Is Parelli bad for the brain?

rema said:
My horse adores the ball.I swear he has more ball control than the england football team.I usually stand back and throw the ball at my horse and he will header it into our little goal.
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yyeeessss of course he does.

maybe you should sign him up for the team, he will probably do better than the humans and cost a fraction of their wages to employ!
have just had a thought- is the tail pulling useful for teaching working pirouttes?!

erm is it not also unnatural for a horse to be dragged backwards by a derranged human yanking its tail?!?!?!
 
Not you personally.

Just as a general really.

If it's about being all free,natural and at one and all of that. Then why not the handler too?

[I'm being humourous, for the record. ;) ]
 
i've been doing parelli for many years and have never been kicked before..i have been trod on when the horse was so eager to play the game that he has started to reverse before i was ready.
 
rema, hang on a minute I thought that one of the parelli teaching methods was aimed at helping a horse to load but if parelli doesn't agree with horses being in a lorry or trailer why would they want to help anyone to achieve that?
 
Also meant to add, pulling the horse round by the tail is quite an advanced move. It shows the horse willing to move with you, even by its tail. But only after a lot of work on building trust and obedience. I did try it once with my boy, and he just looked at me like i was going madder than ususal. He would never kick so i wouldnt be worried of that, but if you think your horse may not like it, common sense tells you not to try.

Also, i still dont think its fair to diss the method as bad. Its only the ability of the trainer after all. Parelli done good is a joy to watch.
 
Firstly, this thread just made me shriek with laughter. Fine, except I'm at work...

Seriously, though, Parelli annoys me so much. There are so many people who switch off to natural horsemanship because they assume it is all about mugs playing games, pulling tails and paying a fortune for the privilege!

I'm all for natural horsemanship if it is practical, logical and helps me build a good relationship with my horse. For that matter, I'm all for conventional techniques if they are practical, logical and help me build a good relationship with my horse. There may be good Parelli practitioners out there, but I have never met one, and the bad ones give other natural horsemen / women a bad name.

Anyway, I'm going to get off my high horse (pun absolutely intended, just can't help myself, sorry) and go back to giggling, which is really much more fun.
 
erm.......if I try holding my boy's tail, he immediately farts at me. If I tried to lead him with it, he would **** on me. Sorry - is that another parelli move ?

Oooooo - did you know that if you swear, it automatically comes up with little stars - how amazing is that :D
 
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rema said:
i've been doing parelli for many years and have never been kicked before..i have been trod on when the horse was so eager to play the game that he has started to reverse before i was ready.
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haha now that is funny.
what if you werent wanting to play this highly unnatural 'game' but merely wanted to brush his tail? would he assume you were 'playing' and reverse at you at top speed? or is tail brushing far too unnatural and only tail 'pulling' is allowed?
 
rema said:
Yes you are quite right about helping horses to load but parelli helps with that because thats what owners want.But parelli would rather not see horses 'travelled'.
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Never actualy heard of that.

Parelli, or any NH methods is good with loading if its done right. You can screw it up too much if you dont do it well.
But most horses do load fine using time anyway.

I think a lot of people go into NH because they have horses that are hard to handle and want another approach that might work. Its same with most people who go shoeless. Normally there is a reason why people take their horses shoes off, mabe lami or navicular. I think its similar with training.
 
I dont think i would brush my horses tail in the school so my horse would know that in the school means we play games and in the field or on the yard he will stand perfectly still for me to brush his tail.
 
amandaco2 said:
haha now that is funny.
what if you werent wanting to play this highly unnatural 'game' but merely wanted to brush his tail? would he assume you were 'playing' and reverse at you at top speed? or is tail brushing far too unnatural and only tail 'pulling' is allowed?
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Imagine the speed you could get up if you were actually pulling its tail (to tidy it up, as in mane pulling)
 
shysmum said:
erm.......if I try holding my boy's tail, he immediately farts at me. If I tried to lead him with it, he would **** on me. Sorry - is that another parelli move ?

Oooooo - did you know that if you swear, it automatically comes up with little stars - how amazing is that :D
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Absolutely pissing myself here!
Mine would do just the same!!!!! I can't believe some of these comments, is Rema for real or just having a laugh???
 
the other thing I use ponio's tail for is to pull my hubbie up hills when we're all out together (with the dogs). He has to stand to the side to let the farts go downwind past him . And no I'm not joking.......Does that count ? sm x

ps she's for real :D
 
maybe it could be a new form of exercise/hack if slightly modified?
hold the tail, horse pulls you along whilst you are wearing roller skates? maybe put the carrot stick on the left butt cheek to turn left?
 
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