Thursday, 25 February 2010

J R Foundation Station Epilogue



This is what I'm taking away from my week here at JRFS - in no particular order -

  • "doing Parelli" is a means to an end, not an end in itself. My goal is to have a horse that I can ride anywhere safely - a good riding horse. Isn't that what most people want?
  • do simple things well.
  • have a plan.
  • rate the success of your actions from minus ten to ten and don't go on to the next thing until you've got to at least zero.
  • focus - no. I mean really focus
  • everything you do with your horse matters
  • either you think you can, or you think you can't - either way you're right.
  • look where you want to go, not where you are going.
  • don't stop doing something that bothers your horse until your horse stops being bothered .
  • watch the Level Four DVDs so you know what you are heading towards.
  • take another look at the patterns - I think I get them now.

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