California Breakfast Burritos

Who are the California Breakfast Burritos

California Breakfast Burritos gentles wild burros and rehabilitates others, training them to trust humans and in basic handing.  We connect burros with people, playing matchmaker to place burros in the appropriate new homes.  Some are horse companions, some pack in the mountains, others are racing prospects, but all have the right new owners somewhere waiting to be discovered. We train the public through visits, hikes, and running events to these special animals, teaching them how burros think and their magic properties.

Teaching burro owners is just as important, or more, than teaching the donkeys.  Individual training consultations are provided to solve problems with shy animals in existing homes, or basic boot camps hosted for new burro owners.  Focused on understanding the behavior and thinking like a burro, Karin has helped many succeed and forge new relationships.  Sometimes the burros and owner are not the right match, then we assist in swapping animals and finding donkey and human the right partner.

How did this all start

From humble beginnings training and running with our own burros, California Breakfast Burritos was what we called our weekend outings running and hiking with a few friends, our donkeys, and then a stop to share a lunch or breakfast.  We tell folks “we run with the donkeys and eat the loser”.  Obviously that is a joke, but it starts conversations.   Formally incorporated as a charitable non-profit in 2020, our mission is to foster the sport of pack burro racing; to train, care for, and adopt wild and domestic burros; and to educate the public in the care, use, training and welfare of burros.  We host regular events to hike, run, pack, train & learn about burros introducing many new people to these amazing animals each year.  Events also include visits to assisted living facilities, trail work with pack burros for the Bureau of Land Management, parades, and hosting the return of pack burro racing to California.  Our annual Run With The Burros has runners and burros covering distances of 10, 17.5, and 26 miles through the canyons of the Eastern Sierra Nevada.  California Breakfast Burritos also re-trains and re-homes about a dozen burros each year. 

California Breakfast Burritos is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity.  Donations are accepted to help with expenses, but 100% goes to the burros.  No one is paid and everyone volunteers their time.  If you are interested in burros or a fun equine adventure, please check out California Breakfast Burritos and our pack burro race Run With The Burros each April in Inyokern, California.  See Run With The Burros Pack Burro Race & Trail Run

Contact Information    

Karin Usko (760) 677-5889      

John Auborn (760) 384-8121   

RunWithTheBurros@gmail.com   

https://californiabreakfastburritos.org/