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.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
a new bond..
Today I put Savannah and Max together in the arena together. I wanted to see how they would react to being with each other, since both of them will be coming with me to Florida for 3 months. At first they did not really care about each other. Then there was some sniffing and squealing/striking (well Savannah was). They ran around and were kicking up at each other. So funny! Savannah is not very dominant and for awhile it looked as though she was trying to be dominant. Then it was clear.. she thought Max was a stallion. She'd swing her butt at him and swish her tail, then he'd try and kick so she would and run off bucking. What silly ponies! We decided to switch Max's stall/paddock so he could be right next to Savannah and bond before we leave, and hopefully work out their "issues". They like being next to each other, especially Savannah. She LOVES him! Nickers to him when he comes inside his stall and tries to sniff him, of course as soon as he moves she squeals. What a flirt! That was the most play we had today, as it was raining and windy all day here.
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I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunity to learn from the two interacting with each other :-)
ReplyDeletePetra Christensen
Parelli 2Star Junior Instructor
Parelli Central