The Donkey Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to Selecting, Training, Breeding, Enjoying, and Caring for Donkeys

Tammy: I can't say much about it other than it looks like it is very interesting. I bought it for my sister who is moving and wants to raise donkeys. I browsed through it and learned a thing or two myself.

United States on Apr 27, 2023

Hilde Pretorius: Clear and comprehensive guide!

United States on Dec 03, 2022

Bergsteigerin: I highly recommend all of Sue's books. Her goat book is awesome. The Donkey Companion is the Donkey Bible for me. I've read numerous books on the selection and care of donkeys but I learned more in two pages of Sue's book than in all the others combined. If there is an award for the best livestock books for those starting out, it should go to Sue.

United States on Sep 16, 2022

marion: Best book we've found to help raise our miniature donkeys

Canada on Jan 01, 2022

Carla: Very thorough and enjoyable

Canada on Jun 25, 2021

Kendra: This book is a great investment!! Whether you are new to donkeys or well educated, this book is a great buy! Great info, detailed and clear while the interest pieces really pull you in. I would not hesitate to recommend this book and would absolutely buy it again!

Canada on Oct 14, 2020

Claudia Byrnell: A beautiful book. This had a lot of useful information for our two new pet donkeys as well as being a wonderful coffee table book. It was filled with interesting little stories and facts just for fun. This is a book for donkey lovers everywhere. I would love to meet this author

Canada on Nov 02, 2018

Jen: Update: This book is more helpful than it appeared, at first blush. To be honest, donks are easy to take care of and I was a nervous new owner. Whatever real questions I've needed answered have been here in this book. I apologize for my earlier stars and have edited this review.

It's good. I've never had anything larger than a dog, so I was looking for a book that had detailed information on donkeys. This book is accessible and easy to use. It has an excellent and thoughtful list of things you should have in your first aid kit. Note, these are good to have in your human first aid kit, too. The history of the donkey, as well as, lore are here. Which is handier to know than you might think. People don't know much about donkeys, so it's fun to tell them a little when introducing them to friends. There is other good information in here, like how to communicate with your donkey on its terms. They are not dogs and they're not horses, it's good to speak a little donkey. Donkeys are smart, strong and they are clear communicators. This book is a good addition to your donkey reference library. And btw, I love my mini donkeys!

United States on Jan 31, 2014

Andy Wilson: Sue Weaver has produced an informative book that covers most of the basics that an aspiring donkey owner should know. Some sections are more detailed than others. I would have liked to see more information about the rearing of jack donkeys (in particular their physical development), as this is an important aspect of donkey breeding.

However, the sections on feed, general care and donkey handling (as well as the other information on donkey breeding) are generally good. The book is written for the reader who sees the donkey as a pet, participant in shows and/or puller of carts or traps. Consequently, there is almost no information about using the donkey as a work animal.

My biggest criticism is the somewhat over-egged folksy style. Although the many donkey anecdotes and pictures of donkeys in postcards are interesting to a point, their random distribution throughout the book disrupts the flow of information and is a continual distraction (if not downright irritation!) A slimmed down, more tightly edited and structured book would be much more user friendly.

The author is based in the United States and her knowledge and advice reflects the climatic and...

United Kingdom on Aug 04, 2012

Leslie Loves JuJu: WHen this book arrived in the mail was during a moment I was frantically trying to figure out what was going on with my donkey JuJu Bean - I had never had a donkey before and she was going into heat & having a false pregnacy. I realized where this book fell short in a few places, but after the medical mishap was over I sat down with the book and enjoyed it for what it did have to offer.
This book has a great love for donkeys, which i found contagious, it helepd me to understand and appreciate the nature of my donkey much more then I had before.
I would like to have seen more details in some other areas- like when they go into heat, their cycles, symptoms of things besides the detailed medical section on the horrible worm diseases they could get.
One thing i really appreciated too about this book was it has a homoepathic/natural section for treating things that may ail your donkey. After reading through the allopathic medicine section it was a huge relief to know that others were choosing natural methods to treat their animals rather then relying on the Big Pharma Money Hungry industry to tell us what to do with our animals.
Plenty of donkey lore, and good tips on...

United States on Sep 28, 2010