Anyone used a Parelli instructor, worth the money?

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I'm considering this especially when I'm backing my youngster, but at £45 per hr for lessons would I really benefit as the programme sounds like a huge commitment, buying the equipment etc?
 
I have heard from a lot of people its alode of rubbish... dont quote me on that haha... personally i would get a certified monty roberts trainer or just a good breaking yard im expecting to pay £320 for 4 weeks of breaking shes nothing special but she just is good and very experienced in what she does ! i would see what other people post
 
45 quid an hour for lessons? Seriously?
I wont dazzle you with the whole 'Pat Pepperoni is a numpty' thing as I'm sure you'll get bombarded with it all soon, but no, at £45 a lesson I wouldn't even be considering it :o.
 
Well I'm not into it myself and would never pay one to come here, but my sister regularly has Parelli instructors and workshops at her place. They do seem to have a great time and I love seeing the photos. Even if it's something I don't particularly like myself. Reasons being:

It is a massive marketing machine and the prices charged are phenominal. But it is nothing compared to what a person needs to pay to become qualified. I expect the money they charge for the first few years just goes to paying back what they were ripped off :eek:...I mean invested in. :)

Whilst some of the methods and equipment are useful, there are many which I find abusive, such as shaking the long rope so the heavy brass clasp whacks the horse under the chin :mad:

Having said that, there are some practicioners who are better than others, and for a bolshy, left brained horse, their methods can be pretty effective. But for a reactive, shy, or nervous horse, they can be a disaster.
 
Wagtail said:
Well I'm not into it myself and would never pay one to come here, but my sister regularly has Parelli instructors and workshops at her place. They do seem to have a great time and I love seeing the photos. Even if it's something I don't particularly like myself. Reasons being:

It is a massive marketing machine and the prices charged are phenominal. But it is nothing compared to what a person needs to pay to become qualified. I expect the money they charge for the first few years just goes to paying back what they were ripped off :eek:...I mean invested in. :)

Whilst some of the methods and equipment are useful, there are many which I find abusive, such as shaking the long rope so the heavy brass clasp whacks the horse under the chin :mad:

Having said that, there are some practicioners who are better than others, and for a bolshy, left brained horse, their methods can be pretty effective. But for a reactive, shy, or nervous horse, they can be a disaster.
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Oh wow, and there's me thinking it is 'natural horsemanship' and all about trust between the horse and handler, okay now that has closed the door on that one!! No I dont believe in brute force and have spent every day building the trust with my filly!
 
daisydoo said:
I think I will, I just wanted to know if anyone had gone down the Parelli route thats all.
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You'll find a fair few instructors who have had some training through Parelli, and then decided that they don't like the 'system' who will use some of the concepts but don't restrict themselves to 'Parelli'.

Looking at a lot of the 'better' Parelli videos - it's really not anything that a decently allround trained horse and rider can do :)
 
I wouldn't use Parelli on my Horse even if it was £1 an hour :P I find it just leaves the Horse very confused and the owner out of pocket.

I would look for a Kelly Marks instructor instead :)

Good luck
 
Ditto for an intelligent horsemanship associate.

Unless of course you are not planning on riding your horse for several years then parelli is the way to go as it seems to take forever of 'playing games' before you can even think about getting on your horse!
 
Parelli is very good if *you* want to establish a relationship with, and learn to think more like, your horse.
If you'd rather get a 'broken' horse returned to you, then go traditional or Monty Roberts.

Parelli only becomes problematic if one tries to take short cuts - admittedly, too many people do just that.

Or, of course, misunderstands and stands waving a rope and a stick at a confused horse for years.
I think the problem is that horses are actually a lot smarter than people, and learn a helluva lot quicker. :-)
 
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Mondy said:
Parelli is very good if *you* want to establish a relationship with, and learn to think more like, your horse.
If you'd rather get a 'broken' horse returned to you, then go traditional or Monty Roberts.

Parelli only becomes problematic if one tries to take short cuts - admittedly, too many people do just that.
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Would absolutely refute that - some of the most 'problematic' horses are those which have been handled by the Parellis themselves. Short cuts? What, like trying to bridle a known difficult stallion in one session, as part of a public demonstration?

Establishing a relationship with a horse has absolutely *nothing* to do with following a programme. All horses are individuals, they don't conveniently fall into one of 4 'horsenalities' :rolleyes:

I have personally seen far more damage done through closed-mindedly following the Parelli programme than by taking a common sense approach which takes in a range of different methods.

OP - for working on relationships you could also consider trying a trainer with some classical basis :)
 
Mondy said:
Parelli is very good if *you* want to establish a relationship with, and learn to think more like, your horse.
If you'd rather get a 'broken' horse returned to you, then go traditional or Monty Roberts.

Parelli only becomes problematic if one tries to take short cuts - admittedly, too many people do just that.

Or, of course, misunderstands and stands waving a rope and a stick at a confused horse for years.
I think the problem is that horses are actually a lot smarter than people, and learn a helluva lot quicker. :-)
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Yes because you hear EVERYONE ranting on about having to manage broken horses trained with Intelligent horsemanship... NOT.

Personally I'd go Monty Roberts/Kelly Marks and I'd steer FAR clear of the parelli bunch (Just my opinion of course)
 
Why not just go to a reputable, properly educated trainer? Horses have been trained traditionally/classically/properly for thousands of years before the "natural" lot came around. And yes, you can train a horse badly in any system - if you're not very good.........
 
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