Donkeys: my new love.

This is Scotty, who lives at the farm we just visited.
My kid and Scotty fell in love.   The two most gentle creatures I know found each other and hung out for the weekend, the one feeding the other carrots.

Here, Scotty has grown his winter coat.  You could barely see his crucifix-pattern on his back because of all the fluff.

Here's a paragraph on donkeys from wikipedia:

Behaviour

Donkeys have a notorious reputation for stubbornness, but this has been attributed to a much stronger sense of "self preservation" than exhibited by horses.^[18] Likely based on a stronger prey instinct and a weaker connection with man, it is considerably more difficult to force or frighten a donkey into doing something it perceives to be dangerous for whatever reason. Once a person has earned their confidence they can be willing and companionable partners and very dependable in work.^{[citation needed]}

Although formal studies of their behaviour and cognition are rather limited, donkeys appear to be quite intelligent, cautious, friendly, playful, and eager to learn.

----  Scotty is extremely friendly and playful.  Likes to hang around the sheep, sometimes comes to visit the pigs.