Comments on: What We Can Learn about Working with People from Working with Horses

By: Texan at Heart

Texan at Heart — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:42:23 +0000

I love your blog! Keep up the good and sometimes controversial work.
I also have been around horses for a great deal of my life and am a big fan of Parelli’s work. I wanted to add, from my own experience, both horses and people flourish with clear but sensitively communicated boundaries and directions.

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:34:14 +0000

I am a person who was raised in town and always had a dog but never a horse. I would love to be able to work around horses and learn all about them and be able to ride. How can a person go about something like that, short of moving to the country ( still live in town)
and buying a horse of my own while knowing almost nothing about them? I love all animals and am always concerned for their welfare. I can’t stand to see those little ponies at the fair that are forced to walk in a circle for who knows how long, and especially can’t stand to see carriage horses, either.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:21:29 +0000

I have horses. I used to show a lot. Now I just trail ride once in awhile. Going to my barn is the best part of my day. I forget the outside world and enjoy these mystic creature. My newfoundland dog goes with me and I think he knows that horses are a special gift from God. I believe what Pat Perrila says. Working with horses and dogs teaches you alot of things if you will just listen.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:02:26 +0000

Wyoming is such a beautiful place for horseback riding. My husband and I went there only a month ago for our honeymoon, and we had a wonderful ride not too far away from Moose! It’s so different to be carried by a living, breathing thing…to lose a little bit of that control that we seem to always think we need to have over everything and give a little more of ourselves in the process.

It was, for me, the best part of our honeymoon–a trip up a mountain and through fields of wildflowers. And don’t get me started on the views! Breathtaking!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:31:30 +0000

Yes I know what you mean when you had a love of horses. when i started school I would get into trouble almost every day. There was a man across from our lane who broke an trained wild horses and mules. I would go over there and just talk and pet if they were in a stall low enough. He would call my mom if he was home or mom would know if it took me to long . She then would call my dad . When dad got there I was in big trouble. Dad promised that when spring came that I could ride the old mule. Well that didn’t work very well the mule fell in the frozen pond and died . I rode a few horses later in my early twenty’s I have throned more than once almost got nocked off under low lim’s and low barn and bucked raired up on . Then when I was 24 I bought a horse named Jan they had her for there kids she pulled a lot tricks to make me think she was tired or hurt. She had a lot of things that worked. She was real good with my younger brother’s and sister’s. But not always with me. I sold her when I went to stay with sick Grandmother. I always thought that my husband would buy an acher or two. But that didn’t work out .I wanted a wild mustang . And that work out eather.I am now 57 years old worked hard all my earlyer years and now i would not be able to walk for 2 or3 weeks. May I could get a wagon and a horse before I can’t do it or leave this world. So I am so glad some one got to have horses and enjoy them. I can’t ride very well anyway.

By: Faith in Humanity

Faith in Humanity — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:55:40 +0000

Wonderful news, if you can ensure this philosophy is adopted by all employees at Rodale, especially those who have been given the sacrosanct responsibility of being leaders in your organization, I’m sure the whole company will benefit tremendously. I’ve had personal experience with a manager who used methods of management quite contrary to the Parelli method and it was very demoralizing to say the least. When I finally had enough and stood up for myself, I was fired (after over 20 years of dedicated service) within days.

By: Donna in Delaware

Donna in Delaware — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:05:39 +0000

Please forgive my mistakes. Still haven’t found my glasses.

By: Donna in Delaware

Donna in Delaware — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:03:40 +0000

Never been on a horse. The first and only time I wanted to was in the Bronx, NY in the early to mid ’80′s. There is a riding place the around CIty Island and I went with my brother and others. It seens there was a horse for everybody but me, which annoyed me and I thought was quite unfair. So I never went back and never got the time or invitation again to go riding. Went to the Spanish Riding School in Austria to see the Lippezan(spelling).Magnificent!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent. Horses are beautiful animals and I always admire them when in their natural setting. Yes, much can be learned from them and our association with them. Hopefully we are able to treat them with respect, unlike the way we sometimes treat our fellow humans.

By: June

June — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:22:01 +0000

Sounds wonderful.
I went for a 1 hour ride at a dude ranch in the NY Adirondack Mountains last week and it was great. I hadn’t been on horseback in over a year and really missed it too. Horses are great!