<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966</id><updated>2012-01-18T22:01:17.060-05:00</updated><category term='stages'/><category term='Introduction'/><category term='Clinics'/><category term='Menina'/><category term='Blue Moon'/><category term='Mastery Program'/><category term='Horsenality'/><category term='voyage CB'/><category term='trip BC'/><category term='video'/><category term='services'/><category term='share parelli'/><category term='Easter'/><category term='Equipment'/><category term='Nouvelles'/><category term='Inspiration'/><category term='Éducation'/><category term='Education'/><category term='News'/><category term='Équipement'/><category term='Jolie'/><title type='text'>Parelli Savvy Québec</title><subtitle type='html'>Vous êtes sur le blogue de Geneviève Benoit, le seul Instructeur Parelli Agréé 3 Étoiles au Québec.  J'y afficherai désormais mes nouvelles, évènements, photos et tout ce qui pourrait intéresser les adeptes de Parelli et mes élèves.  Vos commentaires sont les bienvenus!  Naturellement vôtre!&lt;br&gt;
You have reached Geneviève Benoit's blog, the only Licensed Parelli 3-Star Instructor in Quebec.  News, events and pictures for all my Parelli students.  Your comments are welcome!  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January news!</title><content type='html'>Le bulletin de janvier!&amp;nbsp; Bonne lecture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Bulletin-Parelli-Janvier-2012---Parelli-News-January-2012.html?soid=1106091886256&amp;amp;aid=b0loa-SW0Yg"&gt;Cliquez ici!  Click here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January newsletter is up! Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-4850926848910493105?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/4850926848910493105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-bulletin-de-janvier-bonne-lecture.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4850926848910493105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4850926848910493105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-bulletin-de-janvier-bonne-lecture.html' title='Bulletin Janvier 2012!  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Respect thresholds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RBI&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Move his heart and he’ll give you his confidence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}" style="color: #660000;"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;Bon article sur le site Parelli sur les Horsenalities et les choses à faire et à éviter!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}" style="color: #660000;"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;C&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;GE&amp;nbsp; Activez ses pieds et il vous donnera son esprit et son attention.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}" style="color: #660000; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;CGI&amp;nbsp; Activez son esprit et il bougera ses pieds!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}" style="color: #660000; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;CDE&amp;nbsp; Les sessions d'apprentissage doivent demeurer courtes et simples.&amp;nbsp; Respectez ses seuils/limites.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; 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&lt;b&gt;Trailer Loading at Liberty&lt;/b&gt; featuring Easter and Blue Moon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Easter &lt;/i&gt;is my second Level 4 horse.  &lt;i&gt;Blue Moon&lt;/i&gt; is my new horse, I have only had her 8 months and she came with trailer loading issues.  She is the 4th horse I am developing to Level 4 of the Parelli program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trailer loading is about&lt;b&gt; love, language and leadership in equal doses&lt;/b&gt;.  It should be solid and needs to be part of every horse's foundation skills.&lt;br /&gt;It demonstrates how you have been winning the 7 Games without making the horse feel like a loser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you practicing regularly with trailer loading?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/YYTeb8NMd9U/0.jpg"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YYTeb8NMd9U&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /&gt;&lt;embed width="320" height="266"  src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YYTeb8NMd9U&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ma nouvelle vidéo:&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;Chargement en remorque en liberté&lt;/b&gt;, avec Easter et Blue Moon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Easter &lt;/i&gt;est mon deuxième cheval Niveau 4.&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Blue Moon &lt;/i&gt;est mon nouveau cheval, je ne l'ai que depuis 8 mois.&amp;nbsp; Elle est arrivée avec de sérieux problèmes de chargement en remorque.&amp;nbsp; Elle est le quatrième cheval que j'entraîne au Niveau 4.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le chargement en remorque est un exemple &lt;b&gt;d'amour, de langage et de leadership à doses égales&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;nbsp; C'est une habileté de base essentielle que tout cheval doit maîtriser.&lt;br /&gt;La remorque prouve que vous avez gagné les 7 Jeux sans que le cheval se sente perdant!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pratiquez-vous régulièrement le chargement en remorque?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-5107968002958215156?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/5107968002958215156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2012/01/check-out-my-new-video-trailer-loading.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5107968002958215156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5107968002958215156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2012/01/check-out-my-new-video-trailer-loading.html' title=''/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-1025124613543436175</id><published>2011-12-23T22:49:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-27T20:06:55.182-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><title type='text'>Mériter la clé du coeur</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;«L'état d'esprit du cheval (ou de l'humain) est la seule chose qui compte.&amp;nbsp; Ceux qui font les choses même s'ils n'en ont pas envie sont plus faciles; nous avons peut-être ainsi l'impression d'être efficace et nous devenons confiants en nos habiletés.&amp;nbsp; Mais ce sont ceux qui ne font rien à moins que nos techniques et nos intentions soient pures qui nous démontrent soit que nous sommes vraiment efficaces, ou qui nous donnent la preuve que nous ne le sommes pas.&amp;nbsp; D'une manière ou d'une autre, c'est un cadeau qui nous est offert. »&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U0UH-djwOoQ/TvU9MvZGouI/AAAAAAAAAMo/o3NegJO4JHQ/s1600/m8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U0UH-djwOoQ/TvU9MvZGouI/AAAAAAAAAMo/o3NegJO4JHQ/s320/m8.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;La première fois que j'ai lu cette citation,&amp;nbsp; elle m'a parue coller très exactement à la nature de ma relation avec ma jument &lt;b&gt;Menina&lt;/b&gt;, mon demi-sang lusitanien, le cheval le plus difficile avec lequel il m'a été donné de travailler à ce jour.&amp;nbsp; C'est une excellente professeure, et je suis reconnaissante qu'elle fasse partie de ma vie.&amp;nbsp; Si vous me suivez, vous savez déjà que ce n'est pas un cheval simple.&amp;nbsp; Je l'ai élevée depuis la naissance, et la combinaison d'un pedigree hors pair, d'habileté athlétique, de sensibilité, d'intelligence et d'assurance a, pour le moins qu'on puisse dire, présentée tout un défi.&amp;nbsp; Ce cheval ne pardonne pas les erreurs, ce qui explique en partie pourquoi elle est si exigeante.&amp;nbsp; Elle est aussi hautement connectée avec moi, mes pensées et mon état d'esprit, et ceci ajoute une autre dimension au défi:&amp;nbsp; si mes intentions ne sont pas pures ou s'il ne s'agit pas de faire quelque chose avec elle et pour elle, elle le sait bien avant que je demande quoi que ce soit.&amp;nbsp; Je me souviens de l'avoir mené en longe à l'âge de deux semaines, et comme nous passions tout près d'un muret en ciment, j'ai pensé:&amp;nbsp; «Ce serait tellement génial si elle s....».&amp;nbsp; La pensée n'était même pas entièrement formulée et voilà ma pouliche qui est déjà sur le muret.&amp;nbsp; Elle est connectée à moi à ce point; elle sait en tout temps où je suis, ce que je fais et comprends si elle fait partie du mouvement ou pas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donc avec Menina, je dois constamment trouver juste le bon dosage de focus, ressenti, temps de réaction, équilibre et énergie, sinon elle me fait savoir très clairement qu'elle s'objecte à mon manque de leadership d'humain.&amp;nbsp; Un CGE/CGI/CDE extrême qui s'aventure aussi du côté CDI, je dois non seulement constamment m'ajuster au cheval qui se présente à moi, mais si elle portait une enseigne, il y aurait de fortes chances qu'il y soit inscrit «TU ES NULLE» la plupart du temps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avec un tel cheval, il serait facile de se décourager ou de perdre l'envie de continuer, et elle a définitivement mis à l'épreuve mon assurance à de nombreuses occasions.&amp;nbsp; Ses réponses et ses réactions peuvent être très extrêmes, et ont inclus dans le passé des explosions en ruades, des coups de pied avant et arrière, se cabrer, s'emballer, mordre, se coucher et refuser de bouger.&amp;nbsp; Nous avons dû progresser lentement dans l'échelle des niveaux, car je dois sans cesse apprendre plus et raffiner mes compétences pour lui prouver que je peux être un leader à sa mesure.&amp;nbsp; Heureusement, elle est le troisième cheval que je développe au Niveau 4, et pas le premier.&amp;nbsp; Je n'aurais probablement pas survécu si j'avais dû commencer le programme avec elle!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il y a plusieurs années, à la fin d'un cours de 6 semaines au ranch Parelli, on nous a demandé d'écrire une lettre à notre cheval.&amp;nbsp; La mienne disait quelque chose qui ressemblait à ceci:&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;«Qui dois-je devenir pour pour mériter la clé ton coeur?»&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp; C'est le trésor que je cherche depuis ce jour.&amp;nbsp; Lorsque j'ai l'occasion de jouer avec un autre cheval, la plupart du temps, il me semble facile et je reprends confiance en mes capacités et en ma compétence.&amp;nbsp; Ils compensent peut-être un peu pour mes erreurs, ou j'ai probablement appris suffisamment pour pouvoir communiquer efficacement avec ces autres chevaux.&amp;nbsp; Mais pas avec Menina.&amp;nbsp; La marge d'erreur est trop mince, et elle ne supporte pas longtemps la maladresse ou l'incompétence.&amp;nbsp; Ou je vise dans le mille, ou je suis NULLE.&amp;nbsp; Heureusement, j'ai acquis suffisamment de leadership depuis 8 ans pour ne plus avoir à faire face à la majorité des comportements dangereux.&amp;nbsp; Aujourd'hui, elle s'exprime principalement en s'obstinant, en refusant, en quittant ou en ignorant tout simplement mes demandes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dernièrement, le défi a surgi dans le cadre du jeu du cercle en longe, un exercice que j'essaie de raffiner pour terminer mes auditions Niveau 4 (les instructeurs ont reçu l'ordre de compléter leur Niveau 4 d'ici septembre, donc nous sommes astreints au calendrier).&amp;nbsp; Menina galope bien sur la corde de 45 pieds et fait ses changements de pied à la volée sans difficulté; notre travail aux longues rênes est solide et elle aborde tous les obstacles avec assurance.&amp;nbsp; Toutefois, elle a maîtrisé l'art de décamper à tout moment, en prenant appui sur la corde avec son nez ou en passant le pied, en se raidissant et en filant à toute allure en m'arrachant la corde.&amp;nbsp; Ce qu'on appelle communément la «technique de la mule» car les mules le font très souvent.&amp;nbsp; Elle ne le fait qu'au delà d'une certaine distance, donc le fait de jouer avec la corde de 22 pieds ne m'est d'aucun secours.&amp;nbsp; Jusqu'à récemment, elle le faisait toujours vers la gauche, mais lorsque je suis devenue particulièrement attentive à la direction que prenait son esprit puis son nez en allant à gauche, et que j'ai réussi quelques fois à interrompre le mouvement en faisant moins plus rapidement, elle a commencé à me déjouer à droite.&amp;nbsp; Toutes les techniques que j'ai apprises au fil des années aux ranchs Parelli n'ont pas résolu la question; j'ai donc dû soigneusement passer en revue mes stratégies et réfléchir sérieusement à la source du problème.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Puis un soir, je me suis souvenue de Pat et Casper durant l'hiver passé à l'Université Parelli il y a déjà plusieurs années, et d'un jeu auquel nous avions participé pour aider Casper en liberté.&amp;nbsp; Casper avait pris l'habitude de quitter Pat, toujours du même côté, et Pat cherchait un moyen de remplacer cette habitude.&amp;nbsp; Casper est aussi un cheval extrême et très intelligent.&amp;nbsp; En y repensant, je suis venue à l'idée que mon problème n'avait rien à voir avec le jeu du cercle - Menina peut faire de très beaux cercles si ELLE EN A ENVIE.&amp;nbsp; Ce qui me manquait, c'était la force de la relation entre nous nécessaire pour qu'elle ait envie de rester avec moi pour l'exercice.&amp;nbsp; En menant à bien tous mes projets d'avancement, de résolution d'autres problèmes, d'apprentissage de la Finesse, de dressage avec Walter Zettl et de préparatifs pour le cours de Jeu du Contact, j'ai trop souvent omis le besoin de continuer à MÉRITER LA CLÉ DE SON COEUR.&amp;nbsp; J'ai mis beaucoup de pression sur mon cheval, et elle me disait «écoute-moi, et la relation entre nous, où en est-elle?».&amp;nbsp; Je l'avais rassemblée mentalement, émotivement et physiquement, mais j'avais négligé son coeur.&amp;nbsp; Le compte de banque était à plat.&amp;nbsp; Même un cheval cerveau gauche et confiant a besoin de savoir que vous l'aimez, même s'il n'a pas peur de vous et qu'il apprécie généralement la compagnie des humains.&amp;nbsp; Menina n'avait aucune difficulté à être à mes côtés, mais elle me quittait quand je demandais plus, si de son point de vue, elle jugeait que j'étais injuste, critique ou que le moment était mal choisi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En considérant cette réalisation, j'ai donc changé mon optique complètement et la semaine dernière a été axée sur la &lt;b&gt;relation&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;nbsp; J'ai essayé de mieux la comprendre, de demander moins, sans oublier d'être exigeante sur la qualité car c'est crucial pour garder mon leadership avec ce cheval, d'accepter les efforts et de récompenser souvent.&amp;nbsp; J'ai mis de côté ma corde et repris l'exercice en liberté dans une aire assez vaste, afin de vraiment voir la Vérité, quelle qu'elle soit.&amp;nbsp; La première journée, Menina a décollé dès le début;&amp;nbsp; je l'ai encouragée avec beaucoup d'énergie, je l'ai envoyée très fermement pour créer une plus grande envie de revenir, pour rendre le mauvais choix difficile, mais je lui a donné UN ÉNORME RELÂCHEMENT en m'éloignant rapidement dès qu'elle a commencé à regarder dans ma direction pour revenir.&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Drive &lt;/i&gt;et &lt;i&gt;draw &lt;/i&gt;extrêmes pour faire le contrepoids d'un comportement extrême, en me synchronisant avec son niveau d'énergie.&amp;nbsp; Après deux répétitions, elle restait collée à moi.&amp;nbsp; J'ai demandé très peu la première journée, juste créer le désir de rester avec moi, et ensuite je me suis assise et nous sommes restées ensemble à rien faire pour un bon moment.&amp;nbsp; J'ai aussi décidé de ne pas la monter, afin de terminer notre journée sur un sentiment de détente et d'expression positive pour elle et pour moi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'en suis à la cinquième journée de ce programme, et les changements sont ÉNORMES.&amp;nbsp; Chaque jour, je demande un peu plus, afin de ne pas l'ennuyer, tout en essayant d'équilibrer approche et retrait.&amp;nbsp; Elle ne me quitte plus, même avec l'herbe sous ses pieds et ses amies qui sont hors de son champ de vision.&amp;nbsp; Un peu plus chaque jour.&amp;nbsp; Je termine chaque session avec un long moment de temps ensemble à ne rien faire (si difficile pour une extrovertie), et elle broute près de moi ou elle pose son nez sur ma tête et souffle doucement dans mes chevaux comme pour dire &lt;i&gt;«Merci d'avoir enfin compris»&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOUS DEVONS D'ABORD MÉRITER LA CLÉ DU COEUR, &lt;i&gt;L'OBTENIR ENTIÈREMENT ET SANS RÉSERVE.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Les chevaux n'ont pas d'intérêt pour notre savoir tant qu'ils ne savent pas qu'on a leur intérêt à coeur.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;C'est si facile à oublier quand on est pressé et qu'on a des objectifs à réaliser.&amp;nbsp; Walter Zettl enseigne qu'en l'absence du Schwung, on ne peut rien faire de bon.&amp;nbsp; Chez Parelli, nous enseignons qu'en absence de relation, rien n'existe qui en vale la peine.&amp;nbsp; Menina n'allait pas me permettre d'oublier cette pièce très importante de notre casse-tête; quelle professeure extraordinaire elle a été et continue d'être pour moi!&amp;nbsp; Malgré tous ces moments où j'ai pensé que j'étais tout simplement NULLE, l'apprentissage continuait et de grandes leçons se sont imprimées au fond de mon cerveau et de mon coeur.&amp;nbsp; Je suis et je continue d'être totalement engagée envers ce cheval, comme envers tous mes autres chevaux.&amp;nbsp; Mais celle-ci m'offre une relation où l'engagement ne suffit pas - je dois être obsédée!&amp;nbsp; Je dois constamment y travailler et ne jamais être tentée de croire que j'ai peut-être appris tout ce que j'ai besoin de savoir pour exceller avec les chevaux, ou avec ce cheval.&amp;nbsp; Pas même une seule journée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Merci Menina de me pousser constamment à devenir une meilleure femme de cheval et un meilleur être humain, et de m'obliger à garder mes intentions pures et mes techniques à jour, ainsi que de ne jamais, au grand jamais, me laisser glisser dans la médiocrité ou l'auto-suffisance!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-1025124613543436175?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/1025124613543436175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/12/meriter-la-cle-du-coeur.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1025124613543436175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1025124613543436175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/12/meriter-la-cle-du-coeur.html' title='Mériter la clé du coeur'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U0UH-djwOoQ/TvU9MvZGouI/AAAAAAAAAMo/o3NegJO4JHQ/s72-c/m8.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-2837666944857521979</id><published>2011-12-22T20:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T20:27:29.019-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><title type='text'>Collecting the heart</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;«The State of Mind of a horse (or person, for that matter) is everything. The ones who will do things even when they don't want to are easier and perhaps make us feel confident and effective. But it is the ones that won't do anything, unless we are pure in our techniques and intentions that either show us we actually are effective, or prove that we are not. Either way it is a gift.»&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2xec1KO94bI/TvPXRGFdipI/AAAAAAAAAMc/_Ud_H9QB7Y4/s1600/Menina1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2xec1KO94bI/TvPXRGFdipI/AAAAAAAAAMc/_Ud_H9QB7Y4/s320/Menina1.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;When I first read this quote, it struck me as an accurate definition of my relationship with my mare &lt;b&gt;Menina&lt;/b&gt;, my half-Lusitano, and the most challenging horse I have played with to this day.  She is a wonderful teacher, and I am grateful to have her in my life.&amp;nbsp; If you have been following me, you already know she is not easy.  I raised her from birth, but the combination of excellent breeding, athletic ability, sensitivity, intelligence and confidence has proven to be, to say the least, daunting.  This horse will not fill in for my mistakes, that is partly why she is so demanding.  She is also highly connected to me, to my thoughts, to my state of mind, and this adds another dimension to the challenge:&amp;nbsp; if my intentions are not pure or if it's not about doing it with her, she knows it even before I have started to ask for anything.&amp;nbsp; I remember leading her when she was 2 weeks old, and as we were passing by a small concrete ledge, I thought «Wouldn't it be cool if she j...», and there she was, on the ledge!&amp;nbsp; That is how connected she is to me; she keeps track of my whereabouts and what I am doing, and understands whether she is to be involved or not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with Menina, I either have to find the right combination of focus, feel, timing, balance and energy or she will clearly indicate her objection to my feeble human leadership.  As an extreme LBE/LBI/RBE that can sometimes be RBI, not only do I have to continually adjust to play with the horse that shows up, but if she wore a sign on her head, it would most likely read 'YOU SUCK' a large portion of the time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It would be easy to become disheartened or discouraged with such a horse, and she has certainly tested my confidence many, many times.  Her responses or reactions can be quite extreme, and have included in the past serious bucking, striking, kicking, rearing, running off, biting, laying down and refusal to move.  At one point in time, she was labelled 4 out 5 on Pat Parelli's challenging horse scale.  Progress through the levels has been slow, as I have had to keep learning and refining my skills to prove that I can be a worthy leader for Menina.&amp;nbsp; Thankfully she is the third horse I am bringing to Level 4, not the first one.&amp;nbsp; I probably would not have survived the first time around!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Several years ago, at the end of a 6 week course, we were asked to write a letter to our horse.  Mine said something like &lt;i&gt;«who will I have to become to finally be good enough to earn your heart?»&lt;/i&gt;; and that has been my quest every since.Whenever I get the chance to play with another horse, most of the time, I find them easy.  And they help me regain confidence in my skills and ability.  They might fill in a bit, or I might just have learned enough to get through to these horses.  But not Menina.  There is not much room for error, and she won't tolerate much fumbling around either.  I either get it, or I SUCK.  Thankfully, I have earned enough leadership in the last 8 years to get past most of the dangerous behavior.  Today, her feedback consists mostly of arguing, saying no, leaving, or simply ignoring my requests.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My latest issue had been showing up in the circling game online, a task that I have been trying to refine to finish taping Level 4 (instructors have been issued a deadline to complete Level 4 by September so we are on a timeline now).&amp;nbsp; She can canter on the 45 foot line and will do flying lead changes with ease, our long lining is solid, and she will handle any obstacle with confidence.&amp;nbsp; However, she has also mastered the art of leaving at any point in time, by hooking the rope with her leg or nose, straightening out her body and taking off at a gallop ripping the line out of my hands.&amp;nbsp; She only does it at a certain distance, so playing on the 22 foot line has not helped me resolve the issue.&amp;nbsp; Up to recently, she always did it to the left, but when I became acutely focused on where her mind and nose were going when going left, and was able to interrupt the pattern a couple of times by doing less sooner, she started doing it to the right.&amp;nbsp; All the techniques I learned over the years spent at the Parelli ranch made no difference; I had to rethink carefully my strategies and take a hard look at the root of this behavior.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then one night, I remembered Pat and Casper  back when I was in the Parelli University several years ago, and a game he had us play to help Casper at Liberty.&amp;nbsp; Casper had a pattern of leaving Pat, always on the same side, and Pat was trying to find a way to replace this pattern.&amp;nbsp; Casper is also a very challenging and very intelligent horse.&amp;nbsp; At that point, it dawned on me that my issue was not at all about circling - Menina could circle perfectly fine is she WANTED to.&amp;nbsp; What was missing was the strength of relationship that I needed to keep her wanting to stay, and, in my endeavor to make progress, to resolve other issues, learn Finesse, ride with Walter Zettl and get ready for courses like the Game of Contact, I had somehow forgotten to keep COLLECTING HER HEART.&amp;nbsp; I had been putting a lot of pressure on my horse, and she was saying «listen to me, what about the relationship?».&amp;nbsp; I had her mentally, emotionally and physically collected, but I had been neglecting the heart.&amp;nbsp; The bank account was running low.&amp;nbsp; Even a left brain, confident, horse needs to know you care, even if they are not afraid of you and generally like human companionship.&amp;nbsp; She had no trouble being with me, but she started leaving when I was asking for more, and in her eyes, I was either being unfair, critical, or I was asking at the wrong time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In light of this insight, I changed my focus completely and made the last week all about the &lt;b&gt;relationship&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I'm trying to listen to her more, to ask less without forgetting to be particular, which is crucial to keep being a good leader for this type of horse, accepting the tries, and rewarding often.&amp;nbsp; I threw away my rope and restarted at Liberty in a large area, so I could have the Truth, whatever that may be.&amp;nbsp; The first day, she did leave right away; I encouraged her with a lot of energy, drove her strongly to create more draw and make the wrong thing difficult, but gave her HUGE releases by backing off completely when she started looking at me to come back.&amp;nbsp; Extreme drive and draw for an extreme behavior, matching the energy.&amp;nbsp; Two repetitions and she was sticking to me like glue.&amp;nbsp; I asked very little the first day, other than that she stay with me, and then sat down and just hung out with her for a long time.&amp;nbsp; I decided to not ride her either, to make sure we left everything on a soft positive feeling for her and for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am on day 5 of this program, and the change is HUGE.&amp;nbsp; Every day I ask for a little more, because she will get bored if I don't, trying to balance how much I can ask and when to back off.&amp;nbsp; She is no longer leaving, even with the grass under her feet and her buddies out of sight.&amp;nbsp; And she is giving me trot circles at liberty, both directions, with changes of direction, and putting lots of effort in.&amp;nbsp; A little more each day.&amp;nbsp; I am ending each session on a big chunk of undemanding time (so hard for an extrovert), and she grazes next to me or just put her muzzle on my head and softly blows in my hair as if to say &lt;i&gt;«Thank you for finally getting it!»&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;b&gt;WE FIRST NEED TO COLLECT THE HEART.&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp; ALL OF IT, WITHOUT RESERVATION.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Horses don't care what you know until they know how much you care.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;So easy to forget when you are busy and goal oriented.&amp;nbsp; Walter Zettl says that without Schwung, you have nothing to work with.&amp;nbsp; In Parelli, we say that without the relationship, you have nothing.&amp;nbsp; This horse was not going to let me get away with forgetting that very important piece of the puzzle; what an amazing teacher she has been and continues to be!&amp;nbsp; Through all the times where I thought I just SUCKED, there has been all that learning going on and huge lessons being hammered into my brain and heart.&amp;nbsp; I am and continue to be absolutely committed to my relationship with this horse, as with all my other horses.&amp;nbsp; But this relationship is where I have to be more than committed;&amp;nbsp; I have to be obsessed! &amp;nbsp; I have to keep working at it and cannot be lured into thinking that I might have learned everything I need to know to be good with horses, or with this horse.&amp;nbsp; Not even for a day.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Thank you Menina for constantly pushing me to become a better horseman and human, for making sure my intentions are pure and my techniques are right, and for never, ever, letting me off the hook!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-2837666944857521979?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/2837666944857521979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/12/collecting-heart.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2837666944857521979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2837666944857521979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/12/collecting-heart.html' title='Collecting the heart'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2xec1KO94bI/TvPXRGFdipI/AAAAAAAAAMc/_Ud_H9QB7Y4/s72-c/Menina1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-6924420215575107415</id><published>2011-12-18T20:23:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T21:37:29.597-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blue Moon'/><title type='text'>Meilleurs voeux 2011!  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margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rohzg19dBiA/Tu38N9itIBI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/WcTseOhN8FA/s1600/m2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rohzg19dBiA/Tu38N9itIBI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/WcTseOhN8FA/s320/m2.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i style="color: #660000;"&gt;Game of Contact avec Linda Parelli&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Mes voeux et mes nouvelles pour le Temps des Fêtes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;li style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;  &lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;En direct de la Floride!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;The Parelli Horsemanship   Fund&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Les programmes   d'enseignement par vidéo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Idées de cadeaux&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Évènements à venir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;  &lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Pensée de fin d'année&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Cliquez   &lt;a href="http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Joyeuses-F-tes-2011---Holiday-Greetings-2011.html?soid=1106091886256&amp;amp;aid=dIUnIRz5gcs"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt; pour lire le bulletin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Veuillez aussi prendre note des   modifications à l'horaire des ateliers sans chevaux qui auront lieu en avril   au Magasin Greenhawk de Québec - plus de choix et plus de souplesse pour   répondre à la demande!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ffcc00; 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to read the newsletter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-coKhko-zJSI/Tu38HSIRtvI/AAAAAAAAAMI/EmmcGk7gJVs/s1600/PC110002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-coKhko-zJSI/Tu38HSIRtvI/AAAAAAAAAMI/EmmcGk7gJVs/s320/PC110002.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Blue Moon, Easter et Menina&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;in Florida&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Please also take note of the new   schedule and format for the Horseless Workshop Series that will be held in   April at the Quebec City Greenhawk Store.&amp;nbsp; More choices and more   flexibility to meet your needs!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;                &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-5598250496529747985?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/5598250496529747985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/12/game-of-contact-avec-linda-parelli-mes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5598250496529747985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5598250496529747985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/12/game-of-contact-avec-linda-parelli-mes.html' title=''/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rohzg19dBiA/Tu38N9itIBI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/WcTseOhN8FA/s72-c/m2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-1610972383925003866</id><published>2011-10-06T08:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T21:38:29.679-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Éducation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>How committed are you to your horsemanship?</title><content type='html'>How committed are you to becoming a better leader and a better partner for your horse?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pxcrY_5os-o/To2Y3C2ql2I/AAAAAAAAAL4/t9R4B3Z54lQ/s1600/Excuses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pxcrY_5os-o/To2Y3C2ql2I/AAAAAAAAAL4/t9R4B3Z54lQ/s1600/Excuses.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-1610972383925003866?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/1610972383925003866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-committed-are-you-to-your.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1610972383925003866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1610972383925003866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-committed-are-you-to-your.html' title='How committed are you to your horsemanship?'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pxcrY_5os-o/To2Y3C2ql2I/AAAAAAAAAL4/t9R4B3Z54lQ/s72-c/Excuses.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-8366488946770654606</id><published>2011-10-05T07:32:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-05T07:33:14.999-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='services'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Éducation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>Le bulletin d'octobre - October Newsletter</title><content type='html'>J'ai publié mon bulletin d'octobre.&amp;nbsp; Cliquez ci-dessous pour les dernières nouvelles.&amp;nbsp; Bonne lecture!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Bulletin-Parelli-Octobre-2011---Parelli-News-October-2011.html?soid=1106091886256&amp;amp;aid=jJmPP8NYScs"&gt;Bulletin Parelli Oct 2011 - Parelli News Oct 11 - VifArgent Horsemanship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The October newsletter is out!&amp;nbsp; Click above for the latest news.&amp;nbsp; Enjoy! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-8366488946770654606?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/8366488946770654606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/10/le-bulletin-doctobre-october-newsletter.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8366488946770654606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8366488946770654606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/10/le-bulletin-doctobre-october-newsletter.html' title='Le bulletin d&apos;octobre - October Newsletter'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-4075795400050498140</id><published>2011-10-02T15:43:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T21:38:47.324-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Éducation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blue Moon'/><title type='text'>Trailer Loading - three horses, three Horsenalities, three Levels</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;The owners of my barn have refurbished an old trailer and it is now set on the property so it was time to check out the new trailer - it's a very small 2 horse straight load with a step up, no ramp. If I  close the butt bar, my horses are pretty much squished against the  front. The kind of trailer I would not want to travel very far with, but  perfect for building my horse's confidence with all kinds of trailers.&amp;nbsp;  I never miss an opportunity to present my horses with a different trailer!&amp;nbsp; As Pat says, getting them used to eagles so they can handle blackbirds. I have three horses at three different levels in the program, and three different Horsenalities.&amp;nbsp; It's always interesting to compare on one task how they will approach it and what kind of leader I need to be to help them get confident and relaxed about the outcome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TMoEbnvbuJ0/Toi-B9zgh1I/AAAAAAAAAL0/EZJvBMSBUZM/s1600/P7270026_edited.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TMoEbnvbuJ0/Toi-B9zgh1I/AAAAAAAAAL0/EZJvBMSBUZM/s320/P7270026_edited.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Practice with different types and sizes!&amp;nbsp; This one is a slant load.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Blue Moon&lt;/b&gt; (RBE, playing at about Level 3) does have confidence issues with the trailer and we have not  done much with trailers this summer.&amp;nbsp; In fact, I have only trailered her once since I own her, and that was when I first picked her up in the spring.&amp;nbsp; I figured this might be a good  time to start getting her ready for our November trip. Her biggest  issues are 1) being alone in there and 2) she is afraid of backing out down  the step. That's mostly why she is reluctant to go in. We did a lot of  confidence building prep with Z4/Z5 this summer - backing in and out of  gates and stalls, backing to things, uphill, over things, learning to  jump (so she has to find a way to pick up her Z4) and putting 4 feet on  the pedestal. She is getting quite good at all of it, so today would be a  good test.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;She was quick to go touch the trailer with her nose (curiosity is a good thing!), and  after a few squeezes between me and the trailer, was fine stopping there  and eating, even backing up to the trailer step up. Then she offered to  put 2 feet in, but did not stay long. A few minutes later, she tried  all 4 feet but got worried and tried to turn around to get out, so I  took a good feel on the line and helped her back out.&amp;nbsp; That was a bit difficult for her, so it took another  good 20 minutes before she attempted hind feet again, but she would jump  in with the front feet as far as she could. Mentally, she was loading,  but just could not get the hind feet to follow!&amp;nbsp; We did lots of Approach and Retreat, big  releases for the big tries (go away and eat grass), and she started  loading all four feet confidently, found the hay, but still wanted to  turn around to get out.&amp;nbsp; So we just practiced going in and out many times, even if it was only the front feet; I did not push her to load all the way in, I knew that would come when she got confident and trusting.&amp;nbsp; Within about an hour, she was loading well, eating hay  and waiting for me to ask her out, then unloading calmly backwards with a  supporting feel on the line; I was even able to load her from the  fender with one send, so I opted to end the day at that point. She was  not quite ready for the butt bar, we'll get to that another day. Good  session!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-chgi-8lb7fo/Toi7wCcKflI/AAAAAAAAALs/GzWfIdc0dZE/s1600/DSC00009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-chgi-8lb7fo/Toi7wCcKflI/AAAAAAAAALs/GzWfIdc0dZE/s320/DSC00009.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Easter and Menina are confident travelers!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;At first, &lt;b&gt;Menina (&lt;/b&gt;LBE, Level 4&lt;b&gt;) &lt;/b&gt;thought the nice clover  around the trailer was much more interesting, so her first try was 2  legs in and come out to eat grass.  Second send, she walked right on,  found the hay and apples in the front (LB horse, she loves incentive),  and stood quietly munching until I asked her out.  It took all of about 2  minutes.  I closed the butt bar just to check the size - her chest is  squished against the front and her ears touch the ceiling...  She is my  biggest horse!  I would not want to haul her too far in this thing (the  owners have pony size horses).   Just for fun, I then loaded her from  the trailer fender and from the end of the 22 foot line.  No big deal,  except she was a bit disappointed when she ran out of  apples.&amp;nbsp; She would come out trying to see if I might have some in my  pockets! This horse is too smart for her own good!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Easter &lt;/b&gt;(RBI, solid Level 4/5) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;had a look when we first walked  up the hill, typical RBI first reaction: &amp;nbsp; getting worried about something that was not quite the same as yesterday!&amp;nbsp; Her breathing got short for a second, then she sighed, went  straight to it, sniffed the floor and walked right on by herself.&amp;nbsp; I did not even have to send her, although I'm sure she picked up on my intention.  It took less than a  minute, and she stood in there calm and relaxed with her leg cocked  munching on the hay flake in front until I asked her out. That's what I call a  solid trailer loader!&amp;nbsp; It goes to show that years of good preparation can really make a difference, innately, she is after all the least confident of my horses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Why is trailer loading savvy so important and has always been a key component of the Parelli program?&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; Several reasons:&amp;nbsp; first of all, trailer loading is an important part of any horse's foundation.&amp;nbsp; All horses should be able to load calmly and confidently in a trailer with minimal effort on your part.&amp;nbsp; In case of an emergency, you may not have time to get your horse ready to be trailered and it could be a matter of life and death.&amp;nbsp; You never know when you might have to leave the premises quickly, whether it be a medical emergency or an act of God. &amp;nbsp; It's also a great test of how well you have been playing the 7 Games with your horse, and whether you have been &lt;i&gt;winning &lt;/i&gt;the Games.&amp;nbsp; How solid is your leadership, how confident is your horse in your leadership?&amp;nbsp; I promise you all the holes in your relationship and in your Savvy will come out when you attempt trailer loading!&amp;nbsp; It's one of the hardest tasks to do with excellence, and achieving a Level 4 trailer loading will be the most rewarding thing you can do as a horseman or woman.&amp;nbsp; It's also a great way to impress your horsey friends!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;&lt;i style="color: blue;"&gt;Follow me and my horses on&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.parelliconnect.com/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nKaEKU0nSG8/Toi7aneL2JI/AAAAAAAAALo/8ThmVnEZRAg/s1600/PConnect.png" /&gt; ParelliConnect&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-4075795400050498140?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='Trailer Loading - three horses, three Horsenalities, three Levels'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/4075795400050498140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/10/trailer-loading-three-horses-three.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4075795400050498140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4075795400050498140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/10/trailer-loading-three-horses-three.html' title='Trailer Loading - three horses, three Horsenalities, three Levels'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TMoEbnvbuJ0/Toi-B9zgh1I/AAAAAAAAAL0/EZJvBMSBUZM/s72-c/P7270026_edited.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Pont-Rouge, QC, Canada</georss:featurename><georss:point>46.765223 -71.68976800000002</georss:point><georss:box>46.6992525 -71.81520550000002 46.8311935 -71.56433050000001</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-9112284434164774411</id><published>2011-09-30T15:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-30T15:43:53.534-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jolie'/><title type='text'>Once you have stepped forward, you can never go back</title><content type='html'>&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;What  does it take for a certified British Horse Society trainer with 50  years experience to find Parelli - check out this great video sent in by  David Lichman (Licensed Parelli 5* Instructor)?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;«Once you've stepped forward, you can never  go back».&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;a href=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://central.parellinaturalhorsetraining.com/2011/09/a-chat-in-somerset/comment-page-1/#comment-6836"&gt;Click here to see the video!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GAJwMHnj8_Q/ToYa_ZiGQCI/AAAAAAAAALk/3NYAt-a9BM8/s1600/Gen002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GAJwMHnj8_Q/ToYa_ZiGQCI/AAAAAAAAALk/3NYAt-a9BM8/s320/Gen002.JPG" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;I was a Certified EC coach of many years with nearly 28 years of horse experience and not looking for another way - until my horse decided to help me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;How did you find Parelli?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}" style="color: #660000; font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;Jolie and I at the Parelli Florida Ranch (2003) - Yes, that's a Blue String!&amp;nbsp; We got our Level 3 in December of that year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}"&gt;Photo by Coco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-9112284434164774411?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://central.parellinaturalhorsetraining.com/2011/09/a-chat-in-somerset/comment-page-1/#comment-6836' title='Once you have stepped forward, you can never go back'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/9112284434164774411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/09/once-you-have-stepped-forward-you-can.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/9112284434164774411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/9112284434164774411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/09/once-you-have-stepped-forward-you-can.html' title='Once you have stepped forward, you can never go back'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GAJwMHnj8_Q/ToYa_ZiGQCI/AAAAAAAAALk/3NYAt-a9BM8/s72-c/Gen002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-1471325795810014758</id><published>2011-08-30T19:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T19:31:38.740-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jolie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blue Moon'/><title type='text'>Les attributs positifs des profils Horsenality</title><content type='html'>Si vous étudiez le programme Parelli, vous aurez déjà acquis des notions au sujet des Horsenalities&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;TM&lt;/span&gt; (personnalités des chevaux) et sur la manière de les identifier.&amp;nbsp; Par exemple, vous pourriez dire «Mon cheval est CGI - il est difficile à motiver, me fait travailler plus fort que lui et cherche constamment à manger», ou «J'ai un CDE - il est résistant, tendu, impulsif, a peur de tout et veut toujours bouger ses pieds».&amp;nbsp; Les traits négatifs sont souvent ceux que l'on identifie plus facilement et qui sont utilisés pour caractériser les Horsenalities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Toutefois, tout comme les humains, toutes les Horsenalities possèdent aussi des attributs positifs.&amp;nbsp; Les connaissez-vous?&amp;nbsp; Avez-vous fait l'expérience du côté positif de la Horsenality de votre cheval?&amp;nbsp; C'est important d'en prendre conscience, car lorsque vous allez développer votre cheval, vous allez être porté à dire que votre cheval change.&amp;nbsp; En fait, il est très probable qu'il ne fasse que révèler les traits positifs de son tempérament au fur et à mesure que vous bâtissez relation, respect et impulsion!&amp;nbsp; Vous saurez ainsi que lorsque ces traits positifs font surface, vous avez progressé! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai eu le privilège de posséder 3 des 4 Horsenalities.&amp;nbsp; Mon premier cheval Parelli, Jolie, était une CDE (RBE) avec une grande force de caractère.&amp;nbsp; Easter est une CDI (RBI) avec beaucoup de bagage émotif et physique.&amp;nbsp; Menina est CGE (LBE) et très complexe.&amp;nbsp; Et Blue Moon, la dernière venue de la famille, est CDE avec de fortes tendances CGE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M0DG9oKU6oc/Tl1ny7T55xI/AAAAAAAAALg/u4GxUtNHowM/s1600/P2220014.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M0DG9oKU6oc/Tl1ny7T55xI/AAAAAAAAALg/u4GxUtNHowM/s320/P2220014.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Blue Moon - rien ne lui échappe et elle aime beaucoup bouger ses pieds!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'adore le côté positif de ma CGI - au fur et à mesure que nous avancions dans les niveaux, et que &lt;b&gt;Easter &lt;/b&gt;est devenue confiante (le plus grand défi de cette Horsenality), elle est devenue une partenaire fiable, pleine de bonne volonté, qui essayait très fort de répondre à toutes mes demandes, à condition que je protège sa confiance et que je respecte ses seuils.&amp;nbsp; Des trois, c'est celle qui a le moins envie de bouger, celle sur qui je peux toujours compter pour s'arrêter pile et pour rester sans broncher pendant que je discute avec des élèves ou des amis pendant des heures.&amp;nbsp; Easter est polie, gracieuse, respectueuse et gentille.&amp;nbsp; Ce sont les attributs positifs du CDI (RBI).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Menina&lt;/b&gt;, ma CGE, peut être très difficile.&amp;nbsp; Mais une fois que j'ai réussi à gagner son esprit et son coeur, et que nous avons développé l'obéissance, c'est une jument infatigable, qui est prête à faire face à n'importe quel défi, qui reste entièrement concentrée sur le travail à faire et qui va se donner en spectacle en le faisant.&amp;nbsp; Il y a beaucoup d'exubérance à ma disposition dans ce cheval; canalisée correctement, cela se traduit par beaucoup de performance, beaucoup d'efforts et tout semble venir facilement.&amp;nbsp; Elle apprend aussi très rapidement, est confiante dans les nouvelles situations et sur les pistes de randonnée, aime beaucoup la variété et les jeux et est très charismatique.&amp;nbsp; Elle sait toujours se faire remarquer!&amp;nbsp; C'est là le côté positif du cheval CGE (LBE).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Blue Moon&lt;/b&gt;, ma CDE, adore un bon leader.&amp;nbsp; Lorsqu'elle se sent en sécurité, elle ne conteste pas et est disposée à faire n'importe quoi;&amp;nbsp; de plu, elle y met beaucoup d'effort.&amp;nbsp; Elle veut faire plaisir, elle a du coeur au ventre et a seulement besoin de savoir que je prendrai soin d'elle pour tout donner.&amp;nbsp; C'est aussi un cheval très endurant - les longues sessions avec beaucoup d'allures rapides lui conviennet parfaitement.&amp;nbsp; C'est avec ce cheval que j'obtiendrai facilement mes 20 cercles au galop sans changer d'allure.&amp;nbsp; Le défi consiste à obtenir 20 cercles dans la détente et qu'elle ne fasse pas que courir sans réfléchir.&amp;nbsp; En tant que CDE, Blue Moon est très perceptive à mes aides et à mon langage corporel et répond à la moindre suggestion.&amp;nbsp; Un CDE avec une bonne impulsion est très agréable en selle car il est aussi facile de les faire avancer que de les faire arrêter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donc la prochaine fois que vous sentirez la frustration monter en vous en jouant avec votre cheval, consultez &lt;b&gt;le diagramme des attributs positifs&lt;/b&gt; et imaginez ce que vous pourrez ressentir quand vous deviendrez le leader qui fera surgir le meilleur en votre cheval.&amp;nbsp; Vous trouverez une copie des diagrammes Horsenalities sous la section &lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/"&gt;Téléchargements &lt;/a&gt;de mon site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Restez naturels!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IW2pBJnqvXk/Tl1llfx4K-I/AAAAAAAAALc/Bl4wAc1FkgY/s1600/Avalo+Farm+Oct10+150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IW2pBJnqvXk/Tl1llfx4K-I/AAAAAAAAALc/Bl4wAc1FkgY/s320/Avalo+Farm+Oct10+150.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Menina et Easter, au départ d'une randonnée.&amp;nbsp; Remarquez la différence de posture!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-1471325795810014758?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='Les attributs positifs des profils Horsenality'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/1471325795810014758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/08/les-attributs-positifs-des-profils.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1471325795810014758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1471325795810014758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/08/les-attributs-positifs-des-profils.html' title='Les attributs positifs des profils Horsenality'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M0DG9oKU6oc/Tl1ny7T55xI/AAAAAAAAALg/u4GxUtNHowM/s72-c/P2220014.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-8056863292863203009</id><published>2011-08-30T18:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T18:53:02.225-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blue Moon'/><title type='text'>The positive attributes of Horsenalities</title><content type='html'>If you have been studying the Parelli program, most of you by now have an understanding of Horsenalities&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;TM&lt;/span&gt; and how to spot the different ones.&amp;nbsp; For example, you might say «my horse is LBI - he is difficult to motivate, makes me work harder than him, and very food oriented», or «I have an RBE - he is bracy, impulsive, easily scared, likes to move his feet alot».&amp;nbsp; The negative traits are usually what people can identify more readily and tend to equate with Horsenality.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, just like personalities, all Horsenalities also have a set of positive attributes.&amp;nbsp; Do you know what they are?&amp;nbsp; Have you experienced the positive side of your horse's Horsenality?&amp;nbsp; It's important to know, because as you develop your horse, you might be tempted to say that your horse has changed.&amp;nbsp; Actually, he has most likely revealed the positive traits of his temperament as you build better rapport, respect and impulsion!&amp;nbsp; You will know that when those positive traits emerge, you are making progress!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've had the privilege of owning 3 out of the 4 Horsenalities.&amp;nbsp; My first Parelli horse, Jolie, was a high-spirited RBE.&amp;nbsp; Easter is a high spirit RBI with lots of emotional and physical baggage.&amp;nbsp; Menina is my very challenging LBE.&amp;nbsp; And Blue Moon, the latest addition to the family, is RBE with strong LBE tendencies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M0DG9oKU6oc/Tl1ny7T55xI/AAAAAAAAALg/u4GxUtNHowM/s1600/P2220014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M0DG9oKU6oc/Tl1ny7T55xI/AAAAAAAAALg/u4GxUtNHowM/s320/P2220014.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Blue Moon - she notices everything and she really likes to move her feet!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love the positive side of my RBI - as we got higher in the levels,&amp;nbsp; and &lt;b&gt;Easter &lt;/b&gt;started trusting (the hardest thing to achieve for this Horsenality), she became my trustworthy, obedient, willing partner who offered so much try at everything I asked, as long as I preserved her confidence and respected her thresholds.&amp;nbsp; She's the slowest moving horse of the gang, the one I can always count on to stop on a dime or stand still for hours while I talk to students or friends.&amp;nbsp; Easter is polite, graceful, respectful and sweet.&amp;nbsp; Those are the positive attributes of an RBI.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Menina&lt;/b&gt;, my LBE, can be very challenging.&amp;nbsp; But when I have her mind and her heart, and we develop obedience, she is the horse that will never run out of steam, is ready to take on just about any challenge, keeps a strong focus on the job at hand and will show off doing it too.&amp;nbsp; There is lots of exuberance available in this horse; when channeled correctly, it translates into great performance, lots of effort and makes everything look easy.&amp;nbsp; She is also a very quick learner, is confident in new environments and on the trail, really enjoys some variety and fun, not too mention charismatic.&amp;nbsp; She never goes unnoticed!&amp;nbsp; That is the positive side of the LBE horse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Blue Moon&lt;/b&gt;, the RBE, loves a good leader.&amp;nbsp; If she feels safe, she will not challenge and do anything for me as well as put all kinds of effort into trying.&amp;nbsp; She wants to please, she has heart and desire and only needs to know you will take care of her to give it all.&amp;nbsp; She is also a horse with oodles of stamina so long sessions and lots of fast moving paces are right up her alley.&amp;nbsp; She is the horse who will be most likely to give me those 20 circles at the canter without breaking gait.&amp;nbsp; The trick is to have them be good confident circles and not just running off mindlessly.&amp;nbsp; Being RBE, she is very perceptive to my aids, cues and body language and will follow the lightest suggestion. An RBE with good impulsion is lovely to ride because they are just as ready to go as they are ready to whoa and it takes very little to do both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, the next time you feel a bit of frustration with your horse's tendencies, take a look at the &lt;b&gt;Positive Attribute chart&lt;/b&gt; and&amp;nbsp; imagine what it will feel like when you become the leader that will bring out the best in your horse.&amp;nbsp; You will find a copy of the Horsenality charts in the &lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/"&gt;Downloads &lt;/a&gt;section of my website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep it natural!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IW2pBJnqvXk/Tl1llfx4K-I/AAAAAAAAALc/Bl4wAc1FkgY/s1600/Avalo+Farm+Oct10+150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IW2pBJnqvXk/Tl1llfx4K-I/AAAAAAAAALc/Bl4wAc1FkgY/s320/Avalo+Farm+Oct10+150.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Menina and Easter, heading out on the trail.&amp;nbsp; Note the different demeanor!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-8056863292863203009?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='The positive attributes of Horsenalities'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/8056863292863203009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/08/positive-attributes-of-horsenalities.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8056863292863203009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8056863292863203009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/08/positive-attributes-of-horsenalities.html' title='The positive attributes of Horsenalities'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M0DG9oKU6oc/Tl1ny7T55xI/AAAAAAAAALg/u4GxUtNHowM/s72-c/P2220014.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-5708155215080446954</id><published>2011-08-18T19:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-18T19:27:30.725-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><title type='text'>Mon bulletin d'août 2011 est publié!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: navy; font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Dans ce bulletin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stage d'automne dans les Cantons de l'Est&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Adieu      au centre Parelli en Floride – le début d’une nouvelle ère &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Stage      avec Walter Zettl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Série      de conférences d’hiver sans chevaux&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Les      programmes d’enseignement par vidéo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Tarif      promotionnel pour les stages 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Pour télécharger le bulletin, cliquez&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Ao%C3%BBt11FR.pdf"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-5708155215080446954?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Ao%C3%BBt11FR.pdf' title='Mon bulletin d&apos;août 2011 est publié!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/5708155215080446954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/08/mon-bulletin-daout-2011-est-publie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5708155215080446954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5708155215080446954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/08/mon-bulletin-daout-2011-est-publie.html' title='Mon bulletin d&apos;août 2011 est publié!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-6843561521911067338</id><published>2011-08-18T19:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-18T19:25:41.010-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><title type='text'>My August 2011 newsletter has been published!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="color: navy; font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;In this newsletter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fall clinic in the Eastern Townships&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Farewell to the Parelli Florida Campus – a      new era begins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Riding with Walter Zettl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Horseless winter conference series&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Video coaching programs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Special incentives for 2012 clinics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;To download the newsletter, click &lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Ao%C3%BBt11ENG.pdf"&gt;here&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-6843561521911067338?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Ao%C3%BBt11ENG.pdf' title='My August 2011 newsletter has been published!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/6843561521911067338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-august-2011-newsletter-has-been.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6843561521911067338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6843561521911067338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-august-2011-newsletter-has-been.html' title='My August 2011 newsletter has been published!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-5405088443358881869</id><published>2011-08-15T14:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-15T14:52:38.259-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Éducation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><title type='text'>Icing on our Parelli Foundation - riding with Walter Zettl</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;August 4th I headed out at 5 am for  the 13 hour drive to Mt Forest, ON where I was to ride with Walter  Zettl, dressage master and Pat and Linda's mentor, for the very first  time.  Menina was on the trailer.  Smooth trip and I set up my trailer  at Quardream Farm, a lovely Parelli friendly facility.  My first lesson  was Friday after lunch, which gave me plenty of time to play with Menina  online, get her cleaned up and braided and do the top line red  lighting.  I was nervous, but excited too.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;We had a great weekend!   Walter loved my horse, he loved her spunk and temperament, and her  natural talent.  Once I can get good enough to ride her correctly  in  contact all the time, she will be a star.  I was getting some 'perfect'  moments, but sustaining schwung and contact for 45 minutes non-stop was  very challenging and Walter kept pushing me to correct, I just was not  fast enough to catch it before losing it!  Riding with WAZ is intense  learning, you have to be 100% in the moment and very alert.  He does not  keep you on any pattern, direction or gait more than a few strides!  I  was very happy to have watched so many WAZ lessons at the Parelli ranch  because that prepared me well for knowing what to expect, where to be,  how to ride the arena and what to do and not do.  Those lessons take up  all of your brain cells!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;   It was a great learning experience, every  lesson got better and Menina was truly a great partner.  She was  focused, attentive and trying her heart out.  We had some trouble with  the confidence bit the first day, at one point I saw her tongue coming  out, so I switched to the cradle C3 for the rest of the weekend and her  mouth was nice and quiet after that (more tongue relief).  She gave me  great upwards transitions, halts, and circles, and lovely self-carriage.   She had a couple of LBE moments, but really short lived and quite  moderate compared to what I'm used to, and hardly any arguing at all.    When we were both in the zone, wow, did she ever move well and carry  herself proudly!  I was very proud of my horse.  Our focus will be on  sustaining contact and schwung for much longer periods of time, keeping  the engagement in the downward transitions and improving the schwung at  the canter.  We ended our last lesson with a great round and powerful  canter and a perfect straight  and square halt on the center line!   Walter was impressed!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;Check my highlights of the clinic!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="expanded"&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/FwCw0bQprQw"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FwCw0bQprQw" width="425"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-5405088443358881869?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.youtube.com/savvyquebec#p/a/u/1/FwCw0bQprQw' title='Icing on our Parelli Foundation - riding with Walter Zettl'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/5405088443358881869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/08/icing-on-our-parelli-foundation-riding.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5405088443358881869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5405088443358881869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/08/icing-on-our-parelli-foundation-riding.html' title='Icing on our Parelli Foundation - riding with Walter Zettl'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/FwCw0bQprQw/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-1943281733777228418</id><published>2011-06-15T19:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T19:43:24.232-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><title type='text'>Mon bulletin de juin 2011 est publié!</title><content type='html'>Il y avait un bon moment que vous l'attendiez, mais il est enfin publié.&amp;nbsp; Bonne lecture et vos commentaires sont les bienvenus!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Juin11FR.pdf"&gt;Bulletin de juin 2011&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-1943281733777228418?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Juin11FR.pdf' title='Mon bulletin de juin 2011 est publié!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/1943281733777228418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/06/mon-bulletin-de-juin-2011-est-publie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1943281733777228418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1943281733777228418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/06/mon-bulletin-de-juin-2011-est-publie.html' title='Mon bulletin de juin 2011 est publié!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-4912926219660756922</id><published>2011-06-14T12:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T12:15:40.985-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>My June 2011 newsletter has been published!</title><content type='html'>It was long overdue, but I finally did it - you will find my June 2011 newsletter below.&amp;nbsp; Enjoy and I look forward to your comments!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Juin11ENG.pdf"&gt;June 2011 Newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-4912926219660756922?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Juin11ENG.pdf' title='My June 2011 newsletter has been published!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/4912926219660756922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-june-2011-newsletter-has-been.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4912926219660756922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4912926219660756922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-june-2011-newsletter-has-been.html' title='My June 2011 newsletter has been published!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-5925893988197399815</id><published>2011-06-05T11:34:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-06T11:30:24.543-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='share parelli'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Love, language and leadership in action: The Parelli Demo and Games Day in Ottawa, ON supporting the Parelli Horsemanship Fund</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A6e1W9QF96E/TezvyGCuv-I/AAAAAAAAALY/K37pgm15BsU/s1600/IMGP2416.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615126479318728674" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A6e1W9QF96E/TezvyGCuv-I/AAAAAAAAALY/K37pgm15BsU/s320/IMGP2416.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 213px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;May 29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt; marked the day of my very first Parelli Horsemanship Fund fundraiser event, held in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;Ottawa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;.  Structured as a day of inspiration and participation, I had originally planned on a small gathering of a couple of local instructors and students to partake in Parelli Games and a demo, as a way to raise money for the great causes supported by Parelli.  I never suspected that the event would get as large and as complex as it did, and would &lt;u&gt;exceed all my expectations&lt;/u&gt; in many ways.  With the help of my local coordinator and dedicated student &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;Kara-Lee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt; &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;Golota&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;, we set out to plan and organize the event several months ago. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;It is interesting to see how the universe responds when a couple of people pour their heart and soul into a project and allow it to take its own shape.  I sent out an invitation to the Canadian instructors and within days, several responded positively.  By D day, we had 7 Canadian Instructors participating, about half of the total team, including &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fawnanderson.com/"&gt;Fawn Anderson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.ronpyne.com/"&gt;Ron Pyne&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.savvysandyruiter.com/"&gt;Sandy Ruiter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.dream-feather.com/"&gt;Judy Griffiths&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.jeanetteschevers.com/"&gt;Jeanette Schevers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;Kari Bowser&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt; and myself, all of which donated their time and travelled with their horses.  What a testament to the spirit of Parelli and teammanship!  We proudly wore our brand new Canadian Instructor Team jackets, which turned out to be handy on another very wet day. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;The Thursday before the event, Kara and I were invited for an interview about the event that aired live on a local TV show, &lt;a href="http://www.rogerstv.com/page.aspx?lid=12&amp;amp;rid=4&amp;amp;sid=68"&gt;Day Time Ottawa&lt;/a&gt;.  Our 6 minutes of fame!  I had never been on TV, so this was a new and exciting experience for me, and I was amazed at how natural it felt.  My biggest challenge was keeping it concise and to the point, 6 minutes is a short time to be talking about Parelli!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;The facility we selected is a small but friendly and accommodating boarding barn close to downtown &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;Ottawa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;.  The location was ideal to attract participants and spectators, however, we soon realized we would be seriously stretching our space and resources as the numbers grew.  The owners, &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;Wilf and Connie Wight&lt;/b&gt; are not Parelli students, but love to see community events celebrating the horse.  They worked extremely hard sprucing up their property, setting up a wonderful reception area in the hayloft above the barn, painting fences, organizing a superb home cooked lunch, mowing and laying down stone to level out all the laneways which had been seriously damaged by weeks of non stop rain.  Their only reward was seeing happy faces and smiles enjoying a day of horsemanship, and an appreciation for their hard work. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;Despite the rain that only let up in the late afternoon, 15 Parelli students turn up with their horses to take part in the afternoon tournament and over 80 spectators were in attendance.  The morning was taken up by a fantastic demonstration by the instructors followed by a demonstration and explanation of the various game stations – on line, liberty and freestyle, which provided another opportunity to instructors to show off their partnerships with their horses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;One of my biggest challenges was picking out and setting up the Games stations in a way that would be fun and provocative while respecting the guidelines set out by Pat, the variety of levels of the students, the constraints in time and space and allowing for a smooth flow throughout the event.  I opted for six games stations:   2 On Line, 2 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;Liberty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt; and 2 Freestyle, and each task had two levels and two options.  L1/L2 with a basic option and a bonus option for a higher level of difficulty, and L3/L4 with another two options.  The tasks were timed as well, so it was not about getting them done no matter what, but about testing the student’s partnership with their horse and providing a learning opportunity.  Students were set up in the morning to ensure that everyone understood the spirit of the games as well as to set the focus on fun and relationship first.  The instructors were stewards at the games stations in the afternoon and did a wonderful job of setting the students up for success, being firm, fair and friendly, and allowing things to run smoothly and safely. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;The day went by as a whirlwind for me.  At &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;5 am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;, I was up washing my horses trying to get rid of the coat of black mud and saddling up Menina.  By &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;7 am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;, the instructors started arriving with their horses and we had a breakfast briefing about the day’s activities and the demo format.  By 8 am, some of the participants with horses starting showing up and we had to find them parking and a place to put their horses, and take care of their emotions as everyone was a bit right brain!  8:45 am, the sound system still was not set up and thanks to &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;Karen Pyne&lt;/b&gt; who expertly stepped in to help put it together, as this is just not something that falls into my scope of Unconscious Competence yet! I spent the day presenting and announcing, taking care of my team’s needs and unforeseen details, making sure things were running smoothly, distributing drinks to the instructors at the stations, answering questions by the volunteer and instructor team and touching base with a few students and spectators along the way.  At one point in the afternoon,  I had to go get a hold of my horses after Menina cleverly decided to take down my portable pen when she ran out of grass and got bored.  I must have walked 20 miles in 3 different pairs of boots as I kept needing to change to dry ones!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;The experience was unique.  The team work and synergy on the day was outstanding and palpable.  The demo took place in a small arena and we had 8 horses together and 7 instructors who had never played together.    The arena was quite small, so I decided to just sit on Menina and lead Easter on line while playing the role of MC to the crowd, focusing on my strengths and allowing more space for the other instructors to show off their horses.  It turned out to be an excellent confidence builder for my two horses – Easter, my RBI, who has always had trouble with the high energy at demos, and Menina, my LBE, who gets quite dominant with so many new horses pushing into her bubble.  While I concentrated on pointing out the cool things that were being shown, the Horsenalities and relating them to the 7 Games, I took the pressure off my horses who were able to settle in and relax, and by the end of the show we were walking around the obstacles and the other horses, squeezing near the crowd and speakers, pushing the ball, getting on the pedestal without any trouble.  The demo went seamlessly and flowed nicely, everyone had fun and it looked like we had been doing this all our lives.  A good example of how &lt;u&gt;being humble&lt;/u&gt; can pay off for the team!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;The same can be said about our volunteers, who took their responsibilities and ran with them with minimal direction and no complaints.  They hustled and it all appeared to happen on its own.  Thank you all for your hard work and dedication.  And a special thanks to &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;Sandy, Jeanette, Jennifer and Joanna&lt;/b&gt; who showed up the night before to help me measure and set up the six games stations!  We got it &lt;u&gt;done with a little bit of fun! &lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;There were many, many last minute changes and decisions to make, and it was truly a test of rapport, respect, impulsion and flexion on the part of Kara and me!  The parking field was too muddy, we did not have enough suitable pasture for guest horses, the sound needed adjustment, the allocation of awards and prizes required fine tuning, we had to located missing pieces of equipment for the games, the trailer used in the On Line station needed to be blocked and taped for safety, etc.  Since we lacked the accommodations needed to host over 20 visiting horses, most of us had to keep our horses tied to or in our trailers for the day, which turned out to be an excellent exercise in developing a ‘bar broke’ and patient horse!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;The afternoon ended with awards and a raffle, followed by a great Lebanese buffet dinner with a live blues band playing in the hayloft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;Late into the evening, the volunteers, Kara and I were still packing up and taking down tents that had been set up to cover the critical equipment and cleaning the stalls vacated by the guests.  Once everyone had left, Kara and I finally sat down for a drink and debrief, and the next day we were still at it, cleaning up the rest of the site and totalling up the proceeds and the bills.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;Truth, transparency and trust &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;was the operating mode for the days before, during and after, as everyone went about communicating with each other in an honest and open way, allowing all inputs and warding off any conflicts that might arise from such a high adrenaline context.  I really want to acknowledge the whole team for their emotional fitness throughout the event.   It was wonderful to see how Parelli students and instructors truly modelled the way and were fine examples of what the program is all about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;In the spirit of &lt;u&gt;never ending self-improvement&lt;/u&gt;, Kara-Lee and I debriefed the event and highlighted a few areas that could be improved for the next edition.  The bulk of improvements revolved around facilities and the lack on an indoor arena, which was to be expected.  For the next edition, I would consider finding a location better suited to this type of event. Music was another irritant; our sound volunteer was not unable to attend, which left me in charge of trying to cue up music while running around and tending to everything else – not ideal, but I was being the &lt;u&gt;best me I could be&lt;/u&gt; for the day! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;And last but not least, we &lt;u&gt;kept it natural&lt;/u&gt; all the way, with a natural environment, recycling bins for cans and plastic, and a minimal environmental footprint!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;When it was all over and done, we raised over $4600 before expenses, more than double our objective.  The whole event was run with a shoestring budget, &lt;u&gt;doing more with less&lt;/u&gt;.   We begged and borrowed as much as we could, and were able to round up a number of sponsors to help with food costs, awards and prizes, advertising, t-shirts and other expenses.  We had to make some tough choices – for example, in the interest of &lt;u&gt;putting the relationship first&lt;/u&gt;, we opted to feed all volunteers (who worked so hard!) and instructors for free, which drove up the costs.  We are happy to report that the Parelli Horsemanship Fund will be receiving a sizeable cheque amounting to over $2500 as a final tally.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;Here are some of the comments we received at the end of the day, from horse lovers of all denominations:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;«I had a wonderful time yesterday.  The event was well organized.  The hospitality of Wilf and Connie and the food were as good as it gets!!!  It was great having an opportunity to see 7 instructors at different levels and getting to chat with some of them as well… Next time I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;m bringing my girl &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;Kobe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt; to participate in the Games Day....YIPPEE!!!!  Keep it Natural!!!» &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;«Just wanted to say thanks for all your hard work for this wonderful Parelli event!  Dana and Hook thoroughly enjoyed their day!  Looking forward to many more!»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="messagebody" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="messagebody" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;«I just got home from spending 5 hours watching the demo at friendly Acres with 4 of my friends.  We all remarked on how calm the trainers, students and horses were. Everyone was having a great time and I wanted to thank you to for what I am sure amounted to lots and lots of work to organize.»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="messagebody" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="messagebody" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span class="messagebody" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;At some point, someone suggested that we do this every weekend… well, I don’t think that will be happening, not with me at least, but we certainly have set up a solid model for future events which we can all build on.  It was a wonderful example of putting principles to purpose and truly putting the Parelli Core Values into practice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="messagebody" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span class="messagebody" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;For more information on the &lt;a href="http://www.parellihorsemanshipfund.org/"&gt;Parelli Horsemanship Fund&lt;/a&gt;, you can download the White Paper.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-5925893988197399815?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/5925893988197399815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/06/love-language-and-leadership-in-action.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5925893988197399815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5925893988197399815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/06/love-language-and-leadership-in-action.html' title='Love, language and leadership in action: The Parelli Demo and Games Day in Ottawa, ON supporting the Parelli Horsemanship Fund'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A6e1W9QF96E/TezvyGCuv-I/AAAAAAAAALY/K37pgm15BsU/s72-c/IMGP2416.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-2119575952606391490</id><published>2011-05-13T21:18:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-13T21:20:16.047-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>Can we be WE, you and I? 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 &lt;/span&gt;Last year, when &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Kalley Krickeberg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt; took over as Head of horse development at the ranch, I asked her a question about my two horses and the pair bonding that unites them.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;She gave me some ideas to think about, a concept really, and I set out to build a program to increase my horses’ self-confidence in order to start building their confidence in being apart.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;She mentioned what I had seen Pat do several times during his events with his dogs and horses – give them a job, stand over there and wait, as a means to build responsibility, which would eventually translate into confidence.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p  class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Within a couple of weeks, I had made great headway with my program.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Easter (RBI) understood her responsibility – ‘Stand over there and wait’ (in this case on the pedestal), and Menina (LBE) understood she could be ridden quite a distance away and not worry since Easter was holding her spot.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;She would even let me know if Easter thought about leaving so we could run over there and put her back.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This led to another interesting challenge, but more on that later!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p  class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt;As I kept thinking about how to write about this, I just could not find the right angle to put all of this into words, so I left it to stew in my brain.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Meanwhile, change has been sweeping Parelli and turning it on its ear, as part of Pat and Linda’s vision.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Big changes, uncomfortable changes, changes that challenged us instructors to be even more flexible, to start thinking as a team, to welcome a large number of newcomers and to accept that their journey and ours were going to be different, but not necessarily better or worse.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;All of us that have been through the old pathway certainly have had to think hard about what this meant and where this was going, and how to get comfortable with it.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;When Chris Corbidge published a very thoughtful blog about Sharing Parelli, it kick started my thought process about the program once again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p  class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Just about the same time, I had to move my horses to a new barn where they were to be turned them out with a herd of ten horses.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;What a great opportunity!&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;My two mares have been living alone together for 2 years, and prior to that, with my third mare – they were all very bonded. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;When Jolie passed away in 2009, Easter and Menina’s pair bonding increased, and separating them had become extremely stressful, just like trying to abruptly wean a foal from its mother.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I’ve been spending time at the barn watching my two interact with the rest of the herd – first treated as outcasts and driven away, and then gradually building new bonds and getting accepted.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;My two mares are still a herd of two, but they are also now part of the larger herd and want to be with the other horses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p  class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt;This morning, we integrated a new horse into the group, a horse that has lived in the barn for months but was never allowed out with the others by respect for the owner’s wishes.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;She wanted so badly to be with them, and when the owner let her go, she galloped into the herd to be promptly driven away and chased off, and at some point, she ran through the wire in a panic while she was being pursued by one of the geldings.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This mare had never lived in a group, so this is quite an adjustment for her.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Yet, she followed the horses right back inside, and will always choose to be with the herd, even if they bite and kick her, rather than having to stand alone in the barn.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Strength of bond, it’s natural to horses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p  class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt;This is where I started putting two and two together for this article.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Horses are herd animals, and survival of the herd is what they live for.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They play and interact to choose their leaders, to earn the right to reproduce, and to survive.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Horses think in terms of WE.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;WE is a unit – they think, feel and act as a unit FIRST.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Within that unit, there are individuals, but anyone who has studied wild horses will tell you that the herd will leave the weak or sick individual behind for the sake of saving the herd.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We have all seen Cloud – the stallion may kill a weak baby that would endanger the whole group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p  class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt;We are predators, we think in terms of YOU and I.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;WE in Humansville is the idea of collecting YOU and I to try to accomplish something together.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It is against our very nature to act a unit; it takes effort, desire and thought to be able to achieve this successfully.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Business leaders spend inordinate amounts of money trying to learn how to build and motivate teams within their organizations.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;As humans, we have to consciously set aside our own desires, egos and emotions to buy into the needs of the team and act as one.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I am a great example of this, I am very much an I.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I have lived on my own for years, I have no children, I travel alone and I run my own business.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The only time I get to practice WE is with my horses, or during my stays at the Parelli ranch, and it is NOT natural, it takes a lot of effort on my part.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And this WE is still an assembly of YOU and ME, the moments where WE feel as a unit are the exception rather than the rule.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Those moments a very special and satisfying, but they are rarely the norm in daily human life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p  class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Now for horses, that is a natural way of being, it is programmed in their genes and they don’t have to think about it.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In fact, it’s much harder for them to be individuals, which is why they can exhibit so much stress when left alone or lacking leadership that makes them feel safe and comfortable.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Horses naturally want to interact as a unit with the herd.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p  class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Watching my herd of two in the bigger herd, they acted as a UNIT for the first few weeks, in perfect synchronization and never leaving one another.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;They are only now just starting to act as individuals, building bonds with other members of the herd, and showing interest in being apart from each other, for longer and longer periods of time.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;That is one strong bond to be breaking on a repeated basis!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p  class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Here is the lesson my horses are teaching me and the message they are helping drive down to my feet.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Pat and Linda’s vision and mission is not about YOU and I.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It’s about WE. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Parelli principles underlie everything they do, so this should not come as a surprise.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Yet, it is still really hard to truly understand, even if our brains can understand the words.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If WE become a bigger herd, build more presence, show the way, WE have a much better chance of surviving – outrunning the competition, whether that is mentalities that won’t change, traditional ways that resort to violence or force to dominate horses, the lack of knowledge, the abuse inflicted every day to horses, or the rampant numbers of phoney horse trainers.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;If Pat’s vision and program are to survive Pat, WE must become stronger and bigger, and synchronize.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;All these changes that sometimes challenge and frustrate YOU and I are about the herd, not about the individuals. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Some of us will not survive; some of us may be left behind.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Not to say that Parelli does not care about you and I, but the higher purpose is about building a strong team that will act as a unit to change the world.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;So if we want to continue to be a part of it, we may want to start heading to the middle of the pack, or even better, walk ahead of it to take some leadership and show the way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p  class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt;And that might just be the pathway to becoming better leaders for our horses and our peers, and getting closer to achieving true unity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p  class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-CA"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-2119575952606391490?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/2119575952606391490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/05/can-we-be-we-you-and-i-challenging.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2119575952606391490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2119575952606391490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/05/can-we-be-we-you-and-i-challenging.html' title='Can we be WE, you and I? The challenging pathway to true unity'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JEiLAV34aNI/Tc3YyaLJY4I/AAAAAAAAALM/LMkAT5Vb7WU/s72-c/P9200001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-7442810826958509520</id><published>2011-05-11T10:57:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T11:03:24.452-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><title type='text'>Workshops in Ottawa</title><content type='html'>There are still rider spots available for the following workshops in the Ottawa area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;May 28th&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Moving into L2 OnLine and Freestyle and Patterns&lt;/span&gt; at Friendly Acres Farm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;May 30th&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Advancing your communication L2/L3 Online and Freestyle&lt;/span&gt;  at Friendly Acres Farm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Info and registration  Kara-Lee (613) 255-2804  klgolota@gmail.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;June 25th &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lesson day &lt;/span&gt;at Crooked Creek Ranch in Ashton, ON&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;June 26th&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Getting Ready to Ride workshop&lt;/span&gt; at Crooked Creek Ranch in Ashton, ON&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Info and registration Stella  (613) 204-7164 gallaghers@inspection.gc.ca&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-7442810826958509520?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/7442810826958509520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/05/workshops-in-ottawa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7442810826958509520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7442810826958509520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/05/workshops-in-ottawa.html' title='Workshops in Ottawa'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-5956619120875182606</id><published>2011-05-11T10:51:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T10:56:24.093-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Éducation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>Parelli Demo and Games Day - Parelli Foundation Fundraiser May 29th in Ottawa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rLcutBng0Z0/Tcqjf-9lqPI/AAAAAAAAAK8/K_41wu04gI8/s1600/Parelli%2BGames%2BDay%2BPoster%2BC%2Bmed%2Bres.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; 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 &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PARELLI &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:14pt;" lang="EN-CA"  &gt;DEMO &amp;amp; GAMES DAY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-CA"  &gt;Sunday 29 May, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;9am-5pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;.  Buffet &amp;amp; Live Music &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;5-7pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-CA"  &gt;Friendly Acres, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;4584 Ridge Rd.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;  (east end of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Walkely Rd.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-CA"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-CA"  &gt;Fundraiser: $25 Spectators, $15 Buffet.  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margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FDvajx3O9EM/TaWtRj8yzbI/AAAAAAAAAKs/4e2JmfCDN6k/s320/Gen026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595068629297319346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aujourd'hui marque le jour du souvenir d'un grand amour - le 13 avril 2009, j'ai dit adieu à ma première partenaire Parelli et mon cheval de rêve, Jolie Demoiselle, TB.  Elle est arrivée dans ma vie bien avant que je ne sache ce que c'était que l'équitation naturelle - je cherchais un cheval sauteur, et elle pouvait sauter, même si elle avait passé plusieurs années auparavant à ne rien faire dans un boxe et avait été déclarée cheval immontable.  Elle avait fortement tendance à désarçonner ses cavaliers, et c'est d'ailleurs ce qu'elle a fait la première fois que je l'ai montée.  Dans mon esprit, un cheval qui rue est un cheval qui saute, elle avait un superbe pedigree et était à vendre pour une bouchée de pain - je l'ai donc ramenée à l'écurie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je l'ai entraînée et elle apprenait vite, et nous avons fait de la compétition en saut d'obstacles, elle avait du talent.  Jusqu'au jour où elle m'a clairement fait savoir que je devais trouver une autre façon de faire, et a refusé de monter dans la remorque - ce jour là, j'ai trouvé le premier stage Parelli qui s'est donné au Québec et je l'y ai emmenée en espérant pouvoir 'corriger' mon cheval!  J'avais beaucoup à apprendre!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cette fin de semaine a été le début d'un nouveau voyage et un point tournant de ma vie.  Jolie et moi avons réussi ensemble l'ancien Niveau 3; ce n'était pas un cheval facile, mais j'étais déterminée et je l'adorais.  Nous avons fait l'école de 10 semaines au ranch Parelli et elle a boité durant 7 des 10 semaines là-bas.  Et pourtant, elle m'a tout donné le jour de l'examen.  Ce jour où Pat m'a décerné ma cordelette Niveau 3 fut la dernière fois que je montais Jolie.  Elle a subi un affaissement catastrophique des ligaments suspenseurs arrière, dégradation qui était le résultat de l'état avancé d'une maladie chronique et dégénérative appelée DSLD, une condition métabolique souvent mal détectée et très méconnue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À 17 ans, j'ai donc mis Jolie à la retraite.  Je l'ai gardée et je l'ai soignée pendant plusieurs années, toujours en me disant que c'était nos derniers mois ensemble.  Mais son esprit était fort, et elle voulait vivre, alors elle a vécu longtemps.  Elle habitait avec mes deux autres juments et c'était la meilleure amie d'Easter.  Elle nous suivait en randonnée en toute liberté, aussi loin et aussi longtemps qu'elle en était capable.  Certains jours, elle trottait en tête.  D'autres, elle nous suivait doucement au pas, et si elle était trop fatiguée, elle s'en retournait tranquillement toute seule à l'écurie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En 2009, alors que je m'apprêtais à entreprendre le voyage vers le ranch Parelli, j'ai réalisé qu'elle devait nous accompagner.  Elle me l'a clairement laissé savoir.  Je l'ai donc emmenée, et le voyage fut pénible pour elle, mais elle est bien arrivée et elle a profité pendant quelques mois du soleil et de l'herbe de la Floride.  Puis, quelques semaines avant mon retour au Québec, elle s'est mise à décliner rapidement; j'ai su qu'elle ne reviendrait pas et qu'il était temps de la laisser partir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous nous sommes dit adieu le lundi de Pâques, et cette nuit-là, une énorme tempête a fait rage avec des vents violents, du tonnerre, des éclairs et un avertissement de tornade.  En me levant le matin, j'ai trouvé sa tombe intacte et j'ai alors su qu'elle avait été libérée de la douleur et de la maladie.  Elle a été ma partenaire et mon professeur pendant plus de 13 ans, et elle a changé ma vie.  Grâce à elle, j'ai découvert Parelli et je suis ici aujourd'hui.  Elle pouvait lire dans mes pensées et elle savait mes intentions, notre communication était sans égal.  Ce lundi de Pâques, Easter et Menina ont aussi compris que son esprit avait été libéré.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jolie,  tu étais une amie merveilleuse et très spéciale qui m'a tant appris.  Je ne t'oublierai jamais.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-1576481350161845472?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/1576481350161845472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/04/en-souvenir-de-jolie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1576481350161845472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1576481350161845472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/04/en-souvenir-de-jolie.html' title='En souvenir de Jolie'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FDvajx3O9EM/TaWtRj8yzbI/AAAAAAAAAKs/4e2JmfCDN6k/s72-c/Gen026.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-8392916065195067833</id><published>2011-04-13T09:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-13T09:32:30.041-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jolie'/><title type='text'>Remembering Jolie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FgYhXtOUPTo/TaWl0eAurCI/AAAAAAAAAKk/jTImPrutmtc/s1600/Gen083-600pix.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FgYhXtOUPTo/TaWl0eAurCI/AAAAAAAAAKk/jTImPrutmtc/s320/Gen083-600pix.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595060432905612322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today marks a day of remembrance of  great memories and a love story –  April 13th, 2009 is the day I said farewell to my first Parelli partner  and my spirit horse, Jolie Demoiselle, TB.  She came into my life well  before I knew anything about Natural Horsemanship – I wanted a jumping  horse, and she could jump, even though she had pretty much been sitting  in a stall for years and declared an unrideable horse.  She has a strong  tendency to buck her riders off, and so she did the first time I rode  her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my world, a bucking horse was a jumping horse, and she had  great papers and was cheap, so I took her.  I trained her and she was a  good learner, and we competed in jumping events, and she had talent.   Until that day she clearly showed me I had to find another way, and  refused to get on a trailer – that day, I found the first Parelli clinic  in Quebec and took her there in the hopes of fixing my horse!  Oh boy,  did I have a lot to learn!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That weekend was the beginning of a new  journey and a turning point in my life. Jolie and I finished the old  Level 3 together; she was not an easy horse, but I was determined and I  loved her.  We did the 10 week school together in Florida and she was  lame for 7 out of 10 weeks.  Yet she gave me everything she had on test  day.  The day Pat handed me my L3 string was to be the last day I was  ever going to ride Jolie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She suffered a catastrophic failure of her  hind suspensories, failure that was subsequently attributed to an  advanced onset of &lt;span class="caps"&gt;DSLD&lt;/span&gt;, a chronic and  degenerative metabolic disease that is often undiagnosed and  misunderstood.  At 17, she was retired.  I kept her and took care of her   for several years, thinking that might be our last few months  together.  But her spirit was very strong, and she wanted to live, so  she did.  She lived with my other two mares, was Easter’s best friend  and followed us on the trails at liberty for as far and as long as she  could.  Some days she would trot ahead.  Some days, she just walked  behind, and if she got too tired, she would just turn back and walk  herself back to her paddock.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2009, as I was getting ready to head  out to the Parelli ranch, I realized she had to come with us.  She told  me.  So I took her, and it was a rough trip for her, but she made it and  spent a few months enjoying the Florida grass and sunshine.  Then, a  few weeks before I was due to go home, she started declining quickly,  and I knew the time had come to let her go.  We said goodbye on Easter  Monday, and that night, a huge storm came through with howling winds,  thunder and lightning, and a tornado warning.  The next morning, when I  got up, her grave was undisturbed despite the storm and I knew she had  been set free from pain and disease.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She was my partner and my teacher  for over 13 years, and she changed my life.  Thanks to her, I found  Parelli and I am where I am today.  She could read my thoughts and sense  my meaning, and our communication was unique.  On Easter Monday, Menina  and Easter also understood that she was leaving this earth and that her  spirit had been released.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jolie, you were wonderful and a very special friend who taught me so much.  You will never be forgotten.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-8392916065195067833?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/8392916065195067833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/04/remembering-jolie.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8392916065195067833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8392916065195067833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/04/remembering-jolie.html' title='Remembering Jolie'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FgYhXtOUPTo/TaWl0eAurCI/AAAAAAAAAKk/jTImPrutmtc/s72-c/Gen083-600pix.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-5164191204245680922</id><published>2011-04-12T12:58:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-12T13:03:58.192-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Éducation'/><title type='text'>Lancement du Fonds de développement équestre Parelli!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9jKR3YcFnLo/TaSC1RSy02I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Y9ugf-FButI/s1600/horseswin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 61px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9jKR3YcFnLo/TaSC1RSy02I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Y9ugf-FButI/s320/horseswin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594740488787907426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans Serif;" &gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;    &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&lt;b&gt;La fin de semaine dernière à Birmingham en Angleterre, Parelli a lancé officiellement le &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Parelli Horsemanship Fund&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;" align="center"&gt;   &lt;b&gt;Notre première mission:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;" align="center"&gt;   &lt;b&gt;Aidez-nous à recruter 10 000 membres Parelli et ENSEMBLE nous donnerons pour&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="line-height: 30px; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 28px; margin: 0px;" align="center"&gt;   &lt;b&gt;1 MILLION de dollars&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;" align="center"&gt;   &lt;b&gt;sous forme de matériel pédagogique à quatre grandes causes du milieu équestre.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ffcc00;"&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans Serif;"&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ffff00;"&gt;        &lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Les programmes pour la jeunesse, les    organismes de sauvetage des chevaux, l'équitation thérapeutique et    para-équestre et le développement de futurs professionnels de l'industrie    équestre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Aidez-nous à faire de ce monde un monde    meilleur pour les chevaux et les humains qui les aiment!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;color:#ffcc00;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Pour devenir membres, visitez   &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.parelliconnect.com/"&gt;www.parelliconnect.com&lt;/a&gt;    - les 30 premiers jours sont gratuits!  Parlez-en à trois amis!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;color:#ffcc00;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Pour tous les détails consultez &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;    &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;   &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" href="http://parellinaturalhorsetraining.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=7856547db41c7a169135852e1&amp;amp;id=a75a5b93d9&amp;amp;e=5b266156b4"&gt;   www.parellihorsemanshipfund.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans Serif;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Le 29 mai prochain, vous êtes invités à l'évènement de levée de fonds pour le Fonds Parelli Horsemanship!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;Démonstrations avec 5 instructeurs canadiens et un tournoi Parelli pour tous les niveaux!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;Lieu:  Friendly Acres Farm, Ottawa, ON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;Détails et inscriptions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans Serif;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt; &lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:klgolota@gmail.com?subject=Parelli%20Horseless%20Workshop%20in%20Ottawa"&gt;Kara-Lee Golota&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;(613) 255-2804&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-5164191204245680922?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/5164191204245680922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/04/lancement-du-fonds-de-developpement.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5164191204245680922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5164191204245680922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/04/lancement-du-fonds-de-developpement.html' title='Lancement du Fonds de développement équestre Parelli!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9jKR3YcFnLo/TaSC1RSy02I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Y9ugf-FButI/s72-c/horseswin.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-8585588122954515981</id><published>2011-04-12T12:48:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-12T12:58:54.293-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>Launching the Parelli Horsemanship Fund</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9jKR3YcFnLo/TaSC1RSy02I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Y9ugf-FButI/s1600/horseswin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 61px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9jKR3YcFnLo/TaSC1RSy02I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Y9ugf-FButI/s320/horseswin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594740488787907426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans Serif;" &gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;    &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Last weekend in Birmingham, UK, Parelli officially launched the Parelli Horsemanship    Fund!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;" align="center"&gt;   &lt;b&gt;Our First Milestone &amp;amp; Pledge:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;" align="center"&gt;   &lt;b&gt;Help Us Grow by 10,000 Members and&lt;br /&gt;TOGETHER We Will Give Away&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="line-height: 30px; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 28px; margin: 0px;" align="center"&gt;   &lt;b&gt;$1 MILLION&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;" align="center"&gt;   &lt;b&gt;in educational materials to four&lt;br /&gt;main equine causes. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Youth horsemanship programs, equine    rescue centres, educational scholarships and therapeutic and para-equestrian    riding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Help us make this world a better place    for horses and the humans that love them!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;To become a member, visit   &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.parelliconnect.com/"&gt;www.parelliconnect.com&lt;/a&gt;    - the first 30 days are free!  Tell three of your friends!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;For complete details, visit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;    &lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;   &lt;a style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" href="http://parellinaturalhorsetraining.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=7856547db41c7a169135852e1&amp;amp;id=a75a5b93d9&amp;amp;e=5b266156b4"&gt;   www.parellihorsemanshipfund.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;May 29th, join us for the Parelli Horsemanship Fund fundraising event!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;Demos with 5 Canadian Instructors and Parelli Games for all levels!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;Location:  Friendly Acres Farm, Ottawa, ON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;Details and registration &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans Serif;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt; &lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:klgolota@gmail.com?subject=Parelli%20Horseless%20Workshop%20in%20Ottawa"&gt;Kara-Lee Golota&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;(613) 255-2804&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans Serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-8585588122954515981?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/8585588122954515981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/04/launching-parelli-horsemanship-fund.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8585588122954515981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8585588122954515981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/04/launching-parelli-horsemanship-fund.html' title='Launching the Parelli Horsemanship Fund'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9jKR3YcFnLo/TaSC1RSy02I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Y9ugf-FButI/s72-c/horseswin.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-7215110417004777424</id><published>2011-04-05T13:22:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T13:40:06.138-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><title type='text'>Joyeux Anniversaire Menina!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jtbuDG-H518/TZtTynv2nAI/AAAAAAAAAJs/eM03cPLXVJM/s1600/DSCF9891.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jtbuDG-H518/TZtTynv2nAI/AAAAAAAAAJs/eM03cPLXVJM/s320/DSCF9891.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592155491438861314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est l'anniversaire de Menina!  Comme le temps file!  Je me souviens de cette nuit il y a 8 ans, je tentais de dormir sur un lit de camp dans l'écurie et Jolie, sa mère, s'est mise à cogner sur la porte du boxe pour m'avertir qu'elle commençait le travail.  J'ai regardé pendant qu'elle mettait au monde cette petite pouliche noire et énergique, dont la tête sortie me fixait avec les deux yeux, les oreilles dans le crin, bien campée sur ses deux antérieurs, avec un regard qui disait «attention Monde, j'arrive et j'ai une mission!».  Ses postérieurs étaient toujours à l'intérieur de sa mère et la voilà qui essaie de se mettre debout avec seulement deux pattes!  Finalement, le postérieur est sorti et elle a bondi sur ses pieds, a vacillé puis est retombée pour aussitôt refaire un essai, se lever, trouver Maman et apprendre à téter.  Elle n'a pas perdu une minute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai passé les deux semaines suivantes à l'écurie pour faire l'imprégnation et lui enseigner les bases de la confiance et des cessions à la pression, lui apprendre à me suivre en laisse, et commencer à bâtir les fondements de notre relation avec l'aide de Jolie, alors mon cheval Niveau 3, qui était parfaitement en accord avec le processus.  Le jeu favori de Menina consistait à voler les brosses dans mon bac pendant que je pansais Jolie et de partir à la course pour les déposer à l'autre bout du pâturage, où je devais aller les récupérer.  Ou encore, elle enlevait délicatement les élastiques qui retenaient mes cheveux pendant que j'étais occupée à faire autre chose, si délicatement que je ne m'en rendais pas compte.  Elle retirait aussi discrètement la cordelette Parelli de ma poche, et me montrait ensuite son trophée.  Que de beaux souvenirs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Menina est tout ce que je désirais pour mon futur cheval, et encore plus.  Comme on dit, faites attention à ce que vous souhaitez!  Nous avons silloné l'Amérique ensemble et avons partagé de nombreuses mésaventures et d'innombrables défis.  Tout comme sa mère m'a montré le chemin vers une meilleure manière d'être avec les chevaux, Menina m'a montré combien il me restait à apprendre et le niveau de savvy que je devais atteindre pour me mériter le droit d'être avec un tel super cheval.  Elle met en valeur tous les trous dans mes bases, me montre ce que je sais et ce que j'ai besoin de savoir, et malgré toutes mes erreurs et mes maladresses, elle accepte toujours de venir me rejoindre et de continuer à être mon professeur.  Elle est merveilleuse, complexe, volontaire, drôle, fascinante, charismatique et c'est une partenaire inoubliable; je n'y changerais pas un atome!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-7215110417004777424?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/7215110417004777424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/04/joyeux-anniversaire-menina.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7215110417004777424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7215110417004777424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/04/joyeux-anniversaire-menina.html' title='Joyeux Anniversaire Menina!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jtbuDG-H518/TZtTynv2nAI/AAAAAAAAAJs/eM03cPLXVJM/s72-c/DSCF9891.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-8327696516841453641</id><published>2011-04-05T13:11:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T13:20:13.963-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><title type='text'>Happy Birthday Menina</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X5zKiA-lnsc/TZtPKyJP7JI/AAAAAAAAAJk/vkXnb_xjdSY/s1600/Menina20030001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X5zKiA-lnsc/TZtPKyJP7JI/AAAAAAAAAJk/vkXnb_xjdSY/s320/Menina20030001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592150408988454034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong class="name"&gt;       &lt;/strong&gt;     It’s Menina’s birthday!  How time flies!  I remember 8 years ago, I  was sleeping on a cot in the barn and Jolie, her mom, starting banging  the stall door, drawing my attention as she was going into labor.  I  stood by and watched as this feisty little dark filly head came out,  ears flat back, looking at me with 2 eyes, camped on her front legs,  with a look that said ‘watch out world, I am here and I am on a  mission!’.  Her hind end was still in the mare and she was trying to get  up on her front legs!  Finally, the hind came out and she hopped on her  feet, wobbled a bit, fell down and got up again to find Mom and learn  about nursing.  She did not waste a moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I spent the next 2 weeks at  the barn imprinting and teaching her the basics of confidence, yielding  to and from pressure, leading, and starting our relationship with the  help of Jolie, who was then my level 3 horse and was totally in sync  with the process.  Menina’s favorite game was to steal the brushes out  of my brush box and run off with them while I groomed her Mom, then drop  them all the way at the end of the pasture so I had to go get them.   She would also very carefully pull out the elastic band out of my hair  while I was doing something without me noticing it at all, or my savvy  string out my pocket, and was happy to show me her prize.  Nice  memories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Menina is everything I wished for, all of it, and more.  As they say, be  careful what you wish for!  We have traveled everywhere in North  America together and have shared numerous trials and tribulations.   Menina is just perfect as she is, because without her, I would not be  where I am today.  Just like her Mom showed me the path to a better way  with horses, Menina showed me how much I still needed to learn and how  savvy I had to be to earn the right to be with such a super partner.   She highlights all the holes in my foundation, shows me what I know and  what I need to know, and yet, despite all my fumbles and mistakes, still  wants to be with me and continues to teach me.  She is a wonderful,  challenging, spirited, fun, fascinating, charismatic and unforgettable  partner, and I would not change a single thing!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-8327696516841453641?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/8327696516841453641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/04/happy-birthday-menina.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8327696516841453641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8327696516841453641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/04/happy-birthday-menina.html' title='Happy Birthday Menina'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X5zKiA-lnsc/TZtPKyJP7JI/AAAAAAAAAJk/vkXnb_xjdSY/s72-c/Menina20030001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-1848772977631907644</id><published>2011-03-09T18:52:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-09T19:24:21.296-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>NOUS SOMMES...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lcWvwOPaVTk/TXgaKttztmI/AAAAAAAAAJc/n_JUBb6OTJw/s1600/DSCF6146.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lcWvwOPaVTk/TXgaKttztmI/AAAAAAAAAJc/n_JUBb6OTJw/s320/DSCF6146.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582240509498472034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt; NOUS sommes... &lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class="post-header"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  Avez-vous remarqué que Parelli a un nouveau slogan cette année?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;WE ARE PARELLI&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;WORLDWIDE&lt;/span&gt; - Nous sommes Parelli à travers le monde&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simple, mais pas facile.  Comme le programme.  En tant qu'êtres humains, nous fonctionnons en mode JE, en tant qu'individus.  Les entreprises dépensent des fortunes pour essayer d'apprendre à fonctionner en équipe, et pour motiver leurs employés à agir de façon unifiée pour atteindre leurs objectifs.  Ce n'est pas naturel pour nous les humains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais pour le cheval, le NOUS, c'est tout ce qui existe.  Le troupeau pense, ressent, joue, et agit comme un tout, c'est essentiel pour sa survie dans la nature.  Avez-vous déjà vu un groupe de chevaux détaler sans aucun signal visible de la part d'un des leurs?  Ou senti votre cheval qui décolle pour suivre un groupe de chevaux, partageant leurs émotions et leurs pensées alors que vous êtes encore en train de vous demander ce qui se passe?  Le NOUS est naturel pour le cheval, dans la nature comme à l'état domestique.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous pouvons utiliser cette capacité naturelle pour amener le cheval à se connecter à nous, à lire notre intention et à se synchroniser avec nous.  Mais seulement si nous apprenons d'abord à nous synchronizer avec lui!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;WE ARE PARELLI&lt;/span&gt;. Qu'est-ce que cela signifie?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La communauté Parelli - une communauté internationale constituée d'amoureux des chevaux qui partagent une passion pour la relation qu'ils bâtissent avec leur cheval de façon naturelle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'équipe Parelli - le personnel et les professionnels qui travaillent fort en tout temps pour partager le message et aider les élèves sur le terrain à mieux comprendre le programme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le ranch Parelli - un rassemblement d'employés, d'externes, d'internes, de stagiaires et de professionnels qui non seulement sont là pour apprendre, mais entretiennent et font tourner la machine afin que Pat et Linda puissent continuer à faire avancer leur horsemanship et à former un plus grand nombre de gens de chevaux accomplis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parelli sur l'Internet - voilà un puissant véhicule pour rejoindre et entrer en contact et Parelli a créé beaucoup d'énergie sur les médias sociaux, inspirant et rejognant des milliers d'élèves partout sur la planète.  C'est le nouveau NOUS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dans ma propre entreprise cette année, je mets beaucoup d'efforts à construire quelque chose qui ressemble à une équipe.  J'ai de nouvelles partenaires, mes coordonnatrices régionales, qui me permettent de ne plus être seule à essayer de rejoindre les élèves et à organiser des évènements, tout en faisant tout le reste.  Elles sont mes yeux et mes oreilles dans leurs régions respectives; elles peuvent aller sur place quand je ne le peux pas, elles sont en mesure de vous rencontrer et de vous conseiller lorsque ce n'est pas possible pour moi de le faire.  Nous sommes toutes différentes, mais nous partageons une passion pour les chevaux et le programme Parelli, le fil commun qui nous amène à penser, à ressentir, à jouer et à agir en équipe.  Nous avons d'abord dû apprendre à nous synchroniser!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dans le passé, les instructeurs canadiens ont été reconnus pour leurs disputes, pour agir en compétiteurs un contre l'autre et pour voir uniquement à leurs propres intérêts.  Cette année, quelques-uns d'entre nous essayons de reprendre à zéro et de bâtir une équipe.  Nous voulons nous synchroniser.  Nous avons parlé de joindre nos forces pour participer à des évènements promotionnels, et nous sommes en train de concevoir un veston aux couleurs de l'équipe.  Ce n'est pas encore grand chose, mais c'est un début.  Les instructeurs européens sont très en avance sur nous, ils le font depuis des années.  Leur modèle nous inspire.  Malgré les distances qui nous séparent, plusieurs instructeurs canadiens pensont que nous allons tous bénéficier de nos actions concertées, et augmenter nos chances de survie.  En fait, nous voulons beaucoup plus, nous voulons nous épanouir!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;S'il est aussi important pour nous d'apprendre à comprendre et à vivre le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;NOUS&lt;/span&gt; que ça peut l'être pour nos chevaux, c'est autrement plus ardu pour nous!  Simple, mais pas facile.  Toutefois, les résultats et le sentiment d'appartenance qui en résultent ne peuvent que nous inspirer à essayer plus fort!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Que faites-vous chaque jour pour apprendre à synchroniser plus facilement?  Et qu'est-ce que cela veut dire pour vous?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-1848772977631907644?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/1848772977631907644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/03/nous-sommes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1848772977631907644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1848772977631907644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/03/nous-sommes.html' title='NOUS SOMMES...'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lcWvwOPaVTk/TXgaKttztmI/AAAAAAAAAJc/n_JUBb6OTJw/s72-c/DSCF6146.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-5563970645513594376</id><published>2011-03-09T18:15:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-09T19:19:23.536-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>WE are...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bGS3PiBKA7Q/TXgSAtWU32I/AAAAAAAAAJU/ShKVLn3If9U/s1600/P9200003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bGS3PiBKA7Q/TXgSAtWU32I/AAAAAAAAAJU/ShKVLn3If9U/s320/P9200003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582231541508267874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Has anyone noticed that Parelli has a new slogan with their logo?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;WE ARE PARELLI&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;WORLDWIDE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simple, but not easy.  Just like the program.   As human beings, we operate as I, as Individuals.  Companies and businesses spend tons of money trying to learn how to operate as a team, attempting to motivate their employees to act in a unified manner towards achieving objectives.  It's just not natural to us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But for the horse, WE is all there is.  The herd thinks, feels, plays, and acts as a unit, it's essential to survival in the wild.  Ever see a herd of horses take off at a dead run without any visible signal from any horse?  Ever feel you horse wanting to take off with another group of horses, connecting to their emotions and thoughts, while you were still wondering what happened?  WE is natural to horses, wild or not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We can use this natural ability to get the horse to connect with us, read our intent and synchronize with us.  But only if we can first learn to synchronize with them!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;WE ARE PARELLI&lt;/span&gt;.  What does that mean?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parelli the community - a worldwide community of like-minded horse lovers who share a passion for building a relationship with their horse in a natural way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parelli the team - the staff and professionals that work hard around the clock to share the message and bring understanding of the program to the students out there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parelli the ranch - a collection of employees, externs, interns, working students and professionals who are not only there to learn, but to maintain and keep the wheels turning so Pat and Linda can continue to advance their horsemanship and teach a whole lot more of us how to become horsemen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parelli on the Web - there is a highly powerful way of reaching out and networking and Parelli has certainly created a huge social media buzz on the Net, inspiring and connecting with thousands of Parelli students everywhere.  It's the new WE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my own business, this year, I have been putting a lot of effort into building something that resembles a team.  I partnered up with regional coordinators so that I would no longer be alone trying to reach out to the student body and organize events while trying to get everything else done.  They are my eyes and ears in their respective areas, they can go where I cannot, meet you and talk to you when I cannot.  We are all very different, but we all share a passion for horses and for the Parelli program, and that is the common thread that keeps us thinking, feeling, playing and acting as a team.  First we needed to find a way to synchronize with one another!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the past, the Canadian instructors have been notorious for feuding and for acting as individuals and competing against each other.  So this year, a few of us are trying to start over and working on building a team.  We are trying to synchronize.  We have discussed joining forces to participate at promotional events, and are designing a team jacket.  It's not much yet, but it's a start.  The European instructor team is way ahead of us, they have been doing this for years.  There is a model we can be inspired by.  Distances set aside, several of us feel we can all benefit from acting in a more unified way, and increase our chances of survival.  Hey, we want more, we want to thrive!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If learning to understand and live &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;WE &lt;/span&gt;is just as important for us as it is for our horses, we sure have to work harder at it!   Simple, not easy.  However, the results and the connection it provides can only inspire us to try harder!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are you doing everyday to learn to synchronize more easily?  And what does it mean to you?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-5563970645513594376?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/5563970645513594376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/03/we-are.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5563970645513594376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5563970645513594376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/03/we-are.html' title='WE are...'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bGS3PiBKA7Q/TXgSAtWU32I/AAAAAAAAAJU/ShKVLn3If9U/s72-c/P9200003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-1450843091596542981</id><published>2011-02-17T19:54:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T20:02:48.809-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Éducation'/><title type='text'>Ateliers d'hiver sans chevaux Montréal/Québec/Ottawa</title><content type='html'>J'annonce une série d'ateliers d'hiver sans chevaux qui auront lieu en région de Montréal, à Québec et à Ottawa.  Joignez-vous à nous pour une soirée  d'apprentissage, de plaisir, et d'inspiration.  Pas de chevaux requis et  nous serons bien au chaud.  Rabais pour les billets achetés d'avance et  pour les inscriptions à plus d'un atelier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MONTRÉAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;22 février 19:00 - Greenhawk Boucherville Conférence Parelli - Venez découvrir de quoi il s'agit et pourquoi tant d'amoureux du cheval le pratique!  Entrée 5$  Détails et inscription &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;450-655-7111.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les trois ateliers suivants auront lieu de 14:00 à 17:00 au Centre Hippique Montérégie à Carignan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 mars - Introduction à Parelli et aux 7 Jeux&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 avril - Découvrez la personnalité de votre cheval&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;23 avril - L'ABC du chargement en remorque&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Billets à l'avance $100 par atelier/$250 pour trois&lt;br /&gt;Billets à  la porte $150 par atelier&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Détails et inscription&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mylène Guilbert  (514) 743-9199 mylene.guilbert@hotmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;OTTAWA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les quatre ateliers auront lieu au magasin Greenhawk à Nepean.&lt;br /&gt;Détails et inscription &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kara-Lee Golota  klgolota@gmail.com (613) 255-2804&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;30 janvier - Intro à Parelli et aux 7 Jeux&lt;br /&gt;27 février - L'ABC du chargement en remorque&lt;br /&gt;20 mars - Choix et ajustement d'une selle&lt;br /&gt;17 avril - Avoir plus d'imagination et de plaisir avec son cheval&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Billets à l'avance $100 par atelier/$250 pour trois&lt;br /&gt;Billets à  la porte $150 par atelier&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;QUÉBEC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Détails et inscription&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greenhawk Québec  (418) 614-0790 quebeccity@greenhawk.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;28 février - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Intro à Parelli et aux 7 Jeux&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;14 mars - Découvrez la personnalité de votre cheval&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;11 avril - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;L'ABC du chargement en remorque&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;3 mai - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Avoir plus d'imagination et de plaisir avec son cheval&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Billets à l'avance $100 par atelier/$250 pour trois&lt;br /&gt;Billets à  la porte $150 par atelier&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-1450843091596542981?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/1450843091596542981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/02/ateliers-dhiver-sans-chevaux.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1450843091596542981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1450843091596542981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/02/ateliers-dhiver-sans-chevaux.html' title='Ateliers d&apos;hiver sans chevaux Montréal/Québec/Ottawa'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-466563264049099122</id><published>2011-02-17T19:24:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T19:54:21.608-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>Parelli Horseless Winter Workshop Series</title><content type='html'>Announcing a series of horseless winter workshops in Quebec City, Ottawa and the Montreal area. Join us for an afternoon of Parelli learning, inspiration and fun. No horses required and we'll be warm. Discounts for advance purchase and for more than one workshop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;22 February 19:00 - Greenhawk Boucherville Parelli Conference - Come find out what Parelli is all about and why so many horse lovers learn it!  $5 entry fee.  Info and registration &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;450-655-7111.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following three workshops will take place 14:00 to 17:00 at Centre Hippique Montérégie, Carignan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 March - What is Parelli and Intro to the 7 Games&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 April - Discover your horse's Horsenality&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;23 April - Trailer Loading Savvy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advance tickets $100 per workshop/$250 for three&lt;br /&gt;At the door $150 per workshop&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Info and registration&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mylène Guilbert  (514) 743-9199 mylene.guilbert@hotmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;OTTAWA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All four workshops will be held at the Greenhawk store in Nepean.&lt;br /&gt;Info and registration &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kara-Lee Golota  klgolota@gmail.com (613) 255-2804&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 30 - What is Parelli and Intro to the 7 Games&lt;br /&gt;February 27 - Trailer Loading Savvy&lt;br /&gt;March 20 - Saddle Fitting Savvy&lt;br /&gt;April 17 - Having more fun and imagination&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advance tickets $100 per workshop/$250 for three&lt;br /&gt;At the door $150 per workshop&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;QUEBEC CITY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Info and registration &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greenhawk Quebec  (418) 614-0790 quebeccity@greenhawk.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;28 February - Introduction to Parelli and the 7 Games&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;14 March - Discover your horse's Horsenality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;11 April - Trailer Loading Savvy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;3 May - Having more fun and imagination with your horse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advance tickets $100 per workshop/$250 for three&lt;br /&gt;At the door $150 per workshop&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-466563264049099122?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/466563264049099122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/02/parelli-horseless-winter-workshop.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/466563264049099122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/466563264049099122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/02/parelli-horseless-winter-workshop.html' title='Parelli Horseless Winter Workshop Series'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-2193450764659745450</id><published>2011-02-17T19:20:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T19:23:49.539-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Éducation'/><title type='text'>COURS AUX RANCHS PARELLI À PRIX DÉFIANTS TOUTE CONCURRENCE - seulement via votre instructeur!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jFwOdo5sigc/TV271WQg3YI/AAAAAAAAAJM/EdFsWKkUw_s/s1600/P6180004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jFwOdo5sigc/TV271WQg3YI/AAAAAAAAAJM/EdFsWKkUw_s/s320/P6180004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574818438936845698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Vous êtes un élève assidu du programme et    vous progressez dans les niveaux 2/3, et vous prévoyez vous inscrire à un des    cours Parelli offerts aux ranchs Parelli de Floride ou du Colorado?     Magnifique idée, vous êtes le candidat idéal et étudier à la source peut    vraiment accélérer votre apprentissage!  Si vous vous sentez prêts à    participer à un de ces cours, je peux vous offrir un excellent tarif par le    biais des inscriptions sur référence d'instructeur:  &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;le tarif &lt;/i&gt;   &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Red Hot Early Bird pricing&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; n'est disponible qu'auprès de    votre instructeur et vous permet d'économiser des milliers de dollars!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Horseman's Series&lt;/i&gt; (2 semaines) et &lt;i&gt;   Horse Behavior and You&lt;/i&gt; - &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;tarif Red Hot Early Bird $2495&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    (prix régulier $3795)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Fast Track (4 semaines) - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;   &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;tarif Red Hot Early Bird &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;   &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;$4495&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (prix régulier $6495)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Les dates de formation aux États-Unis en    2011 sont: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;   DEUX SEMAINES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Horseman’s Series –   &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;18-29 avril&lt;/span&gt; (Florid&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Horse Behavior and YOU    – &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;6-17 juin &lt;/span&gt;(Colorado)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Horseman’s Series –   &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;20 juin-1er juillet &lt;/span&gt; (Colorado)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Horseman’s Series –   &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;15-26 août &lt;/span&gt;(Colorado)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Horseman’s Series –   &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;3-14 octobre&lt;/span&gt; (Florid&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;   QUATRE SEMAINES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Fast Track –   &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;21 mars-15 avril &lt;/span&gt;(Florid&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Fast Track –   &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;4-29 juillet &lt;/span&gt; (Colorado) &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&lt;b&gt;   COMPLET, LISTE D'ATTENTE SEULEMENT&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Fast Track –   &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;31 octobre-25 novembre (&lt;/span&gt;Florid&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Vous n'avez qu'à envoyer le   &lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/images/2011_Referral_App_USA%20GBENOIT.pdf"&gt;formulaire d'inscri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/images/2011_Referral_App_USA%20GBENOIT.pdf"&gt;ption    sur référ&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;ence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;au numéro de    télécopieur indiqué&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;  Faites vite, ces tarifs    très spéciaux ne sont disponibles qu'aux élèves qui paient le cours en entier    avant le &lt;b&gt;15 avril 2011&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Une fois que vous serez inscrits, je peux    vous aider à vous préparer pour votre formation.  N'hésitez pas à me    contacter si vous avez des questions, je me ferai un plaisir de vous aider.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-2193450764659745450?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/2193450764659745450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/02/cours-aux-ranchs-parelli-prix-defiants.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2193450764659745450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2193450764659745450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/02/cours-aux-ranchs-parelli-prix-defiants.html' title='COURS AUX RANCHS PARELLI À PRIX DÉFIANTS TOUTE CONCURRENCE - seulement via votre instructeur!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jFwOdo5sigc/TV271WQg3YI/AAAAAAAAAJM/EdFsWKkUw_s/s72-c/P6180004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-3623197815724524990</id><published>2011-02-17T19:16:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T19:20:26.935-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>RED HOT EARLY BIRD PRICING for Parelli Campus courses, available from instructors!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m2hWh6NZIQA/TV27MOBkA0I/AAAAAAAAAJE/GLAk1FVKTPE/s1600/P7250006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m2hWh6NZIQA/TV27MOBkA0I/AAAAAAAAAJE/GLAk1FVKTPE/s320/P7250006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574817732352017218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:verdana;" &gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;You are a dedicated student of the program,    have made headway into Level 2/3, and are planning to enroll in one of the    Parelli Courses offered at the Parelli Campus in Florida or Colorado?     Great idea, you are the ideal candidate and studying at the source can really    help accelerate your learning.  If you feel ready to attend the following    courses, I can offer a really great deal through the instructor referral    enrollments:  &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Red Hot Early Bird pricing&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; is only available    through instructors and saves you thousands of dollars!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Horseman's Series (2 weeks) and Horse    Behavior and You - &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Red Hot Early Bird price $2495&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (regular price    $3795)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Fast Track (4 weeks) - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;   &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;Red Hot Early Bird price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;    $4495&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (regular price $6495)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p align="LEFT"&gt;The 2011 &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;c&lt;/span&gt;ourse &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;d&lt;/span&gt;ates   &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;in the US are as follows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;TWO WEEK&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Horseman’s Series –    April 18-29 (Florida)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Horse Behavior and YOU    – June 6-17(Colorado)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Horseman’s Series –    June 20-July 1 (Colorado)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Horseman’s Series –    August 15-26 (Colorado)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Horseman’s Series –    October 3-14 (Florida)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;FOUR WEE&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;KS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Fast Track – March    21-April 15 (Florida)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Fast Track – July 4-29    (Colorado) &lt;b&gt;FULL, WAIT LIST ONLY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;b&gt;  &lt;/b&gt;   &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="LEFT"&gt;Fast Track – October    31-November 25 (Florida)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p align="LEFT"&gt;All you have to do is submit the   &lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/images/2011_Referral_App_USA%20GBENOIT.pdf"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;   Instructor Referral&lt;/span&gt; Enrollment For&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to   &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; Parelli Office&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt; fax number on    the form&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;  Hurry, to take advantage of the    savings, your course must be paid in full by &lt;b&gt;April 15th, 2011&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p align="LEFT"&gt;Once you enroll, I can help you prepare for the course. Please    let me know if you have any&lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;questions about this -    I’d be happy to help.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-3623197815724524990?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/3623197815724524990/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/02/red-hot-early-bird-pricing-for-parelli.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/3623197815724524990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/3623197815724524990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/02/red-hot-early-bird-pricing-for-parelli.html' title='RED HOT EARLY BIRD PRICING for Parelli Campus courses, available from instructors!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m2hWh6NZIQA/TV27MOBkA0I/AAAAAAAAAJE/GLAk1FVKTPE/s72-c/P7250006.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-2992250734817696404</id><published>2011-01-10T20:22:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-10T20:23:47.096-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><title type='text'>Bulletin de janvier</title><content type='html'>Mon bulletin de janvier est publié - bonne lecture!  Dans ce bulletin:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:snaptogridincell/&gt;    &lt;w:wraptextwithpunct/&gt;    &lt;w:useasianbreakrules/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:browserlevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0cm;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Points      saillants de mon séjour au Ranch Parelli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Conférences      d’hiver Parelli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Programmes      de coaching par vidéo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Stages      2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Coordonnateurs      d’évènements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Le      saviez-vous?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Jan11FR.pdf"&gt;http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Jan11FR.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-2992250734817696404?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Jan11FR.pdf' title='Bulletin de janvier'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/2992250734817696404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/01/bulletin-de-janvier.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2992250734817696404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2992250734817696404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/01/bulletin-de-janvier.html' title='Bulletin de janvier'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-6770842093455610306</id><published>2011-01-10T20:20:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-10T20:22:00.265-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>January Newsletter</title><content type='html'>My January Newsletter is ready - enjoy!  In this newsletter:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:snaptogridincell/&gt;    &lt;w:wraptextwithpunct/&gt;    &lt;w:useasianbreakrules/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:browserlevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0cm;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Highlights from my stay at the Parelli      Ranch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Horseless winter conference series&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Video coaching programs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-CA"&gt;2011 clinics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Event coordinators&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Did you know?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Jan11ENG.pdf"&gt;http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Jan11ENG.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-6770842093455610306?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Jan11ENG.pdf' title='January Newsletter'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/6770842093455610306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/01/january-newsletter.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6770842093455610306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6770842093455610306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/01/january-newsletter.html' title='January Newsletter'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-593724458748345779</id><published>2011-01-07T17:35:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-07T17:43:17.583-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Êtes-vous engagés?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TSeWr61faSI/AAAAAAAAAI4/TyJipNSqyvo/s1600/Avalo%2BFarm%2BOct10%2B132.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TSeWr61faSI/AAAAAAAAAI4/TyJipNSqyvo/s320/Avalo%2BFarm%2BOct10%2B132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559577946284321058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai pensé afficher cette belle citation qui m'a été transmise par une amie sur Facebook - je pense qu'elle vaut la peine qu'on y réfléchisse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Il y a une différence entre l'intérêt et l'engagement.  Lorsque quelque chose vous intéresse, vous le faites seulement lorsque les circonstances s'y prêtent.  Lorsque vous vous y engagez, vous n'acceptez plus d'excuses, seuls les résultats comptent."&lt;/span&gt; ~ Art  Turock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bien des gens disent s'intéresser à apprendre et à pratiquer la méthode Parelli, mais il faut de l'engagement et du dévouement pour vraiment progressder et obtenir les résultats attendus.  Êtes-vous vraiment engagés envers votre cheval, votre horsemanship?  Êtes-vous prêts à faire bouger les choses malgré le dérangement, les ressources limitées, les contraintes, les difficultés, les obstacles?  Attendez-vous que les choses viennent vers vous, ou êtes-vous disposés à sortir de votre chemin pour trouver l'aide, le soutien, l'occasion d'apprentissage qui vous propulseront vers le niveau suivant?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-593724458748345779?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/593724458748345779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/01/etes-vous-engages.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/593724458748345779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/593724458748345779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/01/etes-vous-engages.html' title='Êtes-vous engagés?'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TSeWr61faSI/AAAAAAAAAI4/TyJipNSqyvo/s72-c/Avalo%2BFarm%2BOct10%2B132.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-7008324998772800940</id><published>2011-01-07T17:28:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-07T17:34:13.490-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Are you committed?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TSeU3H9gSZI/AAAAAAAAAIw/MEPo3n7tZx0/s1600/Avalo%2BFarm%2BOct10%2B210.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TSeU3H9gSZI/AAAAAAAAAIw/MEPo3n7tZx0/s320/Avalo%2BFarm%2BOct10%2B210.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559575939762899346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just thought I would post this great quote that I found via a friend on Facebook - I think it speaks volumes.  &lt;span class="messageBody"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"There's  a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in  doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit. When you're  committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results."&lt;/span&gt; ~ Art  Turock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many people express interest in learning and practicing Parelli, but it takes commitment and dedication to truly learn it and achieve the results.  How committed are you to your horse, to your horsemanship?  Are you willing to make it happen regardless of convenience, resources, constraints, difficulties, obstacles?  Are you waiting for things to come to you, or are you willing to go out of your way to find the help, support, learning opportunity, that will launch you to the next level?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-7008324998772800940?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/7008324998772800940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/01/are-you-committed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7008324998772800940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7008324998772800940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2011/01/are-you-committed.html' title='Are you committed?'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TSeU3H9gSZI/AAAAAAAAAIw/MEPo3n7tZx0/s72-c/Avalo%2BFarm%2BOct10%2B210.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-6481688931627333953</id><published>2010-12-29T19:47:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-29T20:58:10.389-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mastery Program'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Éducation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><title type='text'>Points saillants du Mastery Program - accéder à un niveau supérieur d'incompétence consciente</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TRvkfS53dOI/AAAAAAAAAIo/bIkDg4fwQjE/s1600/P8040028.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TRvkfS53dOI/AAAAAAAAAIo/bIkDg4fwQjE/s320/P8040028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556285791593264354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Cela me semble bien loin dans le  passé, mais à la mi-octobre je reprenais la route vers le Sud pour un autre voyage au centre Parelli en Floride.  Je me suis d'abord arrêtée au &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.parellinaturalhorsetraining.com/Parelli-Rendezvous-Jacksonville-FL"&gt;Premier Rendez-Vous Parelli&lt;/a&gt; à Jacksonville, un super évènement pour et par les élèves.  Quel plaisir pendant ces 3 jours!  Merci à tous ceux qui se sont joints à nous pour les ateliers d'ajustement des selles dans l'aire &lt;a href="http://www.parellisaddles.com/"&gt;Parelli Saddles &lt;/a&gt;- c'était fantastique de pouvoir partager mes connaissances avec une foule aussi dévouée et motivée!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Ensuite j'ai passé un mois à enseigner le cours &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fast Track&lt;/span&gt;, dirigé par &lt;a href="http://www.jkbaar.com/"&gt;John Baar&lt;/a&gt;.  Je connais John depuis de nombreuses années et nous avons passé plusieurs mois ensemble durant nos modules à l'Université Parelli, sous la direction de Pat et &lt;a href="http://robmcauliffe.com/"&gt;Rob McAuliffe&lt;/a&gt;.  J'avais déjà participé à l'enseignement des cours au ranch pour de courtes périodes, mais c'était la première fois que je passais un mois entier avec un groupe d'élèves très motivés, dont la plupart rêvent de devenir des Professionels Parelli.  Et c'était la première fois que j'allais passer autant de temps sous l'oeil averti de John.  C'était emballant et un peu effrayant en même temps.  Après tout, John était maintenant en tête de l'enseignement au ranch et un instructeur 4 étoiles (il a reçu sa 5ème étoile durant mon séjour).  Je donne des cours sur le terrain depuis plusieurs années, mais j'ai rarement l'occasion de rejoindre ce type d'élève, à ce niveau.  La plupart de mes élèves apprécie Parelli pour s'amuser et rester en sécurité, mais peu ont dépassé le niveau 2/3.  Il s'agissait donc d'une contexte très différent!  Nous avions à gérer 48 éléves provenant de toutes les sphères de la vie, de tous les pays, de niveaux d'expérience et de personnalités très variés.  Dans l'équipe d'instructeurs, je connaissais très bien John et Berin, mais personne d'autre; nous avons donc dû apprendre à nous connaître et à travailler ensemble très rapidement!  Il a fallu apprendre à s'ajuster selon la situation et à être présent dans le moment présent!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;J'enseignais tous les jours, et oui, j'apprenais aussi tous les jours!  Comment préparer les élèves pour les activités et les leçons du jour et de la semaine, comment monter un plan, réaliser le plan et modifier le plan pour s'adapter à la situation du moment!  Comment gérer des élèves émotifs, frustrés, en mode cerveau droit, en mode dominant, des élèves timides et des élèves entreprenants, certains craintifs et d'autres pas assez, souvent tous dans la même journée!  C'était un test constant de leadership, de capacités en tant qu'enseignant, de travail d'équipe, de souplesse, de contrôle émotif, d'habiletés interpersonnelles et de concentration sur les objectifs.   Les démonstrations constituaient mon plus gros défi - je suis vraiment en dehors de ma zone de confort.  Je ne peux m'empêcher de craindre que les choses aillent mal et je m'inquiète toujours de ne pas pouvoir faire aussi bien qu'à la maison.  Menina, ma merveilleuse et très intelligente jument Cerveau Gauche Extroverti, profite de ce manque de leadership pour prendre la situation en charge et est très heureuse d'aider à prouver que je ne suis pas vraiment en contrôle de mes affaires - ce qui nous donne l'occasion de faire des démos très spectaculaires et mémorables, mais ce qui n'aide en rien ma confiance en ce type d'activités!  Mettez-moi devant un groupe avec un sujet et sans cheval, je suis très à l'aise.  Demandez-moi de faire une démonstration avec un cheval, vraiment pas à l'aise (je sais, c'est mon ego...).  John s'est assuré que j'en tire quelques bonnes leçons sans me faire désarçonner en chemin, et malgré que cela puisse avoir semblé assez dur pour certaines personnes, je lui faisait suffisamment confiance pour mettre ma fierté de côté, ne pas le prendre personnellement et digérer la leçon.  Je sais qu'il le faisait pour mon bien, merci John.  Après tout, j'ai l'habitude avec Pat - laissez votre ego à la porte avant d'entrer!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai vraiment adoré mon expérience avec le cours Fast Track et je me suis déjà portée volontaire pour le refaire, car je suis certaine que cela va m'aider à devenir un meilleur instructeur sur le terrain.  J'ai adoré apprendre à connaître les élèves, les voir évoluer et changer durant ces quatres semaines intensives, et pouvoir les aider à donner le meilleur d'eux-mêmes.  Merci de faire partie de mon cheminement et j'ai hâte de vous revoir!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;J'ai ensuite eu la chance de pouvoir allonger mon séjour pour retourner m'entraîner dans le cadre de la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Foundation Station&lt;/span&gt;, dirigée par Kalley Krickeberg (cliquez &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRP-ZiLwA-Y&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded"&gt;ici &lt;/a&gt;pour voir une fabuleuse démo de Kalley au Rendez-Vous).  C'était exactement ce que je souhaitais.  C'est merveilleux de voir les choses arriver juste au moment où on pense qu'on a atteint le bout de son rêve...  J'ai tellement appris durant ces trois semaines que j'avais du mal à tout inscrire dans mes notes.  Essentiellement, j'ai atteint un niveau supérieur d'incompétence consciente à propos de concepts de Niveau 1 très simples (mais pas faciles!).  Mener un cheval en laisse, mettre un licou, attirer un cheval, l'immobilité et les Sept Jeux ont maintenant une signification et une importance inconnues jusqu'alors;  je suis entrée dans une nouvelle dimension.  J'ai été éblouie d'observer Kalley enseigner aux instructeurs à manipuler les jeunes chevaux et les poulains, puis d'y participer - et j'ai réalisé que je pouvais recommencer l'apprentissage des 7 Jeux!  Il y a tellement de détails à améliorer, même avec mes chevaux avancés.  Comme l'a déclaré &lt;a href="http://www.davidlichman.com/"&gt;David Lichman&lt;/a&gt; (instructeur 5 étoiles) durant une réunion hebdomadaire, Kalley prend les principes et les concepts de base et les amène à un niveau nettement supérieur à celui auquel nous sommes habitués.  Je vois déjà une différence énorme dans mon &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;feel&lt;/span&gt;, mon &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;timing&lt;/span&gt;, ma compréhension et avec mes chevaux, et je viens tout juste de commencer.  Quel état magnifique que celui d'inconfort et de confusion, c'est exactement à partir d'ici que les grandes envolées se font!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Point final, mais non le moindre,  j'ai eu encore une fois l'occasion d'observer les leçons de &lt;a href="http://www.walterzettl.net/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Walter Zettl &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;à Linda et à d'autres élèves avancés, et d'observer le cours &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Game of Contact&lt;/span&gt; donné par Linda.  Pouvoir participer aux deux évènements un après l'autre m'a permis de reconstruire le casse-tête Finesse de façon plus compréhensible.  Le Jeu du Contact fait partie du processus; les leçons de Walter commencent à mettre en place le produit (quoiqu'elles sont aussi en elles-mêmes un processus...  si ça semble confus, c'est que je le suis aussi).  Cerise sur le sundae, quelques jours avant mon départ, Linda m'a offert à MOI une leçon, que j'ai partagée avec &lt;a href="http://www.pnhsavvy.com/"&gt;Nita Jo Rush&lt;/a&gt; (4 étoiles).  C'était excitant, mais encore là, énervant.  D'être avec Linda avec une élève de si haut niveau, et EN PLUS, les apprenties de Linda nous ont accompagnées avec Allure, West Point et Hot Jazz - oups!  Je me sentais pas mal loin en dehors de ma zone...  Menina, toujours elle-même, m'a d'abord signifié que je devais être un bien meilleur leader, mais après un début difficile, j'ai réussi à mettre mes papillons en formation et à trouver en moi ce dont elle avait besoin.  Grâce à la maîtrise de l'enseignement que possède Linda et à son appui inconditionnel, nous avons terminé la session avec d'excellents résultats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Je suis revenue au Québec la tête pleine de nouvelles idées et de savoir, le coeur plein de reconnaissance et le sentiment d'être soutenue, l'âme remplie d'inspiration et d'appartenance.  J'ai maintenant assez d'information pour l'année à venir où je tenterai de devenir consciemment compétente à ce nouveau niveau, et de transmettre le message à mes pieds.  Des résolutions de Nouvel An?  Bien sûr!  &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"&gt;Je résous d'être donner le meilleur de moi-même, de rechercher l'amélioration continuelle, et surtout, j'apprends à le faire en m'amusant un peu plus!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Bonne et heureuse année à tous!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Geneviève&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Pont-Rouge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-6481688931627333953?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/6481688931627333953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/12/points-saillants-du-mastery-program.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6481688931627333953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6481688931627333953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/12/points-saillants-du-mastery-program.html' title='Points saillants du Mastery Program - accéder à un niveau supérieur d&apos;incompétence consciente'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TRvkfS53dOI/AAAAAAAAAIo/bIkDg4fwQjE/s72-c/P8040028.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-596027454402835307</id><published>2010-12-29T19:33:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-29T21:00:31.701-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mastery Program'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><title type='text'>Highlights from the Mastery Program - Accessing a new level of conscious incompetence</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TRvWeq36dVI/AAAAAAAAAIg/E9UuXuS1iUs/s1600/Fast%2BTrack%2B2010%2B001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TRvWeq36dVI/AAAAAAAAAIg/E9UuXuS1iUs/s320/Fast%2BTrack%2B2010%2B001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556270387684865362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;21&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:snaptogridincell/&gt;    &lt;w:wraptextwithpunct/&gt;    &lt;w:useasianbreakrules/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:browserlevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !mso]&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"&gt;&lt;/object&gt; &lt;style&gt; st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0cm;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;It feels like light years away, but mid-October I was on the road again heading South for yet another trip to Parelli in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Florida&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;My first stop was the &lt;a href="http://www.parellinaturalhorsetraining.com/Parelli-Rendezvous-Jacksonville-FL"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;First Parelli Rendez-Vous&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Jacksonville&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;, which was a great event for and by students.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;What a fun 3 days!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Thank you to all of you who showed up for Saddle Savvy workshops in the &lt;a href="http://www.parellisaddles.com/"&gt;Parelli Saddles &lt;/a&gt;area – it was great to be able to share the savvy with such a dedicated and motivated crowd!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Next I spent four weeks coaching the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fast Track&lt;/span&gt; under the leadership of &lt;a href="http://www.jkbaar.com/"&gt;John Baar&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I have known John for many years and we spent many months together during our University modules, training with Pat and Rob &lt;a href="http://robmcauliffe.com/"&gt;McAuliffe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I had helped with courses on the ranch for short periods in the past, but this was my first opportunity to spend a whole month coaching a group of very motivated students, most of which want to become Parelli Professionals in the future.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And the first time I was going to spend time under John’s watchful eye.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It was exciting and a little scary at the same time.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;After all, John was now head of Faculty and a 4 star instructor (now a 5 star).&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I have been teaching in the field for several years now, but I rarely get the opportunity to reach this type of student, and at this level.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Most of my students enjoy Parelli for recreation and safety and few are beyond Level 2/3.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;So this was a whole different game!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We had 48 students, of all walks of life, countries, experience levels and personalities to contend with. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;On the faculty coaching team, I knew John and Berin very well, but everyone else was new to me, so we had to get acquainted and learn to work together as a team very quickly.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Talk about learning to adjust to fit the situation and being present in the moment!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Every day I was teaching, and yes, every day I was also learning!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;How to set up students for things to come, how to come up with a plan, work the plan, and change the plan to fit the situation!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;How to deal with emotional students, frustrated students, right brain students, dominant students, shy students and bold students, scared students and not scared enough students, often all in the same day!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It was a constant test of leadership, teachmanship, teammanship, flexibility, emotional fitness, people skills and focus.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;My biggest challenge was demos – they are definitely out of my comfort zone. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I can’t help but fear things won’t go well and I still worry about not looking as good as when I’m on my own at home.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Menina, my lovely and very smart LBE, takes full advantage of this lack of leadership and is usually happy to help prove I don’t quite have my act together – making for very spectacular and memorable demos, but not quite helping my confidence grow in this particular area!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Put me in front of a group with a topic and without a horse, I’m great.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Ask me to demo with a horse, not so great (it’s the ego thing, I know…).&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;John made sure I got a few good lessons out of the experience and did not get bucked off in the process, and while he might have seemed a bit harsh to some, I trusted him enough to be able to swallow my pride, not take it personally and soak in the learning.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I knew he meant well, thank you John.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;After all, I have been trained by Pat – please check your ego at the door before entering!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;I really loved my experience on the Fast Track and have already volunteered to do it again, as I am sure it will help me become a better teacher in the field.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I enjoyed getting to know the students, seeing them evolve and make changes over those intensive four weeks, and helping them being the best them they could be!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Thank you for being part of my journey and I look forward to seeing you again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;I was then given the opportunity to extend my stay to be a student again at the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Foundation Station&lt;/span&gt;, now headed by Kalley Krickeberg (click &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRP-ZiLwA-Y&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded"&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;to see a fabulous demo by Kalley at the Rendez-Vous).&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It was exactly what I had wished for.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Funny how things end up working out just as you think you have reached the end of your dream…&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I learned so much in three weeks that I could not even keep up with what to write down as notes.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Basically, I reached a new level of conscious incompetence about some very simple (but not easy) Level 1 concepts!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Leading, haltering, catching, stand still and the Seven Games have taken on a meaning and reached a new plane of awareness and importance. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Watching her coach students with young horses and colts, and then participating, has been mind blowing – and I realized I could start over with all my games!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;There is so much room for improvement, even in my high level horses.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;As &lt;a href="http://www.davidlichman.com/"&gt;David Lichman&lt;/a&gt; (5 star instructor) said in one of our weekly meetings, Kalley is taking the foundation principles and concepts to a whole new level.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It has already made such a huge difference to my feel, timing, and understanding and to my horses, and I have only just begun.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;What a great place to be, totally uncomfortable and somewhat confusing, but isn’t it exactly where the real breakthroughs happen?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;Last but not least, I had another opportunity to observe &lt;a href="http://www.walterzettl.net/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Walter Zettl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; teaching Linda and other top students, as well as audit Linda’s Game of Contact course.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Actually being able to do the two events back to back help put some of the pieces of the Finesse puzzle together very nicely.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Game of Contact&lt;/span&gt; is the process; Walter’s lessons start to show the product (although they are also a process…&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;OK, it’s confusing, but that’s exactly how I feel).&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And then, a couple of days before the end of my stay, Linda offered ME a lesson, which I shared with &lt;a href="http://www.pnhsavvy.com/"&gt;Nita Jo Rush&lt;/a&gt; (4 star instructor).&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;That was exciting, and scary at the same time.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;To be with Linda in such high level company, and THEN, Linda’s apprentices also showed up with Allure, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;West Point&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt; and Hot Jazz in tow – yikes!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I felt quite a bit out of my league.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Menina, true to herself, first showed me I needed to be a much better leader, but after a rough start, I managed to collect my butterflies and find what my horse needed from me.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Thanks to Linda’s masterful teaching and unconditional support, we got some very nice results at the end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;I came home with my head full of new ideas and knowledge, my heart full of gratitude and support, and my soul full of inspiration and connection.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I now have enough information for the year to come as I am now trying to become consciously competent at this new level, and get the message to my feet.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;New Year’s resolutions?&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;You bet! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt; I resolve to be the best me I can be, to seek never-ending self-improvement, and most of all, I am learning to do it with a little bit of fun!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;Happy New Year to all!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;Geneviève&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Pont-Rouge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-596027454402835307?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/596027454402835307/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/12/highlights-from-mastery-program.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/596027454402835307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/596027454402835307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/12/highlights-from-mastery-program.html' title='Highlights from the Mastery Program - Accessing a new level of conscious incompetence'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TRvWeq36dVI/AAAAAAAAAIg/E9UuXuS1iUs/s72-c/Fast%2BTrack%2B2010%2B001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-2079615202167811181</id><published>2010-12-29T17:45:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-29T17:49:48.459-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><title type='text'>Recherche un ou une coordonnatrice d'évènements Parelli dans la région de Montréal</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Je suis présentement à la recherche d'un ou d'une nouvelle coordonnatrice d'évènements dans la région de Montréal.  Si vous êtes un adepte mordu de Parelli et que vous aimeriez aider à organiser des stages et des évènements Parelli dans votre région, à promouvoir Parelli et à appuyer mes activités, contactez-moi le plus tôt possible pour les détails et avantages!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Que    faut-il pour devenir coordonnatrice pour un &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Instructeur Parelli Agréé&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;?    Loyauté, dévouement, d'excellentes qualités personnelles et organisationnelles,    la minutie du détail, une vraie passion pour le programme et les principes    Parelli, et beaucoup de patience (pour gérer l'instructeur!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-2079615202167811181?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/2079615202167811181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/12/recherche-un-ou-une-coordonnatrice.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2079615202167811181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2079615202167811181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/12/recherche-un-ou-une-coordonnatrice.html' title='Recherche un ou une coordonnatrice d&apos;évènements Parelli dans la région de Montréal'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-1081976258407960949</id><published>2010-12-29T17:43:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-29T17:45:44.727-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>Looking for a new event coordinator in the Montreal area</title><content type='html'>I am currently looking for a new &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;event coordinator in the Montreal area&lt;/span&gt;.  If you are a dedicated Parelli student and would like to help organize Parelli clinics and events in your area, promote Parelli and support my activities, please contact me asap for details and benefits!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What does it take to be a coordinator for a Licensed Parelli Professional? Loyalty, dedication, great organizational and people skills, attention to details, true passion for the Parelli program and its principles, and lots of patience (to deal with the instructor!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-1081976258407960949?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/1081976258407960949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/12/looking-for-new-event-coordinator-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1081976258407960949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1081976258407960949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/12/looking-for-new-event-coordinator-in.html' title='Looking for a new event coordinator in the Montreal area'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-770644792538872293</id><published>2010-12-26T16:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-26T16:01:17.647-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Holiday Greetings 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a45334d6a4d334d7a6b3d0d0a&amp;blogview=true&amp;campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox greeting" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a45334d6a4d334d7a6b3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&amp;campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own greeting - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;Customize a &lt;a href="http://www.smilebox.com/" target="_blank"&gt;digital ecard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-770644792538872293?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/770644792538872293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/12/holiday-greetings-2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/770644792538872293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/770644792538872293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/12/holiday-greetings-2010.html' title='Holiday Greetings 2010'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-6488329982166084873</id><published>2010-12-26T15:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-26T15:50:41.627-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><title type='text'>Voeux pour les Fêtes</title><content type='html'>&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a45334d6a4d794d7a553d0d0a&amp;blogview=true&amp;campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox greeting" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a45334d6a4d794d7a553d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&amp;campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own greeting - 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Learning to face and overcome the obstacles thrown in our way if the way we grow and evolve into better and stronger human beings.  I have had my share of mountains to climb in life, and they just keep on coming.  And although I have learned to welcome them as the path to new learning and a better me, sometimes it feels like everything is just too much and I want to give up and run back to the safety of the easy and predictable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been a challenging year for me, mentally and emotionally, and the obstacles are constantly getting in my way, leading me to question my choices and my pathway.  I had to rethink my vision and find a different center.  But I kept on going, and got through most of the challenges somehow.  I had to learn to ask for help, not something that comes easy, but more importantly, I am learning to turn loose and accept what I simply cannot change.  It is not an easy lesson. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some things are just not meant to be it seems.  My latest challenge has been learning to accept the fact that some dreams will never come true, no matter how hard I try.  There comes a time where you have given it everything you have and it is time to let go.  Does that mean it opens the door to new and better dreams?  Or simply that letting go of them is something I need to learn to do?  I don't know, but anyone who knows me knows I don't give up easily, in fact, I am very determined to get where I want to go.  But life sometimes has other plans...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I actually had not planned to come back to Florida this year, but life made sure I had to and in the end, it might be exactly what I needed to gain a different perspective on my life and my challenges, and to find other open doors rather than keep looking at the closed ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I frankly can't tell you how this will affect my horsemanship at this point in time, other than it  probably lies down there below the tip of the iceberg and will eventually emerge in full light...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geneviève&lt;br /&gt;Reddick FL&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-4877021329605884553?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/4877021329605884553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/10/turning-loose.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4877021329605884553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4877021329605884553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/10/turning-loose.html' title='Turning loose...'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-4189360983952260462</id><published>2010-09-23T19:00:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-23T19:09:43.379-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Equipment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Équipement'/><title type='text'>Great new prices on Parelli equipment</title><content type='html'>Parelli has recently significantly lowered their prices on rope equipment and carrot sticks - and I mean, significantly lowered!  Same quality, same materials, but now made in house so they have cut out the middle man.  Check out the new Savvy Club pricing. AND right now, they are running a super deal on the basic kit:  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;halter, carrot stick, 12 foot rope and savvy string for $59!&lt;/span&gt;  No more excuses for not having the real deal, designed by Pat!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://shop.parellinaturalhorsetraining.com/category.jsf?pgate=8083"&gt;Order here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Parelli a récemment baissé les prix de ses équipements fabriqués avec de la corde et de ses bâtons carotte - et il s'agit d'une grosse réduction!  Même qualité, mêmes matériaux, ils ont ramené la fabrication à l'interne et ont éliminés les intermédiaires.  Allez voir les nouveaux prix Savvy Club.  ET pour un temps limité, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;l'ensemble des outils de base (licou, bâton, cordelette et corde de 12 pieds) est offert pour 59$!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Plus d'excuses pour ne pas se procurer les outils authentiques conçus par Pat Parelli!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://shop.parellinaturalhorsetraining.com/category.jsf?pgate=8083"&gt;Commandez ici&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-4189360983952260462?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://shop.parellinaturalhorsetraining.com/category.jsf?pgate=8083' title='Great new prices on Parelli equipment'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/4189360983952260462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/09/great-new-prices-on-parelli-equipment.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4189360983952260462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4189360983952260462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/09/great-new-prices-on-parelli-equipment.html' title='Great new prices on Parelli equipment'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-2350726398609123406</id><published>2010-09-17T15:40:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-17T15:44:46.214-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Parelli Performance Summit  Highlights - Montage photo de la conférence Parelli sur la Performance</title><content type='html'>Beautiful picture montage of the Parelli Performance Summit that took place last weekend in Pagosa Springs.  Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Beau montage photo de la conférence qui a eu lieu la fin de semaine dernière à Pagosa Springs!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ParelliTube?feature=mhum&amp;amp;utm_source=Parelli+Natural+Horsemanship+List&amp;amp;utm_campaign=09c55889f6-eNews_09_17_2010&amp;amp;utm_medium=email#p/u/0/wec4-jGvAAY"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/user/ParelliTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-2350726398609123406?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/2350726398609123406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/09/parelli-performance-summit-highlights.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2350726398609123406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2350726398609123406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/09/parelli-performance-summit-highlights.html' title='Parelli Performance Summit  Highlights - Montage photo de la conférence Parelli sur la Performance'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-8780599911648431324</id><published>2010-08-24T15:03:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-24T16:30:29.205-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Éducation'/><title type='text'>L'équilibre entre la Confiance et le Respect</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/THQjr7nyX9I/AAAAAAAAAHI/kFPbpQD2QL0/s1600/8-14+Mai+2008+St-Honor%C3%A9+%28+1+carte+m%C3%A9moire%29+072.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/THQjr7nyX9I/AAAAAAAAAHI/kFPbpQD2QL0/s320/8-14+Mai+2008+St-Honor%C3%A9+%28+1+carte+m%C3%A9moire%29+072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509067481826877394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;J'aimerais partager avec vous cet excellent article écrit par &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.naturalhorse-man-ship.com/"&gt;Fawn Anderson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;,  Instructeur Parelli 3-Étoiles au Canada.  Fawn a publié ce texte dans son bulletin du mois d'août, et je l'ai trouvé tellement approprié et actuel que je lui ai demandé la permission de le partager avec les élèves qui me suivent.  Évidemment, j'ai dû le traduire pour mon auditoire francophone.  J'ai récemment écrit sur le blogue de Parelli Central au sujet de l'équilibre entre l'obéissance et l'exubérance.  Ayant moi-même récemment eu à travailler avec plusieurs chevaux désensibilisés à l'extrême, irrespectueux et dangereux, je souhaiterais que tous les propriétaires de chevaux et surtout tous les élèves Parelli en viennent à comprendre l'importance de cet équilibre délicat.  Bonne lecture et j'espère sincèrement que cela vous aidera dans votre démarche!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;En tant que Professionel Parelli, j'ai le privilège et la responsabilité d'observer les habitudes et les courants parmi les élèves du programme et d'utiliser ces observations en tant qu'outil pour former et responsabiliser les élèves et les aider à réaliser leurs objectifs.  Ce mois-ci, j'aimerais parler de l'équilibre entre la Confiance (le manque de crainte) et le Respect.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Comme le répète souvent Pat, lorsque vous êtes avec votre cheval, vous êtes soit en train de le sensibiliser, ou soit en train de le désensibiliser.  Vous travaillez sur la Confiance ou le Respect.  Mais vous êtes-vous jamais demandé QUAND il est nécessaire de faire un ou l'autre?  Avez-vous réfléchi à l'équilibre qui doit exister entre ces deux qualités souhaitables?&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lorsque vous travaillez ces deux volets, il est possible de surdévelopper ou de ne pas assez développer la confiance ou le respect.  Pat dit souvent qu'il vise 'le milieu à l'extrême', et on peut logiquement en déduire que le but à atteindre est un équilibre exact entre ces deux qualités.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Si nous examinons la Confiance, négliger de travailler cet ingrédient aura pour résultat de créer un cheval peureux ou méfiant, et le surfaire peut générer un niveau artificiel (au contraire de naturel) de complaisance.  Lorsque nous entreprenons de désensibiliser nos chevaux, ils commencent souvent par être plutôt craintifs, ensuite ils évoluent vers le milieu de la balance et deviennent confiants, mais ils peuvent aussi aller à l'autre extrême et atteindre un point où ils ne sont plus connectés à nous ou deviennent complètement indifférents!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Parlons maintenant du Respect; l'objectif et l'équilibre étant un cheval qui répond bien et qui est léger.  Si on met trop l'accent sur le Respect, il est possible de créer un cheval hypersensible, très réactif et trop nerveux.  Mais si on ne le fait pas assez, il peut en résulter un cheval lourd aux aides, qui nous ignore et même qui nous méprise.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bien des gens pensent que le but est d'en arriver à avoir un cheval qui est tellement à l'épreuve de tout et dont le Friendly Game est tellement solide qu'on peut faire à peu près n'importe quoi et il restera là immobile avec un air endormi.  Et cela peut être une bonne chose, mais seulement si en contrepoids, le système du Respect est en équilibre et bien établi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lors de mon séjour au centre Parelli l'hiver dernier, j'ai évalué de nombreuses auditions pour les nouveaux niveaux, et j'ai remarqué un courant intéressant.  Beaucoup d'élèves obtenaient des notes de 4+ pour la Confiance et le Jeu de la Confiance (Friendly), mais seulement 1+ pour le Respect et les Jeux du Porc-Épic et Driving.  Pourquoi est-ce que cela faisait résonner des signaux d'alarme dans ma tête?  L'objectif n'est-il pas d'obtenir un cheval qui n'a pas peur?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Le problème vient du fait que les bases ne sont plus en équilibre.  'Amour, langage et Leadership à doses ÉGALES' dit le dicton.  Lorsque vous avez un cheval dont les bases sont ainsi déséqulibrées à l'extrême, vous avez un cheval qui n'a pas peur de vous et qui ne vous respecte pas.  On les appelle communément des 'animaux de compagnie gâtés pourris', ce qui n'est pas un compliment.  On parle alors d'un cheval qui n'a aucune crainte face aux humains, qui les ignore ou ne leur accorde aucune importance, et que ne se gêne pas pour leur monter sur la tête ou leur passer dessus, ce qui les rend dangereux.  Éventuellement, le propriétaire aura besoin de lui demander de FAIRE quelque chose mais avec un système de Respect si atrophié par rapport au système de CONFIANCE, un cheval Cerveau Gauche Dominant réagira violemment et négativement lorsqu'on lui demandera de faire quelque chose dont il n'a pas envie, et n'hésitera pas à ruer, botter, mordre ou boxer son propriétaire.  De plus, lorsque le propriétaire essaiera d'obtenir une meilleure réponse, la phase 4 dont aura besoin le cheval sera hors de proportion et beaucoup plus ferme que si le Respect avait été développé conjointement avec la Confiance.  Bien des gens ne se rendent ainsi pas compte qu'en pensant traiter leur cheval avec gentillesse, ils sont en fait bien cruels envers lui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;J'ai déjà cru que je devais d'abord pouvoir frapper le sol violemment avec mon bâton et ma cordelette et la tournoyer au-dessus de la tête de mon cheval sans que cela le dérange le moindrement avant de pouvoir 'utiliser' mes outils et m'assurer ainsi que mon cheval n'en avait pas peur.  J'ai ainsi omis d'apprendre à mon cheval à céder à la pression du bâton et lorsque je lui demandais, il pensait qu'il s'agissait encore du Jeu de la Confiance et restait très surpris lorsque je les touchais en phase 4.  Il est normal pour un cheval de se méfier des nouvelles choses lorsqu'on les lui montre pour la première fois et avant d'avoir eu beaucoup de contact avec les humains.  On peut le comprendre et s'en servir pour préserver la légèreté dès le début au lieu de les rendre lourds pour avoir ensuite à les sensibiliser de nouveau aux aides.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;J'aimerais expliquer ceci plus en détails, pour que ce ne soit pas mal interprété!  Un cheval a besoin du Jeu de la Confiance (Friendly) lorsqu'il a PEUR.  Mais la majorité du temps, je vois les gens qui jouent au Jeu de la Confiance alors que leur cheval est à moitié endormi.  C'est le PIRE moment pour jouer au jeu de la Confiance car vous enseignez à votre cheval à VOUS IGNORER et à DÉCONNECTER!  Et lorsque le cheval prend vraiment peur et se lance de tous côtés, l'humain perd souvent tous ses moyens au lieu d'utiliser le rythme, la détente et l'approche et le retrait pour aider le cheval a retrouver la confiance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Vous pouvez développer la Confiance et le Respect en parallèle par petites doses, au lieu d'y aller à pas de géants, tout en gardant les deux en équilibre.   Au lieu d'essayer de bourrer votre cheval d'une énorme dose de Confiance, faites-en un petit peu et visez une petite amélioration, puis faites des choses qui vont enseigner à votre cheval à céder à la pression.  Puis développez encore un peu plus sa Confiance et équilibrez cela avec une autre leçon de Respect!  Vous verrez que sans avoir à 'entraîner' votre cheval ou sans y aller en ligne droite, vous aurez développé un partenaire confiant et respectueux!  Youppi!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Tout dépendant de la Horsenality, vous avez plus ou moins de marge d'erreur d'un côté ou de l'autre de la balance sans avoir à en souffrir les conséquences extrêmes.  Par exemple, trop bâtir la confiance d'un cheval Cerveau Droit n'aura pas les même conséquences que de le surfaire avec un cheval Cerveau Gauche Dominant.  De la même manière, trop sensibiliser ou travailler le Respect avec un cheval Cerveau Gauche n'aura pas les mêmes conséquences que de le surfaire avec un cheval Cerveau Droit Craintif.  Il est donc important de bien comprendre votre personnalité et celle de vos chevaux, vous serez ainsi mieux équipé pour éviter les pièges et les erreurs qui vous guettent.  Si vous avez tendance à être doux et gentil et qu'il est difficile pour vous d'être ferme et efficace avec votre cheval, et que votre cheval est un Cerveau Gauche Dominant, vous DEVEZ vraiment faire attention à ne PAS surfaire les jeux de désensibilisation (Friendly Game) et à ne PAS négliger les jeux de Respect (Porc-Épic et Driving).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;En résumé, veillez à conserver un équilibre optimal entre la Confiance et le Respect lorsque vous jouez avec vos chevaux et que vous avancez dans le programme!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-8780599911648431324?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/8780599911648431324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/lequilibre-entre-la-confiance-et-le.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8780599911648431324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8780599911648431324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/lequilibre-entre-la-confiance-et-le.html' title='L&apos;équilibre entre la Confiance et le Respect'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/THQjr7nyX9I/AAAAAAAAAHI/kFPbpQD2QL0/s72-c/8-14+Mai+2008+St-Honor%C3%A9+%28+1+carte+m%C3%A9moire%29+072.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-667495174854505333</id><published>2010-08-24T14:18:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-24T14:35:33.428-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>The Confidence/Respect Ratio Balance</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/THQQT3cDYGI/AAAAAAAAAHA/vtdtZk8jjOU/s1600/DSCF2874.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/THQQT3cDYGI/AAAAAAAAAHA/vtdtZk8jjOU/s320/DSCF2874.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509046177666130018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/THQP9KCokLI/AAAAAAAAAG4/1FSQlcKDAzM/s1600/DSCF2875.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;table class="Secondary_News_Background" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td id="itemTitle_4" ecmtype="Text" ecmdescription="Product Title"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;I would like to share with you this really great essay written by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.naturalhorse-man-ship.com/"&gt;Fawn Anderson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;, Licensed Parelli 3-Star Instructor in Canada.  Fawn published this piece in her August newsletter, and I thought it was so appropriate and timely that I asked her if I could share it with my student following.  I recently wrote on Parelli Central about the balance between obedience and exuberance.  Pursuing with the balance theme, here is what Fawn has to say about confidence and respect.  Having myself recently run into a couple of desensitized, dull and dangerous barnyard pets,  I'd love for every horse owner and Parelli student to understand this delicate balance.  Enjoy and I sincerely hope it will help you in your journey!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;td id="itemTitle_4" ecmtype="Text" ecmdescription="Body Text"&gt; &lt;p align="left"&gt;One of the privileges and responsibilities I have as a Parelli  Professional is to observe patterns and trends that I see among students and use  that information as a tool to educate and empower students in their quest to  achieve their goals.  This month I'd like to talk about balancing Confidence and  Respect. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As Pat often says, whenever you are with your horse you are  either sensitizing or desensitizing them. You are either working on confidence  or respect.  But have you ever put any thought into WHEN you should be  doing which? Have you thought about how balanced those two elements are in  relation to one another?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When working on these two areas it is possible  to overdo or underdo confidence and respect. Keeping in mind that Pat is an  'extreme middle of the roadist', we logically can deduce that the goal will be to  find the balance in the middle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we examine Confidence, underdoing  this ingredient would result in a fearful or untrusting horse and overdoing it  might result in an unnatural level of complacency. When we are desensitizing our  horses they often start on the fearful side, swing to the confident middle over  time and then can swing right past that to tuned out or oblivious!  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Now lets talk about Respect, thinking of a responsive and sensitized horse as  our balance. Overdoing Respect can result in a hypersensitive, 'punchy' or even  reactive horse on one side, while underdoing it could result in a horse that was  dull, disregarding or even contemptuous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many people believe that the  goal is a horse that is so 'bomb-proof' and good at it's friendly game that you  could do just about anything and it would stand there with a sleepy look on it's  face.  And that may, indeed, be a good thing, but only if it is balanced by and  in alignment with the Respect system.   &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;While at the Parelli center this past winter assessing the new Levels  Auditions, I saw an interesting trend. Many students would score a 4+ on  Confidence &amp;amp; Friendly Game while only scoring a 1+ on Respect and their  Porcupine &amp;amp; Driving Games.  Now why would this be something that would cause  alarm bells to go off in my mind? Isn't the goal to create a confident horse?   &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The problem lies in the fact that the foundation is losing it's  balance. 'Love, Language &amp;amp; Leadership in EQUAL doses' is the saying. When  you have a horse with this type of imbalance in the extreme, the result is a  confident and disrespectful horse.  These are commonly referred to as 'barn yard  pets', which is not intended to be a complimentary term. It refers to a horse  that is completely fearless of it's human, viewing them with contempt or  disregard,  and would think nothing of walking all over them, thus being  dangerous. What happens is that eventually the horses owner needs it to actually  DO something but because the respect is so atrophied in relation to the  confidence, a Left Brained Dominant horse will react quite strongly and  negatively when asked to do something it does not want to do and would think  nothing of kicking, biting or striking its owner.  In addition, when the owner  does attempt to gain respect, the phase 4 required to get this tuned-out and  dull, contemptuous horse to even respond is light years stronger than it would  have been if the respect system was developed in conjunction and at the same  time as the confidence.  What many people do not realize is that they are  actually being cruel in their attempts to be kind. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I used to think that I ought to be able to spank the ground vigorously with  my stick and string and whirl it over my horses head without them being the  least bit concerned before I should 'use' my stick so that my horse was not  afraid of it.  What happened, though, was that I had not taught my horse to yield  to the stick and so when I asked them to they assumed it was still a friendly  game and were quite startled when I tagged them.  A horse is naturally skeptical  of things when they are first developed and before they have had much human  contact.  We can understand this and use it to have lightness right from the  beginning rather than building dullness and then having to resensitize the horse  afterwords. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Let me explain what I mean in more depth, as this could quite easily be  misconstrued! A horse needs the friendly game when they are SCARED.  But the  majority of the time that I SEE people playing the friendly game is when their  horses are half asleep!  That's the LAST time that you need to be playing the  friendly game because you are teaching your horse to TUNE YOU OUT!  And when the  horse does get scared and is leaping and plunging around, the human often  freezes instead of using rhythm, relaxation and approach and retreat to help the  horse. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You can develop confidence and respect at the same time in bite sized pieces  rather than in massive chunks, thereby keeping things better balanced.  So rather  than trying to cram a huge dose of friendly into one chunk of time, do a little  bit and get it a little better and then do some things to teach the horse to  respond to pressure.  Then do a little more confidence building and balance it  with some more respect!  Pretty soon without ever 'training' on your horse or  getting direct lined about it, you have a confident and respectful partner!  Yay!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Depending on your horsenality you have more room to err on one side or the  other without suffering as extreme of consequences.  For example, overdoing the  Friendly game on a Right Brained horse won't have the same consequences as  overdoing it on a Left Brained Dominant horse.  Similarly, overdoing Sensitizing  or Respect on a Left Brained horse won't have the same consequences as overdoing  it on a Right Brained Unconfident horse.  Therefore, if you have a solid  understanding of your own horsenality and that of your horses, you will  be better educated and prepared for the pitfalls that you need to watch for.   If  you tend to be a soft and gentle person and have a difficult time  being effective and your horse is Left Brained and Dominant, you REALLY need to  be careful that you do NOT overdo Friendly Confidence Games and underdo  Porcupine &amp;amp; Driving Respect Games.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So remember, keep the Confidence  &amp;amp; Respect Ratio in balance as you play with your horses and develop  yourselves!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-667495174854505333?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/667495174854505333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/confidencerespect-ratio-balance.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/667495174854505333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/667495174854505333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/confidencerespect-ratio-balance.html' title='The Confidence/Respect Ratio Balance'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/THQQT3cDYGI/AAAAAAAAAHA/vtdtZk8jjOU/s72-c/DSCF2874.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-7698206696878433926</id><published>2010-08-23T18:13:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-23T18:34:39.459-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Éducation'/><title type='text'>Vert sur vert, ça fait beaucoup de bleus!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;Je reçois de nombreuses questions et histoires de la part d'amateurs de chevaux qui me contactent au sujet de l'éducation de leur poulain.  Il semblerait que plus en plus de nouveaux propriétaires choisissent un cheval vert comme premier cheval en espérant en faire leur partenaire de rêve. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt; ATTENTION! &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Vert sur vert, ça fait beaucoup de bleus!&lt;/span&gt;  Il s'agit bien souvent d'une combinaison dangereuse.  Les chevaux apprennent 4 à 7 fois plus vite que les humains, les bonnes habitudes autant que les mauvaises, selon ce à quoi ils sont exposés.  Il est tellement facile de leur inculquer une habitude négative sans même s'en rendre compte.  Il est faux de penser que vous allez grandir ensemble.  Il est beaucoup plus probable que vous deveniez  rapidement frustré, blessé, craintif et incapable de gérer votre jeune cheval.  Le principe no. 7 nous dit que &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;les chevaux enseignent aux humains, et ensuite les humains enseignent aux chevaux&lt;/span&gt;.  Cela veut dire qu'à moins de posséder beaucoup de connaissances, de feel, de timing, d'équilibre et d'expérience à votre actif, vous n'êtes tout simplement pas équipés pour développer un cheval qui a tout à apprendre.  Ni vous ni lui n'êtes en situation gagnante.  Les jeunes chevaux n'ont pas encore appris à tolérer ou à compenser pour les erreurs humaines.   Ils réagissent très vite et très fortement lorsqu'ils ne comprennent pas ou  qu'ils se sentent forcés.  Ils sont hyper sensibles, vifs et facilement  effrayés.  Ou au contraire, si tout ce que vous faites est de les gâter et de les désensibiliser aux stimuli, ils peuvent tout aussi rapidement devenir dominants,  irrespectueux et envahissants.  Même les poulains ont besoin d'une bonne dose de langage et de leadership pour grandir équilibrés, heureux et bien ajustés à la vie avec les humains et pour apprendre à être de bons partenaires.  Vous ne pouvez pas espérer apprendre tout cela à un stage de fin de semaine ou en regardant quelques vidéos - cela prend des années!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;&lt;span lang="en-ca"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;Le débourrage des poulains est une  spécialité qui exige une tonne de savoir-faire et d'expérience.  Les risques  sont bien réels.  Il est aussi impératif que la personne qui débourre le  poulain fasse tout ce qui est possible pour préserver sa confiance, sa  curiosité, sa sensibilité et sa dignité, pour le bien du cheval.  Les bons hommes (et femmes) de  chevaux savent comment jouer avec et pour le cheval, et ne sentent pas obligés  de lui imposer leurs demandes et de lui faire subir leurs idées.  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Les poulains sont parfaits à la naissance&lt;/span&gt;.  Ils ont besoin de beaucoup de &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;feel&lt;/span&gt;, de savoir-faire et d'expérience parce qu'ils apprennent si vite et sont si facilement gâtés.  Ce sont les humains qui les transforment en chevaux dangereux, en animaux névrosés et terrifiés ou en animaux de compagnie irrespectueux.    L'éducation d'un jeune cheval au sol et en selle est beaucoup plus difficile que vous ne pouvez l'imaginer.  Je vois trop de gens qui se blessent par ignorance et de chevaux endommagés mentalement et émotionnellement parce qu'ils n'ont pas pu bénéficier d'un bon départ dans la vie.  Voilà pourquoi Pat vous recommande  d'avoir votre &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Niveau 4&lt;/span&gt; avant d'essayer d'entreprendre l'éducation d'un jeune  cheval.  C'est seulement à ce moment que vous commencerez à maîtriser la  formule &lt;i style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Amour, Langage et Leadership à doses égales&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;&lt;span lang="en-ca"&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="en-ca"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="en-ca"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-7698206696878433926?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/7698206696878433926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/vert-sur-vert-ca-fait-beaucoup-de-bleus.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7698206696878433926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7698206696878433926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/vert-sur-vert-ca-fait-beaucoup-de-bleus.html' title='Vert sur vert, ça fait beaucoup de bleus!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-1529053464967563023</id><published>2010-08-23T17:39:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-23T18:35:31.699-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>Green on green makes black and blue!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;I receive countless inquiries and stories from horse lovers that contact me about the education of their foal or filly.  It seems that a growing number of first time horse owners and novice riders are choosing to purchase a green horse and hoping to turn it into their dream partner.  &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Green on green makes black and blue!&lt;/span&gt;  This is often a  dangerous combination.  Horses learn 4 to 7 times faster than humans, that's the good patterns and the bad patterns, depending on what they are being exposed too.   It is really easy to teach them a negative pattern without even being aware that you are doing it.  The common myth is that you will 'grow together'.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;Reality is, you will most likely end up frustrated, injured, scared and unable to manage  your young horse.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;Principle no. 7 is &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Horses teach humans, then humans teach horses&lt;/span&gt;.  What that really means is that unless you have a lot of knowledge, feel, timing, balance and experience under your belt, you are not just not ready to develop a horse that has everything to learn.  Neither of you are being set up for success.  Young horses have not yet learned to tolerate or to fill in for human  error.  They react quickly and often very strongly if they don't understand  or feel forced.  They are super sensitive, quick, easily scared.  &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="en-ca"&gt;On the opposite, if all you do is love them and desensitize them to stimulus, t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;hey can just as quickly become  dominant, disrespectful and pushy, and often dangerous.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="en-ca"&gt;You cannot just be loving them, even the babies need a big dose of language and leadership to grow up balanced, happy and well adjusted to the human environment and to learn to be good partners.  You cannot expect to be able to learn this at a weekend clinic or by watching a few videos - it takes years!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;tarting  a horse is a specialty and requires a ton of savvy and experience.  The  risks are very real.  It is also imperative that whoever starts the horse  endeavors to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="en-ca"&gt;  preserve   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;the young horse's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="en-ca"&gt;  confidence, curiosity, sensitivity and dignity at all cost, for the sake of the horse.    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;Good horsemen know how to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="en-ca"&gt;play for and with the horse, &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="en-ca"&gt;never&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;  feel obliged to dictate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="en-ca"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;their&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="en-ca"&gt; ideas and force things onto them&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="en-ca"&gt;.  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Colts and fillies are perfect at birth&lt;/span&gt;.  They need a    lot of feel, understanding and savvy because they learn so fast and are so    easily spoiled with bad habits.  It is humans that turn them into dangerous horses, terrified neurotics or disrespectful pets.  &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;Educating a young horse on the ground and in the saddle is  much more difficult than you might think.  You need to be committed to your own education in all aspects in horsemanship and if you have no experience with young horses, you will most likely require the help and coaching of a professional on a regular basis.  I see too many people getting hurt out of lack of knowledge, and too many horses mentally and emotionally damaged because they have not had the benefit of a good start in life.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="en-ca"&gt;This is why Pat recommends waiting until    you have &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Level 4&lt;/span&gt; before attempting to &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;educate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="en-ca"&gt; a young horse.  &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;Then and only then do you start to acquire a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="en-ca"&gt;    master&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"  lang="fr-ca"&gt;y of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="en-ca"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt; the    formula &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;"&gt;Love, Language and Leadership in equal doses&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-1529053464967563023?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/1529053464967563023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/green-on-green-makes-black-and-blue.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1529053464967563023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1529053464967563023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/green-on-green-makes-black-and-blue.html' title='Green on green makes black and blue!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-8213874200688248993</id><published>2010-08-18T19:18:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-18T20:22:49.993-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Key no 6 is Imagination - la clé no. 6 est l'imagination</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TGxyjqzXRNI/AAAAAAAAAGw/L3293DuUsIs/s1600/china-horse-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TGxyjqzXRNI/AAAAAAAAAGw/L3293DuUsIs/s320/china-horse-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506902401477985490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have always been in awe at Pat's imagination - he is always coming up with a new game, or a new version of the game, and his horses are never bored!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This has been a challenging year for my horsemanship and I have had to really start using key no. 6.  My two lovely mares have suffered a series of injuries, lameness and conditions that have severely limited my ability to ride, or at least, to ride the higher gaits during a good part of the year.  I have had to come up with plans to keep them motivated, interested and progressing while respecting their physical limitations.  My brain had to kick into creative mode!  Using the DVDs and notes from my stays at the ranch, I came up with some fun things to do with my horses when we can't be trotting or cantering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parelli is about doing simple things with excellence, so I began focusing on improving all the basics and simple things.  Here are a few examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hold the tongue - I tend to avoid that one a lot, which is a good clue that I needed to do more of it!  So we played lots of friendly game with the tongue, trying to see how confident (Easter RBI) or respectful (Menina LBE) we could get with this simple task.  I have also been playing with bridling with excellence!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Halt - at this level, I can certainly stop my horses with my seat!  But how good can we get at holding our responsibilities in the barn aisle (Menina), at halting with all four feet square while engaging the hind end, how smooth can our transitions to and from the halt be?  How light?  Can I just think about it and have my horse understand and respond?  We have been advancing and refining our yo-yo games, including lengthening the walk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sideways - The better the horse goes backwards and sideways, the better he will do everything else.  There are ways of working on lead changes at the walk and trot if you understand the importance of sideways.  I have been practicing all kinds of sideways refinements, from sideways without reins over a pole to walk shoulder-ins and half-passes with just focus.  Again, focusing on lightness of response and awareness of my body language.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change of direction at the walk with quality - looking at the mental contact, smoothness of the change, and bend in the body.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Long lining - great exercise at the walk and actually quite motivating for the horse when done well.  I have been experimenting with my team line driving (long lining 2 horses at once).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vet and farrier prep - ours are pretty solid, but it can always get better!  For example, getting Menina to turn loose with her front feet is still a challenge.  It certainly would not rate a 10, so we are playing with more relaxation and standstill while I trim her front feet (she is great with the hind feet).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jumping patterns - without jumps!  Menina is a willing and talented jumper.  Easter is athletic but easily loses confidence with things under Zone 3.  We have been practicing squeezing over poles in various ways, 180 patterns over poles, cavalettis, maintain gait and 'hunting' the next obstacle, all at the walk!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;IMAGINATION &lt;/span&gt;- create an image in your mind and then find a way to work towards making it real!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy the rest of summer!&lt;br /&gt;___________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Pat me surprend toujours avec son imagination - il invente constamment de nouveaux jeux, ou des variations sur les jeux, et ses chevaux ne s'ennuient jamais!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Je vis une année difficile pour le développement de mon horsemanship qui me force à réellement utiliser la clé no. 6.  Mes deux belles juments ont tour à tour subi une série de blessures et de boiteries qui ont restreint les possibilités d'équitation, ou du moins, d'équitation aux allures plus rapides.  J'ai donc dû imaginer des plans pour les garder motivées, intéressées et les faire progresser tout en respectant leurs limites physiques.  Mon cerveau a dû se lancer en mode créatif!  À l'aide des DVDs et des notes prises lors de mes séjours au ranch, j'ai trouvé des manières amusantes de jouer avec mes chevaux quand nous ne pouvons pas trotter ou galoper.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Parelli nous enseigne à faire les choses simples avec excellence; je me suis donc concentrée à améliorer tous les exercices de base simples.  Voici quelques exemples:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Tenir la langue - j'ai tendance à éviter ce jeu, ce qui est un signe certain que je dois y consacrer plus de temps!  J'ai donc joué beaucoup de Friendly Game avec la langue de mes chevaux, en essayant de voir si je pouvais améliorer le niveau de confiance (Easter RBI) et de respect (Menina LBE).  Je me suis aussi appliquée à mettre la bride avec excellence!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;L'arrêt - à ce niveau, je peux certainement arrêter mes chevaux avec mon assiette!  Mais est-ce qu'on ne pourrait pas améliorer nos responsabilités dans l'allée de l'écurie (Menina), l'arrêt carré avec engagement des postérieurs, la finesse des transitions vers et en sortant de l'arrêt?  Rendre le tout plus léger?  Avoir juste à y penser et obtenir compréhension et réponse de la part de mon cheval?  Nous avons progressé et raffiné nos jeux de yo-yo, y compris l'allongement au pas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Le latéral - Mieux le cheval recule et va de côté, mieux il fera tout le reste.  Il y a moyen de travailler sur les changements de pied sans faire de galop lorsqu'on comprend l'importance des mouvements latéraux.  J'ai pratiqué toute sorte de raffinement du jeu des pas de côté, comme aller latéralement au-dessus d'une barre sans les rênes, ou les épaules en dedans et appuyers au pas en utilisant juste le regard.  Toujours en me concentrant sur la légèreté de la réponse et la qualité de mon langage corporel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Changement de direction au pas avec qualité - en surveillant le contact mental, la régularité et le rythme du changement et l'incurvation du cheval.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Longues rênes - un excellent exercice au pas qui est très motivant pour le cheval lorsqu'il est bien fait.  J'expérimente avec les longues rênes à deux chevaux.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Préparation pour le vétérinaire et le forgeron - mes chevaux sont pas mal solides de ce côté, mais on peut toujours rêver de mieux!  Par exemple, il est encore difficile de convaincre Menina d'abandonner toute résistance avec ses pieds antérieurs.  Je ne pourrai certainement pas attribuer un 10 à cette tâche.  Je travaille donc à développer la détente et l'immobilité mentale et physique lorsque je lui pare les pieds avant (elle est parfaite avec les postérieurs).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Patterns avec le saut - sans saut!  Menina aime sauter et elle le fait avec talent.  Easter est athlétique mais perd facilement confiance avec des objets sous la Zone 3.  Nous nous amusons donc à passer des barres à terre (jeu 7 Squeeze Game) de diverses manières, à faire le pattern des 180, à passer des cavaletti, à maintenir l'allure et à 'chercher' le prochain obstacle.  Tout ça au pas!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;IMAGINATION &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;- créer une image dans notre cerveau et ensuite trouver le moyen de la réaliser.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Bonne fin d'été!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-8213874200688248993?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/8213874200688248993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/key-no-6-is-imagination-la-cle-no-6-est.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8213874200688248993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8213874200688248993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/key-no-6-is-imagination-la-cle-no-6-est.html' title='Key no 6 is Imagination - la clé no. 6 est l&apos;imagination'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TGxyjqzXRNI/AAAAAAAAAGw/L3293DuUsIs/s72-c/china-horse-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-1442437813204542338</id><published>2010-08-18T16:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-18T16:31:33.699-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><title type='text'>Stage Niveau 1 OnLine en Mauricie</title><content type='html'>Joignez-vous à nous pour apprendre les bases du programme Parelli.  Sécurité, plaisir et apprentissage du cheval sont au menu!  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stage Niveau 1 OnLine – Comportement du cheval et 7 Jeux - au Centre Hippique St-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;st1:personname&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Georges&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;strong&gt; à St-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;st1:personname&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Georges&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-de-Champlain en Mauricie les 9 et 10 octobre 2010.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Réservez tôt, les places sont limitées!  Les observateurs sont les bienvenus.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Infos et inscriptions&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;st1:personname&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Rachel Sauvageau&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt; (819) 538-4512  specialistedelageneralite@hotmail.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-1442437813204542338?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/1442437813204542338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/stage-niveau-1-online-en-mauricie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1442437813204542338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1442437813204542338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/stage-niveau-1-online-en-mauricie.html' title='Stage Niveau 1 OnLine en Mauricie'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-872098783204122668</id><published>2010-08-11T18:11:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T18:13:33.454-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>The August Newsletter is published!  Le bulletin du mois d'août est disponible!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans Serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;   &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-CA"&gt;In this    newsletter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-CA"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans Serif;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" type="disc"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans Serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;    &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-CA"&gt;     &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Fall clinics and workshops&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;color:#ffcc00;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" type="disc"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;    &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;     Stages et ateliers de l’automne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;     &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;     Agenda pour 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;     &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;     Évènements et nouvelles Parelli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;color:#ffcc00;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;    &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;    &lt;span lang="fr-ca"&gt;    &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;    Pour télécharger le bulletin complet du    mois d'août, cliquez &lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;    &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Aug10FR.pdf"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-872098783204122668?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/872098783204122668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-newsletter-is-published-le.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/872098783204122668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/872098783204122668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-newsletter-is-published-le.html' title='The August Newsletter is published!  Le bulletin du mois d&apos;août est disponible!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-3291470800102525847</id><published>2010-08-02T14:19:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-16T15:11:47.402-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>New clinic and workshops date for this fall in the Ottawa area!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TFcSNMGQfCI/AAAAAAAAAGo/oG_I0r3bsBY/s1600/clinic-gaspesie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TFcSNMGQfCI/AAAAAAAAAGo/oG_I0r3bsBY/s320/clinic-gaspesie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500885487651421218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Team work rocks, and two heads are better than one!  My new coordinator Kara has been busy setting up Parelli events in the Ottawa area, bringing qualified Parelli training to YOUR neighborhood.  Here is the latest schedule of clinics and workshops for this fall.  You can also find the updated schedule on my web site by clicking on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/VifArgent-Schedule-A.htm"&gt;http://www.vifargent.com/VifArgent-Schedule-A.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and on the Parelli web site under Canadian Instructors/Geneviève Benoit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For info and registration, please contact &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kara-Lee Golota&lt;/span&gt; at &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;klgolota@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt; or &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;(613) 255-2804&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;September 25th - Advanced Level 1 Workshop in Ottawa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have attended a Get Started clinic or started the 7 games, but need help moving forward and improving the 7 Games Online?  In this casual setting, Geneviève will answer your questions, provide coaching and help to help you get unstuck or improve your games.  We will focus on what you need to take home with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;September 26th to 30th - Lesson days in Ottawa&lt;/span&gt;.   Book your private, semi-private or group lesson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;October 2 &amp;amp; 3rd - Level 2/3 Online and Freestyle Clinic in Jasper, ON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advance your partnership and move towards excellence!  This is the perfect clinic for those of you who are already playing at Level 2 on the ground and need help getting over the hump into Level 3, as well as getting confident about Freestyle Riding.  The emphasis will be on confidence and fun, on advancing your communication online, on learning to be in harmony with your horse and getting your partner to be in harmony with you.  Meals will be prepared by a Chef friend of the host!&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;October 4th - Lessons in Jasper&lt;/span&gt;.  Book your private, semi-private or group lesson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am also considering moving to Eastern Ontario next year, looking for a horse property in good condition to lease in the Kingston/Ottawa/Cornwall corridor.  If you know of any, please contact me!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-3291470800102525847?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com/VifArgent-Schedule-A.htm' title='New clinic and workshops date for this fall in the Ottawa area!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/3291470800102525847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-clinic-and-workshops-date-for-this.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/3291470800102525847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/3291470800102525847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-clinic-and-workshops-date-for-this.html' title='New clinic and workshops date for this fall in the Ottawa area!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TFcSNMGQfCI/AAAAAAAAAGo/oG_I0r3bsBY/s72-c/clinic-gaspesie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-5149041512786746998</id><published>2010-07-30T17:26:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-30T17:27:48.433-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Check out my blog entry on Parelli Central!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://central.parellinaturalhorsetraining.com/2010/07/meet-genevieve-benoit-3-star-parelli-instructor-and-mastery-student"&gt;http://central.parellinaturalhorsetraining.com/2010/07/meet-genevieve-benoit-3-star-parelli-instructor-and-mastery-student&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I recently wrote this article about balance and horsemanship/life lessons and it is now posted on Parelli Central!  Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-5149041512786746998?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://central.parellinaturalhorsetraining.com/2010/07/meet-genevieve-benoit-3-star-parelli-instructor-and-mastery-student' title='Check out my blog entry on Parelli Central!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/5149041512786746998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/check-out-my-blog-entry-on-parelli.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5149041512786746998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5149041512786746998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/check-out-my-blog-entry-on-parelli.html' title='Check out my blog entry on Parelli Central!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-6130805606017616672</id><published>2010-07-23T18:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T18:40:43.803-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Peeling Back the Onion Layers</title><content type='html'>A very educational blog entry by Linda Parelli after a lesson with a dedicated student at the Ohio event.  Linda reminds us of the importance of reading and understanding the horse first, of upholding our responsibilities and then asking our horses to uphold theirs.  Key info for all levels, but especially important when you get into Level 3 and above.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://linda.parellinaturalhorsetraining.com/2010/07/peeling-back-the-onion-layers/"&gt;Peeling Back the Onion Layers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-6130805606017616672?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://linda.parellinaturalhorsetraining.com/2010/07/peeling-back-the-onion-layers/' title='Peeling Back the Onion Layers'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/6130805606017616672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/peeling-back-onion-layers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6130805606017616672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6130805606017616672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/peeling-back-onion-layers.html' title='Peeling Back the Onion Layers'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-6230221910454109077</id><published>2010-07-23T15:26:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-02T16:33:42.128-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><title type='text'>Parelli Clinic in the Ottawa area in OCTOBER - Stage Parelli dans la région d'Ottawa en OCTOBRE</title><content type='html'>We'll be having a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Level 2/3 Confidence OnLine and Freestyle&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; clinic in Jasper, Ontario, this coming October 2-3rd.  Please note the dates have been changed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clinic will be held at a beautiful 260 acre facility one hour outside Ottawa. Our host is Caroline Foster, a long time Parelli student and Natural Horsemanship enthusiast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Advance your partnership and move towards excellence!&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;p style="margin-left: 35.4pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-CA"&gt;This is the perfect clinic for those of you who are already playing  at Level 2 on the ground and need help getting over the hump into Level 3 and  getting confident about Freestyle riding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 35.4pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-CA"&gt;In this clinic the emphasis is on confidence and fun, on advancing your communication online, on learning to be in harmony with your horse and getting your partner to be in harmony with you.  You will learn more about Horsenality and we will be emphasizing Freestyle Patterns and Carrot Stick Riding.  Time spent in the clinic will be 1/2 groundwork and 1/2 riding each day, as long as both the human and horse are ready.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 35.4pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Location: 679 Kitley L&lt;/span&gt;ine  4, Jasper ON, K0G 1G0&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;p style="margin-left: 35.4pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Onsite camping and accommodation is available.  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p style="margin-left: 35.4pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Professionally prepared  food will be served by a Chef friend of the  host.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Auditors welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For information and registration, contact my new area coordinator&lt;br /&gt;Kara-Lee Golota &lt;a href="mailto:klgolota@gmail.com"&gt;klgolota@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; (613) 255-2804&lt;br /&gt;Please book your spot by August 15th - limited to 10 participants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Un stage &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niveau 2/3 Confiance OnLine et Freestyle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; aura lieu à Jasper, Ontario, les 2-3 octobre prochains.  Veuillez noter le changement de dates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Le stage se déroulera sur une superbe ferme privée de 260 acres située à environ une heure d'Ottawa. Notre hôte est Caroline Foster, une élève Parelli de longue date qui est très impliquée dans l'équitation naturelle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Faites avancer votre partenariat et dirigez-vous vers l'excellence!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est le stage parfait pour ceux d'entre vous qui jouez déjà au Niveau 2 au sol et ont besoin d'avancer vers le Niveau 3 et d'augmenter leur confiance en selle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Dans ce stage, nous mettrons l'accent sur la confiance et le plaisir!  Nous ferons progresser votre communication online et nous apprendrons à se mettre en harmonie avec notre cheval, pour que notre cheval se mette en harmonie avec nous.  Nous en apprendrons plus sur les Horsenality et nous allons nous concentrer sur les Patterns Freestyle et l'équitation avec le bâton carotte.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Les observateurs sont les bienvenus!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Les repas seront préparés et servis par un chef cuisinier, amie de notre hôte.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Camping et logement disponibles sur le site.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Pour les détails et inscriptions, contactez ma nouvelle coordonnatrice régionale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Kara-Lee Golota &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:klgolota@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;klgolota@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt; (613) 255-2804&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Veuillez réserver avant le 15 août.  Limité à 10 participants.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-6230221910454109077?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='Parelli Clinic in the Ottawa area in OCTOBER - Stage Parelli dans la région d&apos;Ottawa en OCTOBRE'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/6230221910454109077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/parelli-clinic-in-ottawa-area-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6230221910454109077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6230221910454109077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/parelli-clinic-in-ottawa-area-in.html' title='Parelli Clinic in the Ottawa area in OCTOBER - Stage Parelli dans la région d&apos;Ottawa en OCTOBRE'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-7155638683775483909</id><published>2010-07-16T20:13:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-16T20:15:54.253-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>My new video!  Ma nouvelle vidéo!</title><content type='html'>Introducing my journey and my horses.  Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'y présente mon cheminement et mes chevaux.  Bon visionnement!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgdQAZgCgqs"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgdQAZgCgqs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-7155638683775483909?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/7155638683775483909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-new-video-ma-nouvelle-video.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7155638683775483909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7155638683775483909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-new-video-ma-nouvelle-video.html' title='My new video!  Ma nouvelle vidéo!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-5516759027754443832</id><published>2010-07-15T16:39:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-15T16:44:27.687-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>The July Newsletter is up!  Le bulletin de juillet est disponible!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In this newsletter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Upcoming Clinics and new Regional Coordinator&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recent News&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Savvy Club Update&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Parelli Saddles Trial Program and New Hybrid Model&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To sublet – outdoor board for horses!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Did you know … &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;To download the entire July newsletter, click &lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Jul10ENG.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dans ce bulletin &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Stages à venir et nouvelle coordonnatrice régionale &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Les dernières nouvelles &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mise à jour sur le Savvy Club&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Programme d’essai des selles Parelli et nouveau modèle hybride &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;À sous-louer: pension extérieure!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Saviez-vous que…&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pour télécharger le bulletin complet du mois de juillet, cliquez &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vifargent.com/bulletins/BULLETIN%20Jul10FR.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;ici&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-5516759027754443832?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='The July Newsletter is up!  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Loyauté, dévouement, d'excellentes qualités personnelles et organisationnelles, la minutie du détail, une vraie passion pour le programme et les principes Parelli, et beaucoup de patience (pour gérer l'instructeur!). Kara-Lee possède toutes ces qualités. Elle a accepté de m'aider à coordonner et à organiser mes stages et mes cours dans la région de l'Est de l'Ontario, et elle y sera ma représentante. Je suis enchantée de pouvoir collaborer avec une partenaire de ce calibre. Deux têtes valent mieux qu'une! Kara-Lee a déjà démontré son savoir-faire, en plus d'être tout simplement quelqu'un d'agréable à côtoyer. Je vais lui laisser le soin de se présenter, elle le fait beaucoup mieux que moi!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Kara-Lee Golota vit à Ottawa avec son mari concepteur d'éclairage et leurs cinq animaux de compagnie. Kara-Lee est passionnée d'apprentissage et possède plus de 15 ans d'expérience en entrepreneurship pour une compagnie d'océanographie. Kara-Lee gère des équipes, des organisations, des finances et se passionne pour la mise en place d'environnements positifs et gratifiants. Ses autres passions incluent le travail communautaire et l'organisation d'évènements musicaux au pub familial, «Irene's», et elle se laisse souvent convaincre prendre part au spectacle avec sa flûte traversière. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Kara-Lee ayant grandi au sein d'une famille urbaine qui ne partageait pas sa passion pour les animaux et les chevaux, leur compagnie lui a souvent manqué. Pour pouvoir passer plus de temps avec ses amis à poils, Kara-Lee est devenue bénévole pour différents établissements d'équitation thérapeutique, où elle continue de s'impliquer. Elle est ainsi devenue assistant instructeur pour CANTRA. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Au début de la trentaine, Kara-Lee a enfin trouvé le courage de suivre son coeur et mis de côté ses doutes au sujet de son idée «folle» - elle est a adopté «In Dreams», un cheval qui vit tout près de chez elle. Surnommé Buck, son voisin de trois ans est un cadeau offert par l'univers et depuis deux ans, Kara et son partenaire équin cheminent ensemble. Buck est un Cerveau Gauche Introverti très confiant en ses propres opinions. Sa forte personnalité a mené Kara-Lee à suivre son instinct qui lui dictait d'apprendre la méthode naturelle Parelli. Elle a été fortement attirée par les principes du programme, qui l'encourage à bâtir une relation de partenariat avec son cheval. Aujourd'hui, Buck et Kara sont d'avides élèves de la philosophie et du programme Parelli. Buck rappelle tous les jours à Kara-Lee qu'il lui faut devenir un meilleur leader et avec son aide, elle apprend et a récemment réussi le Niveau 2 OnLine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Kara-Lee s'émerveille chaque jour au contact des chevaux, des professeurs magnifiques, patients et qui pardonnent toujours. Elle veut partager ce qu'elle a découvert et permettre à d'autres de faire l'expérience de la transformation entre cheval et humain qui s'opère lorsque les gens mettent en pratique les principes de l'Amour, du Langage et du Leadership à doses égales de la philosophie Parelli.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vous pouvez joindre Kara à &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:klgolota@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;em&gt;klgolota@gmail.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; ou au &lt;strong&gt;(613) 255-2804 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Notez que Kara est anglophone, mais elle se fera un plaisir de vous aider et de se faire aider si vous avez besoin de communiquer en français.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-8196221301430086345?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/8196221301430086345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/faites-connaissance-avec-kara-lee-ma.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8196221301430086345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8196221301430086345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/faites-connaissance-avec-kara-lee-ma.html' title='Faites connaissance avec Kara-Lee, ma nouvelle coordonnatrice!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TD43jWVK0XI/AAAAAAAAAGg/bpDDKlzolbU/s72-c/DSC00163.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-671704108883214178</id><published>2010-07-14T17:29:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-31T13:49:28.857-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>Meet Kara-Lee, my new coordinator!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TD4wwF-ZCvI/AAAAAAAAAGY/hlaI850vXOg/s1600/DSC00163.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 240px; float: left; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493882198234303218" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TD4wwF-ZCvI/AAAAAAAAAGY/hlaI850vXOg/s320/DSC00163.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;What does it take to be a coordinator for a Licensed Parelli Professional? Loyalty, dedication, great organizational and people skills, attention to details, true passion for the Parelli program and its principles, and lots of patience (to deal with the instructor!). &lt;strong&gt;Kara-Lee&lt;/strong&gt; embodies those qualities. She has agreed to help me coordinate clinics and lessons in Eastern Ontario and to represent me, and I am thrilled to be able to work with such a great partner. As they say, two heads are better than one! She has already demonstrated her skills, in addition to being just a great person to be around! I thought I would let her introduce herself, she does it way better than me.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Kara-Lee Golota lives in Ottawa, Ontario with her lighting designer husband and their five pets. A lifelong learner with over 15 years experience as an entrepreneur in an oceanography company, Kara-Lee is a leader of people, organizations, events, finances and thrives in creating positive and fulfilling environments. Her other passions include community involvement and organizing music events at her family's pub ‘Irene's’ letting her flute's voice join in the music-making.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Growing up in an urban family that didn’t quite share her passion for animals − and especially horses − her longings to be around animals were rarely satisfied. In order to spend time with her furry friends, Kara-Lee began to volunteer at various therapeutic riding and horse establishments where she continued her involvement and become an Assistant Instructor for therapeutic riding with CANTRA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By her early thirties Kara-Lee plucked up the courage to follow her heart, set aside her doubts about her “crazy” ideas, and became the caregiver of ‘In Dreams’, a horse that lives five minutes from her house. Nicknamed ‘Buck’ the three year old neighbor became a gift from the universe to Kara-Lee and for the past two years she and her equine partner have been journeying together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buck is a left brain introvert and very confident in his own opinions. His strong personality prompted Kara-Lee to follow her instincts and pursue the natural horsemanship approach of Parelli. The concept of learning how to have a partner based relationship with a horse, resonated deeply with Kara-Lee and today she and Buck are avid students of the principles and philosophy of Parelli Natural Horsemanship. Buck teaches Kara-Lee daily how to be a better leader and under his tutelage has assisted in her successful completion of Parelli Level Two Online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kara-Lee remains humbled and awed every day of her life by her interactions with these magnificent, patient, and forgiving equine teachers. She wants to spread the word about the transformation between horses and their humans when people use the Parelli principles of Love, Language and Leadership in equal doses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;You can reach Kara at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:klgolota@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;em&gt;klgolota@gmail.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;(613) 255-2804&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-671704108883214178?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/671704108883214178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/meet-kara-lee-my-new-coordinator.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/671704108883214178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/671704108883214178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/meet-kara-lee-my-new-coordinator.html' title='Meet Kara-Lee, my new coordinator!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TD4wwF-ZCvI/AAAAAAAAAGY/hlaI850vXOg/s72-c/DSC00163.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-4517330837139958979</id><published>2010-07-07T18:34:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T19:17:58.586-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>One thousand ways to play Friendly Game!  Un millier de façons de jouer au Jeu de l'Amitié!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TDUF-1H71yI/AAAAAAAAAGI/t7ZKdX0YkLc/s1600/001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491301897618577186" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TDUF-1H71yI/AAAAAAAAAGI/t7ZKdX0YkLc/s320/001.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;As I remember starting the Parelli program at Level 1, at the time, playing the &lt;strong&gt;Friendly Game&lt;/strong&gt; basically meant one of two things: touching my horse every where with my hand and being able to throw the carrot stick and string over all his parts while the horse stood quietly. Well, that was the beginning, only 2 simple techniques. Guess what? There is so much more to this game, and as you advance in the program, and get a deeper understanding of the MEANING of this game to you and the horse, you will soon discover they are at least 1000 ways to be friendly with your horse! A recent example at my Ottawa clinic led me to thinking that at Level 1, most students do not really understand the principle behind it, and the way to apply it in a variety of situations.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pat says all 7 Games are &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Categories&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; of games! In other words, there are a myriad of ways to use them and apply them, as long as you uphold the principle behind it and it makes sense to the horse. The Friendly Game category is often referred to by Pat as the &lt;strong&gt;Confidence Game&lt;/strong&gt;. The principle is about building relationship, trust and confidence in the human and his tools (or environment). The outcome is a horse that is relaxed and confident, unconcerned and wanting to stay connected to and follow his leader.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It may mean doing lots of approach and retreat to get your horse curious and confident about a place or thing, but it can also be about understanding thresholds and helping the horse release tension before crossing the threshold. It can be about spending undemanding time with your horse to build my relationship - in other words, we can just be together, it is not always about the human asking the horse to do things. How about just &lt;em&gt;being&lt;/em&gt; with an introverted horse until he comes out of his 'happy place', proving to him that you understand and allowing him the time he needs to work through his emotion?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Think about the Friendly Game this way: you are putting money in the bank account (your horse's heart). As you play and learn and make mistakes, you will probably have to make some withdrawals. As long as the balance is positive, your horse will still want to be with you and you will have his heart. But what if the balance goes negative? As a good leader, you need to recognize it and do whatever it takes to start depositing into the bank account again, building up that relationship. Some people are really good about being friendly with their horse, but struggle with leadership and progress. Others are very good about asking and advancing, but sometimes at the cost of the Friendly game or the horse's confidence and trust.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;During the hot days of summer when active play may not be feasible, think about your horse's heart and your bank account, and how you can start making deposits to build a really positive balance that you will be able to draw on when you resume your more active play days and your learning.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Keep it natural,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Geneviève&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Je me rappelle qu'au début du programme Parelli, au Niveau 1, nous apprenions à jouer au &lt;strong&gt;Jeu de l'Amitié&lt;/strong&gt; de deux façons:  toucher notre cheval partout avec nos mains, et pouvoir lancer la cordelette du bâton au-dessus de toutes les zones du cheval pendant qu'il restait calme et immobile.  Ce n'était que le tout début, juste deux techniques simples.  Devinez-quoi?  Ce jeu comprend tellement plus!  Au fur et à mesure que vous avancerez dans le programme et que vous commencerez à comprendre plus profondément la &lt;strong&gt;SIGNIFICATION&lt;/strong&gt; du jeu pour vous et pour votre cheval, vous allez découvrir qu'il existe au moins un millier de façons de mettre en application le Jeu de l'Amitié.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Récemment lors de mon stage à Ottawa, j'ai réalisé qu'au Niveau 1, la plupart des élèves ne comprennent pas vraiment le principe du jeu, ou la façon de l'utiliser dans divers circonstances.  Pat nous enseigne que les 7 Jeux sont en fait des &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Catégories&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; de jeux!  Autrement dit, il y a un large éventail de techniques et de manières de les utiliser et de les mettre en pratique, tant que le principe est respecté et que le cheval comprend ce que ça veut dire.  La catégorie du Jeu de l'Amitié est souvent appelée &lt;strong&gt;Jeu de la Confiance&lt;/strong&gt;.  Le principe veut que l'on fasse grandir notre relation et la confiance que le cheval a en l'humain et ses outils (ou l'environnement).  Le but est d'obtenir un cheval détendu, confiant, qui n'est pas inquiet, qui désire rester connecté et suivre son leader humain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Cela peut se traduire par beaucoup d'approche et de retrait pour amener un cheval à être curieux et confiant envers un endroit ou un objet.  Cela peut aussi vouloir dire comprendre ses limites et ses craintes et l'aider à relâcher sa tension avant de traverser cette limite.  On peut aussi passer du temps avec son cheval sans rien exiger de lui, pour faire avancer la relation - on peut juste &lt;em&gt;être&lt;/em&gt; avec lui, au lieu d'être toujours être l'humain qui demande quelque chose.  Ou alors, de juste accompagner le cheval introverti jusqu'à ce qu'il reprenne conscience de la réalité qui l'entoure, lui prouvant ainsi que vous le comprenez et lui donnant le temps nécessaire pour diffuser ses émotions et son stress.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Concevez le &lt;strong&gt;Jeu de l'Amitié&lt;/strong&gt; de cette façon:  vous déposez dans le compte de banque (le coeur de votre cheval).  Lorsque vous jouez avec lui et que vous apprenez, vous ferez des erreurs, et vous aurez probablement à faire des retraits.  Tant que le solde est positif, votre cheval voudra toujours être avec vous et vous aurez son coeur.  Mais que faire si le solde devient négatif?  En tant que bon leader, vous devrez le reconnaître et recommencer à faire des dépôts, à rebâtir la relation qui s'effrite.  Certaines personnes sont très douées pour être amicales avec leur cheval, mais ont du mal avec le leadership et le progrès.  D'autres sont très à l'aise d'exiger et de demander plus, mais négligent souvent l'autre côté de la balance, et perdent la confiance de leur cheval.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Pendant les journées très chaudes de l'été où il est difficile de jouer trop activement, réfléchissez au compte du coeur de votre cheval, et aux gestes que vous pourrez poser pour créer un solde tellement positif que vous aurez une large marge de manoeuvre au moment de recommencer vos jeux plus actifs et votre apprentissage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Soyez naturels,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Geneviève&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-4517330837139958979?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='One thousand ways to play Friendly Game!  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It's all about empowering all of you to read, understand and help your horses!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Level 1 clinic in Ottawa at the end of June was fun and here are some of the comments from the participants. I thank all who volunteered and helped to organize a great weekend, especially Kara-Lee, who really put in the time and effort to make this event a success!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kara said, &lt;em&gt;'I learned so much about patience from Genevieve helping Kris to be confident with the trailer - and her timing of when to ask him and when to stop asking - it was fascinating&lt;/em&gt;.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karin, who brought a challenging rescue horse with extreme RBI behaviors that she has been helping using Parelli, remarked, &lt;em&gt;'I had a great time at the clinic. I learned a lot about my horse. We've never had such long play sessions and i think that helped me to see a different side of him. I think he's at a stage now that clinics are needed for us to re-focus and progress. We've been doing Level 1 for quite a while now, and he's generally light in the right state of mind. I think he's a very interesting horse and i love him, but i sometimes wonder if i can help him. It doesn't seem normal for a horse to be so afraid or unhappy with the situation just to "leave". I've never seen anything like it. I just want him to be happy and confident... I was very happy to see the instructor know right away that my horse was an extreme case of left brain introvert. Not a lot of people see that, they see lazy, quiet horse but he can be quite explosive... Oh the figure 8! We hadn't practiced that in so long i was very proud of him when he did it.  That was probably one of our biggest and fastest break-throughs.'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Vickie commented - &lt;em&gt;'I really enjoyed myself and learned a lot. It was great meeting so many like minded individuals and their horses. The trailering lesson was great.&lt;/em&gt;'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Audrey came from Laval to audit and sent this note: &lt;em&gt;'Merci pour la belle fin de semaine !!!C'est avec beaucoup d'amour et de connaissances que tu partages ta passion pour les chevaux !!! C'est beau a regarder... et je vais partager ce que j'ai reçu avec mes amies chevals et le ranch où je prend mes cours.....Déjà j'avais le goût d'en apprendre plus sur le Parelli, mais là j'ai la piqûre...&lt;/em&gt;'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep it natural, looking forward to seeing all of you in the fall!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geneviève&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-2423313686296140314?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='Feedback on the Ottawa clinic June 25-27th'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/2423313686296140314/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/feedback-on-ottawa-clinic-june-25-27th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2423313686296140314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2423313686296140314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/07/feedback-on-ottawa-clinic-june-25-27th.html' title='Feedback on the Ottawa clinic June 25-27th'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-4300088584260308293</id><published>2010-06-23T17:46:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-23T18:42:01.017-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menina'/><title type='text'>How committed are you to your horse?  Quel est votre engagement envers votre cheval?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TCKNLe6g0KI/AAAAAAAAAGA/cQ4UQKXo5Bw/s1600/IMG_2428.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486102524507246754" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TCKNLe6g0KI/AAAAAAAAAGA/cQ4UQKXo5Bw/s320/IMG_2428.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TCKGRGpqTbI/AAAAAAAAAF4/79jcQ_YnV9g/s1600/P1030006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486094924491935154" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TCKGRGpqTbI/AAAAAAAAAF4/79jcQ_YnV9g/s320/P1030006.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;During my last interview this winter, Lauren Barwick asked me: &lt;em&gt;'How committed are you to your horses?'&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This seemingly simple question followed a discussion about whether or not trying to take a challenging horse through the program was an asset or a detriment to advancing. Anyone who knows me knows I have a knack for ending up with rather demanding horsenalities, I guess I like the spirited and sensitive, the very intelligent horse that does not necessarily readily accepts human leadership. It has definitely slowed down my progress through the official levels, as several of my mentors have pointed out in the past and present.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;To Lauren's question, I immediately answered, without hesitation, &lt;em&gt;'my horses are with me for life!'&lt;/em&gt;. I don't think she was surprised at all. How else could it be? After spending hours and years developping a bond and a relationship, going through the highs and lows of learning and taking care of their mental, emotional and physical needs, how could I even think of not having them in my life - for me, that is simply impossible. My horses are not only my friends and partners, they are my source of inspiration and dreams, my motivation to get better and my trademark. The very rare moments in my journey where I actually envisionned getting rid of one of them, I nearly lost my mind at the very thought and was never able to go through with it. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It would be like cutting off an arm or a leg, or giving away my child! I believe that when you take on a horse into your life, you take on a huge responsability. You become the centre of their life and the supplier of all they need to live and flourish. That includes not only food and water, but safety, comfort, play, companionship, learning, exercise, motivation, variety, responsibilities, growth and things to do and think about. It means one must continuously be open to learning and improving so their quality of life is the best it can be. It also means for me that I can't give up on them when things are not right, or are not going as well as I want them too. To me, if I only wanted a tool that will do what I want when I want it, I would be riding a motorbike, not a horse, a living, breathing, feeling creature with its own thoughts and emotions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In today's instant gratification world, when people don't win, they get a new horse - must be the horse's fault. When people don't achieve their levels, they get an easier horse. In the process, they might be missing out on a great opportunity to learn and grow, because the more difficult horse, if you are committed to succeeding and helping him, will motivate you to get much more particular about your horsemanship and your skills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I don't advocate starting Parelli with a difficult horse&lt;/strong&gt; - that is the best way to lose motivation and confidence, especially if you are fairly new to horses. But when you do pick a horse, think carefully about your future partner and ask yourself - &lt;em&gt;how committed am I to THIS horse?&lt;/em&gt; Because if you are not, you may find that you won't find the energy, spirit and funds to work on your horsemanship and go through the Parelli program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;And doesn't every horse deserve that we honor it for its own nature and bring out its best potential?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Geneviève&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pont-Rouge&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Pendant ma dernière entrevue cet hiver, Lauren Barwick m'a demandé: &lt;em&gt;'À quel point es-tu engagée envers tes chevaux?'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Cette question apparamment simple venait à la suite d'une discussion sur les avantages et les détriments de passer les niveaux avec un cheval difficile. Tous ceux qui me connaissent savent que je semble avoir une attirance particulière pour les chevaux aux personnalités complexes, il semble que j'aime les chevaux sensibles et énergiques, très intelligents et qui n'acceptent pas d'emblée le leadership d'un humain. Cela a certainement ralenti ma progression à travers les niveaux officiels, comme je me le suis fait dire par plusieurs de mes mentors passés et présents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;À la question de Lauren, j'ai répondu sans hésiter, que &lt;em&gt;mes chevaux sont avec moi pour la vie!&lt;/em&gt; Je ne pense pas l'avoir surpris avec cette déclaration. Comment pourrait-il en être autrement? Après avoir passé des heures et des années à bâtir un lien et une relation, à passer à travers les hauts et les bas de l'apprentissage et m'être occupé de leur bien-être mental, émotif et physique, comment pourrais-je envisager de ne pas les avoir dans ma vie? Pour moi, c'est impossible. Mes chevaux sont non seulement mes amis et mes partenaires, ils sont la source de ma motivation, de mes rêves, de ma passion d'apprendre et de grandir et ma marque de commerce. Dans les rares moments de mon cheminement où j'ai songé à me départir de l'un d'eux, j'ai failli perdre mes esprits à la pensée de le faire et je n'ai jamais pu passer à l'acte. Je ferais tout aussi bien de me couper un bras ou une jambe, or de donner un de mes enfants! Je crois que lorsqu'on amène un cheval dans notre vie, nous prenons une énorme responsabilité. Nous devenons le centre de leur vie et le fournisseur de tout ce qu'ils ont besoin pour vivre et pour s'épanouir. Cela inclut non seulement la nourriture et l'eau, mais la sécurité, le confort, le jeu, de la compagnie, l'apprentissage, l'exercice, la motivation, la variété, les responsabilités, une éducation progressive et des choses à faire et à penser. Cela signifie que l'on doit continuellement s'ouvrir à de nouvelles leçons et à l'amélioration afin de leur donner la meilleure qualité de vie possible. Cela veut aussi dire que je ne les abandonne pas lorsque les choses ne vont pas trop bien ou comme prévu. Pour ma part, si je voulais un outil qui ferait ce que je veux comme je le veux quand je le veux, j'aurais une motocyclette, pas un cheval, une créature vivante qui pense et qui ressent ses propres émotions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Dans notre monde de plaisirs instantanés, lorsque les gens ne gagnent pas, ils achètent un nouveau cheval - ce doit être de la faute du cheval. Ce faisant, ils passent à côté d'une belle occasion d'apprendre et de devenir meilleur, parce que le cheval plus complexe, si vous êtes engagés à l'aider et à réussir, vous motivera à devenir beaucoup plus exigeant dans la qualité de votre horsemanship et de vos compétences.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Je ne conseille à personne de commencer Parelli avec un cheval difficile&lt;/strong&gt; - ce serait la meilleure façon de vous démotiver et de perdre confiance, surtout si vous manquez d'expérience. Mais lorsque vous choisissez un cheval, réfléchissez sur votre choix et demandez-vous &lt;em&gt;'À quel point suis-je engagée envers CE cheval?&lt;/em&gt;' Si vous ne l'êtes pas assez, vous aurez du mal à trouver le temps, l'énergie, la motivation et les fonds pour travailler sur votre savoir-faire équestre et le programme Parelli.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Après tout, chaque cheval ne mérite-t-il pas d'être honoré selon sa nature et d'atteindre son plein potentiel?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Geneviève&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-4300088584260308293?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='How committed are you to your horse?  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Quel est votre engagement envers votre cheval?'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TCKNLe6g0KI/AAAAAAAAAGA/cQ4UQKXo5Bw/s72-c/IMG_2428.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-7403079129474812927</id><published>2010-06-18T13:45:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T13:47:34.063-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><title type='text'>Parelli clinic in Ottawa in August - Stage Parelli près d'Ottawa en août</title><content type='html'>It's confirmed, there will be a L2/3 clinic coming in August to the Ottawa area - stay tuned for dates and details!  With Geneviève Benoit, Licensed 3-Star Parelli Instructor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;C'est confirmé, nous organisons un stage Niveau 2/3 en août dans la région d'Ottawa - détails à venir!  Avec Geneviève Benoit, Instructeur Parelli Agréé 3 Étoiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-7403079129474812927?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='Parelli clinic in Ottawa in August - Stage Parelli près d&apos;Ottawa en août'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/7403079129474812927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/06/parelli-clinic-in-ottawa-in-august.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7403079129474812927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7403079129474812927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/06/parelli-clinic-in-ottawa-in-august.html' title='Parelli clinic in Ottawa in August - Stage Parelli près d&apos;Ottawa en août'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-156866137341256931</id><published>2010-06-15T19:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T19:32:12.826-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Parelli Night 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/GxIrcZjE7KQ/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GxIrcZjE7KQ&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GxIrcZjE7KQ&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Un peu d'inspiration de la part de mes collègues européens - quelle équipe!  Wow!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Inspiration from the European Parelli Instructor team - wow!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-156866137341256931?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/156866137341256931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/06/parelli-night-2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/156866137341256931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/156866137341256931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/06/parelli-night-2010.html' title='Parelli Night 2010'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-6274813597934068347</id><published>2010-06-15T18:23:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T18:27:12.046-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><title type='text'>Parelli Clinics in Ottawa - still time to register!</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Level One Getting Started Clinic&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clinic auditors are welcome to come watch and learn!  $25/day.  Lunch and drinks provided by donation or bring a potluck item to contribute&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Geneviève Benoit, a 3 star Parelli Natural Horsemanship Instructor&lt;/strong&gt;, will be giving a Level One Parelli Clinic on &lt;strong&gt;Saturday &amp;amp; Sunday 26 &amp;amp; 27 June 2010&lt;/strong&gt;, 9am to 5pm. Would you like your horse to... - stop bolting, kicking, biting? - trailer load in a few minutes? - be more obedient? - want to be with you? Every problem can be solved without force when you use love, language and leadership. This is why Parelli has become the world's leading method for preventing and solving problems with horses. It teaches you to see things from their perspective and to use strategies that make sense to the horse.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Learn how YOU can train your own horse.10 minutes east of downtown Ottawa. Friendly Acres, 4584 Ridge Road.  Just off Walkley exit of the Queensway.  Please inquire with &lt;strong&gt;Kara-Lee Golota&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:klgolota@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;klgolota@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 participant spots still available, register asap if interested in bringing your horse and participating.Participant Fee $470.  Stabling $15/day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-6274813597934068347?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='Parelli Clinics in Ottawa - still time to register!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/6274813597934068347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/06/parelli-clinics-in-ottawa-still-time-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6274813597934068347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6274813597934068347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/06/parelli-clinics-in-ottawa-still-time-to.html' title='Parelli Clinics in Ottawa - still time to register!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-3529824380084545293</id><published>2010-06-09T17:01:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T17:42:22.879-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mastery Program'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Which is your weakest game?  Focus on it!  Quel est votre jeu le plus faible?  Dans ce cas, concentrez-vous là-dessus!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TBAHkRdMQlI/AAAAAAAAAFo/dQsorhdVkmY/s1600/DSCF6159.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480889066252419666" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TBAHkRdMQlI/AAAAAAAAAFo/dQsorhdVkmY/s320/DSCF6159.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Humans have a natural tendency which is part of our unconscious brain programming to avoid what is more difficult, less comfortable. This tendency is designed to keep us safe, but it can also block us from advancing and learning. To learn, we must come out of our comfort zone and focus on something that is difficult; what comes easy has already been learned and integrated!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;As a Parelli student, I must always be alert to those difficult things that my brain is trying to make me avoid. It often shows up as a good reason or an excuse for not doing it. I have learned with time to recognize this trick my brain is playing, and to focus on those uncomfortable places, because when I go there, I usually come out with more knowledge and competence.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Next time you are with your horse, ask yourself - of the 7 Games, which is my weakest, or the one I like the least? Chances are that is the one you should be focussing on the most, because if you succeed in advancing it, you will find the improvements affecting all the other games as well as the respect and trust that your horse will offer you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is a personal example. Last year, when Pat watched me riding Menina for a few minutes, he immediately noted that my porcupine game in the saddle was not at the level that it should be, for what I was hoping to accomplish. Obviously, I had no idea, after all, she was responding at a Phase 1 or 2 most of the time, barely a squeeze of the leg. Except that I had forgotten that our phases must also advance with progress, and what I used to consider Phase 2 now really was a Phase 4, at my level! Pat then proceeded to help me find my new Phase 1, which meant only a thought or an intent, and challenged me to pick up a gallop from a halt just by thinking about it. He calls it the 'hair trigger'! I had to be able to go from 0 to 100 without having to squeeze my lower leg. After this important lesson, I spent numerous hours practicing and improving all aspects of my porcupine game while riding, and as a result, all of my time in the saddle has greatly improved in surprising ways!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;So go ahead, find your weak spot and focus on it, you will love the results and your horse will too!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geneviève&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pont-Rouge&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Les humains ont naturellement tendance à éviter ce qui est plus difficile, inconfortable.  Cette tendance fait partie de la programmation inconsciente de notre cerveau, et peut servir à nous garder en sécurité.  Mais elle peut aussi nous empêcher de progresser.  Car pour progresser et apprendre, nous devons sortir de notre zone de confort et nous concentrer sur la difficulté;  ce qui est facile est déjà appris et intégré!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;En tant qu'élève Parelli, je dois demeurer à l'affût des choses difficiles que mon cerveau essaie de me faire éviter.  Cela se présente souvent comme une bonne raison ou une bonne excuse pour ne pas le faire.  J'ai appris avec le temps à reconnaître les signes de ce jeu cérébral, et à me concentrer sur ces endroits inconfortables, car lorsque je le fais, j'en ressors grandie et plus compétente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;La prochaine fois que vous irez voir votre cheval, demandez-vous - quel est mon jeu le plus faible, ou celui qui me motive le moins?  Il y a de fortes chances que c'est exactement celui sur lequel vous devriez concentrer vos efforts!  Si vous réussissez à le faire progresser, vous constaterez que les améliorations se font sentir dans tous les autres jeux, ainsi que dans le niveau de respect et de confiance que votre cheval vous accorde!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Voici un exemple tiré de ma propre expérience.  L'an dernier, lorsque Pat m'a brièvement observée qui montait Menina, il a tout de suite remarqué que mon jeu de porc-épic en selle n'était pas à la hauteur du niveau auquel j'aspirais.  Évidemment, je ne m'en étais pas rendu compte; après tout, elle répondait à tout au plus une Phase 2, une pression de la jambe.  Sauf que j'avais oublié que les phases doivent aussi progresser avec les niveaux, et que ce que je considérais encore Phase 2 était devenu en fait une Phase 4!  Pat m'a donc aidée à trouver ma nouvelle Phase 1, qui consiste en seulement l'intention.  Il m'a défié de partir au grand galop de l'arrêt uniquement en y pensant.  Il appelle cela 'hair trigger' - la gâchette facile.  Je devais passer de 0 à 100 km heure sans avoir à serrer le mollet.  Suite à cette leçon marquante, j'ai passé de nombreuses heures à pratiquer et à améliorer les nombreuses versions du jeu de porc-épic à cheval, ce qui a produit des résultats surprenants dans tous les aspects de mon équitation!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Allez-y, trouver votre point faible et concentrez-vous dessus, vous serez enchantés du résultat et votre cheval aussi!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Geneviève&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Pont-Rouge &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-3529824380084545293?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='Which is your weakest game?  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Dans ce cas, concentrez-vous là-dessus!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/TBAHkRdMQlI/AAAAAAAAAFo/dQsorhdVkmY/s72-c/DSCF6159.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-6518321813793431072</id><published>2010-06-06T21:26:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T17:01:01.840-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Team Line Driving May 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/vdbcRY3XCwg/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vdbcRY3XCwg&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vdbcRY3XCwg&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Geneviève Benoit, Licensed Parelli 3-Star Instructor is line driving her 2 horses as a team. Easter is a RBI and Menina is LBE, which can make this game challenging at times! Great way to play with focus and feel at Level 4, and to be provocative!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Geneviève Benoit, Instructeur Parelli Agréé 3 Étoiles, mène ses 2 chevaux en équipage au sol.  Easter est CDI et Menina CGE, ce qui peut rendre l'exercice assez difficile par moments!  Excellente façon d'améliorer concentration et &lt;em&gt;feel&lt;/em&gt; au Niveau 4, et de rendre les choses intéressantes pour les chevaux!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-6518321813793431072?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/6518321813793431072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/06/team-line-driving-may-2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6518321813793431072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6518321813793431072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/06/team-line-driving-may-2010.html' title='Team Line Driving May 2010'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-2553275521592865674</id><published>2010-05-31T15:42:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-31T15:47:34.492-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Lauren Barwick et Maile au concours Windreach - Lauren Barwick and Maile at Windreach Farm</title><content type='html'>La reprise Style Libre de Lauren Barwick et Maile au concours Windreach en fin de semaine - Lauren espère se qualifier pour les Jeux Équestres Mondiaux 2010. Cette reprise a reçu une superbe note de 79.750%! Lauren est Protégé Senior Parelli et a gagné une médaille d'or et d'argent aux Jeux Para Olympiques de Beijing en 2009 avec Maile. Elle a aussi été un des mes mentors au ranch Parelli cet hiver et m'a aidé tant au niveau de mon équitation que personnellement! C'est une grande femme de cheval et une personne admirable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOLDq0mF5Io"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOLDq0mF5Io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Lauren Barwick and Maile's Freestyle test at Windreach Farm this weekend - Lauren is attempting to qualify for the 2010 World Equestrian Games. This test scored an amazing 79.750%! Lauren Barwick is Parelli Senior Protégé and won Gold and Silver medals at the 2009 Beijing Para Olympic Games aboard Maile. She was also one of my mentors this winter at Parelli and greatly helped me in many ways both in horsemanship and personally! She is a great athlete and person.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-2553275521592865674?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOLDq0mF5Io' title='Lauren Barwick et Maile au concours Windreach - Lauren Barwick and Maile at Windreach Farm'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/2553275521592865674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/05/lauren-barwick-et-maile-au-concours.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2553275521592865674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2553275521592865674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/05/lauren-barwick-et-maile-au-concours.html' title='Lauren Barwick et Maile au concours Windreach - Lauren Barwick and Maile at Windreach Farm'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-6209097713149980707</id><published>2010-05-30T19:22:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-30T19:38:16.241-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Equipment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='services'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Équipement'/><title type='text'>Let's go summer 2010!</title><content type='html'>Dear friends,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here I am back in Pont-Rouge. Phew! My travels to the Parelli ranch are always very exciting and full of adventure, but it is always nice to come home to this very pretty countryside, especially during the summer. This year, mother Nature is being generous with lovely summer temperatures and the promise of dry and warm weather. I hope it lasts!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like most of you, I am constantly challenged to manage business, work, horse time and personal time. The balance is difficult to keep and fragile! I must consciously make the time to develop my own horses, and it often means falling behind in my paperwork or accounting, or some other task less interesting but just as important and needed. I discipline myself to do it, because it would be so easy to let the day take over and never get to my horses. I don't need to be motivated to ride, I love to spend time at the barn, but it does mean I have to commute there, plan a constructive training program, think about what to do, spend physical energy and deal with whatever horses show up. When my days are very busy, I often have to psyche myself to go and do it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year, I am planning to stay in Quebec and try to grow the program locally. I will also be keeping eyes and ears open for business opportunities for the future. I am now dreaming of settling into a place that would not only allow me to keep my horses on site, but also to host my students and workshops. This place, which is now only in my imagination, would ideally have an indoor arena which would allow me to stretch the teaching season and operate despite of weather. It would have pastures and facilities to keep horses outside year round, stalls or pens for visiting horses, and a place to live. I would also be looking for access to trails and it would ideally be centrally located with easy access from the South, East and West.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the mean time, I remind you of the upcoming clinics and workshop in Ottawa. There are still spots available, but please hurry to register so the hosts can plan their activities accordingly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;June 25 - Saddle Savvy Clinic&lt;/strong&gt; - choosing a saddle for the benefit of the rider AND the horse. Learn how a well adjusted saddle system can greatly enhance your horse's comfort, attitude, health and your fluidity and confidence as a rider.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;June 26-27 - Level 1 OnLine Horse Behavior and Patterns&lt;/strong&gt; - limited to 10 riders. Auditors welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;June 28 - Private and group lessons&lt;/strong&gt; for Parelli students in the area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For info and registration, please contact Kara-Lee Golota at &lt;a href="mailto:klgolota@gmail.com"&gt;klgolota@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; or (613) 255-2804 as soon as possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New this year - I now have &lt;strong&gt;4 Parelli saddles&lt;/strong&gt; available for trials and demos. You will be able to see them and try them at the Saddle Savvy Workshops, and I can also bring them at clinics and lessons for those who are interested. I have in stock:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two Natural Performer saddles (Western), one Standard and one SuperWide&lt;br /&gt;The new Parelli Dressage saddle&lt;br /&gt;A Fluidity Standard saddle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I look forward to seeing you again, or to meeting you for the first time. Naturally,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geneviève&lt;br /&gt;Pont-Rouge (in the smoke!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-6209097713149980707?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='Let&apos;s go summer 2010!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/6209097713149980707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/05/lets-go-summer-2010.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6209097713149980707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/6209097713149980707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/05/lets-go-summer-2010.html' title='Let&apos;s go summer 2010!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-2091429830056168427</id><published>2010-05-30T18:52:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-30T19:21:44.282-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Equipment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='services'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Équipement'/><title type='text'>En route pour l'été 2010!</title><content type='html'>Chers amis,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me voilà donc réinstallée à Pont-Rouge.  Ouf!  Les voyages au ranch Parelli sont toujours très passionnants et remplis d'aventures, mais il fait bon se retrouver chez soi dans ce coin de pays si joli durant la saison estivale.  Cette année, la nature nous gâte avec de belles températures d'été et un été précoce qui s'annonce chaud et sec.  En espérant que ça dure!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comme la plupart d'entre vous, je suis constamment mise au défi de concilier affaires, travail, entraînement des chevaux et vie personnelle.  C'est un équilibre fragile et difficile à garder!  Je dois consciemment prendre le temps de développer mes propres chevaux, quitte à retarder le courrier, l'administration ou une autre tâche moins attrayante, mais plus urgente.  C'est une discipline que je m'impose, car il serait facile de me laisser envahir par toutes mes obligations et de laisser filer la journée sans avoir monté à cheval.  Je n'ai pas besoin de motivation pour le faire, car j'adore passer du temps avec mes partenaires à quatre pattes, mais cela implique un déplacement, du travail physique et un engagement à faire quelque chose de constructif pour avancer notre entraînement.  Il faut donc planifier, réfléchir et y aller.  Et lorsque les journées sont bien chargées, il faut parfois travaille pour arriver à le faire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cet été, j'espère développer les choses ici au Québec, et je serai à l'affût d'occasions d'affaires.  Je rêve maintenant de pouvoir m'installer à un endroit qui me permettrait non seulement de garder mes chevaux sur place, mais aussi de recevoir mes élèves et d'organiser des activités localement.  Cet endroit qui n'existe encore que dans mon imagination disposerait idéalement d'un manège intérieur pour pouvoir profiter des trois saisons plus chaudes sans avoir à être tributaire du temps qu'il fait, ainsi que de pâturages permettant de garder les chevaux à l'extérieur en tout temps, d'enclos ou de boxes pour les visiteurs et d'un endroit habitable pour moi!  Je vise aussi accès à des pistes de randonnée et une localisation centrale pour les cavaliers venant de l'est, de l'ouest et du sud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En attendant cette trouvaille, je vous rappelle les activités prévus à Ottawa en juin.  Il reste encore des places, veuillez vous inscrire le plus tôt possible pour permettre aux organisateurs de planifier les activités.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;25 juin Atelier sur le choix et l'ajustement des selles &lt;/strong&gt;- apprenez à choisir une selle en fonction des besoins du cavalier ET du cheval.  Voyez comment un bon ajustement peut améliorer considérablement le confort, l'attitude et la santé du cheval, ainsi que votre assiette et votre assurance en tant que cavalier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;26-27 juin Niveau 1 On Line Comportement du Cheval et Patterns&lt;/strong&gt; - limité à 10 cavaliers.  Les observateurs sont les bienvenus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;28 juin - Journée de cours privés et de groupe.  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Renseignements et inscriptions:  Kara-Lee Golota &lt;a href="mailto:klgolota@gmail.com"&gt;klgolota@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; ou (613) 255-2804.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nouveau cette année - je dispose maintenant de &lt;strong&gt;4 modèles de selles Parelli&lt;/strong&gt; qui sont disponibles pour essai et démonstration.  Elles seront en montre aux ateliers de choix et d'ajustement des selles, mais je pourrai aussi les amener avec moi dans les stages et cours pour ceux que cela intéresse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai en stock deux Natural Performer (modèle Western) de largeur standard et Super Wide, une selle de Dressage et une selle Fluidity standard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Au plaisir de vous revoir ou de vous rencontrer cet été!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geneviève&lt;br /&gt;Pont-Rouge (enfumée!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-2091429830056168427?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='En route pour l&apos;été 2010!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/2091429830056168427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/05/en-route-pour-lete-2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2091429830056168427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2091429830056168427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/05/en-route-pour-lete-2010.html' title='En route pour l&apos;été 2010!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-7038481618922900717</id><published>2010-05-11T20:38:00.015-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T21:56:08.019-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Réflections sur mon cheminement en tant que Professionnel Parelli</title><content type='html'>Les derniers trois mois ici chez Parelli ont passé très vite et mon entraînement au ranch s'est terminé vendredi.  Ayant passé quelques jours à me reposer et à réfléchir à mon séjour et à mes réussites, j'ai pensé qu'il était temps de partager les montagnes russes qui ont jalonné mon cheminement vers le statut d'instructeur Parelli 3 Étoiles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai commencé à étudier Parelli il y a 11 ans, en 1999, à la recherche d'un moyen de réussir à convaincre mon sauteur TB à charger dans une remorque.  À mes débuts, nous avions une ou deux cliniques de 2 jours par années, pas de DVD, pas de Savvy Club, et seulement le livre Natural Horsemanship de Pat comme outil de référence.  C'était dur d'apprendre, et nous étions livrés à nous-même.  C'est seulement deux ans plus tard, lorsque j'ai réussi mon Niveau 1, que le premier coffret Niveau 1 était publié.  Je l'ai acheté, ainsi que le coffret Niveau 2, et j'ai mis un autre deux ans à terminer le Niveau 2.  Jusqu'au milieu du Niveau 2, je n'avais aucune intention de devenir Instructeur Parelli, je cherchais simplement à améliorer ma relation avec ma jument et à obtenir de meilleurs résultats.   Jusqu'au jour où j'ai réalisé que je n'étais plus motivée par ma carrière en informatique et que j'ai commencé à songer à devenir autonome.  Je devais choisir un métier passionnant, et pour moi, c'était les chevaux et Parelli.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai ensuite réalisé qu'à 41 ans, ayant déjà travaillé 3 ans pour terminer les deux premiers niveaux, que mon rêve allait prendre beaucoup trop de temps à moins de modifier drastiquement mon style de vie et de faire beaucoup plus de place à l'étude du horsemanship.  J'ai donc décidé de quitter ma carrière en tant que conseillère senior en systèmes d'entreprise et j'ai commencé à oeuvrer à plein temps pour réaliser mon rêve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai fait mon premier voyage au ranch Parelli de Floride en 2003, pour participer à l'école de 10 semaines, qui serait aujourd'hui l'équivalent du cours Fast Track, en plus long.  C'était un programme intensif, plus exigeant que tous les stages auxquels j'avais déjà participé, et il fallait être en forme mentalement, émotionnellement et physiquement.  J'étais résolue à réussir, et à la fin de mon stage, Pat m'a octroyé ma cordelette verte à cause de ma persévérance et de mon dévouement, et non pas parce que j'avais un talent naturel.  Je n'ai jamais eu de talent avec les chevaux, mais je les aime du fond du coeur, et j'ai toujours été engagée à apprendre tout ce que existe à leur sujet, et prête à y mettre les efforts et le temps afin de m'améliorer et à d'arriver à les comprendre.  Je suis convaincue que Pat le savait et que c'est en partie pour cette raison qu'il m'a donné mon Niveau 3, en plus du fait que j'avais réussi l'évaluation, bien sûr!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Après avoir fait ma demande pour venir m'entraîner en tant que Professionnel Parelli, je me suis engagée à passer un an à l'Université Parelli, en pensant que d'ici la fin de mon année, j'en sortirais avec 3 Étoiles.  C'était très ambitieux de ma part, et une peu trop direct, mais pas totalement impossible.  Je n'avais pas prévu que la vie allait changer mes plans et que j'aurais à mettre ma jument Niveau 3 à la retraite immédiatement après mon premier stage, à la fin de 2003.  En octobre 2004, j'étais de retour en Floride pour mon premier module d'Université avec un nouveau cheval.  L'Université s'est avérée beaucoup plus ardue que l'école de 10 semaines, tellement plus ardue que bien des élèves n'ont jamais terminé ou ne sont pas revenus après le premier module.  Nous travaillions de longues heures, jamais de congé, et nous étions constamment sous pression;  on se faisait engueuler, on payait pour nos erreurs, nous avions souvent l'impression d'être abandonnés et nous avions souvent peur.  Nous étions tellement fatigués que nous avions du mal à nous tenir debout.  J'étais alors beaucoup plus corpulente, et malgré que j'étais quand même en forme pour ma taille, le surpoids me fatiguait.  Nous passions beaucoup de temps avec Pat, nous l'observions qui travaillait avec toutes sortes de chevaux, il nous donnait des cours et nous apprenions beaucoup, ce qui compensait pour les difficultés et les frustrations, et une fois que nous avons commencé à travailler en équipe et à solidifier nos relations, la charge de travail semblait moins lourde et nous arrivions à avoir du plaisir malgré tout.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quatre module Uni de 10 semaines plus tard, à la fin de 2006, j'étais toujours 1 Étoile!  J'avais débourré des poulains, monté des dizaines de chevaux de tous les âges et de tous les niveaux, y compris la mule Kokomo, rassemblé les chevaux à cheval tous les matins à 6:00 dans les montagnes du Colorado durant 20 semaines, parcouru des pistes de randonnée extrêmes à bord d'un cheval qui en était à sa troisième session avec cavalier, avait fait plusieurs chutes, m'était fait rentré dedans lors d'une partie de polocross et avait subi plusieurs blessures;  j'avais survécu les hauts et les bas émotionnels au fur et à mesure du déroulement des évènements, passant de la joie la plus extrême à la déception la plus profonde, en passant par la colère et me refermant parfois complètement pour échapper à la pression constante de chaque jour.  Je restais souvent éveillée la nuit à me demander si je réussirais à passer à travers le lendemain, à me demander si je devrais rentrer à la maison et à me demander si j'arriverais jamais à réussir. Certains de mes mentors n'y croyaient pas, ce qui ne m'aidait pas à me convaincre.  De nombreuses personnes de mon entourage m'encourageaient à laisser tomber car c'était tellement dur et qu'ils n'y voyaient aucun résultat tangible.  Mais malgré tout cela, je croyais que le coeur que j'y mettais et que la chance seraient de mon côté, et que la préparation rencontrerait éventuellement l'occasion, et je continuais à essayer.  Je trouvais les moyens de réunir l'argent et les ressources pour pouvoir continuer et revenir pour m'entraîner, et tous les ans, je faisais le voyage au ranch Parelli pour en apprendre plus et en espérant avancer en tant qu'instructeur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En 2007, il est devenu évident que je devais nettement améliorer mes capacités physiques, j'ai donc résolu cette année là à perdre du poids et à me mettre en forme, et j'ai gagné ma bataille.  J'ai aussi développé un nouveau cheval Niveau 3.  Grâce à cela, j'ai quitté la Floride en mars avec ma deuxième étoile, suite à deux semaines de débourrage de poulains et 6 semaines d'Université.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je n'avais déjà plus d'argent, j'avais vendu ma maison et je n'avais pas d'endroit où vivre, je possédais 3 chevaux, un camion et une petite remorque, et je vivais dans le sous-sol de ma mère en attandant de trouver un autre moyen de retourner au ranch et de bâtir ma clientèle; car pour la première fois, j'avais le droit d'enseigner des stages et d'être rémunérée (les instructeurs 1 Étoile devaient alors travailler gratuitement).  J'ai eu plusieurs jobs à temps partiel pour payer les factures, j'ai fait du télémarketing et j'ai travaillé dans une pharmacie.  Les possessions que je transportais entraient dans 5 boîtes de plastique.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lorsque Pat a annoncé le Mastery Program en 2009, je me suis engagée pour 3 mois en 2010.  C'était très difficile, car je n'avais plus d'argent et que je commençais sérieusement à douter de mes choix et de l'engagement de Parelli envers mon succès.   Pat avait une nouvelle vision qui voulait produire un grand nombre d'instructeurs 1 et 2 étoiles rapidement, ce qui voulait dire que le niveau d'entraînement allait être sérieusement raccourci et beaucoup moindre que par le passé.  On pouvait maintenant obtenir 2 étoiles avec seulement deux semaines de cours en classe, ou 3 mois en tant qu'externe!  Il n'était même plus nécessaire d'avoir terminé le Niveau 3 (le nouveau)!  Cela a évidemment mis beaucoup de pression sur les instructeurs provenant de l'ancien système qui se voyaient obligés d'avancer, car nous ne pouvions plus être comparés à la nouvelle génération d'instructeurs et que nous allions être beaucoup plus restreints dans notre enseignement à moins d'accéder au niveau suivant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faire confiance au processus, cela semble simple, mais c'est très difficile quand le processus s'étale sur 11 ans et se modifie constamment!  Pour moi, je n'avais pas le choix - j'allais devoir y consacrer au moins 3 mois, and tout ce j'avais allait être investi dans ces 3 mois.  J'allais devoir me concentrer et faire de mon mieux, et si cela ne fonctionnait pas, peut-être que la vie avait d'autres plans pour moi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces dernières 12 semaines ont été parmi les plus dures à date.  Pas à cause des heures ou du travail, j'avais déjà l'habitude ayant séjourné si souvent au ranch.  Mais à cause de la pression de devoir de nouveau performer devant Pat et d'opérer à son écurie, un environnement très explosif, haut en adrénaline et totalement imprévisible.  À ce niveau, nous sommes responsables de notre propre apprentissage, il n'y a pas de cours, mais si on réussit à observer, se souvenir et comparer, on peut apprendre ce dont on a besoin.  Trouver le temps de le faire, voilà la difficulté, car les élèves de Pat doivent travailler très fort et accomplir les tâches journalières, qui incluent une gamme de travaux tel que nourrir et panser les chevaux, l'entretien des installations, l'administration, l'évaluation des auditions, les corvées d'écurie et le ramassage de roches et de branches dans les pâturages.  Mes journées commençaient à 5:00, et à 7:30, mes chevaux étaient soignés, pansés, sellés et je les avais monté jusqu'à l'écurie de Pat afin de les avoir sous la main pour déplacer le bétail, travailler ma Finesse dans le manège de dressage avec Lauren, mener des chevaux en laisse ou tout autre activité qui pouvait avoir lieu cette journée là.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Au bout de 6 semaines, j'étais découragée et frustrée, et je me demandais si tout cela allait en valoir la peine.  J'avais à peine le temps de monter sauf ma petite randonnée très tôt le matin, il y avait trop de travail!  Quand je réussissais à passer du temps à cheval, Pat semblait toujours arriver quand les choses n'allaient pas au mieux, mais il était absent quand je réussissais de belles choses!  Je voyais des gens de 20 ans qui étaient mes élèves l'an dernier qui étaient promus beaucoup plus rapidement que je ne l'avais jamais été et je me demandais si ce système était vraiment juste.  Pendant des semaines, je n'ai reçu aucun commentaire, aucun renforcement positif et j'avais tout simplement que personne ne voyait mes efforts, mes succès et mes sacrifices.  J'étais très découragée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À la semaine 8, Pat se préparait à nous quitter pour le Colorado et j'ai pensé lui demander quelques minutes de son temps pour savoir ce qu'il pensait de mes progrès.  Il m'a promptement référé à Lauren.  Je me suis donc dit que mon sort était déjà réglé et je me suis libérée de toute la pression qui pesait sur mes épaules, en me disant que cela n'avait plus aucune importance et que Pat avait déjà pris sa décision.  J'ai continué à essayer et à travailler fort, mais j'ai cessé d'attendre un résultat - j'essayais d'absorber le plus possible, et je me suis concentrée à développer mes chevaux vers un niveau supérieur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À ce moment, Kalley était revenue au ranch et avait pris la tête de l'entraînement des chevaux, et elle était mon inspiration quotidienne.  J'essayais d'observer tout ce qu'elle faisait, je lui posait mes questions et elle m'a aidé à comprendre encore mieux la nature du cheval.  Je me suis enfin laissée aller, et cela m'a permis d'apprendre plus en 4 semaines quand durant les 3 années précédentes!  La vie a parfois de drôle de façons de nous mener vers nos buts!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quand Lauren m'a annoncé que Pat me donnait ma troisième étoile, je me suis retrouvée confuse.  J'ai mis plusieurs jours à accepter que c'était arrivé, et à me remettre du fait que ça ne m'était pas venu directement de Pat.  Pour une raison obscure, j'avais l'impression qu'on m'avait gâché ma grande fête, elle ne me semblait pas RÉELLE.  J'attendais quelque chose de plus formel, des applaudissements, une reconnaissance concrète.  Mais c'était juste une conversation banale tôt le matin dans le bureau et j'avais l'impression que mon rêve avait été diminué.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'en suis revenue après quelques jours!  Ma troisième étoile était ce qu'elle était, malgré la manière dont elle m'avait été livrée, et elle m'appartenait; c'était à moi de célébrer ce qu'elle valait et ce que j'avais réussi!  À peine quelques semaines après m'être demandé si je reviendrais jamais chez Parelli, je me suis engagée à revenir en Novembre pour enseigner le cours Fast Track de 4 semaines - et me revoilà au sommet de la roue!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark Twain a écrit qu'il valait mieux ne pas recevoir les honneurs qui nous reviennent, que de recevoir des honneurs qui ne sont pas mérités.  Mais c'est vraiment extraordinaire de recevoir ceux qu'on a gagnés!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je serai de retour au Québec dans deux semaines, après quelques jours de repos ici en Floride, dont j'ai vraiment besoin avant le long voyage!  Les stages commencent le 29 mai et j'ai hâte de continuer à vivre mon rêve et à aider les chevaux et les gens qui les aiment!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geneviève&lt;br /&gt;Instructeur Parelli 3 Étoiles et Mastery Student&lt;br /&gt;Sous le soleil de la Floride&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-7038481618922900717?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='Réflections sur mon cheminement en tant que Professionnel Parelli'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/7038481618922900717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/05/reflections-sur-mon-cheminement-en-tant.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7038481618922900717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7038481618922900717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/05/reflections-sur-mon-cheminement-en-tant.html' title='Réflections sur mon cheminement en tant que Professionnel Parelli'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-2682586229278246888</id><published>2010-05-09T21:07:00.015-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T21:57:28.219-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Reflections on my journey as a Parelli Professional</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S-dsH50EFJI/AAAAAAAAAFg/BOHzpUILT10/s1600/Dressage+Show+Feb10-7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469459155498833042" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S-dsH50EFJI/AAAAAAAAAFg/BOHzpUILT10/s320/Dressage+Show+Feb10-7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S-dr4p2wGNI/AAAAAAAAAFY/Oi2kFizOlAA/s1600/P1270012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469458893517101266" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S-dr4p2wGNI/AAAAAAAAAFY/Oi2kFizOlAA/s320/P1270012.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The last three months here at Parelli just flew by and my training at the ranch concluded Friday. After a couple of days of recuperating and just reflecting on my stay and my achievements, I thought it might be time for me to share the roller coaster that has been my journey to 3-Star Parelli Instructor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I started studying Parelli 11 years ago, in 1999, looking for a way to get my TB jumper to want to load into a trailer. At the time, we had 2 day clinics a couple time a year, no DVDs, no Savvy Club, and only Pat's Natural Horsemanship book as reference. Learning was hard, and we were on our own. It's only 2 years later, after I finished my Level 1, that the first Level 1 pack came out. I bought that and the Level 2 pack, and it took me another 2 years to finish Level 2. Until somewhere in the middle of Level 2, I had no ambitions to become a Parelli Professional, I just wanted to improve my relationship with my horse and get more results. Until I became very disillusioned with my computer career and started thinking about becoming self-employed. I needed to do something I was passionate about - and that was horses, and Parelli.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I then realized that at age 41, and having already spent 3 years trying to finish the first 2 levels, that this was going to take too long unless I made some drastic changes to my lifestyle and made room for my study of horsemanship. That is when I decided to find a way to leave my position as a Senior Consultant for Enterprise Resource Planning systems and start working on my dream full-time. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I made my first trip to the Parelli ranch in Florida in 2003, to attend the 10 week school, which would be the equivalent of today's Fast Track course, only much longer. It was an intense program, more intense than any clinic I had ever attended, and required a lot of physical, emotional and mental fitness. I was determined to succeed, and by the end of the 10 weeks, I was awarded my green string by Pat out of sheer determination and perseverance, not talent. I have never been talented with horses, but I sincerely love them, have always been committed to learn all I could about them, and willing to put in the time and effort to improve my skills and my knowledge. I believe that is what Pat saw and the reason he gave me my Level 3 - in addition to the fact that I passed the assessment, of course! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After applying to become a Parelli Professional, I committed to spending a year at Parelli University, thinking that by then, I would come out as a 3-Star Instructor. That was quite ambitious on my part, and somewhat direct line, although not out of the realm of possibilities. I did not count on the fact that life had other plans for my journey and that I had to retire my Level 3 horse right after completing my level. That was at the end of 2003. By October of 2004, I was back in Florida for my first Uni module with a new horse. Uni was much harder than the 10 week school, so much harder in fact that many people never finished or came back after the first module. We worked very long hours, got no time off, were under constant pressure; we got yelled at, we paid for mistakes, we often felt like no one cared and scared, and we would be so tired that we could barely stand up. At the time, I was much heavier, and although fairly fit for my size, the extra weight really took its toll on me. We did get to spend alot of time around Pat, watched him play with all kinds of horses, got lessons with him and learned alot, and it made it all worth the hardships and frustrations, and once we started acting as a team and building our relationships, the workload seemed easier, and we were able to have fun even though we were working very hard. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Four 10-week Uni modules later, at the end of 2006, I was still only a 1 Star instructor! I had started colts, ridden many horses of all ages and training levels, even Kokomo the mule, jingled horses on horseback at 6:00 am in the morning in the Colorado mountains for 20 weeks, ridden on extreme trail rides on a horse that had only 3 rides on it, gotten bucked off several times, crashed into while playing polocross and suffered several injuries; I lived through the extreme high and lows in my emotions as events unfolded, going from elation to extreme disappointment, anger, including completely shutting down to escape the constant pressure we faced every day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I laid awake many nights wondering if I could do it another day, contemplating going home and wondering if this was even something I would ever be able to achieve. Some of my mentors did not believe that I could, and that made it even harder. Many people in my entourage encouraged me to leave the program, because it was too hard, and they could not see an outcome. But through it all, I believed that try and luck would be on my side, and preparation would eventually meet opportunity, and I just kept on trying. I found ways to come up with money and resources to be able to continue and go back for more training, and every year, made my way to the Parelli ranch to learn more and hopefully, advance as an instructor. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2007, it became clear that I need to get way more fit physically, so I spent a year focussing on losing weight and getting in shape, and it paid off. I also brought another horse to old L3. I left Florida in March with my second star, after 2 weeks of colt start and 6 weeks of Uni training.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;By then, I was already broke, had sold my home and had no place to live, owned 2 horses, a truck and a small trailer, and lived in the basement of my mother's house while I tried to find a way to get back to the ranch and build my teaching business; because for the first time, I was allowed to teach clinics and get paid for them (1 Star instructors had to teach for free in those days). I worked several part time jobs to help pay the bills, things like telemarketing and attendant at a pharmacy. The belongings I took with me fit into 5 plastic crates. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When Pat announced the Mastery Program in 2009, I signed up for 2010, for 3 months. It was a difficult undertaking, because money was extremely short, and I was starting to seriously doubt my choices and Parelli's commitment to my success. By then, Pat's new vision meant that he was going to turn out a much larger number of 1 and 2 Star Instructors, but that meant that the level of training of horsemanship had to be much less that what the previous instructors had gone through. You can now earn 2 stars with only 2 weeks of training, or 3 months as an extern! You don't even have to finish Level 3! It put alot of pressure on all the current instructors to improve their skills and advance, because we would no longer compare to the new generation of instructors and would be much more restricted in our teaching if we did not get to the next level. Trusting the process sounds simple, but it is very hard to do when the process spans 11 years and shifts constantly! In my mind, I had no choice - I was going to give it another 3 months, and all I had was going to go into those 3 months. I was going to focus and do my absolute best, and if it did not work out, well, maybe life had other plans for me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The last 12 weeks were amongst the hardest I have ever experienced. Not because of the hours or workload, I was used to that by now, having spent so much time on both ranches. But because of the pressure of once again riding in front of Pat every day, and operating within the highly volatile, constantly changing and high adrenaline environment we call Pat's barn. At this level, we are in charge of our own learning, there is no teaching going on, but if you can observe, remember and compare, you might learn what you need to learn. Finding time to do just that is the challenge, because Pat's students are all tasked with a heavy workload which includes everything from feeding horses, grooming, facilities maintenance, administration work, auditions, to barn chores and picking up rocks and sticks in the pastures. My day started at 5:00 am every day, and by 7:30, my horses had been fed, groomed, tacked up and I had ridden them to the barn so they would be available to move cows, ride in the Precision Pen with Lauren Barwick, pony horses or whatever other activity might be happening that day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At the end of the first 6 weeks, I was frustrated and discouraged, and wondering if it was all worth it. I hardly did any riding except for those early morning rides up to the barn, there was just too much work! Whenever I did ride, Pat always seemed to show up when things were not going so well, and when I had some great rides, he would not be around to see it! I was seeing 20 year olds that were in my classes last year being promoted way faster than I ever was and wondering if this was at all a fair system. For weeks, I received no recognition, no feedback and just felt like no one paid any attention to my efforts, my achievements and sacrifices.&lt;br /&gt;I was very discouraged.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;By week 8, Pat was getting ready to leave for Colorado and I thought I might ask for a few minutes to hear his thoughts on my progress, and he promptly referred me to Lauren. After that, I thought my fate was already sealed and I just took all the pressure off myself, thinking that it no longer mattered, his mind was set. I still tried hard and worked hard, but I stopped expecting anything - I just tried to learn as much as I could, and focussed on taking my horses to the next level. By then, Kalley had come back, she had taken over horse development, and she was my inspiration every day. I tried to watch everything she did, asked her my horsemanship questions, and she helped me get to a new understanding of the nature of the horse. I had finally turned loose, and as a result, I was able to learn more in the last 4 weeks than in the last 3 years! Amazing how things sometimes work themselves out! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When Lauren announced that Pat was awarding me my third star, I was actually conflicted. I took me several days to even accept that it even happened, and then to get over the fact that it did not come straight from Pat. For some odd reason, I felt cheated out of my very big celebration - it did not feel REAL. I expected something more formal, an applause, some kind of tangible recognition to come with it. But it was just a regular morning conversation in the office and it felt like my dream had been somehow diminished. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I got over it after a few days! My third star is what it is, no matter how it was delivered, and it was up to me to celebrate what it took to get there and how much it meant to me! And just a few weeks after I had started wondering if I would even come back to Parelli, I have now committed to be back in November to teach the 4 week Fast Track - coming full circle! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mark Twain said « It is better to not receive honors you deserve, than to receive honors you don't deserve »; well it sure feels good to receive the ones you do deserve!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I will be back in Quebec in a couple of weeks, after a few days of R&amp;amp;R here in Florida, which I desperately need before the long trip home! Clinics start May 29th and I look forward to continuing on my journey and my dream to help horses and humans who love them! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Geneviève&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3-Star Instructor and Mastery Student in sunny Florida&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-2682586229278246888?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='Reflections on my journey as a Parelli Professional'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/2682586229278246888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/05/reflections-on-my-journey-as-parelli.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2682586229278246888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2682586229278246888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/05/reflections-on-my-journey-as-parelli.html' title='Reflections on my journey as a Parelli Professional'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S-dsH50EFJI/AAAAAAAAAFg/BOHzpUILT10/s72-c/Dressage+Show+Feb10-7.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-5889254300672246686</id><published>2010-04-20T21:07:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-20T21:14:01.331-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clinics'/><title type='text'>Clinics and workshops in Ottawa - Stages et ateliers à Ottawa</title><content type='html'>Join me for 4 days of Parelli savvy at Friendly Acres farm in Ottawa!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;June 25 - Saddle Savvy Clinic&lt;/strong&gt; - choosing a saddle for the benefit of the rider AND the horse.  Learn how a well adjusted saddle system can greatly enhance your horse's comfort, attitude, health and your fluidity and confidence as a rider. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;June 26-27 - Level 1 OnLine Horse Behavior and Patterns -&lt;/strong&gt; limited to 6 riders.  Auditors welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;June 28 - Private and group lessons&lt;/strong&gt; for Parelli students in the area. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For info and registration, please contact &lt;em&gt;Kara-Lee Golota&lt;/em&gt; at &lt;a href="mailto:klgolota@gmail.com"&gt;klgolota@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; or (613) 255-2804 before &lt;strong&gt;May 1st.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keeping it natural!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geneviève Benoit&lt;br /&gt;Licensed Parelli Professional and Mastery Student&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-5889254300672246686?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.vifargent.com' title='Clinics and workshops in Ottawa - Stages et ateliers à Ottawa'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/5889254300672246686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/04/clinics-and-workshops-in-ottawa-stages.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5889254300672246686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/5889254300672246686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/04/clinics-and-workshops-in-ottawa-stages.html' title='Clinics and workshops in Ottawa - Stages et ateliers à Ottawa'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-307829004851031072</id><published>2010-04-19T21:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-19T21:15:39.425-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Equipment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>Coffrets Parelli en version multi-langues</title><content type='html'>Bonne nouvelle - le nouveau coffret Niveau 3/4 sera disponible en version multi-langues (dont le français) dès le 14 mai.  Le Niveau 1/2 suivra cet automne!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-307829004851031072?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/307829004851031072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/04/coffrets-parelli-en-version-multi.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/307829004851031072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/307829004851031072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/04/coffrets-parelli-en-version-multi.html' title='Coffrets Parelli en version multi-langues'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-4278863405899331563</id><published>2010-03-04T20:54:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T21:18:06.336-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mastery Program'/><title type='text'>Vivre le Mastery Program</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S5BpyxQbyNI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/_rTM6M6oaaY/s1600-h/Dressage+Show+Feb10-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444968270427572434" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S5BpyxQbyNI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/_rTM6M6oaaY/s320/Dressage+Show+Feb10-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S5BjfX_UkoI/AAAAAAAAAFI/W6uTj0t0gm4/s1600-h/Dressage+Show+Feb10-7.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Semaine no. 3 ici au Ranch Parelli, où je passerai 3 mois en tant qu'élève du programme Mastery de Pat. Le temps passe donc vite! Le voyage a été difficile, essayant d'éviter les tempêtes de neige et je suis restée coincée à deux endroits à cause du mauvais temps. Mais nous sommes arrivées saines et sauves, un jour en retard mais tout de même à temps pour ma journée de leçons avec Karen Rohlf le jour de la St-Valentin et pour m'enregistrer chez Parelli.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Le programme Mastery est intense et très exigeant. La vision de Pat est de nous former en tant que professionnels dans quatre sphères: l'entraînement des chevaux, les affaires et l'administration, la gestion des installations et l'enseignement. Ses normes sont élevées - comme il nous le répète, il y a plusieurs niveaux de qualité pour un travail: bon, professionel et Professionel Parelli. Il vise à aider ses élèves à devenir plus que compétents et efficaces, il veut que nous maîtrisions les quatre volets. En tant qu'élèves de maîtrise, nous alternons entre les quatre volets, parfois tous dans la même journée! Il faut de l'endurance, de la motivation, un grand niveau de stabilité émotive et beaucoup de souplesse!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Ma journée normale commence à 4:30 am. Je m'habille, je soigne et je nourris Menina ici à la ferme Wenapeg. Ensuite je me rends au ranch Parelli et je soigne, nourris, panse et harnache Easter en préparation de la journée. Déjeuner de 7:00 à 7:05, puis je monte Easter jusqu'à l'écurie de Pat à l'autre bout du ranch pour notre première réunion à 7:30. Nous aidons à ramener les chevaux, à les soigner, aux corvées d'écurie, puis on nous attribue nos tâches de la journée. Cela peut vouloir dire entraîner des chevaux, une leçon avec Pat, Linda ou un instructeur senior, enseigner sur le campus, réparer une clôture ou construire des enclos, conduire la charrette à foin qui sert à nourrir les quelques 100 chevaux sur le ranch, préparer des rations spéciales, rédiger des manuels, des rapports ou répondre aux courriels sur le programme, diriger une équipe pour un projet, ou un tas d'autres tâches. Dîner vers 1:00 pm, et si je suis chanceuse, j'ai 15 minutes pour manger. Ensuite on repart pour l'après-midi. Vers 18:00, je ramène Easter jusqu'à son enclos, j'enlève le harnachement et je la soigne, un souper rapide puis je retourne à la ferme Wenapeg pour m'occuper et panser Menina. Quelques minutes pour jeter un coup d'oeil au courriel, une douche et je vais me coucher car le lendemain n'est pas loin! Vous pourrez comprendre pourquoi j'ai de la difficulté à tenir mon blogue ou mon courriel à jour. Ajoutez les projets spéciaux, les réunions imprévues, les réparations d'urgence à la remorque ou les courses urgentes, et les journées sont bien remplies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;La fin de semaine dernière, j'ai fait partie de l'équipe de compétition Parelli qui assistait Lauren Barwick (médaillée olympique d'or et d'argent en Para Dressage en 2008) à un concours de dressage de la région. Pour ceux qui ne le savent pas, Lauren est une athlète canadienne qui s'entraîne avec Pat Parelli depuis deux ans. Elle visait à s'assurer le classement requis pour se qualifier pour les Jeux Équestres Mondiaux, ce qu'elle a réussi avec brio en obtenant une note de 77% pour sa reprise Style Libre avec Maile, son cheval olympique. C'était absolument fantastique de faire partie de son équipe de soutien et de la voir performer. Nous avons eu beaucoup de plaisir et j'ai beaucoup aimé retourner dans le monde de la compétition pour y représenter les principes et l'image Parelli. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Heureusement, on nous octroie une journée de congé par semaine, en rotation, ce qui me permet de me reposer un peu, de faire les courses, de rattraper le courrier et la comptabilité et de faire mon lavage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Pourquoi m'imposer ce défi? Parce qu'il s'agit d'une superbe occasion d'apprendre et que ça peut être très agréable, si on garde une attitude ouverte et positive. Parce que j'ai un rêve et une vision et que c'est le chemin pour les réaliser. Être en contact quotidien avec Pat et Linda est une chance incroyable et me permet d'apprendre et de progresser en tant que femme de cheval, une occasion qui ne m'est simplement pas accessible à la maison. Cela m'aide, mais cela vous aide aussi en tant qu'élèves, car je suis ensuite en mesure de partager mes connaissances et le savoir faire acquis, de devenir un meilleur instructeur pour tous mes élèves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Si seulement le climat typique de la Floride pouvait nous revenir, ce serait presque parfait - il fait froid et il pleut souvent, je porte ma tuque et mes gants la plupart du temps! BRR!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Geneviève&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Frigorifiée en Floride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-4278863405899331563?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/4278863405899331563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/03/vivre-le-mastery-program.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4278863405899331563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4278863405899331563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/03/vivre-le-mastery-program.html' title='Vivre le Mastery Program'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S5BpyxQbyNI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/_rTM6M6oaaY/s72-c/Dressage+Show+Feb10-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-8304974613663626195</id><published>2010-03-04T20:24:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T20:53:02.382-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mastery Program'/><title type='text'>Life in the Mastery Program at Parelli - Vivre le programme Mastery chez Parelli</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S5BjfX_UkoI/AAAAAAAAAFI/W6uTj0t0gm4/s1600-h/Dressage+Show+Feb10-7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444961340157629058" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S5BjfX_UkoI/AAAAAAAAAFI/W6uTj0t0gm4/s320/Dressage+Show+Feb10-7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is week 3 here at the Parelli Ranch, where I am spending 3 months as a Mastery Student in Pat's program. Time sure flies. The trip was challenging, dodging snow storms and getting stuck in a couple of places because of the bad weather. But we made it sound and safe, a day late but still in time to ride with Karen Rohlf on Valentine's Day and to check in at the ranch.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Mastery Program&lt;/strong&gt; is intense and challenging. Pat's vision is to train and enhance our professional skills in four main areas: horse development, business and administration, facility management and teaching. His standards are high - as he says, there are several levels of quality when it comes to doing something: good, professional and Parelli Professional. His goal is to help his students become more than competent and efficient, he is looking for us to develop Mastery in all four areas. As Mastery Students, we get rotated through all fours areas, sometimes all in the same day! It requires stamina, motivation, a high level of emotional fitness and lots of flexibility!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My typical day starts at 4:30 am. I get up, get dressed, doctor and feed Menina here at Wenapeg Farm. Then I head over to the Parelli ranch where I doctor, feed, groom and tack up Easter in preparation for the day. Breakfast 7:00 to 7:05, then I ride Easter up to Pat's barn at the other end of the ranch for the first 7:30 meeting. We help with bringing horses, grooming, feeding and barn chores then get assigned to the day's tasks - it can be playing and riding horses, a lesson with Pat or a top instructor, help with teaching on campus, fix fences or build new pens, drive the hay wagon to feed all the horses on the ranch (over 100), prepare special feeds, work on manuals, reports or help answer horsemanship questions on email, direct a team to finish a project, or a number of other things. Lunch is around 1:00 pm, if I am lucky, I get 15 minutes. Then onto the afternoon's assignments. At around 6:00, I ride my horse back down to the main campus, put her up and feed her, then have a quick dinner, head back to Wenapeg to feed and groom Menina. A few minutes catching up on email, a shower, then off to bed because the next morning is coming fast! You can then understand why I am having a hard time keeping up with the blog and mail! Add to that special projects and meetings, unforeseen trailer repairs or errands and anything else that can come up in urgency, and the days are very full.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Last weekend, I joined the &lt;strong&gt;Parelli Competition Team&lt;/strong&gt; assisting Lauren Barwick (Gold and Silver Medallist in Para Dressage at the 2008 Olympics) at a dressage show being held about one hour from the ranch. For those who don't know her, Lauren is a Canadian athlete and she has been training with Pat Parelli for 2 years. She was looking to secure her ranking for the World Equestrian Games and did so with flying colors, scoring 77% in her Freestyle with Maile, her Olympic horse. It was absolutely thrilling to be on her team and to watch her perform. We had a great time and I was glad to return to the competition world while upholding the Parelli principles and image.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thankfully, we get one day off a week, on a rotation basis, which allows us some rest, time to shop for food and do laundry, and maybe take care of the pile of mail and phone calls sitting on the table.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Why do I do this? Because it is great learning and can be great fun, if you approach it with the right attitude. And because I have a dream and a vision, and this is the way to making it real. Being near Pat and Linda on a daily basis is an incredible opportunity to learn and advance as a horsewoman, one that is just not available out in the field. It helps me but it also helps you, as I am then able to share the savvy and become a better instructor and coach for all my students.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now if the typical Florida weather would come back, it would be almost perfect - we have had cold and rain and I am still having to wear winter clothes most days!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Geneviève &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In cold Florida&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-8304974613663626195?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/8304974613663626195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/03/life-in-mastery-program-at-parelli.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8304974613663626195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8304974613663626195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/03/life-in-mastery-program-at-parelli.html' title='Life in the Mastery Program at Parelli - Vivre le programme Mastery chez Parelli'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S5BjfX_UkoI/AAAAAAAAAFI/W6uTj0t0gm4/s72-c/Dressage+Show+Feb10-7.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-4161416900731120874</id><published>2010-02-28T22:08:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-28T22:14:06.126-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Équipement'/><title type='text'>Parelli Competition Team at the Twice as Nice Dressage Show</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S4swBSk5FzI/AAAAAAAAAFA/an_a42ISdSo/s1600-h/Dressage+Show+Feb10-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443497373331953458" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S4swBSk5FzI/AAAAAAAAAFA/an_a42ISdSo/s320/Dressage+Show+Feb10-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Parelli Competition Team at this weekend's Twice as Nice Dressage Show in Florida.  Left to right:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Geneviève Benoit - Parelli Professional (Canada)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lyla Cansfield - Parelli Professional (UK)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sharon Crabbe - Parelli Professional (UK)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lauren Barwick - Sr. Protege, Member of the Canadian Equestrian Team and Olympic Medallist (Canada) - riding Maile&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fiona Darling - Parelli Professional (Australia)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lee Palmer - Parelli Professional (USA)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mira - Parelli Professional (Germany)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-4161416900731120874?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/4161416900731120874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/02/parelli-competition-team-at-twice-as.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4161416900731120874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/4161416900731120874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/02/parelli-competition-team-at-twice-as.html' title='Parelli Competition Team at the Twice as Nice Dressage Show'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/S4swBSk5FzI/AAAAAAAAAFA/an_a42ISdSo/s72-c/Dressage+Show+Feb10-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-2161772675681114</id><published>2010-02-28T20:57:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-28T20:57:37.187-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Parelli Competition Team; Show Highlights</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height='350' width='425'&gt;&lt;param value='http://youtube.com/v/I6EK8SWZGws' name='movie'/&gt;&lt;embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/I6EK8SWZGws'/&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Parelli Competition Team has been busy competing naturally in Florida.  We have an English and Western Team.  I spent the weekend as part of the team suporting Lauren Barwick (Gold and Silver medallist in China) and Lee Palmer at the Twice as Nice dressage event - it was a great opportunity to get back into the show world, the Parelli way.  And our 2  riders and 4 horses did great! Photos to come...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'équipe de compétition Parelli est très occupée à participer à divers concours ici en Floride.  Nous avons une équipe classique et Western.  J'ai passé la fin de semaine dans l'équipe qui assistait Lauren Barwick (médaillée d'or et d'argent à Beijing) et Lee Palmer au concours de dressage Twice as Nice.  Nos 2 cavalières et nos 4 chevaux ont très bien performé!  C'était pour moi une belle occasion de retourner dans le monde de la compétition, à la manière Parelli!  Photos à venir...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-2161772675681114?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/2161772675681114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/02/parelli-competition-team-show.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2161772675681114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/2161772675681114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/02/parelli-competition-team-show.html' title='Parelli Competition Team; Show Highlights'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-7048700903012144049</id><published>2010-02-10T10:48:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T10:53:16.800-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>I ride - for all the horsewomen of this world</title><content type='html'>This came to me via another Internet group, it's a page from an 87 yr. old horsewoman's handwritten journal:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ride.  That seems like such a simple statement. However as many women who ride know...it is really a complicated matter. It has to do with power and empowerment;being able to do things you might once have considered out of reach or ability. I have considered this as I shovel manure, fill water barrels in the cold rain,wait for the vet, farrier, hay delivery, change a tire on a horse trailer by the side of the freeway, or cool a gelding out before getting down to the business of drinking a cold drink after along ride.The time, the money, the effort it takes to ride calls for dedication. At least, I call it dedication. Both my ex-husbands call it 'a sickness'. It's a nice sickness I've had since I was a small girl, bouncing my plastic model horse and dreaming of the day I would ride a real horse. Most of the women I ride with understand that meaning of the sickness.' It's not a sport. It's not a hobby. It's what we do and-- in some ways-- who we are as women and human beings.  I ride. I hook up my trailer and load my gelding. I haul to some nice trailhead somewhere, unload, saddle up, whistle up my dog and I ride. I breathe in the air, watch the sunlight filter through the trees and savor the movement of my horse. My shoulders relax. A smile spreads across my weathered face. I pull my floppy hat down and let the real world fade into the tracks my horse leaves in the sand. Time slows. Flying insects buzz loudly, looking like fairies. My gelding flicks his ears and moves down the trail. I can smell his sweat and it is perfume to my senses. Time slows. The rhythm of his walk and the movement of the leaves become my focus. My saddle creaks and the leather rein in my hand softens with the warmth. I consider the simple statement: I ride. I think of all I do because I ride.  Climb rocky slopes, wade into a lily-pad lake, race a friend across thehayfield... all thewhile laughing and feeling my heart in my chest. Other days just the act of mounting and dismounting can be a real accomplishment. Still I ride, no matter how tired or how much my sitterbones or any of my other acquired horse-related injuries hurt. I ride. And I feel a lot betterfor doing so. I think of the people, mostly women, that I've met. I consider how competent they all are. Not a weenie in the bunch. We haul 40 ft. rigs, we back 'em up into tight spaces without clipping a tree. We set up camp, tend the horses. We cook and keep our camp neat. We understand and love our companions, our horses. We respect each other and those we encounter on the trail. We know that if you are out there riding, you also shovel, fill, bathe, wait and doctor. Your hands are a little rough and you travel without makeup or hair gel. You do without to afford the 'sickness' and probably when you were a small girl, you bounced a little model horsewhile you dreamed of riding a real one."My treasures do not chink or glitter, they gleam in the sun and neigh in the night."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-7048700903012144049?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/7048700903012144049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-ride-for-all-horsewomen-of-this-world.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7048700903012144049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/7048700903012144049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-ride-for-all-horsewomen-of-this-world.html' title='I ride - for all the horsewomen of this world'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-1177052321696012781</id><published>2010-02-10T10:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T10:41:49.760-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>Stop Rollkur!</title><content type='html'>Rollkur is out!!! «Following constructive debate at the FEI round-table conference at the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne today (9 February), the consensus of the group was that any head and neck position achieved through aggressive force is not acceptable.» The group redefined hyperflexion/Rollkur as flexion of the horse’s neck achieved through aggressive force, which is therefore unacceptable. The petitions collected 41 000 signatures!  Great work everyone!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-1177052321696012781?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/1177052321696012781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/02/stop-rollkur.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1177052321696012781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/1177052321696012781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/02/stop-rollkur.html' title='Stop Rollkur!'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-8566076547605159938</id><published>2010-02-10T10:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T10:24:24.467-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Don't Take My Home"</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height='350' width='425'&gt;&lt;param value='http://youtube.com/v/9z60PfZ8Spw' name='movie'/&gt;&lt;embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/9z60PfZ8Spw'/&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A beautiful cry for help for the wild american mustangs that are being rounded up and managed to extinction by the government (BLM).  Musique par Mary-Ann Kennedy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un très bel appel à l'aide pour les Mustangs sauvages des États-Unis, qui sont gérés jusqu'à l'extinction par le gouvernement et le BLM.  Avec la musique de Mary-Ann Kennedy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8147931494796723966-8566076547605159938?l=savvyquebec.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/feeds/8566076547605159938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/02/take-my-home.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8566076547605159938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8147931494796723966/posts/default/8566076547605159938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://savvyquebec.blogspot.com/2010/02/take-my-home.html' title='&amp;quot;Don&amp;#39;t Take My Home&amp;quot;'/><author><name>Geneviève Benoit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577635757919208618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vfCm_Fhvsag/SfyRGui8suI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_7XUDYbbUJc/S220/gen_cd008_800pix.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147931494796723966.post-49757009636019558</id><published>2010-02-05T17:23:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-05T17:29:35.185-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nouvelles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>YOU can make a difference for horses TODAY - Stop rollkur!</title><content type='html'>Attention Parelli community!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On February 9, 2010, there will be a Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) closed-door meeting to discuss the practice of &lt;strong&gt;hyperflexion&lt;/strong&gt;, also known as "&lt;strong&gt;rollkur&lt;/strong&gt;." This highly controversial technique is often employed at the upper levels of dressage training and involves hyperflexing the horse's neck until his chin is almost touching his chest; often the horse is forced to maintain this position for extended periods of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pat and Linda Parelli stand with dressage master Walter Zettl in support of those who denounce rollkur. Rollkur represents artificiality taken to the extreme and performance put before the good of the horse. Convincing FEI officials to take a stand against rollkur will be a major step forward in ensuring that performance horses worldwide are being ridden and trained without force and mechanics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rollkur has a few passionate opponents who will be present at the FEI meeting next week, but they need our support to make an impression on the FEI officials. If you believe in the Parelli vision to make the world a better place for horses and humans, please add your name to one or both of the following petitions. Please share these lin
