Savvy Club

[leoquine]

I'm settling a dispute with my mother on the cost of the savvy club and if it's worth it :rolleyes:

How much is a year's subscription? My mom says it's $250 or something, but I don't see anywhere on the Savvy Club section of Parelli's website about that....all I see is that it is $20 a month :o
And what are your opinions about it? I really like the idea of the free stuff, and the magazine and DVDs. I want to be a Parelli Instructor when I grow up, and the information might help me :)


Thanks.

[KateWooten]

yep, $20 a month comes to nearly $250 a year.

If what you want to do is become one of their parelli-savvy-instructor clones, then you should get your folks to start ploughing money into the Parelli machine as soon as possible. By the time you're ready to quit school, it won't come as so much of a shock to realise quite how much more money you're going to need to shovel their way in order to get through the instructors program. Hopefully you have extremely rich parents who can fund it all.

Kate :) (ps there are much, much more affordable ways to obtain the same levels of knowledge and understanding of horses)

[mayS]

It is expensive: $20 a month IS $240 a year. And that is only the "club" with the periodic DVDs. Also plan to budget for all the other things they're going to tell you that you need: Parelli rope halter, Parelli leadrope, Parelli carrotstick, additional books & dvds, clinics, etc It's not a path for someone on a budget.

I also agree with KateW that there are cheaper ways to learn the same things. There are so many great trainers out there, and many of them have books, DVDs, and study-at-home programs.

[leoquine]

Wow -- I'm such a dipstick. I should have realized $20 is $240 a year :o

Thanks for your advice though. I'll think about joining the club or not :)

[Kimo]

ETA: I meant to say this below but forgot. The Savvy club is truly an "extra." If you're interested in PNH, it's best to attend a clinic just to audit. You'll spend about $30 and you'll get a feel for it all. Also, try borrowing someone's L1 kit or reading Pat's book from the library. That would be free, and you can absorb a HUGE amount of info. You really don't need to join the Savvy club to experience PNH.


Well... you can look at it a few different ways. Yes, it's $20 a month, but Savvy club members get a DVD or mag every month. I consider that my "horse fix" and don't spend on other mags or training videos so I think it equals out for me personally.

Also, the US Savvy club members get some decent discounts. You get to go to the PNH tours that come around the country for free ($60 normally). You get about 30% off if you decided to do any of the clinics at the PNH centers. You also get discounts on equipment and so on. Just today I ordered APF for my horse and saved about $15, so that was nice.

I'm part of the club so I rationalize the expense, but I really like Parelli world and think it's a fun way to stay in touch with what's new. I sort of use it instead of taking a lesson each month. However, I'd say the biggest drawback is that sometimes you feel overwhelmed with all the info each month. At first, you can't get enough, but after awhile, you get behind. I'm about two discs & one mag behind right now and have trouble finding the time to watch/read.

[Bay Mare]

(ps there are much, much more affordable ways to obtain the same levels of knowledge and understanding of horses)


Echo that!

As is well known on here I'm not a Parelli fan by any stretch of the imagination so I wouldn't pay the money, not in a million years.

Why don't you have a look at the different kinds of NH philosopies and see which one suits you. It's easy to go for the one that has the highest profile (aka most aggressive marketing) but there are lots of different options out there, many of which cost a lot less money with excellent results. They don't all require that you buy their stuff either (or clones of their stuff) which can add up to a heck of a lot of extra money.

I used an Intelligent Horsemanship RA who came out to see my horse, firstly to solve her rearing problem and then to do groundwork. I get supervised hands on experience rather than learning from a book or DVD (which can mean missing the subtleties that only face to face interaction can teach you) and she works out a lot cheaper than some of the systems out there.

Don't follow the crowd, have a look around, research and see what you think will suit you and your horse :D

[six6strings]

Echo that!

As is well known on here I'm not a Parelli fan by any stretch of the imagination so I wouldn't pay the money, not in a million years.


Who then would you guys suggest?

Dennis Reis - $300 or there about
Chris Cox - $270 or there about
Clinton Anderson - $200 or there about for ground work only

Who would you guys suggest then? I would really like to know. I'm not a Parelli wannabe but NH does make a lot of sense. It doesnt come natural to me, so I'll need to learn it from someone.

Who else is cheaper and achieves the same results?



Six

[Crystal Fire]

There are cheaper in the UK, but I don't know about the States sorry.