Why Pat Parelli Sucks

1. The horses who have been trained in his methods tell me so. Their ears are pinned all the time and they just always look generally pissed at the world. Clinton Anderson and John Lyons horses look HAPPY and relaxed all the time. The horse will tell you!

2. Weanlings jumping logs. 'Nuff said.

3. It seems as though Pat and Linda woke up one morning and said, "How much can we possibly annoy our horses today?" And they tried a whole bunch of things like poking them and chasing them in little circles with sticks and IT WORKED!!!

4. The games seem oddly similar to regular horsemanship technicques fancied and gadgeted up. These are not new concepts, just a whole bunch of bells and whistles attached.

5. Um...I am sorry, but HOW can you call it "natural horsemanship" when you are poking a horse with a stick and waving a stick in front of their face and putting them on a lunge with like a 10 degree radius? HOW IS ANY OF THAT "NATURAL"????????????? Natural implies that you are speaking horse language and moving your body around them in ways that they understand because it is the way the herd leader would tell them what to do. I have never seen horses chase each other with sticks or put each other on ropes with 5 ft of slack and make them run around them senselessly. Ew!

6. AAAAAND what is that bull about how your horse is your equal? Your friend? UM NO that is not the way it works in HorseyLand. There is a totem pole, and on that pole, there is the top, next from the top, next lowest, next lowest after that,........and bottom. There are NO equal rights in HorseyLand!!!!!!!!! Ever notice how horses are happier with a LEADER not a buddy? They are secure. I have seen horses with leaders as owners and "friends". Friends are not friends, they are lower on the totem pole because the horse knows they won't take a higher position and the horse feels he must. The ones with leaders are happier, more relaxed, more content, and all around healthier mentally.