AmandaandTuff wrote:

Hi Patti,

Thank you for taking the time to write us. We understand your views and concerns. As quoted by the faculty at our ranch:

You are quite right--helmets are fabulous things, and they save many lives. Tragically though, people who ARE wearing helmets also die or suffer serious head injuries with horses.

Our program is intended to address the safety problem at its root--which is behavioral--rather than address the symptoms of it. Our message is about developing the relationship with the horse, and the savvy level of the rider, so that unsafe behavior is addressed long before the rider gets on the horse--rather than allowing the unsafe situations to occur and hope that the helmet, body protector, etc. will protect us from the consequences.

The reason you do not see our people wearing helmets is because we try to teach people that rather than be brave because they are wearing a helmet to protect them, they would be better off not riding until their horse is behaving safely.


People have called us brave for not wearing helmets, but we say they are a lot braver than we are. We could not get on their horse until we have addressed the issues that cause it to behave in unsafe ways.

We hope this helps,
From the Faculty,
Parelli Centers

http://jacksonsgrrl.blogs...of-preposterousness.html




To even suggest all safety problems are behavioral is just shear and blinding ignorance. So are they tell me that they can train my horse not to spook when a bull moose charges us? Or we accidently get between momma bear and cub? Or the wind blows a large branch down near or on us? Or we step near a ground bee nest and they stinging us to no end? Are you fucking kidding me? These people can come up with an excuse and a sales spin on anything.

And what the fuck is she doing to that poor horse in the OP pic?? Why the hell would any "professional" post that pic anywhere? And what is that pad under that saddle? It looks like there is another saddle under there.