Donkey Diary

Follow us on social media to see what we get up to daily but each month the herd post a blog of their antics and I add what I have learned from them :-)

Joanne Wightman

Jan 252 min read

What can donkeys teach us?

Communicating feelings of joy and gratitude! Through interactions with our team of therapy donkeys young people (and old!) can develop...

Donkeys spreading peace and joy for Christmas

Joanne Wightman

Dec 21, 20241 min read

Donkeys spreading peace and joy for Christmas

A donkey is not just for Christmas! Donkeys are definitely a 365 days a year commitment but they surely do spread a lot of peace and...

Joanne Wightman

Nov 9, 20242 min read

Behind the scenes

Several people have asked me about the training myself and the donkeys have so here is a behind the scenes look at what goes into...

Joanne Wightman

Oct 20, 20242 min read

A dream of donkeys!

Several years ago, it was taking the skewbald donkey Hughie home that helped me through my chemotherapy treatment. He was in very poor...