tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837810398681671703.post4461427176711819273..comments2023-07-13T04:21:29.164-07:00Comments on Fearless Riding: Donkey vs HorseBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08527462761708705266noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837810398681671703.post-70734351005113417542010-04-21T16:49:24.540-07:002010-04-21T16:49:24.540-07:00I figured out quit that donkeys aren't waterpr...I figured out quit that donkeys aren't waterproof this past winter lol! Poor Zep was miserable before we got the barn. He's happy now. I just wish he would let me touch him so I could groom him. That winter coat looks so ugly. :) Great post!Achieve1dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837810398681671703.post-78766376196739161782010-04-09T05:48:58.757-07:002010-04-09T05:48:58.757-07:00That is true Sydney, but the instinct to move into...That is true Sydney, but the instinct to move into pressure is much stronger in the donkey. Horse will move away eventually, a donkey won't. If you slapped that foal, most likely it would move away. You would actually have to push the donkey hard enough to physically move him yourself. Teaching a donkey to give to pressure is a much more difficult process. They can learn, but it takes some thinking outside the box. Think of that difficult horse that really is resistant to moving a way from pressure in multiply it ten fold and you have a donkey.<br />Pressure from the crack of a whip or quick movement is not going to give you the same response, the horse will rush off. If the donkey will move it will only be for a short distance and then he will turn a look to see if it really is a dangerous situation.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08527462761708705266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837810398681671703.post-27242920768159921512010-04-08T19:25:24.962-07:002010-04-08T19:25:24.962-07:00Lovely insight on the two. Horses however are born...Lovely insight on the two. Horses however are born wanting to lean into pressure. It is us humans that change that. Take a young foal with little human contact. If you poke the foal in the ribs he is going to lean into the pressure until you give him a reason to be uncomfortable and move, like wiggling your finger. Only once they have learned that pressure is to be moved away from do they become the horses we know.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523660446608394720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837810398681671703.post-9718959611078050492010-04-08T17:09:23.650-07:002010-04-08T17:09:23.650-07:00Very interesting to hear about the differences bet...Very interesting to hear about the differences between horses and donkeys - I didn't know these things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com