3. Parelli

This girl is demonstrating training methods based on ‘parelli’ The Parelli method is based on the same principles as natural horsemanship and allows horse owners at all levels and disciplines to achieve: success without force, partnership without dominance, teamwork without fear, willingness without intimidation, and harmony without coercion.

Parelli was founded in 1981 by lifelong horseman and trainer Pat Parelli. Parelli Program combines common sense psychology and communication. Unlike many training methods, the Parelli method aims to teach the human, not the horse. Early on, Pat realized that horses already had all the skills they needed to thrive and relate with their kind. It was adding the human element that complicated things.

Horse owners who follow the Parelli program have found the greatest gift is discovering that Parelli enhances not only their relationship and communication with the horse, but touches every other relationship in their lives.

"It's more than just about the horse," reflects Linda. "It really dips into the personal development side of things. You learn about yourself, you learn about communication, about leadership, about truthfulness, about consequence and responsibility. You learn about love and imagination. The horse becomes the animal that tells you the truth about yourself in all these categories."

"People realize this is what they've been looking for in all their relationships," adds Pat. "It's balanced with love, language and leadership in equal doses. The program and their horse give them a living model so they can practice and become fluent in their abilities in all relationships, not just the horse relationships."

Horsenalitys include:

The Right Brain Extrovert
The Right Brain Introvert
The Left Brain Extrovert
The Right Brain Extrovert

The Right Brain Extrovert needs safety. Never push him past the threshold until he's calm. You will need to retreat and to interrupt the pattern. You must have a strong focus and must match the horse's high energy level. Give him a job to accomplish to replace his fear with something positive. He must think of you as his "safe place."

The Right Brain Introvert needs comfort. The worst thing you can do is push this horse before he's confident. You'll ruin his trust in you if you push him before he's ready. Taking your time is important because you'll need to wait on this horse to process things. He needs to believe in you.

The Left Brain Extrovert needs play. He craves creative, imaginative tasks and can't stand to be forced into anything. Because he hates to be bored, you'll need to speed things up, be enthusiastic and come up with variety in your lessons.

The Left Brain Introvert needs incentive. There are plenty of ways to offer incentive without "bribing" him. (Think rest, grazing, treats, scratches.) This horse needs to have a purpose and wants to go somewhere. Riding circles in an area with this horse will lead to resistance and defiance. Use reverse psychology for best results.

Spice is a right brained extrovert...

Characteristics of a "Right Brained" Right Brain Extrovert include being frantic, fearful, and may have a tendency to bolt and rear. Right Brain Extroverts are usually held back and tied down when they are panicky (martingales, nosebands, gag bits, twisted wire, etc).

Right Brain horses act instinctively, without thinking, just like they operate in the wild. There is no time to think, the moment they perceive danger they react in fear and take flight. At the minimum, Right Brain horses are un confident. At worst, they are often described as crazy! What is certain is that they are dangerous... dangerous to ride, dangerous when they are in unfamiliar situations. They are fearful, spooky, claustrophobic, over-reactive, hypersensitive, can't think, emotional and have difficulty with anything that changes. Horses operating in the RB mode are not safe. They don't have self-control and they have a lot of trouble learning.

Right Brain horses need you to build their confidence. They need lots of 'approach and retreat' instead of being pushed past their confidence thresholds. They also need lots of repetition when learning, because changes scare them. Once they are confident they become better learners because their brain doesn't shut down with fear.

Extroverted horses tend to be energetic, excitable and quick and need quick action from their riders and handlers. They need their frantic patterns to be effectively interrupted and their energy to be constructively directed. This makes them calmer and focuses their attention.

This describes Spice to a T (unfortunately) The only thing it left out was that she is also incredibly loving and affectionate with a sweet innocence and doesn't have a malicious bone in her body.