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Re: [RC] parelli, clinton, natural horse, training, etc. - Chris Pausexactly... some of the principles for working with horses are fine. I'd be lying if I said I didnt' glean some good horsemanship tips from some of the gurus. But I also am put off by the glitz and glamour and crass marketing of these guys... instead of patience, it becomes an ego thing.. how fast can you train a horse? The other thing to remember also is these guys are working in a safe, confined space. At some point one has to take that horse out of the arena and into the real world. Theoretically, the lessons learned in the round pen should give the horse a good background for real life, but not always. Each horse is an individual with emotions and feelings and a low or high level of tolerance for things that humans do. I've seen two kinds of reactions to the guru clinics and both alarm me. One is the person who thinks after watching a clinic, he or she can run right home and put old Dobbin through the same thing and immediately get the same results..the other is the person who is so awed and amazed by what happens that she measures herself to the guru and thinks there's no way she can train a horse. In reality, neither reaction is quite accurate! Then there are the people who bounce from clinician to clincian taking in the advice de jour and when that quits working, bouncing on to another guru.. chris Die, no. Gun, no...........but I must admit that I do get put off, certainly not by what is accomplished with the horse, but by the whole "cult philosophy" of the ardents of different big-name natural horsemen programs, particularly the notion that God has some particular annointing of one person over another. On sale now authentic "JC" saddlepads, bits, jeans, & hats. See some of these good ol's simple God-fearing country boys when it comes time to demands for $ and perks for their seminars, and who can & can't be at various trade shows..........t'aint purty missy! ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus ============================================================ In my experience (22 year worth) most endurance riders are great people who will go out their way to help and be friendly. ~ Laura Hayes ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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