Post by Casper on Feb 19, 2007 15:21:04 GMT -5
Parelli Level 2
Confidence-Fun-Independence-Imagination
Level 2 Skills
-round pen basics
-catching
-walk-trot-canter with relaxation
-safe and calm trail riding
-patterns, impulsion programs
-fluidity in riding Part 1
-Liberty
-basic canter leads
-simple lead changes
-equine psychology 2
-creativity and imagination
While Level 1 develops trust and respect with your horse, Level 2 `Harmony` develops confidence in horse and human, and teaches your horse to respond to whatever you ask "without hesitation."
This is what Pat calls a "Positive Reflex."
A Positive Reflex on the ground means it only takes fingertip pressure to ask your horse to yield forward, backward, right, left, up and down.
A Positive Reflex when you`re riding means it takes no more than a squeeze to ask your horse to go, and the slightest lift of the rein to slow. He yields backwards and sideways easily, does not change gait or direction unless you ask, and travels in a straight line without need for correction. He crosses puddles, poles, and jumps without hesitation. He leaves the herd without trouble.
When you have Level 2 Savvy...
-Your frustrations are a thing of the past; you can start having more fun with your horse and exploring how much more you can achieve.
-You can communicate on longer lines, at greater distances, heading toward Liberty(Liberty: the thrill of playing with horses with "no strings attached").
-You know how to develop impulsion-you can slow down the fast horse and energize the lazy one using communication without force.'
-You have an independent seat.
-You have the magic of Positive Reflexes: snappy, happy responses.
-You are in tune with your horse-mentally, emotionally, physically.
-You know the simple dynamics of leads and lead changes.
-You have the beginnings of finesse: the soft feel.
Problems solved in Level 2
Aggressive, anxious/anxiety, barn sour/barn sweet, bit: pulls on bit, bit: fights the bit, bridling difficulties: putting on, taking off, bolting, bucking, severe, canter on loose rein, canters too fast, catching problems, chicken hearted, clipping difficulties, concentration span, crooked, dog lazy, drenching, drops shoulder, ducks out of jumps, ears back/cranky, emotional, excitable, fearful, fractious, frantic, freaks out, hard mouth, head tossing/throwing, herd bound, hollow-backed, hyperactive, impulsive, inconsistent, idiotic, jigging on trail, jumpy, kicking other horses, lazy, lip popping, lunges & plunges, napping (barn sour), needle shy, nervous, open spaces, problems, opens mouth, pawing, paste-worming, prancing & dancing, pulls back, relaxation (can`t relax), resistance to the bit, resistance to the leg, rider: afraid, rider: tense, stiff, rider: uncoordinated, rude, runs away, runs off, rushes jumps, scared, self control when ridden, self control on the ground, shoeing, shying, sideways: kicks out/rears, sideways: won`t do it, spoiled, spooking, stable vices, stiffness, stopping, always stops, straightness, stress, tail: clamping unreliable, uptight, won`t trailer load, won`t unload from trailer, trailer traveling difficulties, unfriendly, won`t walk or trot on a loose rein.
Confidence-Fun-Independence-Imagination
Level 2 Skills
-round pen basics
-catching
-walk-trot-canter with relaxation
-safe and calm trail riding
-patterns, impulsion programs
-fluidity in riding Part 1
-Liberty
-basic canter leads
-simple lead changes
-equine psychology 2
-creativity and imagination
While Level 1 develops trust and respect with your horse, Level 2 `Harmony` develops confidence in horse and human, and teaches your horse to respond to whatever you ask "without hesitation."
This is what Pat calls a "Positive Reflex."
A Positive Reflex on the ground means it only takes fingertip pressure to ask your horse to yield forward, backward, right, left, up and down.
A Positive Reflex when you`re riding means it takes no more than a squeeze to ask your horse to go, and the slightest lift of the rein to slow. He yields backwards and sideways easily, does not change gait or direction unless you ask, and travels in a straight line without need for correction. He crosses puddles, poles, and jumps without hesitation. He leaves the herd without trouble.
When you have Level 2 Savvy...
-Your frustrations are a thing of the past; you can start having more fun with your horse and exploring how much more you can achieve.
-You can communicate on longer lines, at greater distances, heading toward Liberty(Liberty: the thrill of playing with horses with "no strings attached").
-You know how to develop impulsion-you can slow down the fast horse and energize the lazy one using communication without force.'
-You have an independent seat.
-You have the magic of Positive Reflexes: snappy, happy responses.
-You are in tune with your horse-mentally, emotionally, physically.
-You know the simple dynamics of leads and lead changes.
-You have the beginnings of finesse: the soft feel.
Problems solved in Level 2
Aggressive, anxious/anxiety, barn sour/barn sweet, bit: pulls on bit, bit: fights the bit, bridling difficulties: putting on, taking off, bolting, bucking, severe, canter on loose rein, canters too fast, catching problems, chicken hearted, clipping difficulties, concentration span, crooked, dog lazy, drenching, drops shoulder, ducks out of jumps, ears back/cranky, emotional, excitable, fearful, fractious, frantic, freaks out, hard mouth, head tossing/throwing, herd bound, hollow-backed, hyperactive, impulsive, inconsistent, idiotic, jigging on trail, jumpy, kicking other horses, lazy, lip popping, lunges & plunges, napping (barn sour), needle shy, nervous, open spaces, problems, opens mouth, pawing, paste-worming, prancing & dancing, pulls back, relaxation (can`t relax), resistance to the bit, resistance to the leg, rider: afraid, rider: tense, stiff, rider: uncoordinated, rude, runs away, runs off, rushes jumps, scared, self control when ridden, self control on the ground, shoeing, shying, sideways: kicks out/rears, sideways: won`t do it, spoiled, spooking, stable vices, stiffness, stopping, always stops, straightness, stress, tail: clamping unreliable, uptight, won`t trailer load, won`t unload from trailer, trailer traveling difficulties, unfriendly, won`t walk or trot on a loose rein.