 So you've gone and done it. You bought a donkey. Maybe you had planned that out well, or maybe you just surrendered to impulse when you saw that lovable creature you now own offered for sale on Craigslist. Either way, you would hoped it would be useful around your little homestead or country acreage. But now all it does is just stand there and eat, and you wish you could put it to some practical use. My little book, Get Your Ass to Work, will show you just how to do that. Hi, my name is Dick Corto. I'm an old horseman, 85 years old now, and I've worked with horses and mules, donkeys and ponies for three quarters of a century. So along the way, I've gained a lot of experience, and I've benefited from the experience of generations of horsemen that have gone before me. Now I'm headed over the western slope, and I'd like to pass along a little of that accumulated knowledge to those that follow. So I've prepared a little book I called Get Your Ass to Work, with a lot of help from family members, by the way, that should help the novice donkey owner train their donkey to get a little work, a little useful work out of this marvelous animal. A little stumbling, just a little is okay from an old timer. So over the past 37 years, I have worked and trained, and trained for other folks as well, several good donkeys to till the garden, to skid light logs, and to do general touring like hauling firewood or hay. In my training, I have employed the methods and techniques, modified somewhat for the donkey, that I learned, studied, and practiced as a professional horsebreaker and trainer for about 50 years. We start out with teaching the young donkey to lead and proceed onward till we introduce her to real work, pulling a soft, safe load. Along the way, I pass along tricks of the trade, including a couple of tricks I learned from old timers much older than myself. Long forgotten lore, now lost to time. We talk about harness and other basic equipment, and show how to fit the all-important collar. We demonstrate the simple equipment, with which even a novice can pack their donkey to carry things around the homestead, or a tent in bedroll up the trail to a campsite. We get the donkey to pull a cart, and glimpse ahead to the future accomplishment of working two animals harnessed in a team. All of the above is clearly explained in words and clearly illustrated with diagrams and photos. I am sure get your ass to work will help you make your donkey into a useful work animal.