What is donkey therapy?


When you arrive at our place, I will presume that you are severely tired or stressed.
You can install yourself in a comfortable apartment, holiday home or caravan, for the rest we leave everything to you.
If you want to stay in bed for a week, No problem, we bring your food and drinks and take away the empty plates and glasses.
But it woud be more fun if you eat with us in our home and together with me,choose out of our 12 donkeys, one who will be your partner and cuddle friend for the rest of your stay.
When you have chosen your donkey, we leave again everything up to you.
We might go for a walk with you and your donkey and go as far as you want to go.
Back on the farm you can stay together with your donkey outside or in the stable, day and night if you want.

If you want and can go some further,then we put a packsaddle on your donkey and take our picknick with us.
When you are able to do it alone, then I give you a cellphone, so that we can stay in touch,as we are surrounded by kilometers of hills,forest and meadows with lost in it, a farm from time to time.
If you try to go into the mind of a donkey, you will be having an experience impossible to obtain in the city.
A moment will come that your donkey won't move anymore and nice words, beating or pushing won't help, there is just something your friend does not understand or recognize and he or she freezes: Fear? Depression?
I do not know, what I know is that it is a survival mechanism, when the unknown is regonized as NOT dangerous or harmfull they walk on, like nothing ever happened.
Does something sound familiar to you.

2 comments:

Lene said...

Hey Toon,

I read the article about you and your donkeys in reader's digest (july edition).

I'm touched by the way you have gotten yourself out of the "madhouse" and i never knew that such a therapy could exist.
Reading the various experiences different tourists (shall we say) had with the donkeys were really inspirational, and i really admire what you do.

I really wish i could fly there with my mum, as that's the kind of life she's always wanted to enjoy, the simple country life, away from the heavy stress at work, the city life here in Singapore.

I truly look up to you; the story as been motivational.

Thank you :)

Unknown said...

Dear Toon,

Your effort gives hope, I wish I'll be joining you and the donkeys someday.


Thanks.


Regards,
Chin Len

Toon

Toon