Taffyhorse
Well-Known Member
Ok,well not quite Kelly Marks vs Richard Maxwell but I just wondered if anyone had any experience in their methods and which one they got more out of?
The reason I'm asking is that I'm quite interested in learning a bit more about 'intelligent horsemanship' and their methods in particular (not interested in Parelli!!) as I've never really explored it before and would like to know more about it so was considering doing one of their courses. I come from the 'common sense or traditional' school - that's not to diss any of the work they do (or natural horsemanship in particular though i don't like the phrase which sort of indicates that any other way is artificial), I've just never had a particular reason or interest to study it further but now I do (have an interest that is) and you can never have too many tools in the armoury as people say.
I know they both trained with Monty Roberts but Kelly Marks seems to have stayed more closely allied with his principles (and he's all over her website) whilst Richard Maxwell seems to use some of the techniques promoted by Monty but also uses a more traditional approach too and appears to have distanced himself from Monty but I don't know why.
So any thoughts or experiences you have would be gratefully received
PS: I know NH can be a bit of a sensitive issue but I'd really appreciate it if this thread didn't turn into a traditional vs NH one - if I get any replies that is
The reason I'm asking is that I'm quite interested in learning a bit more about 'intelligent horsemanship' and their methods in particular (not interested in Parelli!!) as I've never really explored it before and would like to know more about it so was considering doing one of their courses. I come from the 'common sense or traditional' school - that's not to diss any of the work they do (or natural horsemanship in particular though i don't like the phrase which sort of indicates that any other way is artificial), I've just never had a particular reason or interest to study it further but now I do (have an interest that is) and you can never have too many tools in the armoury as people say.
I know they both trained with Monty Roberts but Kelly Marks seems to have stayed more closely allied with his principles (and he's all over her website) whilst Richard Maxwell seems to use some of the techniques promoted by Monty but also uses a more traditional approach too and appears to have distanced himself from Monty but I don't know why.
So any thoughts or experiences you have would be gratefully received
PS: I know NH can be a bit of a sensitive issue but I'd really appreciate it if this thread didn't turn into a traditional vs NH one - if I get any replies that is