Meet Azrael:

(former name was Utah)

Azrael is an absolutely gorgeous grey Arabian gelding that originally came from the Parelli Ranch in Colorado. He was generously given to us by Mary Kirkley and her daughter Addy. We feel extremely blessed and sentimentally honored that the Kirkleys chose us as Azrael's (Utah's) new owners.

At a  demo, 2010 Parelli clinic in Dryden

Azrael is a very rare male first name in Israel (originally spelled Azriel). Azriel means "God is my help" in Hebrew. We chose this name to remind us daily that we received this horse under the  Lord's devine guidence. This is definitely a situation where God has another story to tell about His goodness!

Azrael is over 15 hands tall, and the intention is to start Natural Dressage with him - hopefully in 2011. Perhaps we will take some Karen Rolf clinics together, once we have  worked enough on the "ingredients". Azrael is a LBE with alot of charisma and exuberance.

Thank you so much Addy and Mary!!

 Jabez, 6 years old on picture

Jabez, 8 years old on picture

Jabez has wonderful movement and is a moderately extroverted, leftbrained horse (confident, exuberant, shows emotion). He has just the right amount of woa and go and a very gentle, polite and sweet disposition (a typical Hedgeville Arabian). These attributes make him a lot of fun to ride and play with.

Playing with horses has become my main leasure activity. I thank Don Halladay, Fawn Anderson and Wanda McKenzie for their wonderful mentorship in Parelli Natural Horsemanship over the past 7 years.

Meet Farraday:

Farraday is a registered, 14 hh,  Black Arabian, born in 2004. Like Jabez, she also comes from the Hedgeville Farm in Manitoba. Farraday is a very personable and sweet natured little horse. She neighs and comes running when I call her. Farraday  I raised Farraday from when she was a weanling and started her very lightly under saddle at 2 1/2, rode her a couple of times and then turned her back out into pasture. She had a colt in 2008 and has proven to be a wonderful mother. She is our little spoiled girli here, definitely motivated by food.  She worries about nothing, is gentle, easygoing and brave. Yep, more woa than go. :-) As a "introverted, leftbrained" horse, she shows loyalty and obedience to a person who demonstrates love and incentive to her.

Farraday, 6 years on picture

   Meet Haggard:

Here is the newest addition to our little farm. Our pasture was getting so terribly weedy that we had to take some action. A billy goat named Haggard!  Torsten wanted to name him Billy, but when we took him for his neutering, my vet told me there are only about 100.000 goats named Billy ha. 

 Haggard, one year old

Goats eat exactly what horses don't eat, thus forming a great symbiosis for a healthy pasture.  Plus, he'll be great to  have around as a "petting object" when we start having people over here to play with our horses. The horses are literally scared to death of Haggard and are still keeping a good distance away from the stable.

 

 

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 Here is a slide show of our horses (turn on speakers!)http://www.slide.com/r/mhHDrRWZ3j-w9seeqS2nYJ-_qOI39pOJ  "Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire.  It is a grand passion.  It seizes a person whole and, once it has done so, he will have to accept that his life will be radically changed."     ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What is Parelli?

The Story

The Parelli method allows horse lovers at all levels and disciplines to achieve: success without force, partnership without dominance, teamwork without fear, willingness without intimidation, and harmony without coercion.

Founded in 1981 by lifelong horseman and teacher Pat Parelli, the Parelli Program combines common sense psychology and communication. Unlike many training programs, the Parelli method teaches 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."

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