Help and support for donkey owners
Donkey owners factsheets and guides
Accurate body condition scoring is a hands-on process for feeling the amount of muscle and fat that are covering the donkey’s bones. Use our chart as a guide to determine a donkeys body condition score.
African horse sickness is a deadly disease that originates in Africa and can spread to other countries. It can infect all equids.
Donkeys may struggle in extremely hot environments. Read our guidance on how to keep your donkey healthy and comfortable in extreme heat.
Read our top tips on keeping donkeys happy and healthy during the spring season and beyond.
A foal may be orphaned because of its mother’s death, rejected due to antagonistic behaviour or undernourished by an inadequate milk supply. We offer helpful advice on fostering, feeding and treatment as alternative means of maintenance until at least five months of age.
Offering your donkeys access to safe trees and shrubs is a great way of supplementing their diet with fibre as well as providing mental stimulation.
Free courses for donkey owners
Este curso se enfoca en el proceso de fabricación paso a paso de una albarda de carga para burros y mulas.
We expect that at the end of this course, learners will have made their own pack saddle which fits their working equid well; provides comfortable support for loads carried and avoids unnecessary wounds.
This course focuses on the different parts, functions and adjustments of harness, followed by specific aspects related to working with working equids. A harness is a common aspect of all working equids, regardless of the task performed, and its correct or incorrect use directly impacts their health and welfare.
Este curso se enfoca en el proceso de fabricación paso a paso de un colleron para burros y mulas.
This course focuses in on the step-by-step process of manufacturing a collar for donkeys and mules.
This course introduces the concepts of One Health and One Welfare and explores the role of donkeys and mules within these contexts, using examples from around the globe.
Guardian and owners stories
Worried about how your donkeys may react to fireworks on Bonfire Night? Here’s how you can help your animals brave the bangs.
Well thought out autumn and winter care is essential as the colder months arrive. Here are our top tips to introduce autumnal enrichment to your donkeys.
A donkey who battled back from multiple procedures on invasive tumours has been recognised for his bravery.
Our Donkey Welfare Advisers in Ireland cover hundreds of kilometres to provide care for donkeys in need.
Two young donkeys have embraced their new lives with their loving family, bringing unique friendship to a young girl with autism.
After relocating from London to Ireland, animal lovers Natalie Arnett and her husband Paul Barton embarked on an exciting journey when they welcomed two furry friends – Hope and Mini – in May 2022.
