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Introducing Team USA...
Craig Cameron grew up dreaming of being a cowboy. Although he went to school in Houston, Texas, his family always owned and operated cattle ranches in Texas where Craig's heart and soul seemed most at home. Craig, with no training except the school of hard knocks, began to enter open rodeos in Texas. He competed in bareback, saddle bronc and bull riding. Craig always said, "The worst thing that could happen to a young rodeo competitor was to win, because winning just fueled the fire." Throughout Craig's rodeo career he headquartered at the family ranch in Giddings. With a natural love of horses, Craig started taking local horses from people who were having "horse problems". Craig grew up watching rough and tumble methods of horse breaking in the 1950s and 60s and never did believe or cotton to the unnecessary rough treatment of the horses. Craig took a slower, more natural approach that seemed to work. Clients would get their horses back puzzled by how such an incredible transition had taken place. People wanted to come and watch the magic at work. Craig said, "When I started making them pay, they really started listening." Then Craig heard about a man named Ray Hunt who advocated working with the horse and not against him. Craig followed in Ray Hunt's trail and became one of the "original clinicians". Craig is said to be one of the innovators of the one hour colt-starting demonstration which Craig has performed thousands of times all over the world. Now Craig performs his magic on a regular basis to enthusiastic horse owners, not only on the road where he travels almost 80,000 miles a year, but also as a regular on RFD-TV. Craig's two shows, Ride Smart and the the wildly popular, award-winning Extreme Cowboy Race, which Craig Cameron created and hosts have brought him even more notoriety in the horse Craig Cameron keeps the cowboy way alive and well each day. If you know Craig Cameron you know his sense of humor and his trademark laugh that he is well known for at all of his clinics, at the ranch and on the road. But the road in many ways seems to still be home for Craig Cameron. After years of rodeo and decades of horsemanship clinics on the road, Craig is still going strong at an age where most men are riding the rocking chair. Craig still starts hundreds of colts and teaches hundreds of classes each year coast to coast and nation to nation. Craig Cameron may have grown up dreaming to be a cowboy, but with his induction into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, people now will always say, "He did not just dream it, he lived it." To learn more about Craig Cameron, visit www.craigcameron.com.
Pat Parelli, founded his program based on a foundation of love, language and leadership. Parelli Natural Horsemanship allows horse owners at all levels of experience to achieve success with their horses by combining in-depth equine psychology and common sense communication techniques into the ultimate recipe for horse and rider success. Since Pat and his wife and teaching par tner, Linda coined the term Natural Horsemanship in 1991, they have spread PNH across the globe with campuses in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. These campuses equip horsemen and women with the tools and mindset to build par tnerships with their horses without the use of fear, force or intimidation. Over the past 20 years, over 200,000 people across 35 countries have experienced PNH either on campus or through the Parelli study-athome program. By implementing the principles and techniques of the Parelli program and creating a firm foundation for horses, their students have been able to achieve success they thought only possible in their dreams. Dedicated to creating a lasting legacy, Pat and Linda are actively creating opportunities for people who aspire to work in the equine industry. While Parelli Natural Horsemanship is a global company, it remains true to its family-oriented foundation and has one unifying higher goal: "to help create a better world for horses and humans".
Coinciding with the launch of the new ParelliConnect.com site, 75% of monthly membership fees for Benefactor Level Members will automatically be directed to the Parelli Foundation. With no additional action required on their part, Benefactors will be helping to find "forever" homes for horses in need, enriching children's lives through natural horsemanship learning, developing future paraequestrians, and supporting students all over the world by developing the Parelli Professionals and equine educators of tomorrow. The Parelli Community will be able to identify these individuals by their black "Benefactor" badge on the ParelliConnect.com web site. (ParelliConnect.com provides an online social forum packed with training tools, step-by-step to do lists, video and more, including FREE streaming video access to the entire Parelli Level 1 Education material.) Unbeknownst to the equine industry, the Parelli Corporation has made a good head start on the Parelli Foundation efforts already. Over the past three years, while running the campuses on a break-evenonly basis, some 400 students have received over $3 million dollars in scholarships from Parelli. In addition, over the past 25 years, they have donated over half a million dollars to therapeutic riding causes and the careers of para-equestrians. When not on the road traveling, Pat enjoys competing at regional reined cowhorse shows and cuttings alongside his son Caton and the rest of the Parelli Performance Team. He and Linda share their home with two miniature dachshunds named Moxie and Vinny. To learn more about Pat Parelli, visit www.parelli.com.
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industry. Craig has worked with and for such notables as: Bum Phillips, Red Steagall, Ty Murray, Red Adare, Lynn Anderson, Charmayne James, Buck Taylor, Jewel, Al Dunning, Cody Lambert, Michael Martin Murphy, R.C. Slocum, Bob Moorhouse, Jerry Diaz, J.W. Stoker and many more. 
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