lonestar, I love the idea of a pipe smoking donkey. I'm always impressed by the sociability of these animals. The several I've met in the U.S., U.K., and France are always extremely convivial, to the extent that my late wife said it was alienation of affection after just a few minutes of meeting over a fence. I hear that some people keep donkeys in the pasture with calves, sheep, etc., because they patrol against coyotes. Donkeys have a lethal kick.