Meet Jenny

Notes: Jennie was adopted through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). She is one of our Ambassadors and is important to our Education Program. Jennie was extremely frightened when she first arrived. It is a difficult ordeal for these young equines to endure. It was several months before we could get close enough to touch her.

It takes patience for her to warm up to you, but once she does, she is very loving. She will follow you around and want to be close to you. She was able to maintain good hoof care naturally, until she foundered. With consistent efforts, the farrier is able to trim all of her hooves. Burros are very different from horses. My understanding is that they actually have the capability of reasoning, and horses do not.

This is sometimes why they can be difficult to train. The basic handling methods we use for horses will not necessarily work for burros. She is generally not too frightened of the other horses.