Amazed

Well, it has been awhile since i last posted...
I got my whole big kit and wow have i ever enjoyed it...
Especially the success series... My kids are even watching them with me!!!
It has been way cold for the last few weeks so i have been unable to play with horses... which is really difficult considering i got all this new info...
But this past friday i got to spend the afternoon with the horses...
I went out after watching Attracting Horses and used that to catch my mare... It worked really well... though they always come as soon as they see me... might have something to do with the treats...
Anyway, what i wanted to say today is that i was very impressed with my mare Blondie... She came rite away and i groomed everyone... then got her haltered whih she gave me her head.... then we played the friendly game with the carrot stick and did the helicopter she perked her ears but remained in the same spot... we then went through all the games and considering we haven't played them in a long long time she did super well... she is a very sensitive mare... i do definently need to work on my porcupine game... We even did the touch it 3x and then we did the figure eight a few times... and she did really well although i do need to realize when it is time to break and do somethin different... i have sooo much to learn part of me just wants to skip ahead ... or at least some good weather so we could play at least a few days a week...
Bri played with cassie... caught her herself.. needed a lil help with the haltering... lead her around and then played lots of friendly game with her and the carrot stick... they did great... But it is very late and i gotta get up early so later!

YAY!!!!!

I finally it the bullet and ordered the entire Parelli Patterns kit.... It comes with all the patterns the succes series and halter, lines, hackamores, cradle bridle... i just hope i got the rite sizes... anyway i should be getting it in 7-10 business days I am sooooo very excited.... i wanna wrap it individually and put it under the tree for the kids and i.... I am glad the weekend is here and we can play with the horses tomorrow... This weekend the kids and I will also getting baptized I am beyound excited for that as well!!!!

My own lil christmas!!!

WEll last night i got my starter kit from the Parelli Savvy Club I got back to the car and was sooooo excitd my kids kept sayin what did you get... We went out for supper and took it all out of the box and wow... I am sooooo incredibly excited to really get going on this... I got one dvd with my pack and another aside from it.. and I just about finished them both.... so needless to say I am a little tired this morning... But I thought they were just fantastic... I also got three journals... So I am not sure if I wanna share with the kids as they go through their journey... The kids are learning all this and watcing it all with me it is great that we can share this all together...Anyways aside from that... I have missed the last two evenings to play with the horses but over the weekend we did play lots... Brianna has really been bugging to not only watch she wants to participate so I reluctently gave her a parelli halter and 12' rope and lher and I went out to catch horses... I have kinda forgotten how the catching game works... so we kinda just went out there and did some approach and retreat until they were ok with us... So I got my mare Blondie and had my son hold her as I 'coached' my daughter to catch her horse Cassie...I showed her how to do the friendly game with the halter and then halter her parelli style... She was grinin ear to ear... so then as my son ran back to get our brushes I allowed her to lead her around a litlle and just get comfortable... i was a little shocked to see that Cassie was completly relaxed... So maybe I need to relax a little.... Cassie has been to a level one 5 day course with Don Halladay in March of 2004... so she does need a little refreshing... She did very well with the kids brushing her and Bri cleaned her hoofs... My camera battery died so I didn't get any pics... Blondie did so well i was sooo impressed she didn't spook... very curious and a little cautious... but i took her over to the swing set/jungle thinge and we played the squeeze game under the swinging monkey bars that had a rope swagged between them... and i took her through/between two actual swingsthat were no more tha six inches apart... she did super... she remembered all the games even picking up the feet from the same side... so that went well although our porcupine game will need alot of work... Now i need a confined area(round pen or arena) to start riding in... not sure what i am gonna do there... i have electrical fencing but the snow is already on the ground and i don't know if that is a good idea and a steal one may be costly! This weekend is gonna be alittle busy but I really hope I get to go play again! I sooooo love my horses!!!!