When Ken Norman comes, we trick the donkeys into coming into the pole barn. We put a halter on them, one by one and Ken leaves over and cuts and trims their hooves. We need to have this done every two or three months, it is hard for the donkeys to walk evenly on hooves that are too high. Simon’s hooves stood out for nearly a foot on either side, he had not been trimmed in so long. He was walking on his ankles. The ankles stay together when Ken is working on them, they never abandon one another, they lean into Ken and surround him.

Above is Lulu’s foot, being trimmed down.