Parelli Level 1 Passes in the Pipeline after Alison Jones Course

24/03/2009 by admin.

Wildriders and Friends were delighted by the progress they made over the two day course with 3 star Parelli Instructor Alison Jones last week.

Alison, who is currently Britains highest qualified Parelli Instructor, made her first trip “to the last page of the map” and Highland Wildrides to teach Staff, Volunteers and other Parelli mad locals a level 1 course over two days. The first day consisted of some very useful theory and simulations, and was then followed by a day and a half of working solely with the horses in the school. The weather stayed thankfully mild and the students, equines and 30 spectators were able to gain so much from Alisons wisdom and experience.

There were several Wildrides horses being used in the course including Sandy the Italian Haflinger,  classy Hannah the dressage diva, the infamous Troy, and Byron “Big Ron” of Craignetherty who is to be broken this year. The results achieved with these horses were just amazing. There had been a stake on round the yard as to whether or not Sandy could be “backed up” at all - even by Alison, but she had him doing it, and once Sarah knew the secret she was able to change the big yellow barger into a horse that walks back off a gentle tap or wiggle of the rope. Troy worked hard at his “Friendly Game” and with Alisons help he made a real break through, pointing out to Stacie that Right Brain is not the same as fragile, and all he needed was pushed into accepting her in different zones of his body. Alex and Hannah got a real boost to their bond and Alex was the only person to trot during “Savvy Ride” at the end where several students mounted and rode using nothing but saddles, a rope halter and a twelve foot line that had to be swung round the front of the horses head from side to side in order to turn! Yard Manager Ella used Byron as part of his start to his Wildrides career. He gave as a very impressive display when Alison began teaching him “Sideways” but by the end of it our bolshy teenager had begun to understand what a relationship with a human is really all about.

The course gave everyone a new way of thinking and approaching horses and how we deal with them. The results have been lasting, and Troy has started to really bond with humans after a life time of being “scared of being scared” as Alison put it. He now grooms us back when we groom him, and looks forwards to his time with us instead of trying to waste as much of it as possible just being caught! Sandy is happily accepting that he is no longer the boss and seems a little relieved about not having the pressure of keeping us all in line all the time! Hannah is delighted to have a bond with her Mum, and Byron is excited to find that we actually speak “horse” and seeks us out for conversations!

We would like to thank Alison and look forward to catching up with her at Savvy Conference. We hope to be hosting a level 2 course with her very soon.

And here’s what people said after the course……

Hi,

Just wanted to thank you for letting us sit in on your first trailblazing clinic. Your doing great with Troy, it was quite moving to watch.

Bye for now

Claire.

Hi Stacie

Thought I would just drop you an e-mail to say again that I thoroughly enjoyed the two days you arranged with Alison on 17th and 18th.

I thought Alison was really good and friendly too.

Please arrange some more clinics, etc., soon.

Elaine 

Hi Stacie

Thanks for a great Parelli course - Penny was really pleased to have come with me on Wednesday and felt she really got a lot out of it (she wished she’d been able to come both days).

I learned tons from just being able to stand back and watch others do stuff. Sometimes it’s quite difficult to learn to do things different/better when you’re actually in the middle of ‘doing it’ yourself. I’m sure I will be able to translate what I learned this week to my play with Gin and if work hadn’t got in the way I would have been doing it already after being at yours this week! In fact the first thing I did this morning was scribble out a plan for next time I play with Gin - first time I’ve done this and shows that I’m feeling inspired and probably can be more provocative and interesting to her (my goal in life - be more interesting than grass!!!) as a result!

We will be hosting two Parelli Play Days on the 2nd and the 23rd of April so please come along and watch or join in - we can lend you a horse of similar horsenality as your own if you can’t bring yours.

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