The Healthy Donkey

by Sarah Fisher, Trudy Affleck

Overview

The Healthy Donkey provides a fascinating background to the history of this iconic animal and introduces potential owners to everything they need to know about donkey guardianship, with useful information about diet, bedding and grooming. Those already familiar with donkeys will also find invaluable information about addressing behavioural issues using patience, kindness and bodywork using the Tellington TTouch techniques - a non-invasive system of touch and massage designed to bring about calmness, trust and confidence. Case studies show how these techniques can be used to address a variety of problems. Topics covered include: The history of the donkey. Anatomy, physiology and conformation. Connecting with nervous and novice donkeys. Introducing bodywork. Tellington TTouch and Connected Riding.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785001710
Publisher:	Crowood Press, The
Publication date:	08/11/2016
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Sarah Fisher runs the TTouch UK Centre from her farm near Bath and teaches around the UK and abroad for rehoming centre staff, welfare organizations and animal care givers. She has been involved with horses since the age of four and a passionate admirer of donkeys since her childhood. She is a regular guest on a variety of radio and television programmes and writes for national and international publications. She is co-author of The Difficult Horse (Crowood). Trudy Affleck is a TTouch Practitioner who specializes in working with donkeys and provides advice and training for donkey owners. She has five donkeys, with which she regularly competes in driving at shows across the South of England, and has written articles on donkey driving in various driving magazines. Trudy is a regular contributor to the Donkey Breed Society Magazine, Bray Talk.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Part 1

1 Living With Donkeys 7

2 Husbandry 15

3 Anatomy, Posture and Behaviour 29

4 Accountability 47

Part 2

5 Know Your Donkey 51

6 The Tellington Ttouch and Connected Riding 61

Part 3

7 Seventy-Five Tips and Techniques to Help the Donkeys in Your Care 67

Useful Contacts and Resources 170

Further Reading 171

Acknowledgements 172

Index 173