Jabez, 6 years on picture

Jabez, 5 years 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 6 years.

Jabez and Judith summer 2007

bareback and bridleless in the pasture

Trying out the new riding ring and Parelli saddle....

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. This is definitely a situation where God has another story to tell about His goodness!

We have permission to change Utah's name to Azrael which 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 Azrael under the  Lord's devine guidence. 

Azrael is over 15 hands tall and the intention is to start Natural Dressage with him - hopefully in 2010. Perhaps we will take some Karen Rolf clinics together once we have  worked enough on the "ingredients". Azrael is also a LBE with alot of charisma and exuberance.

Thank you so much Addy and Mary!!

Here is Azrael's (Utah's) story: 

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.

Summer 2008, in the pasture with her foal

 Here is a picture of Farraday's gorgeous sire (owned by Hedgeville):

    The stable:Our horses live in a very natural environment. They have 10 acres of land(with rock, trees, natural creeks and plenty of good pasture) to roam  freely. My husband built a brand new stable for them in 2007.  Outside of building
Looking inside: 12 x 12 box stall (hardly ever used!), large walk- in front shelter and a standing stall on the left, used for straw storage. 

Jabez in the front part of 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 

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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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www.parelli.com

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