Natural horsemanship and competitions?
March 27th, 2010
I am curious to know if any is or has seen(confirmed),any of these N.H especially Parelli,out there competing.I do not mean their own competitions,I mean olympic style eventing/dressage/showjumping etc…
I am not interested so much in what the founding fathers did before they discovered the light,I am trying to find out if any one has ever won a contest using these methods they expound as being the only way
Monty Roberts has, with several horses, after using his techniques and competing with those horses, always horses who would never have been able to do such a competition before he worked with them.
March 27th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
I know that Clinton Anderson has shown his horses in reining at the big AQHA shows. We are going to see him next weekend and I can’t wait!
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March 27th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
I think the best trainers, like John Lyons, Clinton Anderson, and Monty Roberts have competed in the past, and may not anymore. I personally don’t believe Pat Parelli has done much if any of that. I know some of Parelli’s training works, but I believe more of what he does is just a money grab. A lot of his methods DO NOT WORK
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March 27th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
try googling it .
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March 27th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Monty Roberts has, with several horses, after using his techniques and competing with those horses, always horses who would never have been able to do such a competition before he worked with them.
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The Man Who Listens To Horses – Book
I read it a couple of months ago, best book I have ever read!
March 27th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
My experience with NH is that it has nothing to do with training for competition. It is a foundation upon which you build a relationship of trust with the horse, and that sets up the basis for all further training in various disciplines. I equate it to the good foundation a well raised child gets from intelligent parenting, so that when the child goes off to school, that good foundation goes with him and allows him to flourish.
Not everything revolves around the competitive arena, much as many people seem to have trouble understanding that. I win a contest every day I interact with my well trained, well behaved, easy to handle horses. When I used to show, that was another venue for testing skills in a different area. But I spend a lot more time with my horses day to day than I ever spent in the show arena. So it’s all important. I hate being around horses with heads held high, nervous and impatient, standing on crossties. Mine can be worked on anywhere by dropping the lead on the ground. they lower their heads, and relax as the farrier goes to work, or whatever needs doing gets done. That’s what NH is about to me.
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