Parelli-Good or bad???

[AndySpooner]

Yes, there is stacks of genuine Parelli equipment on ebay.

Rather proves my point that a bad workman always blames his tools.

 

[xmonax]

Ive just been having a conversation with a girl who really loves Parelli, all their methods and theur carrot sticks etc. I just wondered what others thought on this?

Ive dabbled ill admit, but it didnt work for me, i felt like i was just annoying my poor horse wriggling a rope in her face!!!

NOT AT ALL! has really angered me this year all that with robert whittakers Catwalk and the blind horse

 

[AndySpooner]

The fuss about equipment is irrelavent really. We are only talking about halters and ropes. If you want to pay extra for a logo, please yourself.

 

[fjordhorsefan]

I dabbled with Australian NH a few years ago, with my first horse - half an hour and a fair few quid wasted Now I have learned myself what all those exercises were for (it never told me in the book!) I can see that my horse did not need it doing at all! Anyway, the carrot stick thingy is very handy for herding cows about

 

[AndySpooner]

I dabbled with Australian NH a few years ago, with my first horse - half an hour and a fair few quid wasted Now I have learned myself what all those exercises were for (it never told me in the book!) I can see that my horse did not need it doing at all! Anyway, the carrot stick thingy is very handy for herding cows about

Half an hour. Head, desk, thump.

I'm going down the pub.

 

[Tinypony]

Can I join you Andy? "Thud, thud".

 

[fburton]

One of the things that bothers me about Parelli (possibly the main one) is the way the actions don't match the words - saying one thing and doing another. He's by no means the only offender in this regard, but is perhaps one of the more egregious. The Catwalk fiasco is an obvious example. The Parelli Horse Training website declares: "your horse training problems are solved naturally and without force or punishment" - and yet this was plainly not the case in the RFOH July 9th show. And this wasn't an isolated incident. I've seen other videos e.g. trailer loading & Barney where the horse was punished inappropriately and where force was used. "Love, language and leadership" (whatever it actually means) sounds really good though!

Maybe Pat does believe he made a mistake in doing what he did to Catwalk beyond what he wrote in his 'Open Letter' on YouTube. If that is the case, it would be nice (and honourable) if he were to admit that openly. Or maybe he truly believes he did nothing wrong.

Although one shouldn't condemn or dismiss the whole PNH programme because of some very public, unacknowledged mistakes by its leading representatives, it does rather take the gloss off it, in my opinion.