For some reason, my H has been really wanting a donkey. I have mentioned before that we are moving to a 9 acre lot. Well that's happening within a few weeks. My aunt, who's property borders ours, has a donkey and H has just been gaga over it. We stayed over on our property in our fifth wheel last weekend and at about 2:00am we heard him do his EEE-AWW thing. We were already awake because we couldn't sleep so it wasn't like it woke us up. He thought that was the cutest thing. I did to of course. I found a donkey that someone is selling that is relatively close by and I sent H a pic and he said he wanted it. I'm pretty stoked about it. Oh, and it's a miniature donkey, not the regular kind. That makes me squee even more.
So, what do you do with him? Would he just be a pet and graze on the property, or would he do something else (are you on a farm and he'd do some farm work, for example)?
I don't know about names. Whatever his previous name will likely stick. He will just be a lawn ornament. I have told my H and other family members that any animals that end up on our property will be pets and will be loved. My FIL suggested at one point we have cattle and raise them for slaughter. Yes it would make us some money but the thought of it icks me out.