Mark4510
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Jul 17, 2006, 3:56 PM
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Hello Steve,
I think you would be fine with Dennis. He will give you his take on training and what works. When other trainers come around take a clinic or lesson from them. Over time you will learn something from almost everyone and build a style that works for you. He lives pretty close to us but I have never managed to get up there to see him in person.
I am not a real hand compared to many folks so I take every opportunity to learn that I can. I find that if I can afford to actually ride in the clinic it helps a lot. So much of riding is feel. Pulling a horses head to the side depends on things like how far, how quickly, how hard, when to release, how quickly to release and how far to release. The other thing is being able to read the signs and do it just at the right moment. I am not sure how to do that without someone really helping you do it in person. When you hear about people like Benny Guitron, Tom Dorrance, Ray Hunt, and others having soft hands or slow hands or great hands it has to do with how they communicate with a horse through their hands. Most of that is a matter of degrees and I think thats best learned in person on the horse. There are some great trainers out there now that are following in the masters foot steps. People like David Hanson( http://www.hansonperformancehorses.com ), Todd Bergen, etc. follow the same great principles. Being consistant, fair and clear in how they deal with horses.
To be fair to the conversation I think Parelli does a good job in getting people to respect horses and take a softer approach. And if your goal is to have a horse that you work with to have a certain level of respect then he is fine. If you want to build off of that and really interact with the horse then I think someone like Clinton is better. If you want to really work with horses to train them to do something then going to someone like Bryan, Ray and Benny are even better. If you want to take your horse to the performance horse level or even just work with a horse to get its true potential out then I think you have to ride with someone. I know that Bryan, Ray and Benny can do that but you need more money than I have to get consistant time with them. It just depends on what your goals are.
I bet others on HBN have good recomendations as well.
Best of luck and let us know how you are getting along.
Regards,
Mark
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