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Passed Parelli Level 2!
Started May 26
Parelli with a Connemara
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Roxanne Davis Jul 8.
Lone Oak Cedar's Mercy "MERRY" Parelli Level 2 Graduate
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- Lone Oak Cedar's Mercy (AKA Merry)
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- I am pursuing Parelli Natural Horsemanship with my pony. We passed our Level 2 in the Spring of 2009 and are now working towards Level 3. Thanks Lisa Douglas (Lone Oak Connemaras) and Jocelyn Davies (Devonridge Farms) for bringing this wonderful pony into the world and into my life.
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Things to Think About
A Fabulous Article!!!!!
http://www.ridingmagazine.com/riding_onlinemag/articles/2009_08/hp-barbaraadside.htm
Merry's Journal by Roxanne
The last 3 times I have gone out to the stable, I have ridden bareback. It has been hot and Merry being basically a lazy pony has given me the added encouragement to try it. At first, I thought I would fall off at the walk. Every Parelli move I had learned was too big. You can't lean over to do side pass. All my learned movements had to be toned waaay down or else. I found Merry to be very well behaved. I am wondering if she knows I could fall off. Is that even a concept for them, be careful or mom will eat dirt? After this third time, I am slightly sore on the top surface of my thighs. I am not gripping, just using different muscles I guess. I trotted and trotted her all around the large arena, with much more balance. I do love the handle on the BB pad though! Today, I let Merry loose in Play land with no expectations other than to let her chill out. Well, we ended up doing some awesome things. Merry and I played tag running around the stock trailer, she on one side, me trying to stay ahead of her on the other. Then, after galloping around it a few times and me running as fast as I could in soft sand so as not to let her catch me, she would then jump in the trailer. I ran to give her a treat through the slats. What a fun game we had. Our relationship grows in ways I don't even understand. I think I just need to remember to step up to the plate when I am challenged and the rest of the time have as much fun as I can. Horses have a great sense of fun and we can learn from it. Now I am really wondering if my LBI is really just a lazy LBE.
I tried something today I had been meaning to do for a long time. I was hanging out with Merry in her corral after all of our cavorting around. She went to roll. I went next to her and kneeled down as best I could and then got up when she got up. The look on her face was priceless, she looked very puzzled! I shook when she shook and then we went back to the feeder to eat the remains of lunch. That's where I draw the line. Hay is not on my menu.
http://www.ridingmagazine.com/riding_onlinemag/articles/2009_08/hp-barbaraadside.htm
Merry's Journal by Roxanne
The last 3 times I have gone out to the stable, I have ridden bareback. It has been hot and Merry being basically a lazy pony has given me the added encouragement to try it. At first, I thought I would fall off at the walk. Every Parelli move I had learned was too big. You can't lean over to do side pass. All my learned movements had to be toned waaay down or else. I found Merry to be very well behaved. I am wondering if she knows I could fall off. Is that even a concept for them, be careful or mom will eat dirt? After this third time, I am slightly sore on the top surface of my thighs. I am not gripping, just using different muscles I guess. I trotted and trotted her all around the large arena, with much more balance. I do love the handle on the BB pad though! Today, I let Merry loose in Play land with no expectations other than to let her chill out. Well, we ended up doing some awesome things. Merry and I played tag running around the stock trailer, she on one side, me trying to stay ahead of her on the other. Then, after galloping around it a few times and me running as fast as I could in soft sand so as not to let her catch me, she would then jump in the trailer. I ran to give her a treat through the slats. What a fun game we had. Our relationship grows in ways I don't even understand. I think I just need to remember to step up to the plate when I am challenged and the rest of the time have as much fun as I can. Horses have a great sense of fun and we can learn from it. Now I am really wondering if my LBI is really just a lazy LBE.
I tried something today I had been meaning to do for a long time. I was hanging out with Merry in her corral after all of our cavorting around. She went to roll. I went next to her and kneeled down as best I could and then got up when she got up. The look on her face was priceless, she looked very puzzled! I shook when she shook and then we went back to the feeder to eat the remains of lunch. That's where I draw the line. Hay is not on my menu.
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