Lockyer Valley, QLD Clinic-UPDATE

I originally scheduled a 3-day Clinic in Walloon, QLD for July 15-17 and have had several enquiries regarding this clinic but in light of the recent flooding I will be cancelling this event...

And, I will now be holding 2 Fun Days instead with the goal of sharing a bit of fun and instruction to those that have had a bit of a rough go of it this year.  This will be at the same location in Walloon, located in the Lockyer Valley (15km west of Ipswich off the Warrego Hwy) at the Palmerston Arena on the new dates of 2-3 July 2011 open to all Parelli Savvy Club Members at all levels. 

We have all seen the destruction across Australia either in person or on the news from fires, to floods to cyclones and we want to do what we can.  SE QLD  is a special area to me as I have family in Toowoomba and grew up at Nudgee Junior College in Brisbane after leaving my families' station in central QLD.  I want to make sure I can provide the support the area needs at this time in the way that I know how, and that is through horsemanship.

So, I will be donating my time and travel expenses to keep the cost of the fun days at a total of $30.00 per participant (to cover the venue hire). 

Please contact us if you are interested in participating as spaces are limited to 12 Parelli Savvy Club Members.  See the flyer here.

Picton, Mowbray Park, NSW 23-24 April, see the flyer for more details 

Hervey Bay area, QLD 6-8 May, see the flyer for more details

Atherton, QLD 17-19 June, see the flyer for more details 

Hahndorf, SA 24-26 June, see the flyer for more details

Walloon, QLD 2-3 July, see the flyer for more details
Galston, NSW (Sydney area) 10 July, see the flyer for more details
Orange, NSW  5-6 November

View the full 2011 Schedule 

For those of you who have not yet heard about this exciting event...

EAT. SLEEP. PLAY with your horse 2011

5 nights and 6 days

1 million acres of varied terrain in the Outback of Australia

This is something you won't forget!

Have you ever been in a new environment with a friend or your partner and had to rely on each other for support and respective strengths? This camp has been developed to allow for you and your horse to experience this same kind of partnership growth. What better way to develop respect and rapport with your horse than spending a week with them at Tongo Station.

This horsemanship experience combines the Principles and techniques of Parelli Natural Horsemanship while adding a bit of purpose to it all. This education vacation will be situated on a large cattle and sheep station, over 1 million acres of land, to roam with your horse; guided by some of Australia's top Licensed Parelli Instructors Sam Caporn of WA and Rob McAuliffe of NSW.

It's not just a trail ride and it's not just a horsemanship clinic, it's both plus a bit more. Enjoy riding in an iconic bush setting during the day while practicing your natural horsemanship skills and settle down with your horse at night by the campfire with a group of like-minded students. This event will be the one everyone wants to attend in 2011! Will you be there?

For more information and to sign-up go to the website, http://robmcauliffe.com/eatsleepplay2011.html

For current Parelli Savvy Club Members - Address specific issues or road blocks you may be facing with your horse now that you have started the Parelli Program...

Workshops are available approximately once each month and are 4 hours in duration, with a few breaks for coffee/tea/drinks. Each Workshop is limited to a total of six people due to the structure of the day.   

Currently the only location that Workshops are available is Wilton, NSW 2571 (south of Sydney)

Available only to Parelli Savvy Club Members, Workshops are a great way to adress specific topics. This is an informal group learning session where we will cover specific topics you would like to go over during the session and under the guidance of a Licensed Parelli Professional you will be able to cover the steps you need to take with your horse to get over some of the hurdles you may be facing. Not all topics may be covered in one session.

Examples of topics that may be covered in a Workshop include:

• Specific tasks on a Levels Assessment
• Float Loading
• Feet Preparation for the Farrier
• Bridling Trouble
• Introducing New Tools such as-
• 45' Line
• Cradle Bridle
• Saddle Fit
• Preparing your horse for the vet

Price: Savvy Club Member $250.00

Next workshop is scheduled for the 6^th April 2011

To see other Workshop dates, view the schedule here

To sign-up please contact us,

Phone- 02 4630 9443

Email- rob@robmcauliffe.com

This is the first story to be published in our Newsletter and we hope you not only enjoy it but feel inspired to share a story with us. 

Cathy's Story 

Beauwood Isabella, one of our beautiful Hackney brood mares at our stud in Goulburn NSW, spent some months earlier this year visiting a stallion at another stud and came home quite traumatised from some incidences there.When we got her home, she trembled for 3 days and it took another 4 weeks of undemanding time standing at the yard gate before I could even touch her on her shoulder.Isabella had lost all trust and confidence in people and would lash out when approached. 

I knew that this situation was way beyond my level of savvy, so I called Rob for help. I was concerned that when it came time for Isabella to foal, that if she needed assistance, no one would be able to help her. Rob came to our property and spent valuable time with Isabella helping her to trust people again and giving her the confidence to be handled.With Parelli Games 1, 2 and 3, Rob helped Isabella make huge progress even in her first session.

Isabella foaled in the early hours of 1 November 2010 but unfortunately her colt did not survive the birth.We were devastated as we watched her mourning over her foal for hours. Early that same morning, a mare at a Thoroughbred Stud in Canberra had died giving birth to her colt. 

As luck would have it, we had called our vet to tell him what had happened and the word had spread.Within a couple of hours, the thoroughbred colt was on his way to our stud lying across the back seat of a vet's car.

When he arrived, he was the biggest foal we had ever seen and seemed to unfold his long legs from the back of the car - hence, we named him "Spider".

Isabella was more than a little confused with the whole situation. We rubbed her dead foal's placenta over the new foal and presented the foal to her.Throughout the next 24 hours, Isabella was fantastic.She coped with strange people in her stable as well as being milked so that I could bottle feed the foal until he was strong enough to suckle from her.Being a maiden mare, the whole process must have been very strange to her.

Isabella took on the thoroughbred colt as her own and after 3 weeks of care here at our stud, they were moved by truck to the thoroughbred stud in Canberra until Spider is weaned.Perhaps one day we will see Spider on the race track - hopefully not stepping like a Hackney!

We cannot thank Rob enough for his expertise in helping Isabella gain back her trust in people.  Without Rob, Isabella would have had an entirely tragic outcome to her first foaling experience.

See the photos from Rob's latest Colt Start as well as keep up with his most current events, photos and student comments by 'following' Rob on Parelli Connect.

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