Parelli Horsemanship Display

At the Halladay Family Reunion, we were treated to a Parelli Horse Display by Lindsey's uncle Don Halladay.  To find out more about Don, please check out his web site at donhalladay.com.  In this picture, Don is having the horse walk up to him by just using his body language! 

In this picture, Don is having the horse follow him.  When Don walked forward, the horse walked forward, when Don stopped, so did the horse.  Again, when Don backed up, so did his horse.  It was so neat to watch the relationship between a man and his horse.

This is the horse going around the chairs (instead of barrels).  It was so awesome! 

On the horse (sorry to the poor horse that I keep calling horse - I know he has a name, I just forget what it is)

Tyler feeding this smart horse a snack (on a side note, Tyler had a pretty serious reaction to something right after this encounter.  We have since ruled out an horse allergy.  It's either the grass or the insecticide on the horse).

This is Don with his horse.  I loved watching them work together.  Don was so patient and made it look so easy.  I know that it isn't as easy as it looks though!  Don has worked for several years with this horse and his hard work has definitely paid off!  THANKS SO MUCH for the demo!