Monty Roberts

The Man Who Listens to Horses

As a child, Monty Roberts witnessed horses being "broken" by traditional, violent methods and also experienced abuse from his father which led him to look for kinder ways to deal with horses.

He spent a lot of time studying how horses behave in the wild and how they respond in the herd situation.

This led him to experiment with using the horse's natural instincts in ways that he could start to build an understanding and communicate with the horse in it's own language - which he terms "Equus" and which earned him the title of the horse whisperer.

His Join-UpŠ method developed from this and he has been internationally successful in demonstrating this way of starting and re-starting (he does not use the term 'Breaking") horses.

He has had an illustrious career, highlights of which include:

• 1986 - first public demonstration of Join-UpŠ
• 1989 - Queen Elizabeth II invited Monty to Windsor Castle to demonstrate Join-upŠ and train her staff
• 1996 - Published his first book "The Man Who Listens to Horses"
• 1999 - His second book and documentary "Shy Boy: The Horse that Came in from the Wild" airs
• 2001 - His third book "Horse Sense for People" is published
• 2002 - His fourth book "From My Hands to Yours" is released
• 2004 - His fifth book "Horses in My Life" is published in Great Britain, Germany and Australia
• 2005 - Monty is awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Parma for his work in animal psychology

I highly recommend his books, many of which are available for loan at your local library. Alternatively you can buy them from Amazon by clicking on the images below:

Monty continues to tour the world to demonstrate his non-violent methods. For more information visit:

www.montyroberts.com


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