There's a new mare down at the Taskmaster's we call Banana. She's there for a smidgeon of training, mostly for board and if she found a new home her owner would be thrilled. She seems sweet but insecure and I really like her. I lunged her last week and had a horrible time at it. Why? She's freaking Level 2 Parelli. We're only two hours from Parelli Central, so you would think I would have run into it previously but I haven't. I was obviously telling her things I had no idea I was saying, since she kept switching directions and turning towards me. I know another horse with similar training that turns in, but he cuts across the circle and almost runs you over. I like my horses to halt where and when I tell them and stay there until they get some other direction. Penny will slide to a stop from a canter and stand there until I say otherwise.
Since I can't actually find details on their Sooper Seecrit training techniques without more money or effort than I want to make at present I'm watching online auditions of the levels. So far, it just seems like a lot of rope waving. And I don't think any of these people have heard about safely coiling the rope so it's not on the ground where it could wrap around your leg. But of course, they're all so perfectly trained they would never take off and make that happen.
The other thing that has struck me is that, for the most part, what they're asking their horses to do are just basic good ground manners, but they're making a big deal out of it, like it's something special. Every horse should have these skills, there's nothing special about it.
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