What is a GUARD DONKEY? How Farms Work!

There are a few things you need to know about a guard donkey like Tammy. Tammy is not very friendly, but she is here to protect these baby calves from any kind of predator. If you get a donkey and you think you're going to have a guard donkey magically appear out of just a regular donkey, you may be sadly mistaken. So, be sure if you do have a donkey that it was raised with cattle. So, Tammy was born in a cow pasture with cows. Her mama was a guard donkey. She's a guard donkey. So, you need to make sure if you have goats, you want to use a guard donkey with goats. Make sure that they're tolerant of goats. Okay. The hind legs on this animal right here will kill a dog. It'll kill a calf. It'll kill a goat. This girl right here looks like a sweetheart, but she is a vicious, vicious attacker of anything that were to come after these cows. I get a lot of comments from folks saying, "I need a hering dog out here to help me herd my cattle. I got about 50 cows back here and they want me to get a dog so that I can run the cows with them." Well, we use low stress animal handling techniques here and these cows will follow me anywhere I go. Since I've gotten Tammy, I have not lost a calf to a predator. I've never lost a calf to a predator.