Comments | barrel_racers: Opinions on Natural Horsemanship Gurus.

goneriding24_7 in barrel_racers

Opinions on Natural Horsemanship Gurus.

Mar 12, 2008 21:39

Ok, I've always hated Parelli because he's a money squandering jerk, but I've recently given in and been looking everywhere for more tools to use in training my horses. I have read his book and am doing his level 1 program. I've learned a lot, but I don't suck up every little thing he does, and I'm certainly not following his program like I ( Read more... )

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cassidyscowgirl March 13 2008, 02:21:25 UTC

Natural horsemanship...okay I'll weight in here. I think some of them get amazing things out of their horses. Stacy Westfall, who I've just heard of recently, seems like a cool girl and Clinton Anderson has some common sense stuff. The Parelli's seem like all they want to produce is a 1000 pound circus dog and if that's what you want to do that's great but personally I would rather have a horse that I can ride and respects me. I know next to nothing about Parelli, just what I've gleaned from the internet, his site, and his marketing campaign. I can make a rope halter, do I expect someone to pay me $50 bucks for it? No, because that's ridiculous ( ... )

goneriding24_7 March 13 2008, 02:39:14 UTC

Thats one reason I like Monty Roberts more than the others, he grew up KNOWING Tom Dorrance and mentions him explicitly a lot. I like that about him. Parelli does mention other trainers even Xenophon (dating back to B.C. times but seemed to get the "Not beating the horse" idea) but he does it so subtly as if to hide it from most of the people that follow his ways ( ... )

cassidyscowgirl March 13 2008, 03:17:56 UTC

Oh, god please don't join the club! You'll go to sleep in a pod and wake up spouting the gospel of Parelli ( ... )

xxmorningstar March 14 2008, 03:42:52 UTC

I personally think Parelli's just running a glorified dog and pony show. I'm sorry, I think it's absolutely insane to climb on your horse with not even a halter on him...that's like getting into car with no steering wheel or brakes. Sure, I trust my horse...but not that much ( ... )

goneriding24_7 March 14 2008, 04:10:49 UTC

Thanks for your input, I'll look at the horse wyse stuff ( ... )

mariegrantaire December 8 2008, 21:30:53 UTC

I think that the idea of Natural Horsemanship is definitely a good base ( ... )