This message is from: Heather Baskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vicki, what a great and interesting story! A friend of mine just sent two of her horses off for training. One is a LBI/LBE (yearling) and the other is a RBI/RBE (the mother mare). The filly took 20 minutes to load (and that was her FIRST time on a trailer!!!) and the mare > 2 hours (not her first time!). The gentleman doing the loading was the PNH trainer and he was just fabulous to watch. His cool, calm, demeanor and his attitude of "taking the time it takes, to take less time" was inspirational to state the least. When you have the opportunity to watch someone with a lot of savvy work it out - it's just inspiring to state the least. As an update, the past 3 days Henry & I have been doing alot of "undemanding time" and working on certain thresholds that he has (something that I "should have" worked out a few weeks ago). Never the less, better now than never. He really appreciated the undemanding time and has a more "keen" expression in his eyes. He also had his first visit today with the farrier (who is PNH) and Henry passed [i.e., he was a good boy] :-) Henry has been with me for 7 weeks now and is settling in so incredibly well. Loving the Fjord experience!!! Heather & Henry Playing Naturally ...
----- Original Message ---- From: Vicki Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008 7:24:42 AM Subject: RE: Question for the Parelli Fjord Folks This message is from: "Vicki Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Another thought that I should have shared. Kjerstin had decided that she would not get on the trailer while at the Parelli center. I worked with her for two hours and finally started to feel my emotions coming up (not a good time to try and accomplish anything!) Then one of the instructors worked with her for a while before she decided that Kjerstin was going to need Kaffa - the head of the instructor staff and the recognized trailer expert! It was a big learning experience for me to watch Kaffa work with Kjerstin. It's not about the trailer! She was so fast in thinking of things to ask Kjerstin to do that were varied and very quickly placed one after another. Yes, I can do that, yes, I can, yes, yes, and so forth to build up a pattern of yes before going to the trailer. She got her on and she worked with her again the next morning and now she thinks the trailer is personal party palace! I have a hard time being as quick as Kaffa in thinking of varied things to build up a long pattern of yes, but it was definitely a confidence builder for Kjerstin and helped her overcome whatever was bothering her about the trailer. Vicki Mims, Florida The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
