Meet Dougie, the three-year-old miniature donkey who thinks he's a dog.
The pet lives with his owners Cal and Tom Stockbridge in Pickering, Yorkshire, where he has run of the house and goes for walks.
The animal loves company, is often found in writer Tom's office while he works - and bizarrely, also loves watching tennis.
Cal, 53, who runs a theatre company, said: 'He acts more like a dog than a donkey, he loves attention from people.
'Dougie was raised with a lot of human contact so when we got him aged eight months old we wanted to maintain that.
'All our animals have run of the house and we wouldn't have wanted Dougie to be any different.'
Cal first got Dougie as a present for her 50th birthday, having visited a friend who had a donkey.
When he was eight months old she brought him home to their small holding which is surrounded by 250 acres of Wildlife Trust land.
Cal added: 'We are like pretend farmers. We have lots of animals, but it's not a working farm. Dougie was put into the wildflower meadow at the bottom of our garden with a little shed for shelter.
'We have French windows that open out into the garden and before long Dougie found his way into the house.'
Dougie quickly made friends with the other animals, including Griff, Cal's seven-year-old Irish wolfhound, who is the same size as the donkey.
She said: 'We take Dougie for walks with Griff and he gets very cross if he sees us going and we don't take him with us.
'Griff gets a bit jealous of Dougie because he doesn't like to share me.'
The little donkey does get up to mischief, often holding lady's skirts or cardigans firmly in his mouth.
Cal said: 'He doesn't chew or rip their clothes, he will just stand very close to them and not let go.
'It doesn't faze my friends, they are used to me having so many animals around.
'Dougie never steals food though, not like the pigs who sometimes come in the house.
'If there is an apple or carrot on the side he won't be interested, he's just looking for his daily dose of affection - usually a scratch and a tickle.'
Cal has some advice for anyone who may be considering getting a miniature donkey of their own.
She said: 'They make incredible pets, they all have their own personalities and they're very affectionate but donkeys need shelter, grazing and company so you need to do your research - especially as they can live well into their forties.'
