The sensitivity of the horse

How sensitive they are

Have just watched the Parelli's latest savvy club DVD. It is called "Calm, Connected and Responsive, Under Saddle". 

It is a really good watch, it was a follow up from the last one which was on the ground. It is so good to see Linda work with an RBE horse and an LBE horse, and their owners, and explain the strategies they used to get the horse C, C and R, BASED ON their horsenalities.

Has any one else seen this yet?

What I really took from this was how the horses respond to people, based on their horsenality/personality. There was a RBI person, so a person who was tense, on an LBE horse. The horse felt her tension, so acted out (kicking up back legs), as soon as Linda got on, who was loose and fluid, the horse changed immediately. SO what I saw happening was that an extrovert wants to move their feet, so was getting agitated by its rider subconsciously saying don't go through the tension in their body.

So just reiterates how sensitive these wonderful creatures are. I would love to hear your stories of extreme sensitivity, when have you had or seen an experience like this?

Key
LBE- Left brained extrovert (thinking, wants to move feet)
RBE- Right brained extrovert (instinctual, fly from fear, move feet)
RBI- Right brained introvert (instinctual, go internal, frozen to the spot)



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I moment I recall is when I was at my friend Lisa's house (about 8 years ago!). I was a on a mare named Tara-toot. She is a kaimanawa x QH/Appy. She was part of Lisa's trekking team, so was ridden by many people. I quite liked the look of her so hopped on to have a ride. She started off un-connected, then after 5 minutes it was like we had the same brain! It was almost like she had been craving for this connection. I would think stop and go and she was doing it- INSANE, blew my brain out!

A saying is in my head- "how little can you do?"