Comments by "Bo McGillacutty" (@Mrbfgray) on "" video.

  1. Exactly my thought...productive appropriate reaction. This is a many thousand yr old solution.
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  2. Can be great pets too, creative, entertaining and protective of ppl too.
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  3.  @willgaukler8979  Burros are one of the smartest animals you'll ever come across. They have a reputation for "stubbornness" which is another form of intelligence, they will not willfully follow a person who doesn't know how to handle them or who they don't respect. That too is SMART.
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  4.  @duxdawg  Good question--here's a post from below on topic: We have 4 donks and a Spanish mule on 70 acres. Before: coyotes..cougar….wild boar…..rattle snakes…..roving dogs….deer.. Now: Just 4 donks, a Spanish mule….and grateful deer
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  5. They are clever enough to feign fear to get canines to cross a fence then go after 'em.
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  6. For thousands of yrs no doubt.
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  7. Grew up with burros and coyotes of course but not wolves, reading the comments here--consensus is they will indeed take on wolves effectively. Ours would toy with the wolf sized police dog, German Shepard from down the street when it came into his pasture, absolutely zero fear tho donk would feign fear to get a dog to come thru the fence, then it was game on. I'd imagine a pack of wolves might require a few donkeys but leave that to those who have such experience.
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  8.  @PoisonShot20  You can also leave a donkey in, say a corn field, anywhere there is excess food available, the donkey will eat until it's fat where a horse will founder and die.
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  9.  @PoisonShot20  English is probably your 5th language and you wouldn't want to see my "Portuguese" :D As long as communication is happening is all that matters. I spent a week or so in Portugal once, great memories. Especially awed by the castles there and in Spain, Eifel bridge and elevator....lifestyle in general. Drivers were crazy on the moderately congested country roads tho.
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  10. Wild burros in Nevada will run out all the cyotes as soon as the donks move into a new canyon or area.
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  11. According to posters here--YES. "A donkey will kick the living snot out of a wolf and they are not scared of wolves. i have seen them used as guard animals for cows, sheep and other livestock"
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  12. Nowhere did anyone here suggest the wolf had to go, just that burros keep them from taking livestock which they do very effectively.
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  13.  @wildlyunrulyadventures3942  A big pc of my "soul" is in the remote Sierra's, it's the natural climate and landscape that keeps me in (farther) NorCali despite our atrocious political condition. A wilderness experience to ME is minimal exposure to anyone outside my own small group...I feel imposed on if there is another campsite across the lake, lol.
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  14. Interesting and exactly opposite of most every other post in this thread.
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  15.  @stuglenn1112  MANY here in the comments claim significant experience with compelling results. My only long held 1st hand knowledge is burros will absolutely take out roving dogs and cyotes.
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  16. No doubt they have had this role with humans for multiple millennial. Based on comments here they indeed are very effective with wolves as well tho I'd guess it may take more than one donk to take on a wolf pack.
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  17. I can relate to the disappearing act in terms of cougars, aka. mountain lions, had one vanish into vast open landscape where there was NO cover, no place to hide. There then GONE.
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  18.  @DavidLS1  Lol. Just a little extra wisdom and respect for those large cats that I always assumed were watching me everywhere I've gone in certain wilderness areas, tho I'd 'never' see more than a footprint in the mud near a stream say.
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  19.  @PoisonShot20  Interesting. But surely you are referring to mules , cross between donkey and horse, not a "burro" as we use interchangeably in the US. (not sure if I understood correctly, I took "can breed" as can't breed)
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  20. It will work. This has been a role for burros for thousands of yrs no doubt.
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  21.  @wildlyunrulyadventures3942  Was raised with a couple from 3 yrs old. We took them backpacking for up to 2 wks in high Sierras. They'd (one really as the other died young, replaced with a pony) HE'd guard camp, stand on a high point to make sure everyone was coming back from fishing at dusk. We'd leave him in a meadow for a day excursion from camp thru rocky talus slopes he couldn't do, come back late, never any problems. Taught them to wade across creeks on their own as we found a log to cross. Also mischievous, we had an aluminum camping pot with big teeth gouges in the lid as he bit into side to access and consume dried apricots we were soaking overnight, emptied the pot. Something was missing from our breakfast. LOL.
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  22.  @stuglenn1112  HA! Scan this comment section.
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  23.  @stuglenn1112  That's fine, you just happen to be in a very small minority as best I can tell, many are using them with excellent results. Differing personalities is a great point.
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  24. I doubt they are more effective than burros.
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  25.  @markh9653  You'd think but it's not what I'm hearing.
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  26. Must be that they have been essential in these roles for many thousands of yrs.
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  27. We had them as pets and I interacted with 'em since 4 yrs old, enter the pasture anytime for any reason, never the slightest problem other than maybe an attempt to escape when the gate was open. But wild or less tame donks might be different.
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  28. This solution has to be as old as the burro/human relationship, thousands of yrs, great companions too with two independently amiable "radars", those big ears are serious early warning instruments. Coming home from school as a kid I would see one of those ears rotate to our direction from WAY up the road just from our footsteps on the pavement.
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  29. Never heard that before, it's always the other way around.
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  30. Has to be many thousands of yrs old role for them, certainly not new.
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