Sadly, Notchez will not be staying and joining our herd. After a month of some really great relationship building, we decided we would like to keep him and that it was time to introduce him to the her Unfortunately, we have been unable to get him to settle in our mixed herd and therefore he cannot stay. So the call to the owner has been made and Notchez will be leaving us.
Although it is sad that we couldn't make things work with Notchez and our herd, I have had a great time playing with a different horsenality and hopefully Notchez has become more confident around humans and will find trailer loading less stressful in the future.
So Bon Voyage Notchez! Hopefully you will find that perfect home very soon.....
Well it has taken some time, okay, a lot of time, but we finally have the horses out on the new permanent track!
It is not the finished article, we still need to compact the earth more and finish the second string of electric wire, but it's good enough to use, so we're using it!
Here's a journey around the track, hopefully giving you a sense of the journey the horses will experience........
So far we have a boulder section, an experimental crushed tiles section, the sand pit (which is a bit grassed over at the moment!) and the stone-crunching-hoof-creating gravel section. Any ideas for further hoof conditioning surfaces gratefully received!
Whinney wondering what all the fuss is about!
Dilly enjoying a scratch whilst sporting his new string!
Yeah! Gareth and I received our red strings (and pin and certificate) to confirm our Level 1 passes!
We have already done the Pretzel Knot in celebration, but want to wait for sunshine to get photos with our horses sporting them.
So Level 2, here we come......
So I waited and waited and no result came from Parelli, so eventually, today I emailed to check they had received my audition. Here is the response....
Darna-
Thank you so much for emailing us!! We tried to email you with your results, but for some reason it kept getting returned. Congratulations!! Your on line savvy is level 1++!! Great job! You are well on your way to level 2. Start playing on a 22' line and you may be closer to level 2 than you think. Your level 1 certificate and string will come in the mail in 8 to 10 weeks.
Thank you for your dedication to your horse and to the Parelli Program. We look forward to viewing your future success.
Thanks
John Baar
Parelli Audition Team
Yeah!!!! Hee! Hee! Hee!!!!
Well we finally did it! Dillon is (finally) well again and I've got my act together; so here it is, our level 1 online audition........
Yesterday we did a trial run and Dillon decided he would be an extreme LBE, rather than his usual LBI. So today when he was his usual self and everything went smoothly, what took 10 minutes yesterday, only took 6 today! So I had to improvise after the pedestal and the last 2 minutes were made up on the fly! I hope it doesn't show!
Anyway I'll send it off for assessment and we'll see what Parelli think...........
Many many thanks to my able cameraman, Gareth, who offered not only technical and cinematic support, but also emotional support and encouragement throughout my Parelli journey.
Author: Gareth Jones
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With the help of Darna doing the camera work, finally got around to filming my level 1 assessment with Whinney. Bar a little hiccup with my backup from trot (she was ahead and to the side of me all the way on the first attempt leaving me looking very silly waving my arms around like a chicken!) all seems to go well.
Anyway decided not to do a second take and instead see what the examiners think of the audition...
