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[RC] Parelli-trained HORSES - Karen SullivanKat talked about some of the people who are Parelli-ites and how they can give a negative impression; I want to talk about what my observations have been about so called Parelli trained HORSES...I have run into in the last 17 years.... #1 I have observed; especially if a horse is advertised as being Parelli trained or through level X or Y........I know there are going to be major respect issues...... I am currently here recovering from good kick to mid-thigh from "Parelli-trained level 1 mare.....who came to me with a good dose of disrespect to people.... My introduction to these methods came in 1990 when I bought a horse that was"Parelli trained", which I guess was supposed to be a bonus.....the owner showed me some stuff about shaking the rope and the horse backs up, etc...do all this ground work first EVERYTIME before you get on the horse.....why? Well okay....I bought the horse based on riding him once (good price)....trusted my instincts.....and also started looking into who Parelli was and what he did......the owner told me he did clinics for "problem horses/" Should have been giant red flag...which I ignored because I liked the horse......that horse had MAJOR, major problems, huge holes, would not yield to right without backing, bucking, rearing......owner refused to take horse back; I had 3 trainers assess this horse and tell me he had dangerous holes....BTW, he was sold to me as kid-safe horse. But that did get me to inquire about who this Parelli guy was and what the training was about . Gosh, over the years, especially early to mid-90's...tons of stories of people hurt in his clinics, horses hurt, too many people and horse clumped together, stupid, dangerous stuff.....(this off of rec. equestrian and ridecamp)....then photos in articles in magazines of more incredibly dangerous, and stupid stuff.....riding horses into back on trailer? A small child with NO HELMET standing on the back of a pony (no halter, saddle or bridle).....people kneeling in the dirt directly in front of their horses to halter and bridle....all this grandstanding type stuff that maybe looked impressive, but not only had no practical application, but downright dangerous!!! And new people see all this? 7-games video, come on..people at end of video all milling around with no bridles, helmets, see guy falling off his horse at the end... Whoops, off topic, back to the horses......again, my experience is that any horse I have bought with initial Parelli training has been lacking some very important basics regarding respect for humans....and comes with a lot of other garbage I have to then fix.....example of gelding I bought from Parelli level something trainer.....for some reason I can't figure, he was trained to move his back legs away from you if you LOOKED at them.....please tell me what useful application this would be? First of all, this horse had a cut on his back leg that I had to LOOK at....hard to look at the cut if he keeps moving away!!! But.....He wasn't trained to move away from pressure..hence, one of my cues to start teaching a horse from the ground to disengage hindquarters is for me to put my hand behind the girth (where your leg would go, right?), and have the horse step under and move away to pressure......he had no clue what that meant....anyway, he still has some issues I am working on. I could relate stories forever like that..but my overall experience when I have looked at horses to buy, if they are advertised at Parellit trained I know I have a LOT of work to do to fix problems and instill some basic, safe respect....I have yet to come across one that truly impresses me.....again, my disclaimer is that these are my observations based on living in my own little corner of the world in California, the horses I come across, what what I have read and seen...... I guess I am the female version of a curmudgeon (is that a b$*%h <g>)...but I could forgive all the flash and showy Parelli grandstanding, his annoying Parelli-speak, his totally overpriced gear, if he didn't advertise and show so much downright dangerous and stupid stuff.....THAT is what turns me totally off to the program........ Karen =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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