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That's true for about a 3rd of our BASP club.  Another 3rd are incredible horse people.  I belong the the in-between 3rd.

 

The Parelli's have been spending a lot of time addressing people's fears and even incorporating materials from a professor of adult learning in the curriculum.

 

At the BASP training camp, the instructor almost made Drako blow up while trying to trailer load him.  (This was after she was loading a bunch of really low key horses).  She looked at me and said "how in the world did you get this horse in the trailer?" 

 

"I just walked him in....."

 

K.

 

 

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From: <jeanmiller@xxxxxxxxxx>

I have a good friend who claims that all Parelli does is teach non horsey women how to love their horses!  I also have a neighbor who has a huge dressage jumping horse.  This horse is fine in the ring, but get him outside a ring and after working on trail (he crosses everything and will follow Maggie anywhere), he throws a hissy fit and usually ends up by dumping his rider.  My friend who has been doing the parelli thing for over a year now, is still leading this horse for over a mile before she gets on his back to trail ride, she only walks on trail, and then she leads the horse over a mile home.  She is afraid of this guy and to be honest with you, so would I be.  In fact, if I were in her shoes with 3 young kids, I would get rid of this horse and get something that I could safely ride anywhere.  I am guessing that a very experienced rider could get through to this horse but then he comes back to Jullie  the sam e problem will exist.  I did find a halflinger cross that she leased for the summer.  This is the horse she rode on trail by herself, put her kids on, and in general had a blast.  Toby is a good ol' boy.  But when Jullie tried the parelli thing to get him in the trailer, guess who won?  The owner got Toby in the trailer in minutes.  I am sure that all methods of training have their place.  But I always figured, one takes little of this, a little of that, and then uses what works best for you.  At any rate, I was well entertained this summer.  Jeanie