Birth of baby donkey foal, Little Howie and the first moments and first week of his life

From the first moment Howie was born, he was such a strong foal and full of character!
I always like our foals to earn their names, something fitting and special.

Well after almost 8 years in our accommodation business, one guest in particular made a lasting impression.

Howard.
He had wanted to spend time with donkeys from the first time he saw a donkey at the sea side, in England, when he was 7 years old!

He finally got his wish, when he was 94 years old and his family brought him to stay for a weekend.
Howard was delighted and our resident jack brought a tear to my eyes, as he bestowed the respect and hierarchy to Howard and lowered his head to him in a most humbling way.


During Covid lockdowns, Howard had a fall and injured his hip. Whilst he was making amazing progress, he was feeling quite down.

One of his daughters called me, to see if there was a time they could bring him back to visit, hoping it might cheer him up.

So at 96 years of age, Howard arrived and couldn’t wait to walk down the hill, walker in tow, to see his beloved donkeys!

To make it even more special, we had a foal at the time, baby Solomon!


So when this strong, new foal was born, we thought it a most appropriate name, to call him Howard, or Howie for short, just like our favourite guest, who we see as courageous and strong.

Of course we asked Howard’s permission first and he was honoured.

So as Melbourne is still in lockdown, I wanted to make this video, for Howard to see his namesake during his first week of life.

( If you watch the counter going up on the number of views, I’ll bet a few of them will be Howard ☺️)

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