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The Monty Roberts International Learning Center “My greatest accomplishment was learning to be gentle; without that I feel I would have achieved nothing.” ~ Monty Roberts Monty Roberts International Learning Center (MRILC) is dedicated to promoting gentle, more effective alternatives to violence and force through educational courses ranging from beginner [...]
CREATING TRUST-BASED PARTNERSHIPS MONTY ROBERTS The Monty Roberts Story I was born in the saddle, first riding in front of my mother as she taught students to ride. I won my first competition at age four on Ginger. My father trained horses in the traditional way, 6000 years of [...]
Question: My young horse, who is 10 months old, needs farrier attention yet it seems to me that he is too young for Join-Up. What steps should I take before bringing in my farrier? Kerry Milford Monty’s Answer: Thank you for your timely question. This week we have added a sixth farrier lesson to my [...]
Question : Are you in favor of training horses with a clicker? Monty's Answer: I was working as a clinician in Springfield, Massachusetts at an event that is a major equine exposition called Equine Affaire. During the course of this event, I was asked to work with several remedial horses. One was brought to me [...]
The Advantage of Going Bare - By Monty Roberts All my life I have marveled at the wild horses of the Western United States. One of the most intriguing facets of their existence is how in the world can they survive on rocky, high deserts with no foot care of any kind? Sure, it is [...]
Solvang, CA (January 31, 2011) – Monty Roberts and ACTHA have partnered to host an America’s Favorite Trail Horse Competition at Flag Is Up Farms in Solvang California – land of wine and horses! AND Monty has dedicated his Shy Boy Book to raise funds for the Mustang Heritage Foundation and encourage juniors to ride!
LESSONS FROM THE ROUNDPEN PART I By Monty Roberts We live in restless times. In almost every area of life people can feel that things are changing and indeed must change. But no one knows where the necessary changes will lead or what they will mean for those concerned. What, you may be asking yourself, [...]
Solvang, CA (November 30, 2010) - Monty Roberts' seventh and eighth books enlighten and entertain children while helping them better understand the hearts and minds of horses. These first novels from Monty were inspired by requests from little girls the world over to tell the story from the mustang's perspective. Like Black Beauty, the story [...]
The Upper Room In The Man Who Listens to Horses, Monty Roberts tells of learning to train horses by listening to them. His father had trained horses through physical domination and fear, “breaking” them. But Monty hated how the horses suffered and sought a better way. As a teenager, Monty spent long hours observing wild [...]
Monty Roberts, award-winning trainer of championship horses including some for Queen Elizabeth II, best-selling author, Hollywood stunt man, foster dad to 47 children (in addition to three of his own) and creator of the equine training technique called Join~Up®, will be the guest speaker at a reception to introduce this year’s recipients of scholarships from [...]
