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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Well, you'll probably want to sit down when you find out the cost of gelding 
<g>  Would I do it at his age?  Well, that would depend on him and how good 
your vet is.  I sure wouldn't use a vet that uses the paralitic drugs 
instead of actually knocking him out.  At his age he might have a heart 
attack.

Lynda
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>



> Ok, so leaving Jack intact is an option that might produce a mule or
> another donkey in the future should I find the right person to trade
> with.  OTOH, he could be aggressive to baby animals that he is supposed
> to guard.
>
> At 28, is he too old to castrate-health problems with gelding at this
> age?- and would anyone really advise this over the possibility of
> getting a mule out of him?
>
> My friend has dogs.  One of her dogs is a rat terrier, the others are
> labs( one just died so now there is only one lab)  Dixie, the rat
> terrier, is always around Jack, and Jack ignores her as if she wasn't
> there.  Like I say, I have only seen Jack react when he was being picked
> on by the horses.
>
> I really wouldn't want to geld him, but I suppose I may have to do so.
> Marie has weighed in with this and agrees with the experts that you
> should not use an intact donkey as a guardian, but I still hold out hope
> that I would not need to cut him, so I'd really like to hear from
> everyone on this...
> BTW, just so I don't pass out, about how much does it cost to cut a 
> donkey?
>
> Just so everyone knows, I am seriously putting the cart before the
> donkey here...Jack belongs to my friend and we haven't discussed his
> ownership recently. I've just fallen in love with him and now that I am
> learning more about them, the fit is getting better.