On March 16 and 17, 2013, two worlds of horsemanship will come together. Monty and Charlotte Bredahl will join forces and share how they stay true to their concepts of training championship horses. Learn how peak performance is achieved when discipline and cooperation come together. At this special workshop you'll watch classic dressage and Western [...]
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 [...]
Monty’s Answer: Thank you for sending this question as it is asked quite often. People regularly hear me say, “Don’t catch your horse; let your horse catch you.” I would like to address your question assuming that you understand the basic tenets of Join-Up and you have exhausted the use of these basic concepts of [...]
On the 24th of June, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II awarded several persons recommended by Monty Roberts certificates for their pioneering efforts to encourage violence-free training using Join-Up® concepts. The Queen awarded signed certificates to acknowledge these persons for their extraordinary efforts to eliminate violence in the training of horses, followed by their country's [...]
Question: I have purchased a 14-year-old bombproof mare but she comes from an area without trains. I live in a rural area but I cannot go very far without crossing train tracks. What is the best way to introduce a horse to a train? On this road there is about 5 other horse owners, but [...]
'Monty' versus 'Conventional' Training... A summary of the astonishing Science Trials results is released at last! Reprint permission from Intelligent Horsemanship. Click on this link to view and download the whitepaper with science trials results and graphics
On March 21, 2012 Monty was recognized by the Discovery Science Center of Southern California for his spirit of scientific inquiry and for his contributions in fostering a world of respectful communication. His presentation entitled The Science of Communication was hosted by Elizabeth and Tom Tierney of Coto de Caza, California.
In 2004 I wrote a book called The Horses in My Life. In it was a chapter titled Lomitas and the German Dynasty. Recently several events occurred that have proven my last paragraph regarding my all-time favorite racehorse has come true in the most electryfying way. The paragraph stated Lomitas’s second life at stud may [...]
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 [...]
Heartless Nicki is a 2009 filly. This lovely bay Quarter Horse mare was started under saddle using Monty Roberts training methods. November 2011 video: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2hnhrCVtJQ[/youtube] Contact: [email protected]
