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[RC] Attack "Donkeys"? - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Pat Murray murrayp@xxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== We may not have bear where we live (eastern Oregon), but last Saturday a friend and I were out riding in the BLM hills near Vale, Oregon. During the spring they run huge herds of sheep in that area. In the past they used "sheep dogs" but lately they have been switching over to "attack donkeys" (I believe they are really mules???). Usually whenever we see a sheep herders camp or sheep we turn and head the opposite way to avoid any encounter or upset. Last Saturday we did just that...we saw the "donkeys" and horses...about 8 of them about 2 miles from us on another hill. We turned to avoid them. Evidently they saw and or smelled us but literally chased us down (several miles)...circling my friend who was holding both horses, as I had run to get the horse trailer to GET OUT OF THERE! Thankfully in attempting to avoid them we had headed to the main road. Just before the "donkeys" got there (they had ran down this road about 2 miles to get to her/our horses) a local "hero" stopped and help hold them off until I got there with the trailor. Shortly after the sheepherder showed up and did get them under control and turned around. Before the man (our hero) stopped, Patty was acutally considering letting the horses lose as we knew it was the horses they were after...not us - and with 8 of them, our horses would be better off lose. I'll take the dogs any day over the "donkeys"...this was very frightening, potentially dangerous and the animals were totally under no ones control and aggressive. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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