The dog that ate my donkey

“The Guardiam Team” by Cat Urbigkit is a children's book with a seemingly unbelievable plot, set on a ranch in Wyoming. Rena is an over-sized dog of a breed known as Great Pyrenees (or Pyr for short). The dog looks photo-shopped! Roo is a burro, a wild donkey. The U.S. wildlife service apparently catches burros (there are too many of them), and gives them away to ranchers. Together, Rena and Roo (a dog and a donkey, remember?) are supposed to guard and protect the ranchers' sheep?! This year's hard-to-believe award, or what?

However, it seems that the scenario is true. Yes, Pyrs really do exist. I've actually seen one…right outside one of Stockholm's largest shopping malls! That's a long way from the plains of Big Wyoming. I wasn't the only one to stop and stare… I never seen a burro, but this particular kind of donkey is sometimes used as a livestock guardian. If Big Doggy and Cowboy Donkey can cooperate, I don't know, but the colour photos in the book looks genuine enough. Of course, their guardian instincts don't always work properly, as when they try to stop a ram from approaching the sheep! LOL.

OK, four stars. ;-)