What is "Parelli" all about???

I used to play the 7 games with Mick as tbh I bought a 6 year old mardy brat who had been allowed to do what he wanted, when he wanted with the last owners.. So when I asked him to do something he didnt want to do, he had a complete paddy and tbh it got totally out of hand.

I then overcame my problems with him, but he decided he wasn't going to load - which is a complete waste of time having the horse for me as I like to go out / compete etc. So along came Richard Maxwell and his techniques, then I looked into Natural Horsemanship.

I am far from being a tree hugger, but I put it like this. I use bits of parelli / NH & RM teqniques which enables me to do what I want with the horse while maintaining safety for both of us. To be honest, most of what I do is common sense. Having a sensetive horse, you sometimes need to do things differently, or take a bit more time while he works things out and accepts them - which he always does nowdays.
 
It's expensive common sense.
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hmmmm...

my ex YO was heavily into parelli. i personally thought it made her horse ignorant. and bolshy. horse was fine with YO who waved her hands around and controlled her (almost like a remote controlled horse) but didn't listen to the 'conventional' signals (e.g. she had NO awareness of personal space unless you had a carrot stick in your hand). she regularly pushed over my children, reared up and struck my husband, and bit me... now, obviously this could just be the bolshy mare's personality... but i really think i was parelli related. perhaps YO was doing it wrong?
my YO is backing this mare parelli style, and apparently the commands are very different... so would this new person be riding parelli style?

if i was loaning raff out... i'd be cautious if someone mentioned parelli.

p.s. i have to add, i know NOTHING about parelli, other than watching my YO do it daily with her mare... therefore if she was wrong... my opinion is wrong too!

p.p.s. i'm all moved in now Dobbin27... coffee soon? you'll have to meet kerilli too, she's ace.
 
well it seems you either love it or you hate it but I prefer to keep an open mind about things.The equestrian world of full of money spinners. There are always good and bad trainers in everything.
The poll for Parelli on this particular forum is always divided and always evokes passionate responses. Allthough I do have to laugh at some of the silly reasons why people think that " Parelli" is rubbish. Being with your horse is not just about riding and riding your horse is not the be all and end all.
 
I would say pat parelli is a fantastic horseman... but I think he is better at getting money off people than teaching them about horses...however the standard of riding, training and awereness of horses can be poor in the UK and alot of old fashioned common sense from when horses had to work for a living has been lost.. so anything that makes people think is surely a good thing, remember there is a big wide world out there
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Done correctly parelli works well - if you want a glassy eyed horse that works on auto pilot and can no longer think for its self. Done badly it produces at best a confused horse or worse an ignorant and possibly dangerous wreck. I wouldn't let a parelli evangelist handle my horse and sure as hell wouldn't loan or sell to one. Sorry if this offends anyone but yes I have 'studied' the techniques and also picked the pieces up when these people sell their ruined project on.
 
there is no way on this earth would i allow someone to do parelli with any of my horses, i have seen many good horses totally ruined with this bloody nonsense, it is agressive and dominering, and ends up with wooden, miserable looking horses blocked from going forward or thinking for themselves - but hey, they can stand on a bucket - great.......
 
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It so pisses me off that people take the ridicule out of Parelli and use the excuse that it's just a money making scam. Rubbish, any professional horseman whether they are Mark Todd or The funnell collection make money out of putting their name to a product.

Take away all the showmanship and money making side of it, " Parelli" ( which is not the only form of this method of training) is a very workable, symapthetic and effective way of training a horse. I do it with my own mare and am astonished at the results. I also ride " conventially" and keep my horse in a stable.

For those who think it's rubbish, I would challange you to do with your horse, in your " convential way" what I can do with mine,using the slightest bit of pressure, body language and silence.

Rant over lol

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I can work mine quite happily from the ground on long lines off long lines loading , doing laterals etc without any form of force or noise thanks - and yet i don't practice parelli....work that one out......parelli is a scam - it costs nearly £400 for a set of dvd's that cost pence to produce, a blasted shoelace headcollar £40 a glorified lunge whip £30, a tow rope £30, Oh yes ole mr parelli is having the last laugh...
 
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It so pisses me off that people take the ridicule out of Parelli and use the excuse that it's just a money making scam. Rubbish, any professional horseman whether they are Mark Todd or The funnell collection make money out of putting their name to a product.

Take away all the showmanship and money making side of it, " Parelli" ( which is not the only form of this method of training) is a very workable, symapthetic and effective way of training a horse. I do it with my own mare and am astonished at the results. I also ride " conventially" and keep my horse in a stable.

For those who think it's rubbish, I would challange you to do with your horse, in your " convential way" what I can do with mine,using the slightest bit of pressure, body language and silence.

Rant over lol

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I use 'conventional' ways and I will take up your challenge - I can put my horses anywhere WITHOUT any pressure, pure body language - oh and I can get spanish walk from Sirena just by pointing (and, yes, I trained her from scratch) hell we sometimes do it together to amuse bystanders! I did not have to spend £400 on a set of DVDs and I would just love you to see my join up!

You are typical of a Parelli disciple in that you seem to think that your way is the only way and the rest of us are all fools.
 
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Done correctly parelli works well - if you want a glassy eyed horse that works on auto pilot and can no longer think for its self.

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Because no "traditionally" trained horse is like that?! I don't even know why I bother to defend Parelli on here, it's not like i even DO it, but sweeping statements like this bother me I guess.
There are crap Parelli people, there are crap non-Parelli people. There are people that use Parelli that ruin their horses, there are people that don't use Parelli that ruin their horses. Some things work for some but not others.
 
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