Le temps s'en vole... Avec la meilleure maman du monde, Bamako... La Drôme Donkeys
