Parelli-isms
Pat has a lot of Parelli-isms but these are some of my favorite and I refer to them often. I also have used many of these principles to build better relationships with people and had great success:
Take the time it takes, so that it takes less time.
Expect a lot, accept a little, reward often.
Put your heart in your hand and then touch the horse with your heart
A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care.
Release pressure at the slightest try.
Focus gives you feel. Focus and feel give you timing. Focus, feel and timing give you balance.
If he's licking his lips he's either digesting a thought or he just tasted humble pie.
Green on green makes black and blue.
Slow and right beats fast and wrong
Horses are natural born skeptics, cowards, claustrophobics, and panic-aholics, by nature and in varying degrees.
A horse can only move 6 ways - up, down, forward, backward, left, right, and sometimes all at once!
If you always do what you've always done, then you'll continue to get what you've always got.
Play with the horse that shows up.
A horse is like a computer, it won't always do what you want, but it will always do what you tell it to.
Be as light as possible and as firm as necessary.
Use love, language and leadership in equal doses.
Expect them to do it right, but be ready to correct, not one more than the other.
Cause the wrong thing to be difficult and allow the right thing to be easy.
Don't make or let, instead use cause and allow. Know the difference.
Be as gentle as you can but as firm as necessary. When you're firm, don't get mean or mad and when you're gentle, don't act like a sissy.
Don't bribe 'em with carrots, don't hit em with a stick. Find the middle of the road.
Don't get mad, get even-tempered.
If your horse wants to bolt, there's probably a nut loose in the saddle.
When he's blinking he's thinking....when he's not, he's hot.
Savvy is knowing where to be, when to be, why to be and what to do when you get there, at any given moment and in any situation with a horse.
You know you do parelli when you put the relationship with your horse first, you study in four savvies, you’re involved in never-ending self-improvement.
The Rapport is in his heart, the Respect is in his head, the Impulsion is in his emotions, the Flexion is in his body.
Pat Parelli's 45 P's:
Pat Parelli Proudly Presents his Provocative and Progressive Programs and the proclamation that Prior and Proper Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Performance,
Particularly if Polite and Passive Persistence is Practiced in the proper position. This Perspective takes Patience from Process to Product, from Principle to Purpose. The Promise that Pat Plans to Prove is that Practice does not make Perfect, only Perfect Practice makes Perfect and, isn’t it Peculiar that these poor Prey animals Perceive us People as predators instead of Partners.
The Principles
1. Horsemanship is natural.
2. Don't make or teach assumptions
3. Communication is two or more individuals sharing and understanding an idea.
4. Horses and humans have mutual responsibilities.
5. The attitude of justice is effective.
6. Body language is the universal language.
7. Horses teach humans and humans teach horses.
8. Principles, purpose and time are the tools of teaching.
Take the time it takes, so that it takes less time.
Expect a lot, accept a little, reward often.
Put your heart in your hand and then touch the horse with your heart
A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care.
Release pressure at the slightest try.
Focus gives you feel. Focus and feel give you timing. Focus, feel and timing give you balance.
If he's licking his lips he's either digesting a thought or he just tasted humble pie.
Green on green makes black and blue.
Slow and right beats fast and wrong
Horses are natural born skeptics, cowards, claustrophobics, and panic-aholics, by nature and in varying degrees.
A horse can only move 6 ways - up, down, forward, backward, left, right, and sometimes all at once!
If you always do what you've always done, then you'll continue to get what you've always got.
Play with the horse that shows up.
A horse is like a computer, it won't always do what you want, but it will always do what you tell it to.
Be as light as possible and as firm as necessary.
Use love, language and leadership in equal doses.
Expect them to do it right, but be ready to correct, not one more than the other.
Cause the wrong thing to be difficult and allow the right thing to be easy.
Don't make or let, instead use cause and allow. Know the difference.
Be as gentle as you can but as firm as necessary. When you're firm, don't get mean or mad and when you're gentle, don't act like a sissy.
Don't bribe 'em with carrots, don't hit em with a stick. Find the middle of the road.
Don't get mad, get even-tempered.
If your horse wants to bolt, there's probably a nut loose in the saddle.
When he's blinking he's thinking....when he's not, he's hot.
Savvy is knowing where to be, when to be, why to be and what to do when you get there, at any given moment and in any situation with a horse.
You know you do parelli when you put the relationship with your horse first, you study in four savvies, you’re involved in never-ending self-improvement.
The Rapport is in his heart, the Respect is in his head, the Impulsion is in his emotions, the Flexion is in his body.
Pat Parelli's 45 P's:
Pat Parelli Proudly Presents his Provocative and Progressive Programs and the proclamation that Prior and Proper Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Performance,
Particularly if Polite and Passive Persistence is Practiced in the proper position. This Perspective takes Patience from Process to Product, from Principle to Purpose. The Promise that Pat Plans to Prove is that Practice does not make Perfect, only Perfect Practice makes Perfect and, isn’t it Peculiar that these poor Prey animals Perceive us People as predators instead of Partners.
The Principles
1. Horsemanship is natural.
2. Don't make or teach assumptions
3. Communication is two or more individuals sharing and understanding an idea.
4. Horses and humans have mutual responsibilities.
5. The attitude of justice is effective.
6. Body language is the universal language.
7. Horses teach humans and humans teach horses.
8. Principles, purpose and time are the tools of teaching.