Parelli Tips: July 2012

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Liberty Games

Initially make sure you have a good connection. Does your horse follow you when you take off the halter?

Stick-To-Me

When she falls behind, look, and tag! while keeping forward momentum.

Figure 8

Walk straight back (as shown on orange line in sketch).

Spin

When horse comes around barrel, back up so she turns in, send her around it and quickly switch stick to other hand and fling the rope to direct her nose to keep turning.

Lead by the Tail

"For a young boy, it is a long time before he knows his alphabet. A longer time before he can spell, and maybe years before he can read distinctly; and yet, there are people who will get on a young horse, entirly untaught, and undressed, fancy that by beating and spurring, they will make him a dressed horse in one moring only. I would love to ask such stupid people whether by beating a boy they would teach him how to read without first showing him the alphabet? Sure they would beat him to death before they would make him read."

"A stubborn horse walks behind you. An impatient horse walks infront of you, but a noble horse walks with you."

"When training young horses, "There are many types of bits, for many different disiplines, but the severity of ALL bits, lies in the hand of who's holding them."

- Monty Roberts