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I think now I will do Parelli because I have seen much great things achieve by people who do parelli. I don't have so much experience in NH but I will never achieve things like natural collection if I don't have a basic. I hope parelli can give me this basic.
A combination of the Level X and Level I groundwork in this forum and Parelli as more visual learning aid through all the dvd's can be a good basis for further collection. So you could indeed find a Parelli Level 1 package and study that.
However, in order to be able to fit that into a real good relationship, keep these four things in mind:
- Don't up the Parelli fases above fase 2 (touching the skin). If your horse still doesn't respond to that, just repeat the aid in the same fase, or on another place on his body in order to ask him to think about that bodypart untill he moves away from there.
- Use (food) rewards in order to counter the positive pressure system that Parelli uses (even when just going to fase 2)
- Try to teach your horse the Parelli Seven Games without a halter or leadrope. That way you really develop a communication based on mutual trust, instead of you being the dominant bully keeping your horse close while forcing him to do things he doesn't want to do.
- Only train the Parelli exercises when your horse has come to you voluntarily: So you're walking through the paddock and your horse approaches you and comes to stand next to you: then you can try one or two Parelli exercises, but before your horse gets bored, walk away yourself again in order to see if he follows you - and wants to learn more from you.
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