A day with Holandesa!

A Day with Holandesa!

I would like to tell you something very personal, for me, working with horses is a great life experience. I love being with and taking care of these magnificent animals. Sharing time with them and watching them develop daily is food for my soul. Horses learn very quickly and are so smart that they never cease to amaze and motivate me to learn and apply new training techniques. Searching for the best way to communicate with them makes me very happy!

I hope you enjoy this process as much as I do.

Today I want you to pay much attention to the videos of Holandesa, to the fact that when reading the horses body language and honoring it induces the horse to trust us more and more each time.

In this video we can see that the plastic bag poses no threat to the filly. This is the goal! Total trust in the human and in the elements the human introduces.

I love this video!!

It demonstrates that the work done so far has been well done! Thanks to all the positive experiences the filly has had ,the introduction of the ball has been a success! In order to create connexion and trust much patience and respecting of the horses limits is needed.

In this last video I did not want to loose the opportunity to work on the porcupine game on her legs and practice the handling which will be necessary when trimming her hooves soon.

Remember that your comments and/or questions are always welcome!

If you would like to learn more about the Parelli Method and my courses you may visit my page

www.aleparellipro.com

Next week I will be presenting the process of the spray application. A procedure which can cause much stress if not done correctly by the handler.

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