SPOTS 'N STRIPES RANCH
Training Zebras - Zorses - Zonkeys
Due to overwhelming e-mails inquiring about how we train our zebras, we will share with you some of our training tips that we use with our zebras, donkeys, zonkeys, zorses, mules and even horses. What we do with our zebras will work on donkeys, mules, zorses, zonkeys and horses, but what is done just with horses often has little to do with getting the other species and hybrids trained. To give you an idea of the zebra mind, think of it as being 25% horse, 25% donkey, and 50% zebra, the wild side. It is the zebra side and sometimes the donkey side, that has made, even the best horse trainers in the world exclaim, "Zebras cannot be trained!" Well, zebras speak a different language than horses in many ways, and to reach the goal of having a trained zebra, you simply need to learn how to speak donkey, and how to speak zebra, as well as knowing how to speak horse. We will get as many tips up on the site as possible, but it will be an on-going task. We are always glad to hear from so many of our fellow 'stripers' from around the world. Please continue to e-mail us with questions and comments.
FIRST, we need to say that these methods are simply our own, and in no way can we take any responsibility for any injury or results of any kind incurred by anyone copying, trying to copy, understanding or misunderstanding our methods of training. The technical aspects of zebra training include understanding (and speaking 'zebra') zebra communication, behavior, understanding the individual nuances of a particular animal, and knowing that 'timing is everything'. Along with all that - COMMON SENSE has a big place in zebra training. Just knowing WHAT we do is not enough, nor is HOW to do it. No one should work with a zebra unless they have much prior successful training experience with large animals. Zebras are five times stronger than a horse, and are inherently dangerous animals. Unless you understand everything about the particular species and are an expert trainer, we do not recommend anyone work with or train a horse, a zonkey, a zorse, a mule, a donkey, or a zebra. If anyone uses any of our methods of training, you waive any right to recourse of any kind against Spots 'N Stripes Ranch, Inc., its trainers, owners, writers, web hosts, web masters, or anyone else associated with the Ranch. By putting up this web page, we are simply sharing with you our personal methods (or partial methods) of training, and these writings may leave out many and varied particular actions or reactions of both the animal and the human counterparts during the training, so should not be considered as an exact training criteria for training an animal to a particular behavior. It is unfortunate in our society that we have to put this waiver here, as this should be common sense, but nontheless, thank you for reading it.
Training Articles will be added as time to write permits. These articles can be helpful, but nothing is as good as being there! Check out our 3 day Training Clinic information and put a short trip to sunny CA on your calendar for the experience of a lifetime. Learn how to train zebras, horses, donkeys, mules, zorses and zonkeys in this amazing 3 day clinic - even if you have trained horses for years and don't plan on training a zebra soon - the knowledge you go away with will enable you to improve your horse training skills dramatically, plus you will have some hands on experience with the world's most beautiful and most misunderstood equine.
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Copyright 2003 Spots 'N Stripes Ranch - Nancy Nunke - none of the material in any of the training articles or instruction may be reproduced, electronically or in any other manner, copied or published, either in whole, or in part, in any manner except with the express written permission of the author.BOTTLE FEEDING ZEBRA BABIES - YES OR NO?
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