I just had a very bad experience in this rescue. At the beginning they are very nice, and lure you into coming in and seeing the donkeys, but you have to pay them, or what they call "donate" $100 before doing this. I didn't mind because I thought this was a serious place. I had several conversations with the owner after I went. I had already been approved to adopt a full size donkey. I decided on a mini donkey, but the girl I chose came in a set of three. the maximum I wanted was two, but they said they couldn't separate them. they continued working with me, but during that time the person who had been taking care of me was fired, and it was hard for them to return your call. they continued to give me excuses on change of personnel, and always blaming everything on the fired employee. during that period of time I caught the manager telling me a few lies, and I duped not appreciate that. He referred me to the new person who was replacing the other lady, and said marvelous things about her. He explained how knowledgeable she was on equine, the years of experience handling equine, etc.... When I finally came in last week, this girl met me at the front. we went to the office, and this is how disorganized they are, had me fill out another release and wanted me to fill out the adoption application. there was another girl there too, who was in charge of fundraising. I had to show them proof that I had already been approved for the donkeys. Before the first one got let go, she had spoken to the woman in charge of the adoptions, and explained that I wanted a mini, and she had agreed to it. We went around, so I could choose again, and I took them to the front pasture and showed them the 3 mini donkeys that I was interested on. The new girl wouldn't say a word, and that's when I noticed that she didn't know much about equine. I was asking questions, and the other one was responding, most of the time with things that didn't even make sense. but I would just follow along. i left and told them I would call them back after I asked my husband about getting the three girls, since we did not want so many. He said yes, and when I told them they started giving me excuses not to let me adopt them. First they said that I was only approved for one full size donkey. These three girls made one full size donkey if you put them on top of each other. Then they said I had to provide one acre for each donkey. This is not true, because for starters they don't provide one acre per donkey. So they have a rule that they don't follow themselves? They warn you about donkeys loving to eat trees. I asked why was that, and they said that the bark is sweet to them. Well, wrong. Donkeys eat tree out of malnutrition, and lack of vitamins and minerals, or out of boredom. I asked about their eating habits. They said they fed them just hay, and once a month they prepared a mash of oatmeal and she was very excited to mention they included Sand Clear, to prevent sand colic. I made sure to ask again, and she confirmed it's done 1 day out of the month. Well, they are wasting the sand clear product miserably. I give that to my horses too, but it needs to be given every month for seven consecutive days. And just like that, they pretend to know what they are doing and saying, but they really don't. They charge $750 for each mini donkey, and I was willing to pay for the three, even though I only wanted one, or two. The new girl came back to me and told me "the bosses said that the minis are a no go.". Now, how unprofessional is that? And then they offer me two of the bigger minis, but they were males. Basically they lure you in, let you bond with they donkeys you want, and then try to make you adopt the ones they want. They had mentioned that most of the donkeys there are males, and I guess that's why they rather have people adopt males. I wouldn't have minded, except for the fact that I have two mares and a gelding, and I don't think bringing other males would've been a good idea. I made it very clear to them. Just be careful adopting from this place. They are not as poor as you think they are. They made me bring a 20LB bag of snacks or carrots the first two times I came. I've read other reviews where people were given a bucket of carrots to pass around the donkeys. How does that make sense? They are very inconsistent, unprofessional, not as knowledgeable as they say they are, and are just get you excited to then drop you. I had already heard stories about them at the little convenience store here in Waller, but I usually judge for myself. I am completely disappointed on this place, and I wish I would've listen to others. I finally turned them down and told them I would not be adopting from them. read more