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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.
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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.
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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
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The Aggressive Horse

By:

christinehardaker

Date:

2010-Dec-30 at 10:56PM

How to handle an aggressive horse that bites and tries to kick

jacqui 2011-Jun-19 at 04:58PM

I would also like to learn how to deal with an aggrssive horse.Mine isn't really aggressive and most of the time he leads really well and backs up, moves over etc but if he is feeling that way out and decides he dosent want to do something he gets a real attitude and tries to nip.

MaggieF, Melbourne - Australia 2011-Jun-20 at 12:02AM

Just wondering if you both done join-up with your horses and own a dually halter. My young mare tended to be a bit aggressive before I purchased mine. She would actually come at me when I was trying to discipline her with a rope halter and I tended to carry my wand with me to keep her back. However after a good join up session and the introduction of the dually her behaviour has changed completely. Now if she puts her ears back and behaves aggressively at all it is straight back to the dually halter and Monty's basic ground manners again. As I find the dually a little cumbersome and heavy I tend to use a light rope halter on her most of the time and for catching her. If she needs the dually then it is easy to slip the rope halter off from underneath it.

MaggieF, Melbourne - Australia 2011-Jun-20 at 12:19AM

Just one further comment. The dually has helped me in many ways to correct the small problems that arise with a young mare who is inclined to be cheeky and a bit aggressive if not kept under control. If she attempts to move when saddling I just grab the ring of the dually and give it a quick tug and tell her to woo-up until she is standing. Similarly if she moves or attempts to pull her hoof out of my hands while I am trimming her hooves or picking them out I again use the dually as a correction. She still hasn't had the farrier to shoe her but he lhas trimmed her once for me. I use a combination of the dually for discipline and carrot bits as a reward for good behaviour. This seems to have really worked on my young strong willed very smart mare who could have otherwise been quite a handful. Her mother Pie was very fierce, scared and rebellious when I first owned her so I am lucky her foal hasn't developed similar bad traits. You may care to read Pie's Story under "horses that charge in the field"