[header] How to ride a donkey [title] Learn the difference between riding donkeys and horses. [step] Many think of donkeys as smaller, more docile version of horses, but in fact donkeys are their own species and have very different personalities and abilities. Riding a donkey is it's own unique experience that's especially pleasurable when you don't have the same expectations you would for a horse. 
[substeps] Donkeys are less responsive to training, so they don't have fancy gaits. A slow, plodding walk is the most comfortable gait for a donkey.