Destiny & Dusty

Dusty: DOB 10-18-2007 / Gotcha April, 2021
Destiny: DOB 9-2-2015 / Gotcha August, 2021

Dusty, the Grand Dame of SOS Donkey Haven. She also has the honor of being the great grandmother of famous Walter, the Mayor of Oatman and the grandmother of Nadine. Dusty came to live out her furever life at SOS in April 2021 after she began to founder or show evidence of laminitis. She was severely overweight and could barely walk. Thankfully, BLM {Bureau of Land Management} saw how unhealthy she was and pulled her from the herd. They asked us at SOS to take her and we were blessed to have her.

Dusty was put on a special diet and has lost over 200 pounds, amazingly!! Way to go Dusty! She is now sexy and svelte and runs and plays with her daughter Destiny, who was also pulled from Oatman and brought to SOS to live out her days. Every morning when the sun comes up, Dusty sings for her breakfast. The longer it takes to feed her, the louder she gets.

Destiny, Dusty’s daughter and Nadine’s mother, also joined us in August, 2021 after she was pulled from Oatman due to founder / laminitis. Prior to her leaving Oatman, Destiny was rather clumsy or accident-prone. She cut her right eyelid on the General Store screen door and fell into a septic tank and had to be pulled out. Once she came to SOS, she cut her leg open on the fencing.

She has since learned to stay away from things that hurt her and concentrates on eating healthy, with that same special diet and running and playing along with Dusty and the rest of the girls. Dusty and Destiny enjoy being corral-mates. They eat together, play together and graze together. As we have found, the donkey doesn’t fall very far from the mountain.