The Real Clinton Anderson – Response To Horse Dying While In Training On His Farm

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GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged! Melody

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How Do I Train The Abused Donkey or Mule?

Howdy,

I received an e-mail today that made me cry, made my heart ache I have been praying for this mule and his new human family and will continue to pray. We must never forget that animals just like people who are abused need time to feel safe before any form of training or education can begin. I believe animals get post traumatic stress from extreme abuse just like us humans.

Animals need to be tamed first and the human needs to stay safe, not be abused this can take lot’s of time even years.  I am a home study student of Parelli as they offer the best training tools for all equine (horses, donkeys and mules) and most importantly they teach the equine personalities.  I highly suggest learning this natural equine training method.  Parelli home study teaches in great depth the importance of taming an equine before attempting to train.

Here is the edited question:

Hi Melody! I was thrilled when I found your website. I have a three-year old gelded mule that I purchased from a stockyard auction. He has been abused badly. I would love to talk to you , perhaps you can provide some insight. I am in Mississippi and can not locate anyone to provide assistance with his training. Thanks so much, Linda.

My answer

Hello Linda,

I am here to help you for free, due to the car accident I am not able to start my business, not able to attend Parelli.  I am helping for free as my health allows me for the love of all the Donkeys, Horses and Mules in need via the website and blog.  Horrific events animals and humans endure at the hand of the cruel human.

Taming First NOT Training

This magnificent equine needs to be safe, provide him with a safe environment, fresh water, medical attention if need be, NO TRAINING in the beginning it is imperative you tame him first. Please understand no animal or  human can learn anything when they are living in fear, donkeys freeze when scared.  Does he have an equine buddy?  What is his living arrangement like now?  Photos always help me to connect so if you can send me some.  Send me the living arrangement and your plan to provide the best optimum care for this boy and I will do my best to help guide you.

Training tips:

Donkeys are visual learners the mule is half horse and half donkey - I highly suggest you take your honor horse, donkey, mule out and let the equine see them getting brushed, taking a walk for a bite of grass, picking feet. One step at a time for taming to begin, donkeys are really smart so be sure each and every time you are with them you are in the leader role and you have a plan for safety. My arena is strategically placed in front of the paddock for the donkeys to watch me training my horse the lead mare amazing how they respect me when they see her doing what I ask. smile.

Help my donkey or mule is running at me with his ears back!  Donkeys and mules are very playful, their ears go back when they are in deep thought and playing when abused anything is possible, safety is most imperative when working with equine.  Be careful keep your personal space safe.  Jumping jacks work, yelling whoa, snapping fingers, clapping and most important tool carrying your parelli carrot stick.

Learn the difference between respect and fear. Donkeys and mules are very athletic they can kick, forward, backward and like a cow.  Taming them is a necessity before attempting training.  Safety is one hundred percent the most important first step, having a plan as working with any equine is dangerous. My mare can look at the donkeys and they run out of the barn, just a look this is respect not fear, Parelli is an excellent teacher to learn these important techniques.  Body language is essential and timing think about all of these things before you go into the same space with your equine.

You can not make a donkey or mule do anything donkeys must respect not fear their leader learn what this means and execute your plan each and every time you are with your donkey, mule or horse.  This is why a relationship formed with the human teacher and the donkey and taming is the first step to success. Donkeys and mules can learn faster with leadership, love, patience and a few small pieces of carrots or apples.  Keep your training sessions short and never ever get frustrated when they don’t learn as they never learn like a horse.

Training these magnificent equine is similar to fishing you may catch a fish and you may not as you are on donkey time slow and analytical every step of the way.  Keep the training sessions short each new task is no more than three or four times of teaching the task and no more than 30 – 40 minutes total in school time.  Remember to end school with something the equine has mastered, stop school on a good note. Remember how hard it was to learn from a teacher in school that was not friendly and boring, very difficult to learn from this kind of teacher.

With the donkeys I am continuously amazed how I can come back to training, weeks, months later and the donkeys do not need a tune up thus they never forget the good or bad.  Amazing how one day they just get what I have been attempting to teach them enjoy each and every moment you get.

Withholding Water? Never this is not training in my eyes.  I highly disagree with this old school training tool, donkeys, mules and horses can colic and by the time the human realizes the donkey or mule has coliced it can be too late.  Donkeys are so strong they don’t want to show any form of pain or suffering.  Donkeys are donkeys they are not horses, mules are half donkey and half horse and depending on the mule they can have more attributes towards the donkey or the horse one thing is consistent they are indeed a mule.

Free information on feeding and care of Donkeys and Mules by Dr. Andy K. McLean, PHD, DVM.

Melody

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

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Trail Riding and Camping With Your Horse And Donkey

Me and my trail horse Miss Lily 2010 before the semi-truck motor vehicle accident

Before I started trail riding I spent many, many hours working with my young horse to ensure she was ready.  I actually started out walking next to her on wide open trails as she was too young to ride in the beginning only twenty months old when I purchased her.  This is an excellent way to ensure your young or inexperienced trail horse or donkey is ready for you to ride. Remember first impressions are most important so take lot’s of breaks to relax and enjoy a bite of grass.

Me and Miss Lily on trail walks, she is wearing a real cinch and her Parelli bareback pad

Me and Lily riding in the trails with the Dr. Cook’s bittless bridle

Me working with Rio and Lily before the semi-truck accident 2010 , she is wearing her Sid Hills Australian 18  pound trail saddle. My western saddle weighs 34 pounds.

My goals changed I wanted to do endurance trail riding in the Olympic Mountains of the Pacific Northwest, Washington. My plan was to finish Rio and have my husband come ride with me and a few friends on Rio.

My husband Scott walking Rio (carrying our lunch and water) with Rocket Man attached to the Surcingle behind him.

Important tips for trail riding

1.  Never ride alone

2.  Take a map of the area

3.  Cary your cell phone but keep it off unless you need it in an emergency

4.  Cary a Spot outdoor tracker

5. Tie a red ribbon on your horses tail if your horse is a kicker

6. Cary the essential safety supplies for you and your horse

7. Be proactive and ask people to please stop riding their bike so your horse stays calm

8. Leave no trace

9. Enjoy trail riding it is a special treat

10.  Make sure your trailer is in excellent working order, new tires etc.

11. Bring a bit of food

12.  Make sure your horse is safe and trained before starting to trail ride

Select Ride and Camp with your horse and donkey in Washington for more details.

A brief message from The Back Country Horsemen of Washington (BCHW) enjoy!

If you ride on Washington’s public trails, there is only one organization that supports your right to ride: The Back Country Horsemen of Washington (BCHW). BCHW works with legislators, public land managers, private landowners and anyone else who influences how your trails are used and maintained. We also operate a Leave No Trace education program to help stock users understand how to use the environment responsibly, and safety programs to protect stock users and others who use the trails.

We continue to pray that GOD will heal my body and I will be able to ride again one day.  I am back in physical therapy two days a week along with home exercises still trying to recover from the almost fatal motor vehicle accident in 2010.  Select GOD created a miracle for me to read more.

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

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Teach Your Donkey To Pick Up The Foot

How Can I Teach My Donkey To Pick Up His/Her Foot?

Most important first step to training any animal horse, donkey or mule is taming.  Make sure your donkey trusts you and comes to you when called take your time during this process as you do not know how the donkey was treated before moving in with you.  After the donkey comes running to see you each and every time you come into his/her space you can bet the taming is well on its way.  If the donkey will not come up to you on his/her own continue working on taming the donkey and building trust.

How can I help my donkey relax and trust me?

1.  Sit down and read a book use reverse psychology on your donkey ignore him/her

2. Clean the barn and do not go to the donkey let the donkey come to you

3.  Sit down in the pasture on a log and wait for the donkey to come to you

4. Relax your mind and body focus on your breathing to be calm and enjoy this gift from GOD the donkey

5.  Remember quality time with your donkey is the best so if you only have fifteen minutes two or three times a week make sure you are doing the right stuff.  The wrong training is really difficult to fix in a donkey as donkeys never ever forget anything ever.

5.  Feed/water your donkey on time each and every day

6.  Never beat your donkey, or abuse your donkey and do not authorize a human or animal to hurt your donkey

7.  Never over feed a donkey as laminitis, abscesses, fat cresty neck and eventually a slow death occur from over eating just like humans get sugar diabetes equine get laminitis

How would I want to be treated if I were the donkey?

Remember you brought the donkey into your life.  The donkey cannot speak your human language in the beginning!  All donkeys can learn verbal words i.e., foot, back-up, over, whoaa, NO (doing something naughty) gee (turn right), Haw (turn left), you can see the sky is the limit as donkeys are really smart, smarter than some humans.  Most important word the donkey needs to learn is his/her name.

All wonderful relationships take time, do not be in a hurry with your donkey if you relax I promise your donkey will relax – Try it!

Next step is putting the rope halter on your donkey and touching his/her body all over while staying safe thus why I am a Parelli student and highly recommend learning Parelli, getting the rope halter, carrot stick and lead line.  Additionally learn the Seven games taming is number one.  The flat halter will not teach as well as the rope halter in my experience to stop pulling and dragging the human around.

Teach your donkey to stand tied and say whoaa – Eventually you will not need to tie your donkey he/she will stand without being tied and you can pick up the foot while your donkey is eating a meal.  This is how honor donkeys get the hooves cleaned out (like an honor student in human form) takes time and patience to get here.  You can do this!

Teach your donkey to understand the words you want him/her to learn Whoaa, walk-on, foot (picking up foot), back-up, gee (turn right) and Haw (turn left) used for pulling a cart, over, trot, cantor and my personal favorite “down” teach your donkey to lay down.

How To Teach The Donkey To Pick Up The Foot?

After you have tamed the donkey and taught the donkey how to be safe with you and learn to Whoa now you can start to teach to pick up the foot.

* Rub the donkey all over and stay relaxed massage his body start around the withers not in his face, work down the front leg wait for the back legs until you are sure your donkey is your buddy and the Donkey has Respect for you.  Donkeys can kick forward, sideways, and backwards additionally donkeys can kick like an acrobat three legs on the ground and one is always landing where the donkey wants it to land.

* Start with the front feet and use your Parelli stick on the back feet gently massaging the legs to see if the donkey will kick, never put your head down where the donkey can kick you in the head.

* Safety is number one for you and the donkey – Never try to teach a donkey to pick up the foot until you have established a clear and safe relationship with the donkey, clear leadership is essential to becoming an outstanding human leader without abuse.

* Working with Donkeys, Horses and Mules can be dangerous so be sure you understand what you are doing to stay safe and keep your donkey safe.

* I use the Parelli rope halter, carrot stick and lead line for training the donkey and I never ever begin with the feet always begin with winning the donkey in trust and establishing clear leadership along with clean and fair boundaries for the safety of myself and the donkey.  I am a home study student of Parelli, I am not authorized or trained to teach Parelli.  

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

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Need Help With Your Baby Horse?

Select Monty Roberts Join Up Video as Monty has professional tools to help your foal stay safe when learning how to lead next to you. I have personally seen some really horrific accidents occur with a baby horse rearing up scared and landing on cement breaking legs, and much more not only costs the owner/human money it leaves the wrong impression in the foal sometimes for a life time.

Please remember when training “Less is more and never ever abuse your horse, donkey or mule.”  Remember you are the smart human, you made the decision to bring the equine into your life now do your homework and be the best you can be for this gift from Jesus Christ the equine.

The photo above is my horse Miss Lily she was just a couple of days old in the photo. We purchased her at twenty months old with very little training.  Here is a photo of Lily as of last summer she is about to turn eight years old.

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

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The Movie Buck

In 2011 we watched the movie Buck “a powerful movie explaining the importance of training a human to train the equine (horse, donkey or mule) in a natural way without physical abuse.”  This movie clearly explains how the horse is one hundred percent a reflection of their trainer and or owner.  The movie helps to explain the difference between natural training and breaking a horse.    

We must never forget that a human who will torture a child, animal, woman or man must be stopped!  Please if you see abuse have the courage to be bold and stop this abuse as each of us can be the angel GOD sent to remove the pain and suffering of another.  Never forget we live in a fallen world, good and evil, black and white.

The domesticated horse, donkey or mule is truly the mirror of the emotional intelligence and training ability of their human who owns and trains them.

I highly suggest the movie Buck, I believe each of us can learn how to have empathy if we want to learn and most importantly we can influence others by helping make this world a better place for humans and animals.

We must never forget what it would be like to have a person forcing us to do something with pain and suffering as motivation with the big whammy the person speaks in a foreign language, how very sad.  Please be an angel when you see abuse, be bold, step up and make a difference to stop abuse of any kind for humans and animals. 

Empathy is truly needed in our world for how we treat others starts within ourselves, just because we were abused is no reason to continue the horrific abuse cycle. Melody Johnson, Donkey Whisperer

If you know a living human or animal being abused please step in and do your best to stop the abuse and be a human angel.

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

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Warning Leaving A Halter On A Horse, Donkey or Mule Can Cause Death Or Self-Mutilation

Howdy,

The photo above is of me & Lily taken in the summer of 2009, truly one of my favorite photos a wonderful memory.

Did you know leaving the halter on is dangerous and can be deadly? My horse and donkeys are very athletic they can take their back hooves and itch their face.

Important considerations

*  The halter could get stuck on their hooves, fence or other objects.

* Strangulation can occur when they get the halter stuck on something and fight to get it off

* The halter can grow into the head of the equine (horse, donkey, mule) I have personally seen this and it is abuse

* Dirty itchy halter causes the equine to scratch and work to get it off it’s not natural (think  how you would want to be treated)

Please learn how to teach your equine (horse, donkey or mule) To Catch You!

When interacting with your equine try to make this a time to connect bring a couple of pieces of green apple with you or a carrott  to build a relationship of fair and safe leadership.  Equine work best in training programs that do not require the equine to stay in the prisoner role.  Yes, I said prisoner role, old school training techniques use fear to train equine and this is not a partnership.  Donkeys cannot be trained this way they require natural training with fair, balanced and an honest trainer.  Horses dream of being trained the way donkeys demand to be trained with dignity and respect.

The joy you will receive when changing your training methodology is enormous and your frustration will vanish.  People say “treats make my equine nip” I say “Nope, use this as an opportunity to train” watch your timing let the equine turn their head away and then give them a reward takes just a few training sessions for them to learn how to politely accept a treat.  Creativity is the answer you can do it!

Study Parelli if you don’t know how to play the friendly game and the catching game as they can teach you how to teach your equine to catch you. Bonus your membership is free for one month.  On line videos, magazine and Parelli connect, everyone is studying under the Parelli’s very positive equine support and training.  Working with equine is a dangerous sport you must be careful, have a plan, stay safe and not abuse the equine.  

All of my equine come up to us every time we call them just like my dogs.  The key is setting the animal up for success if each time you have time to be with your equine you are doing things to them that are not enjoyable why would they want to come up?  Treat your equine the way you would want to be treated if you were living your life as an equine and watch the blessings start flowing freely.

The first step in training any animal is taming!  The animal must trust that you will NOT abuse them or hurt them so try to think of it from their point of view and remember awareness is the first step in change.  We subscribe to The Brayer a journal of the American Donkey and Mule Society magazine.  Take a look this is a lovely way to learn more about donkeys and mules!

GOD bless you and your family two and four legs

Melody

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A Couple Of Lucky Donkeys Living In Norway

A photo I received from my new friend Rannveig’s little boy living in Norway walking the Lama no problem but a bit of a problem walking the donkey.  Rannveig is new to donkeys and having a bit of a problem walking her young mini/standard donkey Alf with the Lama.  I am happy to report that Alf now understands how to Whoaa, walk-on and is doing much, much better now!  Most important news “Alf has another donkey his half-brother named Snorre to become his best friend.”  Way to go Rannveig!

Who is the best person to train my donkey?

The human who earned the trust of the donkey built a relationship between the donkey and the human, this takes time.  This human who feeds, waters, loves, brushes, and provides a fair set of boundaries with no abuse for the donkey.  Donkeys are looking for a leader!  A human who earns the donkeys love and respect is always dependable and a great leader as the donkey will try the hardest for the human he loves and respects.  Yes I said loves, “Donkeys fall deeply in love with the human that treats them the best” a donkey that has never ever been abused will be the most easiest to train.  Working with abused donkeys will take a patient human with lot’s of experience to stay safe.

Remember when you are working with your donkey to put your cell phone away, keep it on vibrate for safety but stay off it.  Be with your donkey 100%, believe me your donkey knows if you are plugged into him/her or not.  Stay calm, relax and enjoy your donkey as you brought the donkey into your life the donkey did not bring you into his life.

Donkeys can live by themselves with another animal i.e, goat, lama, cows, sheep etc., but the donkey is most happy with another donkey.  Donkeys love to grab the neck of another donkey, play tug, and jump on the back of one another.  I highly suggest always keeping donkeys in two’s. I believe a horse should have at least one other horse as horses play too but not the same as the donkey.

I am a home study student of Parelli and highly recommend using the rope halter, carrot stick and lead line for the best results in training horses, mules and of course Donkeys.  I am not authorized to teach Parelli.  Learn the seven games and study the left brain introvert personality to best teach your donkey. Most important training tip for donkeys – Build a relationship with your donkey, feed them, water them, love them, talk to them and make training sessions short as donkeys need time to process information.

Remember donkeys are Not horses with long ears donkeys are donkeys.

Donkeys are always on donkey time. Donkeys never forget anything so be sure you understand what you are training your donkey to do, also donkeys are visual learners meaning they can watch an honor equine do something and learn how to do it or watch you do something like open the barn door and do it.  Donkeys are really smart.  I think it would be much better if all of us humans practiced a bit of donkey time, enjoying life and moving a bit slower.

Alf eating with Snorre (black and white mini donkey) so darn cute

Snorre is the black and white mini donkey in the front he is adorable don’t you think? Heck I love them all!

Alf and Snorre they are now best buddies

Lot’s of snow in Norway this winter.  Did you know donkeys love to eat the bark and old stumps?

Rannveig with her dream a baby mini donkey named Alf – Keep coming back to see

more photos and video’s

of Alf and Snorre as these two boys are going to become famous

she is a natural donkey trainer and I am very proud of her!

GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!

Melody

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Parelli – Teaching Our Horse To Jump The Ball

 

Woof, woof, let me drive, Daddy!

Reblogged from Learning from Dogs:

With thanks to Martin Lack for forwarding this item.

As reported on the BBC,

5 December 2012

A charity in New Zealand is teaching rescued dogs how to drive a car.

The canine driving school is aimed at proving how intelligent the animals can be.

Monty the giant schnauzer is among the novice drivers who have learned to control the brakes, gears and steering wheel.

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DOGS Driving In New Zealand