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It is correct that the messages they have are great.  And I agree that the common sense follower or practitioner would wear a helmet no matter what.

 

IMO these professional trainers have a responsibility.  Maybe when Lynda cracks her head open jumping the potato salad she will start endorsing helmet use....like the quarterback from the Pittsburgh Steelers did.

 

"Hey kids...I won the Super Bowl so I'm gonna ride without a helmet...oops...Hey kids, helmets are a good idea now that I have brain damage and my coordination stinks and my million dollar career is in the dumper".

Karen Sullivan <greymare56@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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From: "Milroy Grosse"
a Pat Parelli, John Lyons etc etc....they don't wear helmets.
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> You got Lynda Parelli jumping picnic benches without a helmet. These
people must realize the impact their example could have on people. They go
on about safety and horses and respect and and body blocks etc, then jump on
a horse with a cowboy hat or sun visor......makes no sense to me.
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That yanked my chain again! Those folks (Parelli's); consistently show in
videos and photos the most unnecessary; stupid and downright dangerous stuff
I have ever seen with horses; irregardless of not wearing helmets; which
they DON'T encourage, from what I have seen. Photos of jumping with no
helmet; standing on horses; no helmet riding ;a horse right up to the back
of a trailer (rider's neck at level of trailer roof). If you can stand to
watch the whole seven games video without falling asleep; and get to the end
of a clinic with a ton of folks milling around lunging; riding with no
saddle or headgear, or standing on horses at liberty...watch for the guy at
the end who FALLS OFF HIS HORSE!

I am not saying there cannot be valuable lessons to be learned by some of
their methods...but the stories about too many horses crowded into clinics
and horses and riders hurt; plus the sheer stupidity I have seen in the
videos and photos....AND the multitude of so-called Parelli trained horses
that I have seen with huge holes in their training and dangerous behaviors;
all add up to me never wanting to endorse anything they sell or do......
Karen

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