Friday Dose of Cute: A Man and His Dog. . .

And his donkeys

When we have animals grazing in Donkeyland, which is located about a quarter mile up the rocky, meandering wet weather creek bed, we have to haul water to them.

How do we do that? We slide a (relatively) lightweight 250 gallon poly water tank onto the bed of the old tan truck, toss in a scoop of food grade diatomaceous earth to keep algae from growing in it, then use a submersible pump in the spring box and a firefighter-like hose to blast water into it and, within just a couple of minutes, fill it up. (You can read about the many other ways we use diatomaceous earth around the farm and garden, including as a natural wormer and wellness supplement for the animals, here.)

Once the tank is full, we slowly bump our way out to the 100-gallon Rubbermaid stock tanks sitting at the edge of the field (one of which we fill with cold water in summer and use as a refreshing backyard pool).

Next to the two tanks are a 5-gallon bucket and a shallow 15-gallon trough filled with water for the sheep and baby donkeys, though some of the taller sheep prefer to strain their necks up and drink out of the big tanks when they're full.

Everybody knows that filling these tanks is a hands-free operation.

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You can see more of the man here.

More of the dog here (and how she came to live with us here).

And more of the donkeys here and here and here. Baby donkeys are here.

© FarmgirlFare.com, the beck and call foodie farm blog where we don't always feel like we're slaves to quadrupeds—just most some of the time. And Joe would argue that these are all my animals, not his. Thank goodness they're so cute!