Vodka and Aimee Shelter In Their New Rugs

The two donkey girls were shy and hid in the field shelter. It's amazing how many donkeys can fit in a small field shelter - four!

Leo a Picture in Pink

His first day wearing his rug, which is now suitably coated in mud!

Tintin Shows Off His New Wardrobe

The elegant donkey about town, Tintin has been equipped for the winter.

Here he is in a matching brown ensemble.

Tintin in Camoflage

There really are some daft pictures of donkeys which should remain private....Tintin looking very foolish and even Vodka has to join in with her silly midge fighting outfit.

Leo in Training

As part of his training, Leo has to get used to all sorts of odd things - here he is meeting a fly mask for the first time! He isn't that worried by things, it is more people.

Considering how hard it was to get a head collar on him at first, he has made huge progress. He can now wear a rug without any problems and when he managed to cut his leg, he had an iodine spray whooshed at the poor wounded paw. He is now beginning to live up to his name of Leo the Lionheart.

Leo Relaxes

After a lot of handling, Leo was allowed back out into the field. He now leads to the field and back every day, and is usually fine to catch. He still has his days of worrying about things but generally he doesn't panic much now, and even when he does, he will work out how to get over it.

This is an enormous improvement on the terrified little lad whose only response to everything was to high tail it as far away as possible.

Leo Poses as Roger Daltry

Once Leo decided that while in the past people had fully intended to kill him, there was no longer clear and imminent danger, and he began to make friends with us.

One of our first tasks was to tackle his magnificent mane which is truly spectacular.

At this point he was still not trustworthy enough to be allowed out, but he was becoming more trusting, allowing a head collar to be put on without it taking half a day, and enjoying being groomed and having his feet picked up.