There are a lot of clinicians
going around the country doing weekend clinics trying to help people short circuit this learning process. They pick horses to work with that they know they can be successful with in one or two days. The tough cases that are going to need weeks or months to fix get rejected.
Good article! This particular part reminds me of the dvd "In A Whisper." Did anyone watch this? It's worth watching just because it's so bad! This dve pits Craig Cameron, Josh Lyons, and Pat Parelli together in a "competition" to gentle a horse and take it as far as each can in about 2 hrs. The standout was definitely Pat! I couldn't get past all that kissing noise from Josh Lyons, which bugged the crap out of me, and Craig Cameron didn't impress me AT ALL! He chose the easiest of the 2 horses he was given, and you could tell he was not patient w/ the horse, didn't allow it to find it's way in its own time. He was pushing to win, not to do what was best for the horse. Pat on the other hand, chose the most difficult of his 2 horses, spent most of the time just doing the friendly game, and then did as much as he could w/ riding the horse, just at a walk was all he managed, while the other 2 had theirs trotting and cantering (well before the horses were ready, esp. in Cameron's case). I was so impressed w/ how Pat refused to push the horse, and also how he chose the most challenging horse. In my opinion he should have won this little competition just for his attitude and clear ability w/ horses. The MC, or what-have-you for this dvd was a complete idiot and didn't know what he was talking about at all. Just some dumb redneck yeehaw who didn't know a horse's head from his rear end. (ie, the horseman is putting a bridle on and the MC says "yuh he's puttin' on the halter now!" Doh!) Anyway, worth watching for the Parelli parts of it. Robyn
