Hi Judy, >>>For instance, from my place, in a 50 mile radius, I would have the choice of many different types of training: all the different natural type training such as John Lyons, Parelli, Clinton Anderson, etc., all the different western style training, all the different dressage, english, racing, team sports, gaited, etc.
Have you gone and watched many of these trainers train? Years ago I wrote an article about choosing a trainer and watching them train was one of the suggestions. Robyn Icelandic Horse Farm Robyn Hood & Phil Pretty Vernon BC Canada www.icefarm.com While I think that may be true, I think it may not mean the same when the bigger picture is looked at. Say we put the different styles of training on a rainbow scale: access to all the colors (styles of training) of the rainbow can be had in a relatively small geographical area. Natural horsemanship trainers differ in their training; it's not all exactly the same. We could give NH the color of red. Same with dressage, classical dressage, english, etc. We could give dressage the color of purple. Each style / type of training would be a color in the rainbow, which morphs into a different color. The icelandic-style training would be one color, and have variations, going to each side on the color line. Say icelandic-style training was the color green. The variations might bleed a little into blue or yellow, but basically it stays about in the same area and doesn't reach a full rainbow of colors. Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com IceHorses Community for Photos and Videos: http://kickapps.com/icehorses "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses Yahoo! Groups Links
