This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Brigid,
I am signed up for a level one Parelli Clinic here, to occur in two weeks. Having put off working with Adel (due to heat, fires, smoke, excuse, excuse) I started working with her today on the first two of the "7 games" but have a real problem! If she is taken out of the corral (no grass) to my driveway parking area (grass) where I groom and tack up the horses, she is absolutely obsessed by the grass, and once she gets her head down I think I could beat on her forever and she pays no attention. No I don't beat on her, I don't want to jerk and beat on her, but she is so focused on the grass that she pays no attention to me unless I really get forcefull. I know it is "disrespect". Once I have her tied at the grooming area she is quite cooperative and loves being groomed..but of course she can't get her head down to the grass. She is quite respectful of my body language IN the corral as are the other three Fjords. They are all together and the corral they are in (actrually two connected corrals) are quite large..probably could be termed a "paddock"and I can be the "boss mare" with all four, but get her out where there is grass and that is all she can think of. I do put them down in the little pasture for 2-3 hours every day, so it is not like she is totally deprived! And she is not starving, by any means! too fat, actually. Is it even POSSIBLE to get their attention even with grass underfoot? I guess I should work her in the corral so she at least knows what I am asking, understands it at least..any other suggestions? Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska, frustrated by the Fjord grass obsession! In any case, I have gotten to know our >resident Parelli instructor Susan and decided to start taking lessons. The main >reason is for fun and something to focus on, and the secondary reason is to >better assist my Parelli clicker students; I will have a better understanding of >the exercises and how to best complete them. Rafael was unsure in the first >lesson, as he's not fond of other people handling him, but by the second lesson >he "got it." Suddenly it was a game for him, a challenge, not involving >anything unpleasant. I think we will really enjoy this. My goal is to pass the >Level One test. ************************************************************ Jean Ernest Fairbanks, Alaska mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
