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Working Donkey

Pulling, carrying or riding, donkeys used for transport. Nowadays, the donkey is more and more use for teckking: he carries sadleback. Because he is smart and calm, Poitou donkey is a good choice.

Education :

• Carrying saddleback
  The donkey has to learn to cary saddlepack on his back and to walk together with man.
  
  
  
  
• Pulling
  The eduction usally begin by accustom donkey to harness, then pulling something lighty heavy (often a tyre)
  
  
  
  Donkey can carry light piece of wood, light plough,...
  
  
• Pulling a carriage
  Then, donkey learns to pull a light carriage
  
  
  
  and to to modulate various paces pulling the carriage.
  
  
  
  Carriages have to be very light.
  
  
  
  Main difficulties are fixed unknown obstacles like grids, gates ,...
  
  
  
  And mobiles: dogs, trucks,....
  
  
  
  In anycase, the donkey has to be very handy and to obey to voice .
  
  
  

Competition

Every years in France, there are many working donkey competition with the three tests