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New Book!!
I have just completed a new book! This one is a bit of departure although it is still very much related to animals and handling. The title...
The Problem with Weight is NOT Losing it!
The book is now in my hands and available. Reviews are excellent. Here are just a few of the early comments:
Love the size and feel! Did a flip through -- you
must be so proud! I've read here and there -- and was able to dive in at
most any spot. To me -- this is great for a "how to" and or informational
book! I'm really looking forward to a complete read through. The
organization is well done. I also feel that "you" come through truly. (The
best part). You've made it easy for anyone interested to become hooked.
Then the more they read -- the more they realize. And you will have more
converts. And then it can work for them as well!!
Marsha
I just finished reading your book. Nice job! it got to me just at the right time in my life too! I like all the connections with animals and in continuing to learn and teach the applied behavioral analysis techniques for animals this is the same for people...of course.
Anyway...great job. Hope you are getting a lot of good feedback. I will recommend your book to my friends who are struggling with the same issues. I felt good that I am already doing about 90% of what you suggested in chapter where you go over how to put the program in place, I just need to add in that exercise!
Susan
Love your book; it is SO VERY DIFFERENT from any other book I have ever read...and knowing some of the Balance Bunch members makes it so much fun.
Nikki
I was hoping that people would read the book and see it as very different from a diet book. This book is about balancing your life and how animals and your relationship with them can show you the way. As the title suggests the problem with weight is not losing it. I know so many people exactly like me, people who are frustrated because they lose weight but can't seem to keep it off. I now feel like I have the secret to the universe- honestly. I can't believe how simple and easy it is to maintain my weight even with a challenging travel schedule. I am not even a gym member anymore!
Robert Applegate who lives in Oregon won the prepublication drawing for the free clinic.
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New Book!
The Problem with Weight is NOT Losing it! ™
by Marty McGee Bennett
I have struggled with weight my whole life. I have gained and lost
hundreds of pounds. For the last three years I have successfully used the
ideas of balance that I teach for handling animals- to balance my weight. For
the first time in my life I have learned to maintain a
healthy trim weight and NOT diet! After almost giving up- I am now
finding that maintaining a healthy weight is surprisingly easy and I think you will too. Using animals as a metaphor, gain insights into your own behavior that will help you lose weight and more than that- maintain the weight you lose FOREVER! If you have an
interest in animals, being healthy and living in balance this is a book
for you!
You can order the book
from the webstore in the book section. Marty
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2010 Events
2010 Events:
Advanced trainings:
There will be two advanced trainings this year both in the United States at the Camelidynamics Training Center in Bend Oregon. The dates are June 26-30, 2010 and August 21-25, 2010. You must have already attended a two-day basic with Marty or a certified Practitioner 2 in order to attend an Advanced Training. There are no other requirements. You do not need to have camelid handling experience and in fact many people attend the advanced training before they bring their animals home. As the camelid market becomes more competitive getting the Camelidynamics Handler Seal can help you gain the competitive edge. I can say for sure that new owners and shoppers are interested in animals that are easy to handle! If you are curious about what it is like to attend an advanced training the area and many other details are described in the Camelidynamics Training Center Guide or you can always ask me marty@camelidynamics.com anything but you can also post any question that you have about what an advanced training is like on the forum or email any Handler or Practitioner to get the low down. It is one of the best investments you can make for your animals, yourself and your business (and you don't have to tell your CPA but it is also way fun!) For those of you interested in combining your two-day basic training and an advanced training in one trip- the June Advanced Training will follow our Annual Two-day PLUS!! held here in Bend. More on this below. Remember Guild Members can sign up and hold a spot without sending a deposit. When the clinic begins to fill I will send an email reminder that it is time to send a deposit to continue to hold your spot.
Special Events at the Camelidynamics Training Center 2010
June 19-21: This clinic begins with a two-day Basic Camelidynamics Clinic our annual shearing clinic taught by Camelidynamics Practitioner Tracy Annis. Learn how to set up your facilities for efficient animal and fleece handling. Learn how to skirt a fleece and what to do with all that fluff! Get a taste of carding, spinning, knitting machines, and felting! Our shearing fiber day will also feature our very own fiber maven Liz McDannold and her perennially-popular needle felting class.
Education with a Destination: It was so much fun last year that we are doing it again! Crescent Moon, Flying Dutchman Alpacas and Camelidynamics/Pookhurst Farm are teaming up again for an educational extravaganza! The agenda and guest speakers are top secret at this stage but suffice it to say that it will be an astounding array of talent. Experience three unique ranches in three locations, top speakers from around the world all in one of the most beautiful parts of the United States- Central Oregon. You will be a hearing more about Education with a Destination, right now mark your calendar August 26-29, 2010 Bend Oregon!
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2009 Advanced Training Report
Advanced Trainings 2009 a Report
Pookhurst in the morning
2009 included two advanced trainings here in Bend and one
in England. They were all wonderful! I am continually impressed with
how students improve after just one video session and after four days
it is just amazing. Our trainings here in Bend brought together 41
students from 25 states and 3 countries with over 100 alpacas and
llamas from six ranches. Liz chopped over 40 pounds of veggies and I
think we were better organized than ever before and still had fun!
The Advanced Training in England:
The "crazy" UK Advanced Clinic Grads!
The last advanced training of the year was held in England at Kilnwood Alpacas
home to Mandy and Miranda and their two hundred plus alpacas. The
clinic was ably organized by Practitioner 2 Dr. Julie Taylor-Browne who
did an amazing job. Julie assisted as did P1 Sibylle Klasing Mann, P
Jay Holland and P Brad Bennett and Kilnwood herdsman Amy Hinton. We
had twenty participants from 5 countries. Our facilities were
wonderful! We had a Camelidynamics Handling Facility, more than enough
pens, obstacles, two video cameras and a big screen projector! The
weather was crisp and clear EVERY DAY. Brad and I stayed at lovely
authentic genuine old English inn- The Falkland Arms with a thatched
roof it was just adorable. Our commute was a lovely 2 mile walk each
morning and afternoon from Kilnwood Alpacas in Little Tew to the
Falkland Arms in Greater Tew- all EXTREMELY English. Plans are already
underway for another advanced training in the UK in 2011 regardless of
where you live consider attending this advanced training it is a great
location with no compromise on facilities and an opportunity to
experience Camelidynamics in another part of the world.
If
you haven't been to an advanced training plan to come and if you have
been come back! The advanced trainings in 2009 resulted in the
following promotions. Congratulations to all and thank you for your
commitment to Camelidynamics and the well being of your animals.
Promotions!
This
has been a big year for the Camelidynamics Teaching Staff. You can read
more about all these people and their farms by visiting our website.
You can also keep track of their clinics, free lessons as well as shows
and conferences where Camelidynamics will have a presence by visiting Marty's calendar page or the practitioner calendar page.
Liz McDannold (OR) and Sibylle Klasing-Mann are now officially Practitioner 1's.
Jay Holland (UK)
Sara Davis (MA)
Rose Mogerman (NJ) are now Practitioners
We have added nine new Apprentice Practitioners:
Marsha Williams (OH)
Mary DeVinitz (OH)
Nikki Griffith (WA)
Jan Pressler (VT)
Robert Applegate (OR)
Tandy Camacho (NV)
Amy Kemp (CT)
Sandra Weeks, (CT)
We have added thirteen new Camelidynamics Handlers!
Nicole Glatfelter (CT)
Rob Stephens (WI)
Hilary Cross (UK)
Victoria Barrett (UK)
Cindy Ruckman (OH)
David Ruckman (OH)
Laurie Findlay (CA)
Jacquie Christiani (Ontario)
Jennifer Ely (WA)
Val Newell, (NH)
Colette Thomas (Ontario)
Terry Young (MO)
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Camelidynamics in Europe 2009
The German graduates
I
departed the US for Germany on September 10th and arrived in Frankfurt
on September 11th, the very next day 28 people from Germany and
Switzerland converged on the home and barn of Camelidynamics
Practitioner(1) Sibylle (Billie) Klasing-Mann Sterntal Alpakas.
Billie translated The Camelid Companion into German and in doing so has
really put Camelidynamics on the German speaking map! The clinic itself
was able translated by Julia Scharfenstein a new face to alpacas,
llamas, and camels and translating Camelidynamics for the first time...
it DID NOT SHOW! I think by the end of the training we had an official
convert to both Camelidynamics and camelids! We had a great time and
the highlight of the weekend, horribly upstaging yours truly...were the
Bactrian CAMELS! Isabel Saraber brought two Bactrian camels to day two
and they were adorable, kind, gentle and incredibly aware! These big
guys wandered around our staging area visiting the classroom the llamas
and the alpacas and were so graceful and gentle you hardly knew they
were there, except that every time you saw one you couldn't help
smiling! The one step at a time exercise was so much fun I almost
couldn't stand it.
One BIG step at a time!
Isabel
uses her camels for trekking in the Swiss forest, if you are interested
in learning more about this amazing operation visit their website
there are photos and video of riding the camels. I can close my eyes
and picture myself between those humps riding through the Swiss forest
-that is now definitely on my list for our next European tour in 2011.
After Germany I met up with Brad in Zurich and we headed to the
Italian part of Switzerland. This is an area with alps AND lakes and
is the most temperate area of Switzerland... palm trees every where!
We hiked to castles, vineyards, walked on the Roman Bridge and hiked to
Corripa a village of only 18 residents literally carved into the
mountainside.
Attack of the giant American women!
Marty and Brad hiking Locarno Switzerland
Next, off to Benkin Switzerland and the home and farm Alpakahof-linth
of Hans and Lisa Stocker and over 100 alpacas for another two day basic
clinic. What a wonderful clinic with attendees from Austria,
Switzerland, Germany. Facilities were amazing and despite the call for
rain we had beautiful weather and wonderful Swiss lunches. Our
translator Karin Lange was an alpaca owner herself. We had a lot of
laughs Periodically I will ask a question for the audience to answer...
quite often Karin would answer the question herself. She would get so
involved with the clinic she forgot to translate! She was brilliant and
fun and I think her experience gave the translation an additional
perspective.
Inside the "big" tent in Switzerland
is this Swiss or what
Swiss Grads
I
am always amazed how difficult and different it is to teach and be
translated. It requires real discipline in terms of how many words I
use to get a point across; I can't go off on tangents like I can when I
am teaching in English. There are always moments in a clinic when I
know I am not making much sense...I seem to get overwhelmed with all
the words I have to choose from! Combine that with a little bit of age
related forgetfulness...and I would find myself starting to make a
point only to forget where it was I was going. Normally I just shine it
on and my polite audience will too. When someone is trying to
translate- it is a different story. Each time I went down the primrose
path of nonsense my translator would give me an odd look and ask me to
try again!
It was with some relief that I was able to head to England for the last advanced training of the year taught in English!
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Plan Ahead to Attend an Advanced Training Next Year...
Advanced trainings are a ton of fun and a terrific investment in your herd and your business. They are also very popular and fill up quickly. If you have attended a basic clinic in the past and want to attend an advanced training, consider joining the Camelidynamics Guild. Guild members receive advanced notice of the dates of the advanced trainings and get first dibs. As a Guild member you can hold your spot at an advanced clinic without a deposit until the clinic begins to fill. This is one of many benefits of Guild Membership.
For more information about joining the guild click here.
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The Advanced Training was wonderful but don't take my word for it...
“I can't express how very impressed I am with you and your wonderful program, it literally changed the way I thought about approaching my alpacas. (Already, I have been able to put some things into practice, and my husband is suitably impressed.) The clinic ran so smoothly with so many people doing so many different things; you are a magician when it comes to logistics. And of course, all of the Practitioner staff were wonderful as well! And the food!!! Think hard about putting some of those recipes on the Guild website!
My husband and I are agreed on where we are setting up a special area in the pasture for the Camelidynamics Handling Facility demonstrated at the advanced training and will be able to herd alpacas from anywhere on our ranch into the area. I can't wait until it is finished, perhaps by the end of this week ...I'll send pictures when it is done. I think it will be a perfect area for breeding as well.”
Nikki
“I think this training session was the best you've ever done, and I think the difference was the hours you spent with the practitioners going over everything in such detail that when they taught us, they were able to break everything down to it's smallest detail. I know it really helped me, and I find myself practicing the catch rope on a fence post and the 'rope management.’
Again, I must commend you and all the practitioners for their patience and excellent teaching, I can't say enough about what a thrill it was to follow what they were teaching and to see the result when done correctly. The 'morning exercises' the unbendable arm and particularly the 'pushing hands' exercise were incredibly helpful. I've used these two exercises in particular with one of my clients who is very willing to learn, and it made a huge difference in her handling techniques.”
Robert
“You are amazing with the animals and it was a pleasure to work with you! I started working with some of the techniques as soon as I got home (actually the minute I got home I walked in the barn and worked with one of my boys who was never haltered before). It was fun and he was not ready to lead, but the halter lesson was great. Hubby was impressed. I said - if you think that is good - you should see Marty do it. You and Brad have a wonderful place and a great set up!! I enjoyed the hospitality and the surroundings. It was a great experience in many ways. One important thing I learned from the clinic (among MANY things) is that I have A LOT to learn!! I thought I was doing good - but I can be SO MUCH better. I also started using TTouch on my dog and horses - they LOVE it. Very funny - the dog gets all glassy eyed like he is drunk.”
Rose
“I really did come back a changed person… in many ways. I actually have my first “ story” of how changing the way I am handling worked! I came back and we had to milk out one of my girls who has too much milk.. She always fights and kicks… I put her in the catch pen, did a nice midline catch, the bracelet and some TTouch on her side and belly and udder.. (Llama touches) and then my daughter was able to milk out 8 ounces of milk!! It was amazing.”
Val
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