whoa. I had no idea what she was trying to accomplish, other than not wanting the horse to look a certain way. Also, did you see all the other people around with lead ropes looking like they were attempting the same thing?
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This is how I felt too.
Was I the only one hoping that the horse would rear and land on her?[/QUOTE]
No, you were not the only one.
Whoa.
I didn’t even notice what she was mad at the horse at for like two minutes. Looking off into the trees? He wasn’t even spooking. She should have just got on him and ignored it, it was so minor. Way to make a big deal out of a small issue.
That is Linda Parelli. It’s a segment from the “new” level 1 kit, which came out a few years ago. When I saw it – and was appalled – I wrote to the Pagosa Springs office and asked what they were thinking. They replied something to the effect that it was supposed to show that … oh, heck I can’t remember what they said, it didn’t make sense.
I have sometimes idly wondered if they took that segment out of the kit or not.
It seemed to me that the horse had a problem with its vision. I have a horse who is blind in one eye and he always looks as though he’s gazing off, when in fact he’s fixing his good eye on you. Never found out if that was the case in this instance, however.
I liked the title on the page also. I would hazard a guess that it is her. My DD was in my office when I was watching, and she looked and said “what the heck is that person doing?” I said, “That is what we all want to know”.
Has anybody else noticed that it appears that horse is missing his left eye? Maybe someone else “parellied” him before Linda/whoever got her hands on him?
How disgusting.
The Parellites can go on and on about how PP and LP are taking lessons from professional trainers in different disciplines in order to improve their riding.
That doesn’t begin to make up for the appalling horsemanship shown in that video. When it got to the 2:14 mark, it looked like she was pulling the horse in to look at her, then immediately smacking him in the face with her hand. And this accomplishes. . .what. . .when it comes to building a trusting bond between horse and human?!?:mad:
I felt bad for the owner. . .not just that he’d been suckered into the world of Kool-Aid drinkers, but that he was so deep into it that he just stood by while that deranged woman claimed she was “training” the horse. 
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Whoa.
Looking off into the trees? He wasn’t even spooking. She should have just got on him and ignored it, it was so minor. Way to make a big deal out of a small issue.[/QUOTE]
that was exactly what i thought…what was he doing that was so bad and merited this kind of punishment?? i’ve handled some rank stallions in my time and even they didn’t merit THIS much shanking! jeez…
the person who posted it insists that it is her. i’ve never heard her speak before so i don’t know…i never knew she had an accent!
About 2:23 I would say it definitely is LP.
Some 10-12 years ago I also asked them, repeatedly, why they were so rough and they told me finesse was for the higher levels.
Oh, ok.
I know some ranch horses that would have put up with that about 30 seconds and she would have had a lapful of very mad horse on top of her.:eek:
It seems that the person handling the horse may have had problems with the horse walking all over people and she took over to teach it some manners.
The trouble, the way they go about it also teaches many horses to resist and become cranky, as you can see when you watch their own horses work, even at the higher levels.
You may teach a horse without also teaching it to play giraffe and scoot around like that, using the wrong muscles for what you want when you get on.
The way I learned to handle horses, you wanted to teach them to move right for you, all the time, because you were really training every time you interacted with a horse.
Getting after one like that undoes much the rider may have been doing to teach that horse to move correctly.
To me, it shows poor horsemanship, the title is correct.
The few times the horse moved without being chased, it looked to be a lovely horse.:yes:
Yes, she has an accent, and that is what sold it to me - that it was her voice for sure.
I had to turn it off. I felt so bad for the poor horse. He looked completely confused and then stood still for fear of doing anything at all and then still got the wiggle, wiggle, YANK!!!
Has anybody else noticed that it appears that horse is missing his left eye
You are right. No left eye which makes her rough treatment of him even more unbelievable.
Very stupid and pointless.
I think I’d REALLY like to tie that lead rope to the back of her little blonde ponytail and let her continue thrashing about!!! I didn’t get the certified letter that looking at something is against the law for horses now. And the best part is the owner standing there saying nothing to this great and wise trainer. Oh, she must know what she’s doing so I won’t step in and save my horse. Oh my word, oh my word, oh my word. I really wish people could use their own brains, then the Parellis would go out of business.
What Would Walter Say?
So, I guess this is what WAZ considers Dressage in Harmony?
Or a Circle of Trust?
Wow, that was less than impressive. I really cannot stand those people.
And THAT kind of crap is why so many of these horses end up brainless, frantic, people stomping freaks who then get to end up hanging by a hook in a slaughter house. What an utter cow, that session was downright abusive.
Don’t know ‘nothin’ but no Parelli-in’, but it took ME until 3:11 to figure out what she wanted.
And horses aren’t as smart as humans. Mostly.
Good luck trying to mount that horse for the next person.
I’d write what I really feel, but I’d like to keep my posting rights on CotH.
NJR
Wait NJR, you figured out what she wanted? I watched it twice and still don’t know and it didn’t look like the horse ever caught a clue either. It looked to me like she was in a pissy mood and was blowing off steam by randomly ripping on, spinning and face walloping a confused one eyed (omg, does he really only have 1 eye?? and she didn’t consider that he HAS to look at things in a certain way?) horse.
That looks like a smart alert horse who will eventually turn on his handler for this kind of treatment and will be branded a “rogue” for it. I’ve got a horse like that one and it would frustrate him immensely to be treated like that horse was.
It’s so nice having horses that have never been hit in the face and it’s startling to handle ones that have been and see them jerk away from my hand. Poor guy.
I couldn’t watch that long. That voice, those chaps, that set up, is totally her.
That was sad and disgusting. And I’m not at all surprised.
