On Donkey Time

aSo Donkeah is finally being started under saddle. He is 6 this year and old enough. He seems to be handling it well although he is not sure about what to do at this point. Time for learning. I hope he will become a nice riding donkey in the future. Donkeys are definitely different than horses. They react differently and they take more time to think about things. They are very self preserving and humans can become very frustrated with the amount of time they take. That is why people call donkeys stubborn because they wait so long to move when they are worried about something. Lots of confidence is needed on their part to become good riding or pack animals. Donkeys seem to see life though a different set of glasses. A dark spot on the cement may look to them like a giant hole to nowhere and they need time to figure it out. Guess thats why people say they do things "On Donkey Time". 

Donkeahs first ride with Pearl