- Do you get along with donkeys? ➶
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A recent question from one of Monty Roberts’ weekly questions and answers mailing list:
Questioner:
I was at your first demo at Stoneleigh many years ago, and have so much en-joyed your books, and demos ever since, I wear your baseball hat walking with my dog and playing with my horses. It has all been the most wonderful journey with you, MANY, MANY, THANKS, from me and my fantastic horses, and all the other horses that have benefited from your life’s work. My question is can you do Join-Up with donkeys?
Monty Roberts:
Thank you for your kind words. I have done Join-Up with donkeys before. They are so intelligent that they are extremely difficult, but once a donkey has joined up with you, he is a friend for life, if treated fairly. Often people act out with laughter and/or aggressive moves thinking they’re having fun with a donkey when, in actual fact, it is offensive to the animal.
I am a great fan of donkeys and mules. They have incredible minds that exceed virtually all of our horses. My position is that donkeys are more intelligent than horses, especially in the areas of self-preservation. They have less of a flight mechanism and usually assess first where horses will flee and then assess. They have a reputation for being stubborn, but I have always taken the position that they are smarter than the people who are trying to make them do something.
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