I’ll never quite grasp the relationship between Red and the donkeys. At first they thought he was a coyote and tried to stomp him, now he sits underneath their legs and works all around them. This morning, there was a very funny standoff by the Pole Barn, Red was holding the sheep and the donkeys were coming out to see Maria and me and collect their morning carrots and apples.

The donkeys wanted to walk where Red was and Red as usual was obsessively and professionally focused on the sheep. The donkeys – Simon and Lulu – lowered their heads and tried to nudge Red off of the path, but he wouldn’t budge and they wouldn’t move around him. Donkeys are quite willful and stubborn and Red cannot be distracted from his work. Even with two donkeys nosing him, he did not move an inch.  After three or four minutes, Lulu went around him on one side and Simon on the other, both giving him withering glances.

Red does not notice such things, nothing much comes between him and his work, I think he would sit in place even if they walked right over him. This round to Red.