On September 13th we had a great day at our Donkey Agility Day
Here we are with our
rosettes after the mini competition:
left to right:-
Lucas and jake, Victorien and Welly, Eli and Nigel, Bart and Giffy, Sue and Jasper, Vanessa, Peter and Alison, Jill and Noah
The weather was great ,
the ground was solid rather than muddy and we had lots of room here
in the field. Our coach Vanessa gave us a talk on persuading our
donkeys to lead on a loose rope and NOT eat and on how to tell if our
donkey was afraid of going over, under or through and what to do
about it. We all had a practice then showed off our best obstacle.
After dinner we did all the obstacles in turn to earn marks and get a
rosette.
The competition was won
by Giffy the mule with Bart and Wellington with Victorien in equal
first place.
A surprise visitor was Alison from the Donkey Sanctuary
who chose to play with Peter, our 4yr old, and managed 3rd
place ! I was SO proud of Pete who has never done anything like this
before and definitely not with a stranger.
Next was Lucas with
Jake who got all four feet on the pedestal and Jill with Noah.
Then
Sue with Jasper who said all the things he does in the stable yard
were far more scary in the field !
Next was Nigel wit Eli who did
much better in the field than he had done before in the yard. Ah
well, that's donkey life !
We all had a fun day and look forward to doing it again !
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