| Benji's mum came to visit today! |
Benji's mum came up today for a visit to see how Benji and Lily are doing since she last saw them, it was really great to be able to sit and have a natter about Parelli with someone who understands. Sometimes it's a little hard not having a Parelli student who lives close but I have so much support from the SC and it's members that it makes up for it. :)
She brought the Patterns with her and I had a brief look at the online and freestyle packs and I am really anticipating my copy to come. I got an email from parcelforce saying 48 hours so hooray!
We went up the yard and I was wondering whether yesterday was a fluke and today he was still a little spaced out but I felt a bit more in control of the situation. I keep trying to figure out where the change has come from and it might not matter too much; what matters is the present. But if I can understand then I can avoid making the mistake again if I did something wrong to cause it. So many questions, oh boy! I knew not to put much pressure on him and thought that taking him out around the yard for a graze would be warmly received by him! The vet is coming to visit him and Lily soon so I thought that reintroducing him to the stables and getting him confident with them would be helpful. I expected a bit more right-brain behaviour because last time he went a little O_O and had to move his legs. This time he was very good, nice and calm and boldly stepped in and out of the stable. If we spend a little time each day around there he will be more confident for when the vet comes.
Lily bit Benji on the face and poor Nat got stuck in the middle and it got me thinking about LtheL and how Lily fits into it all. I've done about half the charts for her recently but she's such a complex little mare that I sometimes look and want to move/get rid of/add a dot here and there.
To try and understand Benji's current situation a bit better I am analysing the LtheL concept, seperating the situation into segments to see what may have caused it. So far I have done a confidence up and horsenality for his confidence in his leader (me!) and it doesn't seem to be our chink in the chain. Once I'm done with all 5 I'll be putting them up so prepare yourselves for a LONG post. ;) |
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Copied from one of the articles I've written for my own Parelli encyclopedia! :)
(Please note that I did not come up with the LtheL concept.)
' “LtheL” is the acronym for the 5 Confidence Cups or Areas of Confidence.
Leader (aka. Confidence in you as the Leader)
Themselves (aka. self confidence)
Herd (aka. how confident the horse is in a Herd environment)
Environment (aka. how changes in Environment changes the behaviour of the horse)
Learner (aka. how confident is the horse as a Learner - in a situation where he has to figure something new out).
Chart your horse in the 5 different “LtheL” situations to gain better understanding of your horse and what areas of confidence need strengthening, improvement and more trust.'
Sorry it took so long for me to reply, Karie. :)
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What is a LtheL??
Karie