Dating
Service for Horses:
Like Match.com, eHarmony and Zoosk, we
strive to match the horse and human on
compatibility. We believe as does Pat &
Linda Parelli that every horse has its
own Horsenality. Throw in the
personality of the human and it makes no
sense to choose a horse based on the
number of hours someone has put into
riding. It is our belief that the key
to a great relationship between a horse
and its human is matching the two based
on compatible ‘nalities.
And while all of this is true, we also
take into account the physical abilities
of both horse and human as well as the
human’s color, age and size preferences.
However, unlike horse traders we will
not sell a horse to a person if we do
not firmly believe the two can make a
strong team.
Our Philosophy:
A few years ago at a demonstration
Clinton Anderson said that the best
matches are green horses with green
humans. We agreed then and even more so
now. Add to this Chris Cox’s belief that
humans and horses can be partners and we
have created our own formula for
horse/human success.
Making it Work:
As Guy McLean says “training is about
expectations”. Therefore, we take a
person willing to expect greatness from
themselves, willing to expect the good
the bad and the ugly from themselves and
willing to expect honest tries from
their horse and combine them with a
horse that has learned to trust, respect
and learn. This is our recipe for
success. However, our recipe finds
greatest success with the person who
does not know all the answers, is able
and willing to accept criticism and who
understands the horse is a mirror of
themselves thus if there is problem they
need to look to themselves.
Our horses are bred and developed so
they want to learn:
Our horses are bred for intelligence and
soundness. They are then developed in a
manner that shows them how to learn. For
us, when one of our horses graduates
from our kindergarten it is a simple
matter to move forward with their
training towards whatever discipline is
desired.
Growing the horse and the human
together:
However, our horses are not sold as
finished products. As is proven time and
time again, give a finished horse to a
green person and within days that horse
will be as ‘green’ as the human. This
occurrence leads to frustration for both
the horse and the human. On the horses
part this frustration is often expressed
in undesirable and even dangerous
behaviors.
An honest ‘horse trainer’ will tell you
that many of the horses they train
(re-train) are horses that were
‘finished’ to perfection and back slid
to their new owner’s level. We do not
believe this is in the best interest of
either the horse or the human and thus
prefer to work with people who are as
open and willing to learning as the
horses we produce.
We believe, as does Chris Cox, in
“building confidence through knowledge”.
This applies to both the human and the
horse. Too often humans look upon
animals as a tool or a possession and
forget that this is a living breathing
being with feelings and a mind and the
ability to become the best friend a
human has ever had the good fortune to
possess.
Demonstrating our methods:
As previously stated, we expect a lot of
our horses. To demonstrate this, we made
a couple of videos with youngsters who
have been in hand a total of 2 months.
In this two months they have come in
close contact with humans for the first
time; experienced the restraint of
halter, lead and tether; learned to
understand the human’s language and
learned to look to the human for the
answers. The next step is finding the
humans who are as open to learning and
as honest as are these horses.
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