parelli why so bad?

R

rizzy21

Active Member
Joined
3 June 2010
Messages
43
Location
gloucestershire
Visit site
hi all have been reading your posts about parelli and was just wondering ....

well basicly i was really considering giving it ago, my friend has all the dvds from pat and said it really worked for her and her cob who she used to be terriffied of but can now ride brideless and bareback.

i have just brought a lovlly chap but he does have his problems (had a rough start) he is 15 going 0n 4 and full of beans but his size and weight has left me feeling a bit less confident due to his bolshiness and the way he trows his weight around!

the main thing i want to no is why all this bad press iv only seemed to hear really possitive things about it all and would love to hear some home truths and also some good things to if anyone out there has had a nice experiance with the training

thank you for taking the time to read all of that and im so sorry about my spelling and grammer im afraid i struggle with it a little bit xxx
 
Very short answer,he does not seem to practise what he likes to preach at all.
LP has been seen tormenting for lack of a better word a horse with one eye/partial blindness and PP has shamed himself over the weekend by using OOT methods to "help" a horse afraid of the bridle.

My advice,for what it is worth :p would be to invest in some good help from an instructor you know to be experianced and can trust not Parelli DVD's.
 
I have tried it and it worked wonders.
I only ever did the basics and never needed more as it worked for me.
I now do it with all horses I buy, it teaches them to respect you and accept you as their leader.

It was very simple what I used to do, just the basics of making them move out of my space, backing up when told, leading well. Its amazing how much just this can achieve.
I used to do it in the school and still do odd times, as soon as any of mine invade my space or push me around I do it again and they listen very quickly.

Give it ago, it really works.
As for bad press............I have never heard anything bad about it, I've yet to hear of anyone who didn't get something out of it, or anyone who said it didn't improve their relationship with their horse.
 
anima said:
Very short answer,he does not seem to practise what he likes to preach at all.
LP has been seen tormenting for lack of a better word a horse with one eye/partial blindness and PP has shamed himself over the weekend by using OOT methods to "help" a horse afraid of the bridle.

My advice,for what it is worth :p would be to invest in some good help from an instructor you know to be experianced and can trust not Parelli DVD's.
Click to expand...

Wow, this is news to me!
I dont like the sound of that, but I still think the basics work, but then what I have done is what any good instructor would teach you anyway about getting your horse to respect you.
Is there any posts on here about the horse with one eye?
 
Why I disslike parelli.
By Laura Wheeler.

I bought my pony Herbie in Nov last year. I paid £550 inclu all tack and rugs. Why was he so cheap i hear you ask. He has so many behavural problems. He rears, bucks, leaps and spins as soon as you sit on him. He is bolshie, bargy and in your face the whole time. He will square up to you if you try to put him in his place. He trys to bite and kick you when you groom him. He would not load and it took me over an hour to get one trot circle on one rein on the lunge.
His last owner did parelli with him but i dought he had these problems when she bought him. She only owned him 6 months and made over £1000 loss on him.

I have known parelli technics work when done by expereance people. But I now have alot of work to sort Herbie out and i will not be giving Pat or linder the horse abusers any of my hard earned money. All the other problem horses i have delt with over the years in my own way have taught me how to help Herbie. With love, patients and understanding.
 
missyme10 said:
I have tried it and it worked wonders.
I only ever did the basics and never needed more as it worked for me.
I now do it with all horses I buy, it teaches them to respect you and accept you as their leader.

It was very simple what I used to do, just the basics of making them move out of my space, backing up when told, leading well. Its amazing how much just this can achieve.
I used to do it in the school and still do odd times, as soon as any of mine invade my space or push me around I do it again and they listen very quickly.
Click to expand...
Without wishing to be rude,is that not just covering the work that would have been done with them as babies anyway?
most need reminding of their manners from time to time,but you don;t need XX product to do that just common sense.

missyme10 said:
Give it ago, it really works.
As for bad press............I have never heard anything bad about it, I've yet to hear of anyone who didn't get something out of it, or anyone who said it didn't improve their relationship with their horse.
Click to expand...
Do you think that is a direct result of the Parelli,or simply more effort to spend time without work being spent with the horse?
 
Anima - a lot of work people would do with youngsters or any horse could be either classed as parelli or not parelli - its not like his ways are totally unique.
The OP was asking opinions, I was taught some basics and it worked well for me in dealing with bolshy horses, but the methods taught as I stated in the following posts are methods used by most horse trainers or instructors anyway.


I have no other experience of Parelli - so can only give an opinion based on what my own experience is x
 
anima said:
Last Friday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gf7w_1ifus&feature=youtu.be

And LP "working" the horse with sight problems:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyF2QqP29DU
Click to expand...

Thanks, I'm gonna go take a look and I'll be back to say what I think.

I'm really quite shocked at those videos - thats not my understanding of parelli !!
Other vid's on youtube show how wonderful it can be and show horses in total harmony with their riders and thats how I've always seen it.
I have never seen either of them in other vids being cruel like that to a horse before - god knows what happened to them, what he does to that poor stallion disgusts me and what the hell is her purpose of repeatedly hitting the horse when its just stood there?
I can see now why people are not impressed with it - they have gone way over the top now x
 
Last edited:
missyme10 said:
Anima - a lot of work people would do with youngsters or any horse could be either classed as parelli or not parelli - its not like his ways are totally unique.
The OP was asking opinions, I was taught some basics and it worked well for me in dealing with bolshy horses, but the methods taught as I stated in the following posts are methods used by most horse trainers or instructors anyway.


I have no other experience of Parelli - so can only give an opinion based on what my own experience is x
Click to expand...

I'm very much of the opinion that if it works for you and your without hurting them in any way it's up to you what you do and apriciate that in an age that lets news travel at the speed of light most things start to blurr at the edge.
Point was (I gues,and it is pretty late :p ) that while I apriciate it was a usefull tool for you,do you think just going back to basics as it were would ahve had the same effect,or was there something in the Parelli methods that particulary helped?

From what I see day in,day out a lot of owners and riders could really use some time on the ground just being friends with their horse(which I supose doing Parelli could/would give them) and it is the time bonding that creates the better partnership,not the method used to get that time.
 
Totally agree Anima, a good relationship starts from the ground. My relationship with my horses has improved no end since doing more work fromt the ground with them, and its vital with youngsters - I have 2.
I see what you're saying about was it parelli or the effects of ground work, I've always just seen it as parelli as the ground work methods I was using was taught to me as Parelli. Regardless of what it was, its worked well and I'll continue to use the same methods.
I will however not be using any methods I saw in those links!!!! I'm still shocked at what I saw x
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top