D o n k e y s   F o r   P u r c h a s e
Updated 5-15-08
Note to Customers:  Please do not purchase a donkey if he will be alone.  Donkeys are herd animals and need another donkey to be playful
and happy. Although miniature donkeys get along with goats, alpacas, sheep, and horses, they are not "donkey happy"
without a donkey friend.  We have seen the difference right here on our farm.  Thank you.
Lesson 4:  The Secret  
Visitors Often Ask Us This Question, "Why Are Your Donkeys So Affectionate?"  Here's the Secret.
We could tell you we use a scientifically proven method but the plain truth is that we just love on them every day.
Imprinting our foals (introducing to humans) at birth helps them become trusting and affectionate. Each foal receives a health check and
vaccinations. Hoof handling begins soon after birth. Halter/lead training begins at two weeks. A foal stays at her mother's side until four
months of age for social training and for highly rich milk which provides nutrients for strong bones and proper growth. We truly enjoy our
foals and adults and spend a lot of time loving on them and watching them play. They crave human attention and know no stranger.
Come visit and be truly amazed by donkey affection.
A heartfelt "Thank you!" to each of our wonderful, caring customers!
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copyright is pursueable to the full extent of the law.
Eeyore and Sweetness
are Best Friends Forever
They love each other and cannot be separated.  Both are sweet and very small, have foaled easily and are nurturing mothers.
Sweetness took a rejected foal as her own and nursed and protected her.
S w e e t n e s s
Born:  October 6, 2002
Height:  30.5"
Color:  Grey dun (very pretty)
Our tiniest donkey,
a sweetheart with
a beautifully shaped head
and petite body.
Bred for March-April foal.
E e y o r e
Born:  January 17, 2002
Height:  32.5"
Color: Spotted Grey, Flashy
WHITE EYELASHES
Gorgeous short, blocky
head and oh, those
beautiful spots!
Bred for April-May foal.
Pair of  beautiful Jennets.  Eeyore complements Sweetness with her flashy spotted color.
Sweetness complements Eeyore with her tiny, tiny size and beautiful grey color.
Two Bred Jennets
Offered as bonded pair, $1200 each
(Math: 2 bred donkeys = 4 donkeys for a very reasonable price)
Yes, it is always difficult for us to part with our gentle, sweet babies!
It is a joy however, knowing the loving, life-long relationship our foals will share with their new families.
There is no other creature as sweet, affectionate, and smart as a donkey.
Only those who have owned one can appreciate what a wonderful experience it is.
BFF Doc Holiday
October 4, 2007
Birth Ht: 18"
Color: Grey-dun/star
Dam: Silver Queen, 34"
Sire: Sancho Panza, 32"
Congratulations to his
proud new owners
The Taylor Family
Ocala, Florida
Sold
Jan 26
2008
BFF Montana
December 29, 2007
Birth Ht: 18.5"
Color: Chocolate
Dam: Henson's Molly, 32.5"
Sire: Sancho Panza, 32"
Congratulations to his
proud new owners
The  Ziglar Family
Alachua, Florida
Texas Star (Wilbur)
Adorable  --   Cuddly  --  Affectionate
Tex
Born: March 12, 2008, 10:30 a.m.
Birth Height:  22"
Color: Grey-dun with Jesus' gift
of The Cross
and a brilliant forehead star
Dam: MS Macaroni, 33"
Sire:  Henson's Sampson, 31 1/2",  Lineage: Southern Mountain Horse Company's Zorro, Black
Disposition:  Sweet, affectionate, smart!
Body characteristics:  Beautiful head and round butt from his Mama. Stocky, correct build from his Daddy
Unusual and interesting furry tags under his eyes and a point mark on his muzzle. This is a special little guy.
Ready in mid July.  Offered for $800. Congratulations to Wilbur and the Brennan Family, Trenton.
BFF Wilbur Star
March 12, 2008
Birth Ht: 22"
Color: Grey-dun
Dam: Macaroni, 33"
Sire: Sampson, 31.5"
Congratulations to his
proud new owners
The Brennan Family
Trenton, FL
Animal Cracker
June 29, 2002
Height: 33.1/2"
Color: Rich Chocolate
Sire: MS Waterboy, 33"
Dam MS Caroline Girl, 32.5
Congratulations to her
proud new owners
The Schofield Family
Keystone Heights, FL
Beautiful pair of very friendly  bonded  jennets.  
A lovely addition to the backyard farm looking
for loving animals and
the uniqueness
that only donkeys can add to a  farm.
Seven Karat Diamond
Seven is a sweet, wonderful mother. Foals easily. Passes on her rich color and sunny disposition to her foals every time.
Beautiful KD has produced a
flashy spotted as well as a
traditional grey dun foal for us.
Seven has a beautifully
shaped head, soulful eyes,
and a
perfect top line.
Beautifully conformed jennet.

A lovely addition to the
backyard farm looking for
loving animals and
the uniqueness
that only a donkey can bring
to your farm.  
7 Karat  Diamond35
Born December 18, 2002
Color: Rich dark grey dun, (especially pretty)
Height: 33"
We are reluctantly offering 7KD for sale
bred for November 2008 foal
Veterinary pregnancy verification provided
$2300
Sold
Feb 16
2008
BEST FRIENDS FARM  M I N I A T U R E   DONKEYS
Farming for the fun of it!
Jim and Frankie Lee
13903 Millhopper Road, Gainesville, FL
352-339-3908   or   352-333-3819
www.bestfriendsfarm.com
Sold
Mar 8
2008
Baby See, Baby Do
Eating grass at only one week old.
Ma shows Tex how to eat solid food!
Very smart youngun'
Tex Poses for Camera
Five days old.
Beautiful conformation with
personality to match!
BFF Pretty-In-Pink's Foal
Due by May 17 (Friday) -- I am guessing, again!
Name To Be Announced
Our names are based on personality first, then bloodlines
To Be Born:  April 12-17, 2008  (I'll bet on a.m.)
Birth Height:  ??" Pretty In Pink's last baby was a tiny 20.5" not to mention drop-dead gorgeous!
Color:  We don't know what to expect other than a beautiful color that Pretty N Pink produces. Grey? Red? Chocolate? Hmmm.
Disposition:  History will surely repeat itself with an affectionate, perky, "I-must-be-the-center-of-attention" foal. OR
possibly a really laid back, a bit lazy from being carried for an extra month! Come on PrettyInPink.  It's time.

Pedigree:
Dam: BFF Pretty In Pink #50166, 33", Grey-dun
Dam's Sire: MS Mississippi Water Boy, 32", Grey-dun
Dam's Dam: MS Mississippi Pretty Woman, 33", Grey-dun
Disposition: Spunky and kind

Sire:  Lawzyday's Sanch Panza #23528, Chocolate, 32" -- Pedigree includes LCR's Valentino 49
Sire's Sire: Loughlin's Cochese, Red, 32.5"
Sire's Dam: LDF's Violet, Brown with Violet Tint, 32"
Disposition:  Sweet, affectionate, proud!

This BFF Foal will be ready in early August.  Offered as quality breeding.
If this foal is a boy, he is promised to the Brennan family in Trenton, Florida (proud owner's of Texas Star)
SOLD
SOLD
Sold
April 12
2008
Introducing HHAA Midnight Run
Lordy, Lordy, could she be any more perfect!
HHAA Midnight Run

Born:  March 30, 2008, 9:30 a.m.
Birth Height:  19.25"
Color:  Smoky Black with light points and slightly visible Cross
(Her color and cross marking may change as she grows. We will indicate any color changes on website.)

Impeccable Pedigree:
Dam: HHAA Gabrielle, 33", grey-dun
Dam's Sire:  Dittmar's Sam, 32" Black
Dam's Dam: Dittmars's Sara, 33" Brown
Disposition: Spunky and kind

Sire:  HHAA Riff Raff, Sorrel (Red), 31 1/2"
Sire's Sire: My World Buster, 30.25"
Sire's Dam: PGF's Peppercorn, 29.5" (Pedigree includes LCR's Valentino 58)
Disposition:  Sweet, affectionate, red!

HHAA Midnight Run will be ready to wean in late July.  Offered as superb breeding quality. On hold for the Lee Family (yep, that's us).
Picture Coming Shortly After Birth

These things just can't be rushed,
can they Pretty-In-Pink ?!!?
Lesson 5:  What to look for in a jennet expecting to deliver soon.  
We learned something new with this girl.  Her milk bag began to visibly change/enlarge over a month before she was
due. Her due date was 11 months, 2 weeks from conception.  The bag change usually happens closer to the delivery
time. She was also sensitive around her teat/bag area, two good signs she is preparing to give birth. Those signs
really fooled me, partially because I was so excited about the new baby.

Two long weeks later, nothing changed, so I prepared to wait longer. We are on donkey time after all.
After two more weeks, she still had no white color to her milk, just clear fluid but we felt the glands in front of the bag
enlarging.  With our other jennets, foals have arrived within 5 days of this.  Not in this case. Her milk bag was not
showing enough fullness, nor had the glands enlarged any more. She was not ready to deliver and nurse her foal.

So, we now have a donkey who must prepare in these ways:  her milk glands will swell and feel very firm, her milk bag
will fill and feel and look full and rounded. Before a visible plug develops, her milk will be milk-colored.  Her teats will
develop a little "plug" visible to us humans. After that we will not test her milk because we do not want to expel the
plug (seal).

My husband says if I would stop examining her twice every day, she would deliver sooner. "The watched kettle never
boils," he says. Well maybe so and maybe not. Besides, she likes to know I am there if she needs me.
After deciding to break our farm rule and keep some of our spring foals, we reluctantly offer five jennets for sale.  This was a
difficult decision for us and a rare opportunity for you. We offer our adults to permanent, loving homes
in which they will get lots of attention and never become the forgotten farm animal.