linda parelli and john wayne's teeth...

about a year ago i saw linda parelli smack a young, one-eyed paint horse she was working with on national tv. i couldn't believe it! i never liked the parelli's anyway because they always smelled phoney to me...like something wasn't quite right especially with linda. pat's stuff isn't even hidden, it glares at you right up front. linda's is more hidden, more sneaky. but that day on tv it wasn't and she smacked him good, yanked on his halter and treated him like shit. i was appalled. it's bad enough to know that most people hit their horses regularly but there she was, the idol and role model to millions smacking this young, one-eyed horse on tv. IN THE FACE!!! once in a while i watch the shows with trainers so i can learn what not to do not what to do. because as far as i can see, there isn't one person out there worth a bag of salt that is truly kind to horses. they all smack 'em, chase 'em, tug on 'em and treat them badly, all of them. so if their doing this on national tv, what are they doing behind the scenes? this came up one day when i was telling a woman about it who had been to the parelli ranch in colorado. she said she left there after three days the abuse was so bad and the horses so lame. she was so glad to leave she didn't even ask for her money back and she paid a bundle to go there and be mentored. what your probably wondering is what does linda parelli have to do with john wayne's teeth? nothing if you get what i'm saying, everything if you do. there's a song about him that questions his character by asking if his teeth, which are hardly ever seen (which doesn't sit well with native people), are real. you can hear it if you click on the video i have included for you to listen to. when i think about linda i think about john wayne and his teeth. he was phoney as boloney. i had a boyfriend who lived next door to him when we were kids in high school in newport beach and he was a foul-mouthed drunk who'd throw beer bottles at us for fun when we'd row our dingy past his deck. he too was beloved by millions...people adored and respected and looked up to him and they still do! i have an older friend in arizona who idolizes him and whenever he'd get anything 'john wayne' and show it to me, his face would light up like a little boys. all i could say was "oh frank...". my point is that both linda and john wayne were phonies. behind the scenes they were not the people they portrayed themselves to be to those of us who have seen them on the screen. sure john wayne was an actor playing parts and so is linda. she spends most of her time in front of the camera or in front of audiences because she loves horses? no way! she wants to MAKE MONEY!!! lots and lots of it and so she'll do whatever the hell she feels like doing to a one-eyed horse that's getting on her nerves because people will still adore her and hang on her every word. or slap, or yank. john wayne was killing indians in the movies long after they had already been wiped-out, thrown onto reservations and discarded by society and people still loved (love) him! ai yi yi...i spent the day singing "john wayne's teeth" but i substituted the words john wayne's teeth for linda's teeth. it worked....so now perhaps your wondering what this has to do with a blog about a little colt? this... i will never, never, endorse, copy, use, or watch, ever again even to learn what not to do with my precious little colt or any other horse, anything parelli. come clean linda. come clean before your horse tramples you and throws you over his back like the sad bag of bones you are...