Savvy
means knowing when to be, where to be, why to be... and what
to do when you get there!
How do you get savvy? How can
you learn those elusive skills of feel, timing and
balance? How can you learn to become a true
horseman and a natural with any horse you
touch? It took me more than 20 years to learn
what I know, but now I am able to teach
students in a few years what took me a lifetime
to achieve. Because there is now a system and
progressive steps in every level, my students
save years of time in developing their savvy.
How good can you become with horses?
And how will you know when you are that
good?
Most riding schools focus on just that-
riding. But as a horseman, riding is only one
quarter of the skills and knowledge you need to
be safe and effective with horses.
Horses are more than just a riding animal.
They are an attitude on four feet. They have
instincts, thoughts and emotions about people
just as we do about them. Their attitude
determines whether they will respond or react,
positively or negatively.
Unconsciously, people trigger survival
instincts in horses all the time and usually with
great consequences. A horse will do anything
to escape if he perceives his survival is threatened.
Because people aren’t usually taught how a
horse thinks, the bolting, rearing, striking,
bucking, kicking and biting are labeled as
“
vices”. When in fact, they are sure signs of
self-defense or poor communication and a lack
of trust and respect.
Horses are herd animals who have a strong
need for social order. They regularly challenge
each other to find out who is the strongest,
fastest, quickest and the bravest among them.
Once the alpha horse has been established, the dominance games
go on until
the pecking order is established all the way down the
line. And don’t think it stops
there! When people come into
the picture and the horse has
gotten past his innate fears, he
will play these same dominance games with his human.
Understanding horse
psychology is a big key to
becoming skillful. When you
understand that survival,
comfort and play are important to a horse (and in that
order), and you learn to read
his body language you have the basic building
blocks of communication.
Understanding his games and his needs and
then playing those games with him helps you
become his alpha, his leader.
Learning these things about a horse develops
a level of savvy in you that is rare in the horse
world, but a savvy that’s unmistakable in
students of Parelli Natural Horse-Man-Ship.
Pat Parelli, the teacher
Pat Parelli is internationally renowned as one
of the world’s most provocative and most
respected thinkers and teachers of Natural
Horsemanship.
His teaching style is magnetic, motivational
and effective. In fact, his teachings are in such
demand that he has groomed Parelli Instructors to teach more of the Level 1 Partnership
and Level 2 Harmony clinics while he begins to
concentrate on the higher level students. Like
Pat, his instructors are now booked solid all
year long.
More than fourteen years ago, Pat turned his
focus from training horses to teaching people
and has put a great deal of study into the
development of his programs. Human nature makes us all want
to start with, “Teach me to
spin...to slide...to jump...do lead changes...to
ride with collection. I don’t want to do the
basics, they’re boring!”
Pat found that if he could teach people to
become horsemen first and to have savvy in
four basic areas: On Line, At Liberty, riding
Freestyle and riding with Finesse...that they
would be able to do anything they dreamed of
with a horse.
What you will learn through Parelli are not
the usual basics, but are some of the most
advanced concepts in horse psychology and
behavior around, as well as some of the most
advanced techniques in working with horses
both on the ground and on their backs. Pat’s
students achieve in just a few weeks what it
takes most people a lifetime to master.
Contact Information:
Want to know more? Find detailed information about Parelli philosophies and techniques
in the Partnership Pack, part 1 of Pat Parelli’s
Savvy System. Call Parelli Natural Horse-Man-Ship at 1-800-642-3335
or visit www.parelli.com |
