Helping You be Successful with Donkeys
Buying a Donkey Harness can be complicated! There are different styles of harnesses and donkeys can be hard to fit. Donkey harnesses have been a focus for me over the last couple of years. I got my start driving with mini horses. I had been thrown from a horse and had some lingering injuries that … Read more
This Driving donkey training tip applies to all training really! We should always be aware of our donkeys moods and be cautious if we haven’t been working our donkeys consistently. Jeb, Love him SO much!! But he presented me with a challenge before I hooked up to his viceroy the other day.. Teaching an advanced … Read more
I hope you can see throughout the following videos I’ve provided of Rocketman’s journey that driving a donkey is not a hard thing to accomplish. It’s something anyone can do as long as you have these 5 things to get started: Time to devote. Money to invest in equipment. Space to practice. A non-reactive friendly … Read more
Training a driving donkey yourself isn’t that hard. I struggled for a couple of years with thinking I couldn’t do it and finally jumped in. How? That part wasn’t easy. There are no donkey trainers here so I pieced my program for training driving donkeys together from multiple sources from the internet and advice from … Read more
If you are going to train donkeys you will need tack. Tack care and the ability to recondition tack will become important because tack is expensive! One of the best ways to stay on budget? Buy used tack and equipment! Even if you have to restore the leather tack or make some repairs its worth … Read more