About Parelli and Pinned Ears?

I certainly can't tell you why they do it.

But I can definitely tell you that the horse I received a month ago does it. He is Parelli level 3.

He is aggressive and pushy, especially around food. Yet he is nervy and jumpy... I can't figure it out ;-)

His previous owner just keeps telling me its lightness? She can't explain it to me either!

I'm not a novice horse person, I've handled many horses on our TB stud etc. But not even the nastiest mares or toeyest racehorses have compared to this horse ;-(

There could be merit to the concentrating, we furrow our eye brows. But when I watch horses in the paddock the mare pins her ears as a warning to back off etc. So I take it as aggression.

Good luck with your search ;-)

Where did you hear that Parelli people are supposed to accept ear pinning?

That doesn't sound right at all. I think you must of either misunderstood or you got some serious misinformation.

I don't follow Parelli, but I do know of his basic ideals, and no where does it say to accept ear pinning.

edited to add: if it's "the horse is concentrating"....then it must not be ear pinning....it must be if the horse is being ridden, he turns his ears back to "hear" the rider. he's not pinning his ears.

on the ground, some horses will set their ears backward....to be sure that nothing sneaks up on them while they look at you (if you're standing in front or alongside, etc)...

ear pinning is the ears are totally flat against the horse's skull. Flat. The horse looks like he's got no ears at all....this is not acceptable for anyone. I doubt that Parelli says it's ok to accept this.

A horse that flattens the ears flat back like this...at the human, is about to bite, charge, kick at the human. Why would Parelli say that's okay? He's an ******, but not even he would say that's ok, I think...

I am not that thrilled with Parelli. I think he is just after money. I have seen some of his videos and don't think he is interested in partnership. Horses pin their ears for a reason and it isn't good. When one of my horses pins its ears, I have to stop and ask why. What am I doing wrong or what is bothering the horse. When doing obstacle work, I would think pinned ears would indicate fear. I don't advocate working a horse using fear. Accidents are bound to happen.

I kinda know what ur talking about.. I dont know why they pin there ears, probably cuz there pissed off because of something.

I agree with some of Parelli's methods, it helped my horses alot, but my horse are not and will never be full parelli trained.... I just like what works, parelli worked with my horses.. they know a couple 'games' and thats it. I think just the extra ground work with them helped, but i dont believe in there outragous prices. a halter is a halter, a saddle is a saddle and so on. as long as it fits correctly who cares? i dont agree with the huge scamming he does. and I dont let my horses get away with any crap.

Parelli is TOTAL crap. Never use it, Ever. The horses are not happy and that makes them pin their ears all the time. I have a horse that no matter what I do he is like that but that's just how he is but all the other horses that I have trained with Clinton Anderson are happy and respectful horses. Clinton Anderson ground work is the way to go. Seriously it is. Most people hate it but when used right its a really good way to go, especially for your horse. Its not like you cant have a relationship with your horse, You just aren't all lovey dovey to them when they're disrespectful. They need to learn boundaries before you can have a FULL relationship with them. Its not that you cant but I dont want a 1,000 lb horse disrespecting be and not paying attention. I want to have a good relationship with him and I do, Once theyre trained. I have one when theyre in training but not to the full extent. Hope this answers you question good enough! :) lol!

Parelli sucks, go find a different training method. Go to fuglyblog.com and you will see how terrible these people are behind the scenes; there is a video of Pat Parellis wife, whatsherface, trying to lunge a horse that is blind in one eye. She does not even know where to stand to make the horse go forward, and she flails her arms like a dumb chicken when the confused horse turns to face her because he does not understand, and the whole this is a wreck. Seriously, Parelli is nothing but a huge money scam. I am not using this as a big vent, but I am just being honest.

Do you have any videos or photos to back it up? Most of us don't know what you're referring to. I've heard of several stories about Parelli-trained horses causing problems due to their training, but would like to hear first-hand accounts of pinning their ears or see videos or photos.

I cannot say that I have ever heard of that...

Is that something Parelli has said himself, or is it something people who like Parelli methods have decided themselves? Perhaps because they've misunderstood something that was said?

I mean, when riding, the ears turned backwards towards you means they're concentrating on what you're saying, and doing... So if they don't speak plain english...

I dunno, though. There are a lot of idiots out there...

i used to be into all that parelli stuff (thankfully i got over it).

according to them, when the horse pins his ears he is "concentrating."

seems like a load of crap to me; whenever my horse pins his ears he is royally pissed off.

you're a newbie, she's green (not well trained not well broke.) you get a trainer. that's what you do. the people you bought her from were cave-dwellers. Idiots who pimp horses (make money off of horses without caring anything about them) you need a trainer. that's what you need.