Comments | bad_riding: Parelli... Need I say more?

monica1979 in bad_riding

Parelli... Need I say more?

Oct 24, 2013 23:13

A lot of you might have seen this already, but when I first started hearing about Parelli most of their questionable videos had disappeared into thin air. Then this gem surfaced on the web. Linda P. at her "best".
If you can find one thing right with this video, I'll buy one of those damn carrot shticks and eat it.

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parelli, saints, stupidity, abuse, release? what's that?, clueless owners, terrible trainers

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labradors October 24 2013, 23:56:26 UTC

Ugh my first introduction to Parelli was watching one of my barn's well behaved horses suddenly fling his head around and look a mess while his new owner jerked the lead around. Not impressed.

wild_filly_sama October 25 2013, 00:30:56 UTC

I've seen this technique used properly before, and it sure as hell doesn't look like that.

The trainers involved used *small* rope wiggles and only ever escalated them for two swings, and accompanied them with verbal and tapping cues so that the horse immediately got the hint and would back-up and get the release and break. They are some of the most sensitive and safe horses I have ever met, as well as some of the most intelligent trainers.

Baffles me that someone as high up the foodchain as Lina wouldn't jump at her student the instant she saw so much excess and complete lack of release. You can easily see at which point the horse mentally checks out :(

bluelinegoddess October 25 2013, 03:50:22 UTC

Linda has BEAT BLIND HORSES with the lead rope at CLINICS before, she's hardly a saint or compassionate at all. THAT video was crazy. Linda is the queen of over the top idiocy.

red_goes_faster November 4 2013, 09:41:13 UTC

Yeah, I've used a SENSIBLE version of this to teach a horse to back up, and I did it without traumatising my horse.

This video, however, is whack.

midnightsecret October 25 2013, 01:12:56 UTC

Wow. I couldn't even watch the whole thing because I feel so bad for this poor horse, who is a total saint.

It definitely seems like the purpose of this "method" is to fry the horse's brain completely and make him horribly headshy. If that's the case, they are doing an awesome job!

suraineko October 25 2013, 02:08:15 UTC

FYI this is straight from the Parelli Level 1 instructional videos. That means they PICKED this footage out of all the other examples to show people how they think it should be done.

bluelinegoddess October 25 2013, 03:40:39 UTC

And silly 13-year-old me trained a horse to back up on voice command only by gently pushing on its chest while putting a bit of pressure on the lead rope. 20 years later I can walk up to that mare in the pasture, say "Molly, back" and she'll take three steps back. No standing there shaking a leadrope like a damned fool!