She Dances With Horses!
Written by Deb on November 17th, 2007Tonight I was invited by a friend to attend a demo by a horse trainer who instructs using the
Parelli method, which is also known as “Natural Horsemanship”. The instructor, Farrah Green of Sioux Falls, SD, was able to control her horse on the ground via subtle body language cues and get him to do amazing things such as trot in sync with her, lay down on his side, sit up (which requires a huge amount of muscle control from the horse) all while playing with him. It was like watching them do a dance together they were so in sync with each other. She also rode him with only a hackamore (no bit in the mouth) and he was wonderfully responsive. A very cold night but worthwhile to see someone who can train a horse to this level with no force of any kind.
One of my assistant trainers loves this method of training and does a lot of that with her horses. I always hear her comparing what we do with that method of horse training. She is one of the best trainers in the advanced classes. I have alwyas said that many of the best dog trainers were originally horse trainers. Great Deb! Getting sick of my comments yet?