> > One Dennis Reis episode I saw that knocked my socks off - and I REALLY wish > I had it on video - was where he explained SO clearly the difference between > leg yields and shoulder-ins. He demonstrated the difference himself (no > horse), by showing the difference in the way his body was bent compared to > the way he was looking, and I did the same while I watched him do it.
See? that stuff so mystifies and baffles me and seems so complicated and unrelated to what I actually DO that I tend to tune out and ignore it, so thats probably why he did not appeal to me. Also he talks too much saying dumb stuff, and when I saw him he did everything in a roundpen, then moved on to the outside area and rode around the green/problem horse at a gallop while everyone cheered. Some people capture us, our imaginations, I think its what we are ready to learn at the time. Some people, even parelli, on tv, seems sorta arrogant and showbiz, in person he blew me away, he made me feel moved and humble, him and Linda both. Gawani pony boy, I had the same impression as renee, Gawani PHONEY Boy, then I saw him in person and he blew me away. He has this absolutely STUPID zen hippie persona that turns me off, a pretty boy thing, but in person, at jacksonville equestrian center, he worked with a problem horse, and it was almost like whoever got the problem horse for him was trying to make him look like a fool, either that or kill him. While he was talking to the audience the horse was behind him circling and behaving aggressively, which he ignored, until the horse actually stood on his rear legs and HOPPED across the roundpen toward him STRIKING at him in a spectacular manner. The horse was not green or nervous, the horse was actually vicious. Was attacking him. to KILL. At one point he went yiiii and ran outside the roundpen and nobody was laughing. and then... his phoney boy facade dissolved and he went back into the roundpen and something magical happened where he did not look up at the audience again for about a half hour, he was so focused on that horse, starting with approaching him in a mesmerizingly calm, soothing manner, approach and retreat, it was honestly magical and in about 45 minutes he had a horse that had been trying to kill him eating out of the palm of his hand. calm and mannerly. and he said thats it, know when to stop for the day, and I respected him for that too. I think maybe sometimes people are good but get off on the wrong marketing idea. and it turns some off. But if you think about it, he must be better than most people working with horses because marketing alone isnt gonna get anybody ANYWHERE with horses... jmo Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
