Dr. Faith Burden

And people do use that trait for human benefit.

So you will see guard donkeys.

So guard donkeys are often used in America, also in Australia and other parts of the world where they're kept with flocks of sheep or goats and they protect them against wolves and coyotes and predators.

And that trait then becomes valuable to humans.

Great question.

Donkeys love to play.

Big dog toys can often be quite popular.

They also really love rubber items.

So things like a bucket made out of old tyre rubber that's designed to have feed in it for the donkeys.

Very often that's their favourite toy.

Tug of War is a very common game with

particularly boy donkeys, two boy donkeys.

They like balls, so old footballs can be very popular.

They really like grabbing good, solid, safe items, throwing them around.

They also will very often steal grooming brushes to play with and ropes and things like that.

So basically anything that's big enough to get in their mouth, but safe.

And they can also enjoy enrichment.

So we might provide our donkeys with safe branches from trees or, you know, items that we've smeared, something that smells really good.

So they like quite strong tasting and strong smelling things.

So actually a lot of the items that you've got around your barn or your yard are pretty good play items.