Get Your Ass to Work! is a practical, hands-on guide to training donkeys to work — in harness and packing — to serve the needs of small farmers and homesteaders. It offers a clear and detailed program for each step of training, designed to enable you to bring an untrained donkey into the animal work force within a month or six weeks, and offers basic information on caring for your donkey.

Get Your Ass to Work! is illustrated on nearly every page with photos and diagrams. The book also contains an index, additional reading and a list of resources.