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Donkey King On ABC Hosted By Donkey Lifesaver And Rescuer Ron King · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: The reason why there's twenty different podcasts is simple. In radio,
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  Speaker 1: we're taught one thought per break. Why would I want
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  Speaker 1: aar r oe dot net. Enjoy your exploration. Hello and
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  Speaker 1: good morning. How are you doing, mister Ron King?
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  Speaker 2: I'm really great, how about you?
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  Speaker 1: Fantastic looking forward to sharing a conversation with you, because
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  Speaker 1: I am somebody who uses animal spirituality through animals speak
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  Speaker 1: as well as watching and studying animals, and of course
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  Speaker 1: I had to go and study the donkey. We're talking
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  Speaker 1: about volunteers. They give their time, physical energy, they listen
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  Speaker 1: and respect intuition, and they take their time. My god, Ron,
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  Speaker 1: this is you and you are in the right place
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  Speaker 1: at the right time with those donkeys.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: What is your personal connection or is it like what
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  Speaker 1: I was just going through? Is it a spiritual walk
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  Speaker 1: with something that you've been called too?
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  Speaker 2: It is completely. It's unlike anything I've ever experienced. I
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  Speaker 2: had never met a donkey. I had a midlife crisis.
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  Speaker 2: I saw a video that donkeys were in need, and
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  Speaker 2: I decided to change my whole life and rescue them.
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  Speaker 2: Turns out they're incredibly emotional creatures. So the part of
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  Speaker 2: the brain that processes emotion is called the limbic system,
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  Speaker 2: and a donkey's limbic system and the humans are the
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  Speaker 2: same size, and so they are emotional. They form very
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  Speaker 2: strong bonds with each other and with their human caregivers.
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  Speaker 2: My best friend is a donkey, and the you know,
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  Speaker 2: I love that you're leading with the their emotion and
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  Speaker 2: the connectivity because I believe that donkeys are fully capable
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  Speaker 2: of saying thank you to me. I think they know
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  Speaker 2: that I'm the one that saved them.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: And every day I feel I don't just give love,
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  Speaker 2: I feel the love. And that's the most incredible part
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  Speaker 2: of this job.
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  Speaker 1: Well, my connection with donkeys actually started back in Wyoming
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  Speaker 1: and my grandparents ranch and shared in Wyoming. The donkey
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  Speaker 1: was next to the pigs. And what what happen is
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  Speaker 1: I would go out there and throw that slop inside
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  Speaker 1: that trough and those donkeys would sit there looking at
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  Speaker 1: me going, uh, did you forget about me? And it's
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  Speaker 1: like with the conversation that you would have with just
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  Speaker 1: their eyes. Dude, their eyes.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, that's right. And they're so funny the way
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  Speaker 2: they were looking at you crazy thinking you forgot them.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's why on the TV show is so great,
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  Speaker 2: Like they make really good TV characters. Yes, they're loving
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  Speaker 2: and they're sweet and they're smart, but they're also really funny.
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  Speaker 2: Ours play with toys and get jealous and fight for
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  Speaker 2: your attention and at the moment they're all having breakfast,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, they are. They're incredible, and I'm so glad
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  Speaker 2: that you've experienced the donkey Well.
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  Speaker 1: I was going to talk to them about the way
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  Speaker 1: that they're gathering behind you, because you know, as much
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  Speaker 1: as you think they're focused on that, they're actually listening
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  Speaker 1: to you. I can tell by their body movement and
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  Speaker 1: the wagging of the tail that they are listening. They
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  Speaker 1: were green or they're going to go which one of
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  Speaker 1: us is going to be the first one that's going
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  Speaker 1: to say something in the middle of this conversation?
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  Speaker 2: That's exactly right, And I will give you a little
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  Speaker 2: tidbit about donkeys. Their eyes sit further back on their
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  Speaker 2: skull than the horse, and so a donkey has three
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  Speaker 2: sixty visions though when you're standing directly behind a donkey,
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  Speaker 2: which is why, as you can see, all these donkeys
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  Speaker 2: butts are pointed right at me. But I'm not nervous
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  Speaker 2: about being kicked because they can see me clearly. And
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  Speaker 2: so yeah, there's a little bit of trivia for you.
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  Speaker 1: So now, speaking of trivia, I've always believed inside my heart,
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  Speaker 1: and it's only because of that connection to Wyoming. I
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  Speaker 1: always thought that eor did damage to the to the
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  Speaker 1: donkey world, and I thought that that the Winnie the
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  Speaker 1: pool could have been a lot nicer to EO.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. Uh, I think you Grace heard you, and
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  Speaker 2: she decided to come over and say, Hi, there's also
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  Speaker 2: a cat right underneath my feet and donkeys cat look,
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  Speaker 2: So you are exactly right, I think you know. When
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  Speaker 2: I opened Ostar's Place, I wrote a business plan, I
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  Speaker 2: got financing and realized I had never met a donkey,
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  Speaker 2: and I was like, oh my god, what if I
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  Speaker 2: don't like them? And so I got three donkeys and
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  Speaker 2: the rest is history. Now we're four hundred and fifty
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  Speaker 2: donkeys in But somehow, one hundred years ago, some cartoon
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  Speaker 2: came out that said donkeys are stubborn, stupid and dangerous,
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  Speaker 2: and it just stuck and it's the exact opposite. They're
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  Speaker 2: not stubborn. Every time Grace got onto a trailer, something
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  Speaker 2: bad happened to her. She's not kidding on that trailer. Now,
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  Speaker 2: you tell me that that stubbornness or intelligence, And so
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  Speaker 2: they are intelligent, they're not dangerous. I've been kicked by
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  Speaker 2: one donkey out of four hundred and fifty over five years,
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  Speaker 2: and that's because I've picked up her baby. Yes, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: So the perception about them is completely wrong, and it's
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  Speaker 2: one of the number one goals us of Donkey King
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  Speaker 2: is to change that narrative and introduce people to their
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  Speaker 2: new favorite animals.
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  Speaker 1: Please don't move. There's more with don King coming up next.
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  Speaker 1: It's on ABC right now. Donkey King, your host is
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  Speaker 1: the one and only Ron King. You're gonna think I'm
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  Speaker 1: here crazy here Ron in the way that I believe
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  Speaker 1: that people who sacrifice their personal lives to help out animals,
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  Speaker 1: somewhere along that path, that animal is going to return
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  Speaker 1: the favor. And when you open your eyes and you
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  Speaker 1: see that you're going to understand that entire journey and
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  Speaker 1: what you put into it. And I think this is
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  Speaker 1: one of those as well, because they're there, They're gonna
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  Speaker 1: be there for you, and my god, they're great listeners,
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  Speaker 1: aren't they When you have one of those moments of doubt.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, that's right. So I my job. I've never
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  Speaker 2: worked this hard in my life, and I make the
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  Speaker 2: most difficult decisions that I've ever made in my life.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I am the one that decides when donkeys
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  Speaker 2: live or die, and I can't handle that like it's
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  Speaker 2: it's it's impossible. And so when I make those decisions,
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  Speaker 2: I immediately head out to Vajo, my personal donkey, my
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  Speaker 2: best friend, and I sit with him and he completely
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  Speaker 2: understands that I'm having a hard time, and he absorbs
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  Speaker 2: that from me and he nestles his nose on my
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  Speaker 2: shoulder and he helps me heal. And I couldn't do
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  Speaker 2: this job without him. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, So what are you personally learning from this journey,
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  Speaker 1: because now you you've extended everything with Donkey King on ABC.
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  Speaker 1: I mean in the way of bringing things together that
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  Speaker 1: that people have walked by a million times and haven't
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  Speaker 1: paid attention. But they are now because of you.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. So I wanted to introduce America to their
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  Speaker 2: new favorite and that was the whole point. I wanted
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  Speaker 2: to spread joy. The unintended benefit was that donkeys have
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  Speaker 2: become very unifying. So at a time in our country
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  Speaker 2: where people are very separated and angry for thirty minutes
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  Speaker 2: every Saturday morning, they are joyful and they are together.
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  Speaker 2: So we get a lot of feedback about restoring faith
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  Speaker 2: in humanity and unifying families across America. And that isn't
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  Speaker 2: why we did it, and I'm really happy to do that.
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  Speaker 2: The other thing is if you crash out in the
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  Speaker 2: middle of your life and you don't see a path forward,
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  Speaker 2: if you just hold on, brand new chapters are there
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  Speaker 2: for you. I had to get out of my own way,
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  Speaker 2: and this is not what I thought was going to happen.
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  Speaker 2: I'm the happiest I've ever been, and so what seems
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  Speaker 2: like a constellation prize is the main prize, and I
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  Speaker 2: couldn't be happier. I'm glad I lived my prior life.
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  Speaker 2: I don't regret it at all, but that was full
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  Speaker 2: of enjoyment and this life is full of joy.
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  Speaker 1: My grandpa Bullard, who lived up in Lockwood, Montana, used
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  Speaker 1: to have donkeys as well as mules, and oh my god,
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  Speaker 1: you get both of those together. And he used to
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  Speaker 1: tell me all the time, that's jazz. Let the jazz happen.
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  Speaker 1: Just listen to it. You know what I'm talking about,
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  Speaker 1: don't you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they are very vocal. Yes. I often joke that
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  Speaker 2: once you learned to speak donkey, you have to learn
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  Speaker 2: their language. So we meet donkeys where they are and
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  Speaker 2: we speak to donkeys in their language. But once you
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  Speaker 2: learn donkey, they're very good communicators. Usually it's about food
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  Speaker 2: or sex. That's usually what they're talking about. But they're
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  Speaker 2: loud and they tell you what they want.
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  Speaker 1: Was I wrong as a kid for denying the fact
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  Speaker 1: that I would not ride a donkey because everybody they
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  Speaker 1: always wanted to treat them like a horse, and I
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  Speaker 1: kept saying, that's not a horse. Don't treat that donkey
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  Speaker 1: like a hoss.
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  Speaker 2: Well, first of all, donkeys are not horses, so they
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  Speaker 2: are completely different animals on the inside. Even had their
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  Speaker 2: body temperatures run different, their blood work runs different. So
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  Speaker 2: everything in equine medicine is geared towards a horse, and
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  Speaker 2: it's real problem, really problematic for the donkey. Are you
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  Speaker 2: wrong to not ride them? I don't think so. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not sure horses want to be ridden. Our donkeys are pets.
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  Speaker 2: We adopt out a lot of donkeys to very carefully
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  Speaker 2: screened foret of he homes, but we only adopt out
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  Speaker 2: donkeys as pets.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, I gotta tell you the donkey running through the house,
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't have kicked her out. She would have stayed
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  Speaker 1: right there with me. We would have been binge watching
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  Speaker 1: some TV. We would have been doing something together because
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  Speaker 1: I'll bet you some donkey cuddling is what everybody needs.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I cuddle donkeys every day. So even though
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  Speaker 2: I used to wear Gucci suits and at ten fashion shows,
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  Speaker 2: you can see me on the ground in the dirt,
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  Speaker 2: spooning with a donkey every single day.
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  Speaker 1: I love where your heart is. Where can people go
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  Speaker 1: to find out more about you and I I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: that there's a way where you can help raise some
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  Speaker 1: funds and stuff. I want them to be able to
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  Speaker 1: do that because you are on the right path.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. If you go to donkey king dot com
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  Speaker 2: every episode that's premiered on ABC. Is there so you
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  Speaker 2: can watch any episode that you've missed, and then all
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  Speaker 2: the information you can explore all around donkey king dot com.
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  Speaker 2: How to support us, how to help, how to sponsor
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  Speaker 2: a donkey, how to visit everything is there.
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  Speaker 1: Please come back to this show anytime in the future.
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  Speaker 1: The door is always going to be open for you,
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  Speaker 1: mister ron King.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you Ero. It was really nice to meet too.
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  Speaker 1: Will you be brilliant today?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, thank you you too.