Today is the 5th day of our Fast Track course. We have online focus sessions this morning.
On the first day we arrived and settled our horses in. Then we had classroom time and our written exams. The 2nd day we had Online Evaluations in the morning and Freestyle evaluations in the afternoon. The third day was even more fun with Liberty evaluations in the morning and Finesse evaluations in the afternoon. All of my evaluations went fairly well. Savannah had the most trouble during freestyle, as she was being somewhat emotional. Finesse was probably our best one. She was very relaxed and enjoyed what we did.
Yesterday we had classroom almost all day. There was an online demo after lunch. Then we finally played with the horses around 4pm, which at that time it started pouring rain. Online I worked on having Savannah maintain her gait when I ask her to go sideways. Maintaining gait doesn't just apply to walk, trot, and canter. We also worked on maintaining gait on the circle and some zone 5 driving. I practiced throwing the rope over her from zone 5 and getting her confident with it.
Today we will be working on what we learned yesterday in the demo in our focus stations this morning.
Welcome to my blog where I can share my journey with you! I am a Licensed Parelli Professional Two Star Junior Instructor. Here you can read about my experiences with Parelli Natural Horsemanship, my personal horsemanship journey, and my journey with being a Parelli Instructor. I hope to inspire and empower you with my quest for never ending self improvement. I have been studying Parelli for 11 years and am an official Level 3 graduate. I am studying Level 4 with my two horses, Max and Savannah. I grew up riding horses the traditional way and was in the United States Pony Club for 12 years, where I competed in Eventing and Dressage. My first introduction to Parelli was with my pony, who at the time was not a problem horse. I've had my andalusian mare, Savannah for 7 years now and after 2 years of struggling with her while not using Parelli methods, I knew I had to change something. I have been doing Parelli with her for the past 5 years and graduated Level 3 with her fall 2010. In the Spring of 2010 I received Max from Kelly Sigler. I owe it to my two amazing horses, as I would not be where I am now without them, they are my greatest teachers. The journey so far with Parelli has been fun, fulfilling, challenging, and life changing.
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