What's your view on PARELLI / NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP?

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Been offered a loan where the owner does a lot of Parelli / Natural Horsemanship stuff with the horse.

Some people are telling me to run and mile, others are saying go for it.

Any views? (and reasons for your view as well please!)
 
If you do a search on here you will find many, many long threads on the subject, as it is such a contentious one.
Me, personally? Loathe Parelli, understand the principle of some parts of Natural Horsemanship in general. A lot of that pretty much falls under comon sense in my book.
 
I have known one person who has done parelli. Took horse to a parelli camp thing. Horse is still unbroken (at 13 years old), throws a complete fit when she goes in the school and has been "parelli" trained all her life.

im my personal opinion, the name parelli is literally that, a name. the bigger names tend to make out that if you dont do it their way then you wont have a bond with your horse, the horse isnt happy, etc, etc. Now, I dont need to chase my horse away with a long rope to join up. we have an amazing bond. Also, i think if i did that he would think i hated him and never come back!

Most people to some degree use elements of natural horsemanship in the things they do everyday, but just dont think of it like that. It comes into nearly everything we do with horses.

My view is that, if these people say "everything should be natural and as the horse would be in the wild" we would not put saddles on, bridles (either bitted or bitless) and we would not ride them. If it was to be completely natural then if they bit or something we would turn around and double barrel them in the chest! lol.

I do have a very good book at home which is called "making the horse the RATIONAL way" and basically says that pretty much NOTHING we do with them is completely natural in the sense of how horses live wild.

Anyway, just my view :D
 
Blimmin' heck - I pop on here at lunch for a relaxing time and waste my time on pages of 'Does it or doesn't it bolt' and I have a rearer to replace the bolter/non-bolter with; followed by a Parelli conversation which just seems a copycat (there are lot of these rephrased threads about) of Wagtails Is Join-Up Abusive thread which was a good one by the way!

Over and out! :mad:
 
Our local Parelli know it all expert got asked to leave the show ring with her youngster last week. How funny, was being really naughty, rearing and upsetting all the other horses.

I only laugh because she is always harping on to me about how wonderfully behaved her horses are. Snigger snigger.
 
Hmmmmmmm let me see.......new poster...........first post about Parelli ?

Dear OP, please do a search on here about the subject, I think so many people have had it up the the back teeth with it, you may get the answers you want from old posts.

This forum is becoming very tedious.
 
Sorry OP didn't mean to hijack. To answer your question - is she asking you to continue with parelli/NH? IMO I just take out of NH what I think is common sense. I've been a long time around horses and some of this new stuff to me is just gimmicky. Traditional methods, kindness, empathy and firmness, and a ton of common sense and you wont go far wrong.
 
Can i join ladies i have Nachos and salsa and plenty of haribo sweeties.

personally i would rather build my own bond between me and my horse then use someone elses methods and throw my money away. :D
 
Exactly this ^^^

I have developed the very weird habit of sitting in Shy's stable and getting him to pick which hand the carrot is in. Amazingly,he gets it right half the time !! Now do you think i could market this as a lesson in bonding with your horse, and teaching it tricks at the same time ? Will it catch on ?

I was just worried about the insurance issue if someone got kicked in the head whilst trying our method :confused:
 
Search for papa fritas roll up, roll up thread. Pretty concise view of hhos opinions on carrot sticks etc.
I have fizzy cola bottles & a family bag of doritos to share, will trade for mulled wine.
 
Twinkle Shy said:
Exactly this ^^^

I have developed the very weird habit of sitting in Shy's stable and getting him to pick which hand the carrot is in. Amazingly,he gets it right half the time !! Now do you think i could market this as a lesson in bonding with your horse, and teaching it tricks at the same time ? Will it catch on ?

I was just worried about the insurance issue if someone got kicked in the head whilst trying our method :confused:
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i sit in my stable too! he normally comes over and messes my hair up bless him.

All you need is a good name for you method and there will be some people out there whole will be intrested in 'wheres the carrot' if a hat is worn im sure the insurance cant complain :D
 
swintondesire said:
HAHA putting the headcollar on " we got him, we got him" put horse must think he is with a looney. walking round on all fours " got to be on the same level as the horse" :D
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-Man- "There he is, licking and chewing... Thats a sign he wants to be with me.."
-Girl- "Maybe he is just hungry"
-Man- "Yea, or that.."

haha!
 
If you are seriously asking on this forum, of all places, I'd say leave it alone, unless you yourself are going to take up Natural Horsemanship, not necessarily Parelli. If you don't and the horse is trained to a decent level, you will have little success and it's not fair on the horse.
 
KellyJoArnold said:
-Man- "There he is, licking and chewing... Thats a sign he wants to be with me.."
-Girl- "Maybe he is just hungry"
-Man- "Yea, or that.."

haha!
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HAHAHA, maybe i should give this a try seems a nice, none harmful, free way to bond with my horse. unless i take a hoof to the head while jumping around on my hands and knees!!
 
It's just a horse Op, go and try it.
If the owner had done a lot of Parelli with it then there might be a few useful tips about how it's used to being handled, but it shouldn't be a big deal. You should be able to ride in a bridle for example.
My horses are "nh" trained I suppose (not Parelli). I'd just ask you to avoid grabbing them under the chin when leading, show you how easily they will move away from you, maybe ask you if you could manage to avoid lunging them. Riding, you'd be able to get on and ride, they are very responsive so I'd ask you to bear that in mind and I'd watch to see how you handled that. Mine are handled by people who know nothing about nh stuff. I also let people ride them, as long as they take some notice of how they are trained. Just go and deal with the horse in front of you.
 
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