Weight Loss, The Parelli Way

Posted Mon, 04/20/2009 - 16:08 by

This group is dedicated to all the supportive people who can help each other with the struggles and set-backs, the two steps forward and one step back, all those things that *eat away at us when we compare ourselves to who we think we should be.

This is not only about getting fit, getting thin and getting better but fully and totally accepting our loving selves. Until we accept ourselves as we are we don't have a chance in H E  double hockey sticks. Now go get yourself a glass of water or half an apple and let's dig in.

*eat - hmm, what other word could we use?

Howdy All!

Posted Thu, 03/10/2011 - 08:03 by 4 the love of my horses  4 the love of my horses

  Hello! I'm Ms. Roy Ahrens. I've been a Savvy Club member since I think 2006, and a Level 1 Grad. I'm new to the "Blogging" scene! I am 51 years young and I have 11 horses I'm responsible for. Some I do not own however. I think that Mary Ann Kenedy wrote the song "I'm  A Horse Addict" with me in mind! I am a seasonal worker; irrigating, and tractor work in the growing season. I live in the good ole US of A; southern Idaho to be exact!

Clinic with Carmen Smith 4* instructor, near Warwick, December 2011

Posted Thu, 02/10/2011 - 01:20 by painted Dreams  painted Dreams
12/02/2011 00:18
Europe/London

We are hosting a clinic with Carmen Smith in December 2011, Level 1 on Friday, level 2/3 Saturday and Sunday.  Please email me for further information.

painteddrems@bigpond.com

 

Nicole

Update on Painted Dreams

Posted Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:05 by painted Dreams  painted Dreams

Ok, 3 foals this year, two black and white colts, one bay and white colt (now gelding).  Lovely boys, and I'm proud as punch.

Cadbury is going well, Cougar is 100% sound and bred like a star, all 5 mares covered are in foal for this year.

Survivied the floods, very sad for some families, we are doing our best for donations as we were also affected.  Two of our horses for sale will have half of their sale money donated for the flood victims, and have donated a service for a service auction.

Me & Dixie

Posted Fri, 12/24/2010 - 00:22 by DocsMoonLady  DocsMoonLady
Me & Dixie

Hi

My Name is Ruby

In the picture above is one of my many mares named Dixie  or as her registered name is DocsMoonLady. She is a Paint breeding stock mare.... (NO SPOTS)

She is 7 years old

Me and her have only been together for about 1 1/2

EVERYONE thinks that me and her

have an wonderful connectio0n and bond....

Email me if you would like me to make a video and put it on youtube.....

My Parelli Dream

Posted Tue, 11/23/2010 - 04:57 by dutchessmommy

When I first started the Parelli program I was 13 years old. My 6 month old quarter horse filly was my first horse. We have been through so much over the years. Hours of bonding and working together. She is now 7 and I am 20. I have never been burned out one minute. It has always been my dream to be a horse trainer and to help others. The parelli program gave that to me. I do help others but instead of training the horse I train their owners. Hopefully one day I will be able to go to Savvy school and maybe become a true instructor.  

Parelli ROCKS!

Posted Thu, 10/28/2010 - 00:04 by ystalGrubb

I loveParrelli.

Help please

Posted Tue, 08/03/2010 - 08:44 by helenmccloud75  helenmccloud75
I’m very pleased with the way Griffin now recognises and comes to greet me in his own leisurely way, yesterday before I even saw him myself, I also think we’re doing ok with the beginnings we’re making with our riding Parelli fashion but I’m not at all sure we are making any progress at all with the online games.

Transitions

Posted Thu, 07/29/2010 - 09:45 by helenmccloud75  helenmccloud75
This morning Griffin and I had a lovely session this morning, having just watched Savvy Club dvd number 30 where Linda and Vonnie have fun in an arena, I set up some trotting poles and a slalom of 4 blocks to play with. Once again we managed to shut the gate, luckily with a push it swigs shut as we’re no where near close to sideways yet but I’ll take my victories where I can find them.

Mini break-throughs

Posted Wed, 07/28/2010 - 10:15 by helenmccloud75  helenmccloud75
I’ve had a few mini break-throughs since my last blog entry, I got a couple of lovely neck yields on line about a 6 out of 10 and some 5/10 hind quarter yields as well which compared to the 1/10 yields we started with last week are excellent progress. Since Griffin is an Extreme LBI in the statue department front yields remain level 4 on the porcupine game and the driving game is pretty much none existent.

Jealousy

Posted Fri, 07/23/2010 - 13:13 by helenmccloud75  helenmccloud75
I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned it in a previous blog but Griffin is a loan horse from my local riding stables and is still used but the stables for lessons, usually at the weekend but sometimes in the evening too. He’s my horse on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and I try and see him twice on each of these days. I usually go before work and then (I work for myself luckily so have flexible hours) I go back in the early afternoon when the stables are at their quietest.

Group dynamics

Posted Thu, 07/22/2010 - 15:34 by helenmccloud75  helenmccloud75
I was interested to read in one of the early Savvy Times, that I have been catching up with since I joined the Savvy club in March, about how, when Pat’s horses are brought into the corrals, they enter in their own order of dominance varying only with who’s moved up or down the hierarchy since the day before, and it struck me just how many ways there are for humans to seriously irritate horses without knowing it. What do they think when you toddle into their field and single out an individual and either feed him or take him off with you.

Rules

Posted Fri, 07/16/2010 - 14:50 by helenmccloud75  helenmccloud75

When do you know when a rule is there because it is:-

What a difference a smile makes

Posted Thu, 07/15/2010 - 15:12 by helenmccloud75  helenmccloud75
What a difference a friendly smile makes, the cracks in my left brain façade have quite healed over for now and I have a new strategy to build my confidence around the horses. (The people I’ll just avoid and smile at from a distance.)
Rather than ride (badly) and feel self confident, and rather than even playing the seven games with Griffin, I have decided to concentrate on watching rather than doing for the next few sessions, or rather doing something near to Griffin whilst watching him so he recognises me without associating me with being ridden.

Right brain depression

Posted Wed, 07/14/2010 - 09:50 by helenmccloud75  helenmccloud75
Yesterday morning was lovely, a nice gentle introduction to a new horse and the first couple of Parelli games. I was really looking forward to going back in the afternoon to have a little ride, nothing fancy as it would be my first time ever on a horse without an instructor present. Anyway…

New horse, Day 1, Level 1.

Posted Tue, 07/13/2010 - 11:11 by helenmccloud75  helenmccloud75

Woo hoo! Got my first horse today, well, he's sort of mine, a four day a week loan horse from my local riding school but with full permission to play Parelli with him. That's close enough for me and considering I only started riding regularly this March I'm feeling pretty chuffed with myself today.

I went to the Stoneleigh Festival of the Horse this weekend and one of Pat’s requests was that people who could, should blog or in some other way use social media to get the Parelli message out there so here we go. Let’s hope I can keep it up!

So where to start?

Ecl;ipse Foal update now 11days .

Posted Wed, 07/07/2010 - 22:26 by MelsPartner  MelsPartner

Eclipse is now 11 days old. We've just been spending the last few days mainly just chiiling out with me giving him itches. I've also been spending alot of time inside looking out to see how he relates to the other horses, he seems very dominant with our coloured pony, Jazz Ofcrouse she can move him but he usually bites or kicks her until she tells him off then he goes trotting back to his mother and she very rarely puts him in his place. He's still coming out each day to the front living area and following his mother into the horsebox where she eats her daily feed.

Respecting the horse / the foal

Posted Mon, 07/05/2010 - 20:21 by MelsPartner  MelsPartner

I went out this evening to stroke Eclipse my new foal and noticed his ears were back alot, and then I had a BFO (Blinding flash of the obvious) I had somehow in the last week rather than wait for permission to enter his space / touch him I had got wrapped up in him being "cuddly" and had with out meaning to stopped respecting him properly. My PNH instructor had said to me years ago that I should respect the horse first as a Prey animal, then as a horse, then a breed of horse and lastly as "Mel" or whatever the horse in question is called.

My foal is one week old!

Posted Sun, 07/04/2010 - 13:24 by MelsPartner  MelsPartner

When I woke up this morning to let Eclipse and Mel in to the front "living area/ garden" I saw Eclipse drinking from the water bucket for the first time, he certainly is growing up quick.

He really is the most curios horse I've ever came across, he found an old plastic bag that had blown out of the feedbox and thought it was the greatest fun to hold it in his mouth and wave it around. I somehow thought horses had a natural fear of these, but apparently not to Clips....

To read more click on www.funwithfoals.blogspot.com

6 days old. Eclipse uses my legs as a pillow!

Posted Sat, 07/03/2010 - 17:38 by MelsPartner  MelsPartner

This morning Eclipse was already trying to establish his place in the pecking order and was rearing up ontop of our little coloured pony Jazz, Eclipse is almost as tall as and her already and he has been pulling her mane. When Mel seen that Jazz was not best pleased by this she called Clips ba......

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