Watch this fantastic video about Monty's experience working on stage with the War Horse cast. Monty advises the puppet operators on how to move like a live horse at the National Theatre in London. The main equine character of War Horse, Joey, interacts with a live horse, American Pie, owned by Kelly Marks, and Pie [...]
Free workshops with Monty Roberts for veterans. Monty Roberts has developed an equine assisted program for veterans with symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The three-day workshops take place at Flag Is Up Farms. It is provided by the Wood-Claeyssens Foundation. Please share this news today so veterans will benefit! Contact us for upcoming [...]
Question: How would you clip a big horse who is terrified of the clippers without doping him? Monty's Answer: Thank you for sending this question to me. In the past two years my menu of procedures has grown tremendously where this problem is concerned. Yes it's true; at 76 I'm still learning. There was a [...]
How do you nurture trust in your relationship with horses? If you can find the thing that they do well and praise them for it, it is so much better than waiting for them to do something bad and punishing them for it. Watch this historic video of Monty training Blushing ET for inspiration to [...]
Celebrating the success of Monty's groundbreaking Centaur educational series, in the Monty Roberts Equus Online University, Monty has chosen to offer one of the first Centaur lessons free to all. Watch the lesson right here on Monty's homepage! Discover the remarkable potential for making progress, with very difficult horses, using the Centaur approach. This method [...]
If you reside in the USA, it's easy to get FREE horse tips from Monty. Just send your email address by text message. Text: MONTY to this number: 22828 to get started. Only available in the USA. The tool works with these phone carriers: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, Alltel, Boost, and Nextel. It will [...]
Monty Roberts talks about his goals to encourage true partnership between horses and humans in an interview with Equine VIP. Watch the inverview on YouTube! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqWndAIxXOA[/youtube] Â
Ask Monty: Isn't it OK to hit the horse who bites you? ... To strike a horse for pain is the world’s #1 worst piece of horsemanship. And while one might perceive the immediate results to be effective the damage done is permanent.
If a person is going to be successful in the horse world, you have got to decide what you want for yourself. The needs of the horse come before wanting to win championships; wanting to make money; wanting to be successful internally. It is a partnership. Your horse is critical. His needs must be met [...]
Question: When you are working with a horse (especially a wild one), do you work with the horse until it is coming in to you or can you do it over a few days, leaving it when it is licking and chewing and looking in to you but not coming up? It's a lot for [...]
