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From the lens The Original Horse Whisperer, Monty Roberts.

  • inkserotica Sep 14, 2011 @ 5:01 am | delete
    A fluttering of ghostly angel wings have passed on by and sent blessings your way :)
  • Tanya Aug 18, 2011 @ 10:47 pm | delete
    Read his biography. Have experienced abuse as a child also (I'm 53 now) & what I went through still haunts me! His books & non-violent horse training methods could very well be used with your children.
  • RenaissanceWoman2010 Jun 27, 2011 @ 12:22 pm | delete
    I have great respect and appreciation for Monty Roberts. He has done more for horses than almost anyone else. I did not know about all of the foster children who had also been loved and cared for by this man and his family. Somehow I'm not surprised. Great lens! Thanks.
  • WildFacesGallery Sep 29, 2010 @ 9:11 am | delete
    Great lens. I know there's been a lot of controversy over whether Monty did and was all the things he says he was. But I have tried his join-up method with my horse and it worked beautifully. For me that's the important thing.
  • WhitU4ever Sep 29, 2010 @ 3:03 pm | delete
    Thanks for your comments!

    I've tried Monty's methods too, on a friend's horse, and yes... they work to calm a horse's fears and to help the horse to trust you more. I met up with someone at a cattle farm one day, and she wasn't fond of Monty's methods at all, but she couldn't tell me why, other than that she thought they didn't work. My experiences were different. She was a fan of some other horse trainer that said that you HAVE to tie your horses at the legs or they won't know how to hold still if they get caught in barbed wire. That just frightens the life out of them, though, I argued. Then I asked her, half innocently, if she puts barbed wire around her horses or if they frequently get loose and get caught in barbed wire. She didn't like that very much. She got belligerent and stated a few more false things as fact. Well, I decided I had provoked her enough already, so I didn't press the issue. I asked her, though, if she was willing to look up how Monty's techniques teach the horse to stand still and what he suggests we do if our horses are inevitably exposed to barbed wire. She implied that I was a novice and that I should look up her horse trainer. I agreed to, but she said she was already familiar with Monty's techniques. (In other words, "no.") I wasn't impressed with her as a pet owner at all. She chose purposefully to get offended at my questions instead of answering them to my satisfaction, and then she argued from ignorance, putting me down, rather than being open-minded and agreeing to a fair exchange of ideas. Obviously, the techniques she believed in were extremely important to her way of life.
  • Carmel_Aaron Apr 10, 2010 @ 6:35 pm | delete
    Wow I am amazed. Thank you so much for this material.

    I didn't know about Monty Roberts before, I really appreciate what he is doing, and you for presenting his message..
    5 * for you
  • ArtByLinda Dec 19, 2009 @ 2:36 pm | delete
    Love horses and I love this lens, great design, looks very professional!
  • kesto May 14, 2009 @ 2:03 am | delete
    Thanks for the features
  • Wysiwigs May 13, 2009 @ 1:46 pm | delete
    P.S. I'm lensrolling this to our Epic Farms lens :o)
  • Wysiwigs May 13, 2009 @ 1:45 pm | delete
    Monty Roberts is on our website's "Horse Heroes" page, along with a number of other horse-friendly folk. The work he does is wonderful (particularly taking on whips in the racing industry), and I hope that more people will begin following in his footsteps. Great subject and a very nicely done lens :o)
  • veronnie Apr 18, 2009 @ 8:58 pm | delete
    I think that this can be a real change in the way we see horses it's all in trust love showing the horse that you dont want to harm him or her and he is just amazing to watch !!!
  • Pattywater Feb 12, 2009 @ 1:17 am | delete
    I really enjoyed your lens and the join up training. I had a horse ranch for 26 years. I rode my horses with love and only a halter. They loved to go to the creek below the house and eat grass and lay in the water.

    I no longer live a mile back in with no neighbors. The ranch was sold 5 years ago and I found homes for my horses. I miss them but I had to move to Sacramento to assist my aging parents. It is a different world without my beloved horses. I was a good fence fixer too. Your site is a joy to me and you continue my desire to make life better and easier for all horses. I can recommend your site and enjoy your videos and your wonderful work. I wrote my first lens today and found your site. What a joyful day. I can see that Squido is a remarkable place with wonderful people. Thanks for the Join up. Patty
  • Soul-Mate Jan 31, 2009 @ 6:56 am | delete
    Although I'm not such a horsey person Monty is amazing. He even came to Austria where I went to see him do horse stuff. I loved the way he spoke to horses and the way he can tell if a horse has been abused is awesome. He really is a horse whisperer. And I loved reading his books.
  • AslanBooks Jan 26, 2009 @ 11:33 pm | delete
    Thank you for listing your lens on The Squidoo Ink Pot at http://www.squidinkpot.com.
  • Lisa-Marie-Mary Nov 18, 2008 @ 10:04 pm | delete
    I absolutely love Monty and the fabulous stuff he teaches! I've been to two of his exhibitions and would just LOVE to go again!!

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