Here are my Hobble 101 tools.  From the left is a regular lead rope,  a soft fat cotton rope about 20' long,  a hobble that goes around one leg only, a humble hobble, neoprene hobbles from tuff enuff, figure 8 hobbles flat and as they are on the animal.  The second and third pictures are figure 8 hobbles on and off the donkey.

These pictures are of a humble or one leg hobble.  There is fleece on the part that touches the donkey.  You first strap it around the pastern and then lift the leg and put the strap around the upper leg till it is fairly snug but not so that it hurts the knee.  I do this the first time on soft ground in case they struggle or fall, which has never happen with my donks.  They may bounce a little but realize it is better to stand still.

I guess this is a version of a scotch hobble.  It works great for a donk that has not been trimmed before.  Soft cotton rope is tied with a bowline and then passed over the back.  We use the one leg hobble with a large "D" so that the rope can slide freely.  The rope goes through the "D" and the assistant holds it.  The donk can kick and wear himself out
without hurting anyone.  The farrier can get in to trim without the danger of a fast blow.
        Our farrier has had Larry go with him on several hard to trim donkeys.  One had even had the vet sedate him and they still could not trim him.  With the hobble they got him done with a minimum of trauma to donk or farrier.
        We learned most of this from a Rural Heritage Magazine.

This is an emergency hobble with a lead rope and be used on front or back feet.

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