Well, Kali and I had a little dabble in the "dark side" yesterday . . .

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. . . a friend of mine who has been practising Parelli for about three years came to our yard and did a session with Kali. While I'm not about to rush about and buy orange sticks and 50-foot ropes with gert-great clips on the end, I did find it very interesting and may look a little more closely into NH in general. I could certainly see Kali's wheels turning and he proved once again how clever he is and what a quick learner too. It was particularly interesting to watch his breathing . . . when R first put the headcollar on and led him to the school, he held his breath . . . by the end he was breathing really deeply and gave an enormous sigh when she took his headcollar off back in his stable.

As I said to her, I'm not a huge fan of any horsey "religion" but I am quite prepared to keep an open mind about what might or might not work for us . . . and it dawned on me that some of what she showed me I already do - seemed like common sense.

Not point to this really - other than I found it very interesting (and didn't sprout a fluffy tail and big ears ;)).

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A friend of mine does it too and has come and given me a few lessons on occasion. I do find some elements of it quite useful but yes you are right, half of it is common sense, and about being more aware of where you position yourself and your posture and energy etc, the other half is marketing and nonsense unfortunately. It's certainly enabled me to be able to 'work' my horse from the ground better and he definitely seems to enjoy ground work too and can get quite engrossed and 'play' a bit sometimes as well which is quite sweet!
 
It's certainly enabled me to be able to 'work' my horse from the ground better and he definitely seems to enjoy ground work too and can get quite engrossed and 'play' a bit sometimes as well which is quite sweet!

Exactly! Kali has quite a high play drive and if I can channel that a little better to work him from the ground more effectively - using any method - then it's all good as far as I am concerned.

I don't, however, intend to start teaching him to jump through hula hoops or stand on upturned buckets . . . and I do intend to keep riding him ;).

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I don't, however, intend to start teaching him to jump through hula hoops or stand on upturned buckets . . . and I do intend to keep riding him ;).

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lol! no me either, only interested in groundwork exercises which are going to help make the ridden stuff better!
 
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