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xJulz_09
16 Mar 2010 21:52
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Just found this video on youtube of Linda Parelli working with a horse...
http://www.youtube.com/user/clayclream#p/f/1/CyF2QqP29DU
Some people are calling this horse abuse, others approve it. To me it looks like the horse is totally confused and doesn't understand. What on earth is she actually trying to achieve by swinging a rope at the horses head, hitting it round the face, and smacking it with the rope? When she stopped and just stood still, the horse didn't seem as worried, so why bother winding it up?! I thought the aim of Parelli was to make the horse trust you and want to be with you aswell as improving the relationship between horse and rider/handler, which she clearly isn't doing here. This doesn't look like natural horsemanship to me! Any opinions?
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Bwaveheart
17 Mar 2010 08:48
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I wouldn't let her near any of my horses.
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BT
17 Mar 2010 10:38
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From what I understand from another website is that the horse being 'trained' in this video is blind in one eye. She is meant to be teaching it ground manners as it had previously walked over its handler.
I think a lot of Natural Horsemanship is fantastic, especially for problem horses. But I don't really understand Parelli, I must confess I haven't really read up on it fully. It seems to be wonderfully marketed though!! I believe there are different Saavy levels to be acheived and within each level there are games you play to gain the trust of your horse.
This may work for some people, but personally I have found the best way to get a horses trust is to be calm, consistent and kind. In this video Linda is being none of the above, her timing for the releases is off, she does not reward the horse for correct behaviour and appears to have lost her temper.
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DressageSpain
17 Mar 2010 11:49
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I think that Parelli has only been marketed wonderfully to everyone, which is why there is such a hype about it. Don't think there is any value in it. And the video confuses me probably as much the horse. What on earth is she trying to achieve? Horsemen like Richard Maxwell on the other hand, you can see and understand where he is coming from as he is calm but confident, fair but firm. The horse instantly knows the boundary and what he wants him to do.
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peaches
22 Mar 2010 17:05
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Parelli training is one huge hyped up system that's captured people's minds into thinking that every other system is incorrect. I decided to watch a programme on Parelli training about a month ago, and could not believe what I was seeing. A horse was being made to stand on three legs on a large plastic drum!! please... what's this all about, how humiliating for such noble creatures. Then horses were being made to walk sideways over a row of black and white barrels? And to top it all, a horse and rider cantering around the arena bouncing a very large green plastic ball at the same time!
I take my hat off to the Parelli marketing team, they sure have done a good job in selling this system. I can only imagine how much money has been earned through videos, equipment and clothing etc., etc.
I much prefer to watch Monty Roberts, Kelly Marks or Richard Maxwall; the real genuine experts that are systematically training horses via a proven method to become better equines for themselves and for thier owners and don't just get horses to do degrading tricks for an audience.
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xJulz_09
10 Apr 2010 22:27
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Im glad a few people agree with me!
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joallan
23 Jul 2010 18:44
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I have met only one pupil of the parelli method, and her cob was well mannered, but I rejected the method because I felt it was bullying to the horse, waving ropes in the air, making it submit to her will.
It seems that if Pat and his wife find a horse who does not respond to their method, they revert to force, so really their basic premise is flawed.
Most horses will learn to co operate with their handlers, and learn what responses are required. Some take longer than others, some will always be difficult in certain procedures, but often this is due to rough handling in early life. some are spirited and have to be kidded along if we want them to do our bidding, but I never want them to do my bidding if they think the alternative is a thrashing, this is not the way.
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Clare
25 Jul 2010 08:47
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"I have met only one pupil of the parelli method, and her cob was well mannered, but I rejected the method because I felt it was bullying to the horse, waving ropes in the air, making it submit to her will.
It seems that if Pat and his wife find a horse who does not respond to their method, they revert to force, so really their basic premise is flawed.
Most horses will learn to co operate with their handlers, and learn what responses are required. Some take longer than others, some will always be difficult in certain procedures, but often this is due to rough handling in early life. some are spirited and have to be kidded along if we want them to do our bidding, but I never want them to do my bidding if they think the alternative is a thrashing, this is not the way." Elwyn Hartley Edwards was the very first of a new breed of horseman, I read one of his books many years ago as a young person,it was a revelation. He was a proper horseman with forward thinking attitudes to horse behaviour and training. I still have copies of The Horseman’s Manual and the Horseman’s Guide in my bookcase. Every serious horse keeper should read these books and use them as a reference.
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