Why would there be a difference between a horse and a donkey to a dog?
Rocky has been around a lot of horses and usually he just sniffs noses with the friendly ones and then walks away, totally bored. One of the horse farms near us just got a mama and baby donkey. Both of them are really friendly and love to be petted. They also seem to love Rocky and he goes CRAZY over them. He'll shove his nose in the mama donkeys ear, lick her muzzle and her eyes, do a play bow and whimper at her, and dance and lunge at his leash (she stands there and lets him do all of this). He'll actually try and crawl under the bottom fence rail to get to the them and totally ignore the sweet horse that is standing right next to them.
Why is Rocky so crazy about the donkeys when he totally ignores the horses? Do they smell so much different? I assume he is being friendly and doesn't want to eat them! This is a dog that is usually very timid around new animals and had to be bribed to get close to his first horse.
I am also assuming it is a donkey and not a mule since I have no idea how to tell the difference.
Rocky has been around a lot of horses and usually he just sniffs noses with the friendly ones and then walks away, totally bored. One of the horse farms near us just got a mama and baby donkey. Both of them are really friendly and love to be petted. They also seem to love Rocky and he goes CRAZY over them. He'll shove his nose in the mama donkeys ear, lick her muzzle and her eyes, do a play bow and whimper at her, and dance and lunge at his leash (she stands there and lets him do all of this). He'll actually try and crawl under the bottom fence rail to get to the them and totally ignore the sweet horse that is standing right next to them.
Why is Rocky so crazy about the donkeys when he totally ignores the horses? Do they smell so much different? I assume he is being friendly and doesn't want to eat them! This is a dog that is usually very timid around new animals and had to be bribed to get close to his first horse.
I am also assuming it is a donkey and not a mule since I have no idea how to tell the difference.