I have no claims to being a genius, but you'd think 20 years of exposure to any subject would be sufficient to make you an expert. It took me twenty, long years of being with horses to find Natural Horsemanship. Over all of that time, I did try consistently to enhance my horse sense and my horsemanship. I now know I just wasn't making the type of progress I should have been, despite all the time I spent with numerous gurus and trainers.
I wasn't aware of all this when my hubby recommended it was time to get a stallion, and I heartily concurred. That stallion taught me just how very little I knew. He was 3 years old when we acquired him, and gave us no problems at all till we started him off on the mares. He became flaky, and became miles worse as time went by.
We went thru one or two Parelli tours and acquired the kits. We were well into that programme when it struck me that we need to do something quicker in the interests of our confidence and safety. I began to work with Mario Rossi, a natural horseman in the vicinity. I wanted to improve my ability to engage with and handle horses. Rossi started me off slow and easy.
Things took a rapid turn in the right direction when I had got deep into Mario's coaching. The progress was striking. I learned all that's valid about horse psychology from Mario. He taught me all about balance, feel and timing. I had heard or read quite a bit of what he was teaching earlier, but this hands on experience was a totally new revelation. In the initial days, as I progressed from horse to horse, I was astounded by the improvement in their behavior. It took me a while to realise that it was not my horses, it was I who had improved. Mario was teaching me well.
Unfortunately, my workout with Mario came too late to help with our stallion. We had him gelded and started to treat him like any other horse. He now had to learn to handle the other horses, something he hadn't bothered to do before. That's when we learned just how much we had been deluding ourselves about our horse experience.
I wasn't aware of all this when my hubby recommended it was time to get a stallion, and I heartily concurred. That stallion taught me just how very little I knew. He was 3 years old when we acquired him, and gave us no problems at all till we started him off on the mares. He became flaky, and became miles worse as time went by.
We went thru one or two Parelli tours and acquired the kits. We were well into that programme when it struck me that we need to do something quicker in the interests of our confidence and safety. I began to work with Mario Rossi, a natural horseman in the vicinity. I wanted to improve my ability to engage with and handle horses. Rossi started me off slow and easy.
Things took a rapid turn in the right direction when I had got deep into Mario's coaching. The progress was striking. I learned all that's valid about horse psychology from Mario. He taught me all about balance, feel and timing. I had heard or read quite a bit of what he was teaching earlier, but this hands on experience was a totally new revelation. In the initial days, as I progressed from horse to horse, I was astounded by the improvement in their behavior. It took me a while to realise that it was not my horses, it was I who had improved. Mario was teaching me well.
Unfortunately, my workout with Mario came too late to help with our stallion. We had him gelded and started to treat him like any other horse. He now had to learn to handle the other horses, something he hadn't bothered to do before. That's when we learned just how much we had been deluding ourselves about our horse experience.
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