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“The dynamics of horsemanship can be obtained naturally through communication, understanding and psychology. This is what I hope to share with you. In contrast is normal horsemanship, which is sometimes obtained through mechanics, fear and intimidation.” -Pat Parelli (1982) Celebrating 30 Years, 1982-2012 Good, Better, Best. Never Let It Rest. 1981 – Pat 1976 – Pat meets gives first 1968 – Pat spends summer with influential mentors horsemanship 1958 – Linda is Freddie Ferrera, who introduces Tony Ernst and lesson to a born in Singapore him to true nature of horses Troy Henry student 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1954 – Pat Parelli is born 1963 – Pat gets his first 1974 –Pat begins training 1982 – Pat on March 17 to Doris & horse for his 9th birthday horses professionally gives first Jack Parelli in California seminars/ clinics 1966 –Linda begins riding lessons Pat’s first clinic in 1982 where he shared his concepts with the public. Photo by Kate Riordan 2003 – Colorado Dept. of Educa- tion approves Colorado University Program (now Parelli University) as an occupational school 1991 – Pat and Linda 2008 – Parelli Headquarters moves coin the term “Natural to new Pagosa Springs office; Parelli Horsemanship” courses kick off at the Australia 2001 – Mark Weiler Center for the first time 1990 – Linda becomes acting presi- 2009 – Parelli presents demos at organizes dent of Parelli Natural Parelli Australia European Dressage & Showjumping Horsemanship Championship at Windsor Castle 1985 – Pat offers first 1995 – Pat and Linda Parelli videos for sale; marry; Parelli Center 2010 – Linda’s Game of begins learning from established in Pagosa Contact course is debuted Tom Dorrance Springs, CO 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2012 1983 – Pat 1989 – Linda 1993 – Linda 2000 – Pat 2007 – The concept establishes meets Pat moves to the featured on of Horsenality™ is first horseman- at clinic in USA; the first In- National debuted; Parelli ship center in Australia structor Program Geographic TV Celebration at NEC Clements, CA commences Special, America’s Birmingham, UK Lost Mustangs 1987 – Linda buys Regalo, 2011 – Parelli Connect, Parelli’s the horse that would lead 1997 – Linda 2005 – 10,000th first social network, is unveiled; her to Pat’s clinics finds Remmer Savvy Club member Horsemanship Fund begins www.parelli.com | 1 ISSUE 35 | May 2012 FEATURES NEWS 18 | The Horsemen’s Re-union 6 | Dear Friends An inside look at the first ever Horse- 12 | An Update From Parelli Australia 18 men’s Re-union, a one-of-a-kind colt 14 | An Update From the Parelli starting event. U.K. Campus 16 | The Parelli Horsemanship Fund 38 | Building a Great Relationship 18 | The Horsemen’s Reunion Tim Smith shares the story of Sally Brett, a 3-Star Parelli Professional who 22 | Become a Social Media Rock Star! spent four weeks with Linda Parelli 24 | The Allure of Eventing and came away with a new apprecia- 26 | The Path to London tion for the Game of Contact. 28 | The Will to Succeed & The Drive to Inspire 38 62 | Way More Than Grooming 30 | Auditions 101 Linda Parelli explains the importance of grooming and how you can turn COMMUNITY keeping your horse beautiful into 34 | Watching Remmer Heal a beneficial experience for your Through His Eyes relationship. 36 | We Are Parelli: Wongaburra 2011 38 | Building a Great Relationship 66 | Are You Sitting Comfortably? 42 | Partner Profiles Rider Biomechanics pioneer Colleen 44 | Milk-Bones® for Savvy Kelly offers some advice on making sure you’re sitting comfortably while 48 | Opening Worlds of Speech riding – both for your benefit and 52 | Horses Helping People, People 62 your horse’s! Helping Horses 54 | Fear of Flying EDUCATION 58 | Spooking on the Trail 60 | Calm-Connected-Responsive 62 | Way More Than Grooming 66 | Are You Sitting Comfortably? 70 | How Horses Learn 72 | Second Hand Gold: Transitions for Impulsion 66 Cover Photo: Linda Parelli with Remmer, 2000. 74 | Official Graduates The Parelli Member Magazine Issue 35, May 2012 www.parelliconnect.com www.parellisavvyclub.com • www.parelli.com [email protected] FOUNDERS Linda & Pat Parelli Coco, Official Parelli Photographer All photos are courtesy photos unless noted ©2012 Parelli Natural Horse•Man•Ship. Huge thanks to all the members of our worldwide team, who do their best to be “the best me that they can be” every day. We value their commitment to supporting horse lovers worldwide in whatever way they can. Laura Aitken Ann Kiser Connie Schanzenbaker Parelli Family Michael Alway Jim Kiser Steven Scheppelman Update Elizabeth Andriot Kalley Krickeberg Carol Schofield Daniel Arzu Stacey Lock Susan Shoemark • Danielle Boyd has joined the Parelli family as our new Coco Baptist Liz Marchand Maree Stewart Marketing Manager. Jenny Beynon Rob McAuliffe Phil Swearngin • Sara Johnson is now CEO of Alilia Blodgett Megan McAuliffe Scott Teigen Parelli Natural Horsemanship. Olin Blodgett Stephen McCurry Bill Thacker • Liz Marchand is now Opera- tions Manager at Parelli Central. Danielle Boyd Harry Mehlman Sharon Tiesdell Smith • Laura Rome has made the Elizabeth Brewer Aggie Omylaniuk Ashley Tippetts decision to move on in pursuit Mark Brown Carlos Oropeza Miguel Vera of the next step in her journey. • Amanda D’Emery is joining the Aaron Burns Hans Oss Patricia Vera Horse & Soul Tour Team. Kimberly Carman Sarah Pitcher Rodney Wates • Kime Conkright, Parelli Profes- Betsy Chavez Nicole Pfeiffer Jason Watt sional, passed after a long fight with cancer. Rosa Cisneros Ryan Pfouts Juliette Watt • Jacque Favre is joining the Shannon Davies Matt Phelps Gale Weber Parelli Florida ranch team Amanda D’ Emery LaVerna Phillips Mark Weiler as caretaker. Susie Drake Neil Pye Dani Wilday • Aggie Omylaniuk is joining the Parelli Florida ranch Horse Jacques Favre Tammy Reid Emilie Wood Health team this summer. Tina Giordano Jeff Robel Gabriel Zamudio • Phil Swearngin, Stacey Lock Kat Green Ryan Rose Jose Zamudio and Juliette Watt have joined the Parelli Media team at Sara Johnson Hillary Rose Omar Zamudio Parelli Central. Glenn Joslyn Molly Sanders 4 | Savvy Times May 2012 6 Dear Friends / 12 An Update From Parelli Australia / 14 An Update FromNews the Parelli U.K. Campus 16 The Parelli Horsemanship Fund / 18 The Horsemen’s Re-union / 22 Become a Social Media Rock Star! 24 The Allure of Eventing / 26 The Path to London / 28 The Will to Succeed & The Drive to Inspire / 30 Auditions 101 photowww.parelli.com by Coco | 5 Dear Friends, What an exciting few months we’ve just had – our tours kicked off to big, excited crowds… my protégé (Marion) is competing with my horse, Allure… we’ve filmed some great new DVDs to improve your riding… two grandpas (Pat and Craig Cameron) teamed up to compete at Road to the Horse… we’ve just returned from Brazil… and Pat celebrated his 30 year anniversary of teaching, well, “Parelli.” And there couldn’t have been a better testament to his bril- liance than having his son, Caton, make the cover of America’s Horse, let alone make a blistering, uber-inspiring run during their demonstration at Road To The Horse. 6 | Savvy Times May 2012 Photo by Coco News Horse & Soul Tour want to connect with me. He was instrumental in the devel- I just love that name – really says it all! There’s a new format, opment of Horsenality, Zero Brace and the Game of Contact. new music, new horses (for me and Pat mostly!) and a show All of a sudden, I started bringing out the best in Allure that rockets through a bunch of subjects, such as trailer instead of the arguments and naughtiness, and just over loading, Game of Contact, demo problem horses from the a year later he is now training and competing in Eventing community, rider biomechanics, lessons with a human and (dressage, jumping and cross-country) with my protégé, horse who are opposites in Horsenality™ and Humanality™, Marion Oesch from Switzerland. inspiring spotlights at Liberty, bridleless riding, foals… I It was so exciting to go to their first event… I never thought don’t think we’ve ever had a tour that packs so much into I’d like being “an owner” rather than the rider! They’ve been two days! But don’t worry, there are plenty of breaks to keep doing really well and have completed three events, scoring you rested and ready for more. in the top 5. It’s been a big deal for my young horse, Hot Jazz, as he’s found the crowd pretty scary, so of course that makes it more educational for you to see how I help him under stress! Then of course there’s all that shopping – so many new clothes and products. Big fun! And by the time this goes to print, I will probably have seen many of you at Equine Affaire and the Midwest Horse Fair in April. Horse Expo Pomona We had a fun few days in Pomona Horse Fair, California. Super crowds each day for demos. Pat did some super sessions, my favorite being how to put the Seven Games to purpose – a highlight being him having Maurice Thibault (3-Star Instructor) jumping his horse over a strung-out 45-foot Line with a pair of chaps thrown over them! He also did a trailer loading with an impossible horse and within a very short time had the horse calmly and casually loading, even with his owner. My demos centered around Horsenality, and we had a great time with a Left-Brain Introvert and Extrovert, which showed the contrast side by side. We then played with a beautiful Left-Brain Extrovert dressage horse who was pretty interest- ing. He was so tense about going forward with contact, but with the Game of Contact approach, he grew in trust and started to stretch out and swing forward.