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Watch Monty's horse training videos to learn how he demonstrates communication through horse training techniques that the amateur and professional alike consider to be the trainable skills of a horse whisperer yet Monty calls it horse gentling.
Monty's horse training techniques are non violent with intelligent natural horsemanship. In addition to video instructions, Monty has written many books related to natural horsemanship. Monty trains safe horses for nervous riders called Willing Partners. Monty trains world class race horses for sale.
“I am very proud to be a part of Her Majesty’s horse training and her passion for their welfare. I believe she is the leading monarch for the advocacy of horses in the world. She is a thought leader in this field. Her Majesty's horses are trained using the Dually Halter, making a difference in the training of sensitive animals by giving the horse the choice to partner in the training.” ~ Monty
“I communicate with a horse in what I call the Language of Equus; a silent language of gestures that is discernible, predictable and effective. Now you can learn from my videos, audio and notes to help you understand the horse as I do. This language is really quite simple, but simplicity becomes its greatest strength.” ~ Monty
Monty Roberts is a renowned horse trainer known as the man who listens to horses and the original horse whisperer. Monty's horse training instructions are accepted worldwide.
Monty has helped thousands of people globally through his Monty Roberts Online Videos to learn how to Join-Up with horses, training young horses, spooky horses, horses that bite. His mustang , Shy Boy , is his most famous horse.
Join-Up methods help horse and trainer to establish a bond of communication and trust. “You must somehow understand that we as horsemen can do very little to teach the horse. What we can do is to create an environment in which he can learn.” ~ Monty
Monty says, “We hear that ‘actions speak louder than words,’ but generally we do not live by it too successfully.” Now Monty has taught thousands of people worldwide how to build trust in animals through our actions and body language.
Monty’s principles really amount to common sense and immense patience. He believes that children and horses have the same behavioral patterns. They are both naturally “flight” animals. "If you frighten them and resort to confrontation, you’ll lose their trust." ~ Monty
"Simple one-on-one reassurances and praise reap long term dividends that can all be undone with the quick slamming of a book on a desk or shouting back." ~ Monty Roberts
"No one of us was born with the right to say 'You must or I'll hurt you' to any other living thing, animal or human". ~ Monty Roberts
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My Join-Up® Experience

Go ahead, laugh

By:

cocogoldsmith

Date:

2016-Mar-19 at 05:32AM

I'm going to quickly share that a horse trainer that works at the ranch where I board my horse doesn't understand Equus. To make a long story short, I was trying to get my horse from her paddock and the other horses were interferring. My horse has been Joined-Up and in this new enclosure was "forgetting" that she just waits for me. Soooo, I decided to try and Join-Up the other horses by sending them away from me. I got them all going in a rather large circle around me, establishing a rather small flight distance for a 2-acre paddock. I kept letting my girl run away from me in this circle. It was rough and not pretty at all, but after a time, I began to do the shoulder thing and cross them...you know. And in a matter ofabout 15 minutes I had 3 of the horses following me. I patted their head and gave them a treat. My horse remembered what I was doing and just waited for me. Later on, a few other peopele said that I'd gotten closer to two of the other horses that no one else could (and were causing me problems) than they ever had. Hmmmm, who's laughing now?

Australizee 2016-Mar-20 at 07:18AM

Fabulous that you managed to join up wit several horses present! Another testimony to Monty's principle!
And also sadly that it's the people who know least who 'laugh' most...

Mel - Ramsgate UK 2016-Mar-21 at 06:07PM

Brilliant, you did exactly what I do to get a new herd of horses working together, start the join up process and the herd become one and work together, you becoming the leader and them respecting your leadership resulting in join up. Well Done! Sounds like you had fun!
As you say might not be pretty at first, but I now use that method to exercise my little ones of 6 together as I'm too big to ride them. They work in circles around me and have bundles of play along the way :D
Mel
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cocogoldsmith 2016-Mar-22 at 03:59AM

Thanks for the support! Join-Up is pretty great. And my mare went into a new herd just today after 1.5 wks to rehab a wound and she, being an alpha, had this all-mare herd following her. She's quite fluent in Equus ;-) And said trainer took note. This stuff is brilliant. I'm a lifer!

Mel - Ramsgate UK 2016-Mar-24 at 08:25PM

Excellent and good to hear. Keep it going. x