tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192838346804605801.post8880564351596289263..comments2020-02-24T09:47:31.261-06:00Comments on The Horse In The Mirror: Natural Horsemanship, really?Good Handshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09351184347100246647noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192838346804605801.post-55568262897158056112013-01-19T19:16:58.961-06:002013-01-19T19:16:58.961-06:00Daniela, thanks for stopping by! I don't know ...Daniela, thanks for stopping by! I don't know so much about "new" ideas :-), I think the best of this stuff has been around a very long time. The Greeks had a handle on it, back in the day, even. Love Tom Dorrance, Ray Hunt, Peter Campbell and Buck Brannamen. Since Xenophon is gone, we are lucky to have these guys! Come by again, some time!Good Handshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351184347100246647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192838346804605801.post-61507955498403155702013-01-10T03:07:03.935-06:002013-01-10T03:07:03.935-06:00Because of the popularity of natural horsemanship,...Because of the popularity of natural <a href="http://www.saltriverperformancehorses.com/" rel="nofollow">horsemanship</a>, for its gentleness and effectiveness, many trainers have developed new and creative approaches based on this principle. Other trainers are still experimenting, and new ideas appear every day. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192838346804605801.post-33725469976097102422012-04-02T06:47:58.562-05:002012-04-02T06:47:58.562-05:00It's pretty much how I felt about Parelli'...It's pretty much how I felt about Parelli's 7 games before I saw him handle a horse. I thought it was all circus acts and pony tricks. Then I watched Pat do things like bring a very reactive horse into a state of calm reason MUCH faster and more efficiently than I could get done, watched him do a lot of things that looked really good to me. That caused me to open my mind and realize that while I was and had been doing some pretty good stuff with all types of horses for a lot of years, there was more out there to be attained. <br /><br />I have learned to take what I like and leave the rest and have become pretty discerning, but it all started right there.Good Handshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351184347100246647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192838346804605801.post-86290568635988575482012-04-01T22:46:50.947-05:002012-04-01T22:46:50.947-05:00Oh I'm glad you tackled this, I just didn'...Oh I'm glad you tackled this, I just didn't feel up to it! lol But it's been eating at me ever since reading Mugs yesterday (and much worse, Mugs's posse's comments..) What I would have wanted to say was, "You guys must have a very skewed idea of what Natural Horsemanship means! No Tom Dorrance knowledge for you? No Clinton, no Lyons, no (name your guru, and I won't even mention the cursed "P" word)? Really?" Then I would ask them to describe in detail and with commentary, like you just did, what they consider reasonable and fair training/management of a horse and I'll point out to you every time I hear you describe something "natural". To me (and I thought to everyone) natural means TAKING THE HORSE'S NATURE INTO CONSIDERATION SO IT ALL MAKES SENSE TO HIM. And you can break that down into however many steps you want. Yeah, I get it, the people who are just educated enough in the process to be dangerous.......but why do they get to kidnap the term for themselves and turn it into something it was never meant to be?Shooflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06552926984982493961noreply@blogger.com