Our Mission: Northeast Tri County Health District works with other entities to assess, protect, preserve and promote the health of the tri-county area and established local policy relating to populations based services in Ferry, Pend Oreille and Stevens Counties.
They use these senses to detect intruders. They bray, bare their teeth, chase, and attempt to kick and bite dogs and coyotes. Some donkeys will also chase deer, bears, strange livestock, humans and other intruders in a similar fashion. Donkeys do not intentionally patrol the pasture looking for intruders.
Yet another form of protecting sheep from predation involves the use of guard donkeys. Many ranchers and producers in Canada, as well as the U.S. and Australia, have used these animals as a guardian from dogs, coyotes and wolves.Donkeys serve as good guardians from these predators as they severely dislike dog-like creatures. They will chase, bray at, and severely beat a predator with their front legs. guard donkey can eat most of what the flock eats, but cannot be allowed free access to grain as it could lead to acidosis-donkeys are prone to overeating. Also, monensin products cannot be fed to the donkey as it can be very toxic and usually fatal to the donkey.