The Natural Dressage Forum

Last edited by Kate on Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:31 pm; edited 6 times in total

There was something like this on the Savvy Club forum, and I thought it would be a good way to introduce ourselves, now that we have a whole board for introductions! :wink:
So, fill out what you want or can, all of it or just one of them:

*First Name:
*Location:
*Level of Dressage You School and/or Compete at:
*Number of Years In Horses:
*Number of Years In Dressage:
*Number of Years in 'NH':
*Info about horses do you ride/play with:
*How you were exposed to Dressage and/or NH:
*How you found this forum:
*Most important lesson you have learned so far:
*Favorite horse-related quote:
*Favorite Dressage trainer/rider:
*Favorite picture of you and/or your horse:

First Name: Laurie
*Location: Oakdale/twin cities, MN
*Level Of Parelli You Are Studying: 3
*Level of Dressage You School and/or Compete at: school 3/4
*Number of Years In Horses: 33, that makes me feel old
*Number of Years In Dressage: 15
*Number of Years in PHN or NH: 5
*Info about horses do you ride/play with: a nine year old Han. gelding and a seven month old han. filly
*How you were exposed to Dressage: a beautiful arabian stallion at the first barn I cleaned stalls at when I was ten years old
*How you were exposed to PHN: I went to a one day savy tour several years ago back when Linda was using Siren.
*How you found this forum: from the yahoo group
*Most inportant lesson you have learned so far: the release that teaches
*Favorite horse-related quote: The only one I can think of is that one where somebody said, "there is something about the outside of the horse that is good for the inside of a man/woman

First Name: Laurie
*Location: Oakdale/twin cities, MN
*Level Of Parelli You Are Studying: 3
*Level of Dressage You School and/or Compete at: school 3/4
*Number of Years In Horses: 33, that makes me feel old
*Number of Years In Dressage: 15
*Number of Years in PHN or NH: 5
*Info about horses do you ride/play with: a nine year old Han. gelding and a seven month old han. filly
*How you were exposed to Dressage: a beautiful arabian stallion at the first barn I cleaned stalls at when I was ten years old
*How you were exposed to PHN: I went to a one day savy tour several years ago back when Linda was using Siren.
*How you found this forum: from the yahoo group
*Most inportant lesson you have learned so far: the release that teaches
*Favorite horse-related quote: The only one I can think of is that one where somebody said, "there is something about the outside of the horse that is good for the inside of a man/woman

First Name: Carrie
*Location: Alaska
*Level Of Parelli You Are Studying: L3
*Level of Dressage You School and/or Compete at: Training/First
*Number of Years In Horses: 25
*Number of Years In Dressage: 15
*Number of Years in PHN or NH: 5
*Info about horses do you ride/play with: Two Thoroughbred mares and one older Thoroughbred gelding
*How you were exposed to Dressage: Used it to assist in training hunter/jumpers
*How you were exposed to PHN: Through a friend who had a challenging mare like myself
*How you found this forum: Yahoo group
*Most important lesson you have learned so far: My horse is my best teacher.

Hi all great forum

*First Name: Barb

*Location: Mountains of SW New Mexico

*Level Of Parelli You Are Studying: Level 3 working to tape 2 savvys and send them off for coaching and assessement...maybe in april when my horse is less harry and the snow is off the ground

*Level of Dressage You School and/or Compete at: use to compete at 2nd level and I also rode in eventing to intermediate...but the dressage does not always relate to the USDF levels lots of BHS test. I am going to honor the program and not compete until I pass my level 3. 3 years ago I did compete both my levels horse and my mare at 1st level. He was ready she was not quite there.

*Number of Years In Horses: 39 started about age 3 or should I just say from birth...even if they were not around I wanted to be with them.

*Number of Years In Dressage: 15+ and not enough to be really good and always needing more of a high level understanding

*Number of Years in PHN or NH: just turned 3 years

*Info about horses do you ride/play with: 3 horses; levels horse Tudor 13 x wild stallion with mares abandoned XQH - really doll, trys hard but very subtle and dominate
2 mares both 1/2 sisters TB with lots of famous running blood. One is a daughter of my event mare and she is getting close to level 3 one is my extreme mare that led me to parelli. She has a broken hip and is not sound to ride. I play with her on the ground and hope to breed her and enter her in a 7 games workshop this year. I am so thankful to her every day for bringing me to this program.

*How you were exposed to Dressage: through eventing - really hated it at the begining my weakest phase but then I grew to love it as my brains grew in.

*How you were exposed to PHN: beginer challenged me with my extreme mare to read these silly little books (old level 1) and at the same time I saw linda on RFDtv talking about the advice to put bullet in her horses head...just what I was also told to do. So glad the beginer and linda were right

*How you found this forum: the yahoo group

*Most important lesson you have learned so far: oooh so many I will have to think on that but maybe - feel

*Favorite horse-related quote: not a horse quote ... but a favorite quote

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

*Favorite Dressage trainer/rider: yikes I have so many that I have really liked (others I did not) but right now I am enjoying reading walter zettl (old book that I had for years) and his tapes I got in 2006. I also really love with Karen Rolf and Linda are bring to the program.

*Favorite picture of you and/or your horse: One of us going over a cross country jump or a stadium fence I will add the link later. Due to health issues I can no longer jump...but I can still dream.

*First Name: Dana
*Location: Riddells Creek, Australia
*Level Of Parelli You Are Studying: 2
*Level of Dressage You School and/or Compete at: Level 5 The lowest in Adult Riders
*Number of Years In Horses: 8
*Number of Years In Dressage: 1
*Number of Years in PHN or NH: 8
*Info about horses do you ride/play with: I have a retired 19 OTTB and I play with an 11 OTTB
*How you were exposed to Dressage: I've been obsessed with horses since birth but a friend suggested Adult Riders and dressage to start
*How you were exposed to PHN: My first horse was started with PNH (racing name "Just Natural") and the owner asked me to learn it.
*How you found this forum: from the Savvy Club
*Most inportant lesson you have learned so far: Get your horse's respect first before you ask for other things
*Favorite horse-related quote: If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten
*Favorite Dressage trainer/rider: ?
*Favorite picture of you and/or your horse: I don't have one...I need to find a photographer or horse friend that understands Parelli and can take decent photos

Hello, I am really glad to find this group

First Name: Lynda
*Location: British Columbia, Canada
*Level Of Parelli You Are Studying: level 1,
*Level of Dressage You School and/or Compete at:level 1
*Number of Years In Horses: 30
*Number of Years In Dressage: 25
*Number of Years in PHN or NH: 5
*Info about horses do you ride/play with:Rembrandt, (quarter horse)
*How you were exposed to Dressage: took lessons from Ron Postleb, many years ago
*How you were exposed to PHN: a friend came back from a course and couldn't stop talking about it, and then we were fortunate enough to go to Vernon when the tour stopped there in 2004
*How you found this forum: link with Savvy club
*Most important lesson you have learned so far: it's not about the ______!
*Favorite horse-related quote:
*Favorite Dressage trainer/rider:Walter Zettl, Otto Sameit, Ron Postleb

Hey folks, I'm glad to be here.

first name: Carin
Location: Glendale, California (near Los Angeles)
Level of Parelli you are studying: level 3
Level of dressage you school and/or compete at: none
Number of years in horses: 37 :shock:
Number of years in dressage: zero
Number of years in PNH/NH: 10 years in Parelli
Info about horses you ride/play with: Marcus, an 11yo Friesian gelding.
How your were expossed to dressage: The Disney movie "Miracle of the White Horses" of course! Laughing

But seriously, after I bought Marcus as a weanling I thought I should learn dressage since that is what he was bred for. Hilda Gurney boarded down the street and I thought I could learn a thing or two from such a successful dressage rider. I started taking lessons from one of her students on one of their horses. I lasted 3 months, I hated it and decided I wasn't going to ride my horse THAT way. I should have researched trainers more. Hilda and her school are very much into force.
How you were exposed to PNH: I was at a Lecture by Dr. Robert Miller. He was showing a video of Pat and his students in Australia all riding around bareback and bridleless and it blew my socks off. A friend of mine who boarded with me used the same orange stick when she rode and she was there at the lecture. I asked her about it and she told me about Pat Parelli and introduced me to PNH instructor Pat Mitchell who was also at the lecture.
How you found this forum: On the savvy club site.
Most important lesson you have learned so far: Don't act like a predator.
Favorite horse related quote: "Lord, let me go to no Heaven in which there are no horses"
Favorite Dressage trainer: Walter Zettl, Luis Lucio

*First Name: Lorraine
*Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
*Level Of Parelli You Are Studying: Previously L3, now back to L1
*Level of Dressage You School and/or Compete at: Previously approx. 3rd
*Number of Years In Horses: 23
*Number of Years In Dressage: 15
*Number of Years in PHN or NH: 4
*Info about horses do you ride/play with: Gala - 2 year old 1/2 Hanoverian, 1/4 TB, 1/4 Percheron mare (brand new partner!)
*How you were exposed to Dressage: Through eventing - initially not my favourite phase, but now I enjoy it almost as much as the jumping! Smile

*How you were exposed to PHN: A 'tour stop' in the UK in 2002
*How you found this forum: via yahoo group/savvy club
*Most important lesson you have learned so far: Miracles can happen! Smile

*Favorite horse-related quote: If you think you can, or you think you can't, you are right.
*Favorite Dressage trainer/rider: Walter Zettl

*First Name: ELAINE
*Location: SAN JOSE CA
*Level Of Parelli You Are Studying: N/A
*Level of Dressage You School and/or Compete at: TRAINING & BEGINNER NOVICE (EVENTING)
*Number of Years In Horses: 26 YEARS, SINCE AGE 7
*Number of Years In Dressage: LESS THAN ONE
*Number of Years in PHN or NH: SINCE '92
*Info about horses do you ride/play with: FANCY THAT IS MY 8 YEAR OLD LIVER FLAXEN MORGAN MARE Smile

*How you were exposed to Dressage: NEEDED IT TO IMPROVE FLATWORK AND TO DO EVENTING
*How you were exposed to PHN: STARTED NH WITH JOHN LYONS
*How you found this forum: LINK WAS POSTED ON COTH
*Most important lesson you have learned so far: HORSE MUST RESPECT YOU. ALSO THE CONCEPT OF RELEASE TO COMMUNICATE
*Favorite horse-related quote: THE OUTSIDE OF A HORSE IS GOOD FOR THE INSIDE OF A MAN, WINSTON CHURCHILL
*Favorite Dressage trainer/rider: ?? I LIKE LOCAL TRAINER/AUTHOR JEC BALLOU

*Favorite picture of you and/or your horse: CANT POST PICS OR LINKS YET

Sorry, should have said hi on here first Smile

*First Name: Louise
*Location: Nottingham, England
*Level Of Parelli You Are Studying: Level 2
*Level of Dressage You School and/or Compete at: Pre-Novice I suppose
*Number of Years In Horses: 14
*Number of Years In Dressage: 0
*Number of Years in PHN or NH: 4
*Info about horses do you ride/play with: 2
*How you were exposed to Dressage: Always have been, particularly work placement in France
*How you were exposed to PHN: Uni - Agricultural College
*How you found this forum: Savvy Club Forum
*Most important lesson you have learned so far: finding phase 4 ...and phase 1!
*Favorite horse-related quote: He doesn't care how much you know, til he knows how much you care
*Favorite Dressage trainer/rider: Hmmm... quite interested in Carl Hester after seeing him ride at the Ethology Show
*Favorite picture of you and/or your horse: Cardi cantering in the school - will post it when I have time

Hi let me try to remember the info!

I'm Katy

I live in the bay area of California.
PNH - 3yrs, but a freind took me to see Harry Whitney first
Level 2 grad with Dart
Horses: Dart: 18yr Diamont geld. my schoolmaster level 2pnh
De Novio (Denny): 4yr De Niro geld my prospect Level 1pnh

Dressage: Shown to 2nd test 1 on Dart twice
Saw Walter Zettl at Western States Horse Expo a few years ago. Have his book and DVD's.

I'm glad that I found a group who does both dressage and nh
Thanx

Hi I have been lurking every now and then and thought I had better participate a bit

*First Name: Sabina
*Location: Australia
*Level Of Parelli You Are Studying: 3
*Level of Dressage You School and/or Compete at: Aussie novice what ever that would be compared to the rest of the world Confused

*Number of Years In Horses: 30
*Number of Years In Dressage: 25
*Number of Years in PHN or NH: 5
*Info about horses do you ride/play with: Have a few everything from neurotic fraidy cat TB/Arab gelding Sam to Super confident know it all Bertie
*How you were exposed to Dressage: My first boss was a good dressage rider back in 1979
*How you were exposed to PHN: Well my first PNH exposure wastn't exactly positive, just a whole lot of fanatical beginners waving sticks so it took a few years for me to see anything worth having a go at
*How you found this forum: Savvy club forum
*Most important lesson you have learned so far: cant really say all lessons are the most important at the right time then it becomes just another thing you know Smile

*Favorite horse-related quote: Take risks with care and courage
*Favorite Dressage trainer/rider: In the past I have had some fantastic classical instructors in the mold of WZ but at the moment I would have to say Karen Rolf but I am looking for someone closer to home.
*Favorite picture of you and/or your horse: better find one but have some mostly old footage with horses on youtube user oztinks

*First Name: Amy
*Location: Door County, Wisconsin and Ocala, Florida
*Level of Parelli you are Studying: Level 3
*Level of Dressage You School and/of Compete at: None, just beginning
*Number of Years in Horses: 6
*Number of Years in Dressage: 0
*Number of Years in PNH or NH: 4
*Info about horses do you ride/play with: Rooster a 12 yr old QH gelding..my first horse. Flash a 7 yr old QH gelding
*How you were exposed to Dressage: Karen Rohlf Clinic
*How you were exposed to PNH: Friend and fellow boarder at stables
*How you found this forum: Yahoo Level 3 Focus Group and Karen Rohlf Newsletter
*Most important lesson you have learned so far: Your horse is truly your mirror
*Favorite horse-related quote: Anything that is forced or misunderstood can never be beautiful...Xenophon
*Favorite Dressage trainer/rider: Karen Rohlf
*Favorite picture of you and/or your horse: My dream of absolute harmony

Hi everyone! Thought I'd start with this easy to intro list!

*First Name: Jennifer
*Location: Williamston, SC
*Level Of Parelli You Are Studying: 1st level
*Level of Dressage You School and/or Compete at: was competing Training and schooling 1st with my thoroughbred but started with new horse so starting over!
*Number of Years In Horses: 21yrs but have loved them since I was born I think.
*Number of Years In Dressage: 6yrs
*Number of Years in PHN or NH: <1.. I started Parelli about 4 weeks ago.
*Info about horses do you ride/play with: My horse is a Paint mare named Shelby and she is 9yrs old. She is the subtle dominant type (I won't push you around but I bet you can't move me!) A mare that I am currently looking at to buy if we work out together is Cheyenne and she is an 8yr old Arab. She is much more sensitive, has a high play drive, and constantly have to play the friendly game!
*How you were exposed to Dressage: When I started riding at a stable in North Carolina before I moved to SC, the trainer there taught dressage and hunt seat. I fell in love with the dressage when I was working with my thoroughbred.
*How you were exposed to PHN: I had heard quite a few people mention it and wasn't sure about it. The way some people talk about it, it's some type of voodoo or something, so I hadn't made an opinion. Then I moved to a stable where a lot of boarders use Parelli and got to see what they were doing, and I was hooked Smile

*How you found this forum: Parelli search on Yahoo Groups.
*Most important lesson you have learned so far: Patience and persist persist persist!

Anyway, hope everyone is doing well!! Happy horsey!