Athletes Show Off Their PetsFrom a football player and his ferrets to a skier with his donkeys, athletes love their animals on the side

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Updated: Wednesday May 26, 2010 | 07:45 AM EDT

PATRICK DENEEN

When freestyle skier Patrick Deneen isn't careening down a moguls course, he's living it up on his horse-and-hay farm with miniature donkeys, a donkey named Mr. Don Key, 26 horses and just for good measure, a few dogs.