Re: [RC] [RC] Parelli (and other clinicians) - SandyDSA
In a message dated 8/25/2007 8:20:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
dakota.charm@xxxxxxxxx writes:
If they
are having fun with their horse, and the horse is happy, and being a
partner.. then who cares if they ride or not? People need to be safe
and have fun with their horses... there are a lot of New to horse people,
and if they are not having fun and safe while with their horse, then they
usually get out of horses...
I think this is the crux of the problem - we have friends, one in
particular, who is big time clinician junkie, and I cannot TELL you how many
times we have gotten phone calls to come over - she got bitten, run over,
muscled into, stepped on, and the list goes on. She will NOT discipline her
horse, so when we WOULD go over to "rescue" her from her "trained" horse, it was
a losing battle, because the horse would try to trample US so he would not have
to do whatever she had in mind, and one was not allowed to even poke her horse,
so we had to wait until she wasn't looking and SMACK him to get off our toes,
out of our space, etc.
She was (and IS) NOT safe, NOT having fun, the horses are SURLY, not HAPPY,
and not any KIND of a partner - more like a bulldozer - and then went and
produced a foal by this "union". ugh! Second generation bulldozer. Yes, she
rides- takes about 90 MINUTES to get ready with all the accouterments, PLUS now
ponying said second generation dozer along...sigh! Will NOT ride alone and such
a pain in the behind to WAIT for...so no one wants to ride with her
anymore...sound like fun yet? She is one of several Parelli "grads" i know who
have these issues - hers are just the worst because she doesn't fit into any of
the descriptive words above - fun, happy, partner....and yes, people DO care
what people like this do - because they are an open HAZARD to other riders who
are in control and frankly a whole lot smarter.
San (who expects her horses to walk on THEIR feet, not mine!)
