Well, really there is lots I don't understand but right now I just don't get why people choose not to do Parelli. I have a bunch of friends who know about Parelli, partly because they hear me talking about it constantly, they see how good my horse is and yet they choose to struggle on with their problem horses. They go over the same problems day after day, they get disillusioned, their children fall off their horses and yet they still make excuse why they can't do Parelli. They seem to think I am just lucky with my horse. Occasionally, I am called to help with theirs.
The last time I tried to help, I was not told the whole story and ended up getting hurt. To cut a long story short, the pony was mistreated when young. The only person he trusts is the young girl who owns it, but she is only 12. He won't let anyone near him and even season local Natural Horsemanship people (non Parelli) have given up on him. Of course I didn't know that and ended being dragged at the end of the 12 feet rope when he took off with me, till I thought of letting go. I was too surprised to react! He is only a 14 hand pony so I didn't expect such extreme RBE. I must have misread him as I only have Left Brain horses. The result of this misadventure is my ego and my behind being bruised! I found out afterward that he does that to everyone except his little girl. Great!
So, I have decided that I am not going to put myself at risk trying to help people unless they want to help themselves. I will kindly direct them to the Parelli website, lend them my videos and it will be up to them.
I have to add to this that after seeing a number of horses who have done a bit of Natural Horsemanship under various trainer, I am not impressed. There is not one program around which is as comprehensive as Parelli.
It's just like Pat says, "People say they don't have the time to do Parelli, but they have the time to do the wrong thing, time and time again"
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