Opinions on Natural Horsemanship Gurus.
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
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Groundwork has done leaps and bounds for my Morgan, who has been a runaway since the day I got him. It was especially useful my first year of college - when he went from having 100 acres to run on to being cooped up in a stall, and I didn't have the time or space to take him on long, loping rides (the college didn't even have a real arena!), round penning helped us both. That's about the only experience I have with it though, besides idly watching a few trainers on TV.
The problem I have with alot of the Natural Horseman ship trainers (besides the fact that they're sellouts) is that if you watch their show, it's the same horse, EVERY TIME! I think it's Clinton Anderson that never has a new horse.
I've also grown up doing things the "cowboy way". I always had access to that wise old horseman or horsewoman's advice, and I took it to heart. I never took a lesson in my life until I got to college, and I learned through experience, not $1,000 clinics. Sometimes I think that's the best way.
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