America: Flag is up Farms – Monty Roberts
As a child, Monty Roberts witnessed horses being "broken" by traditional, violent methods and also experienced abuse from his father which led him to look for kinder ways to deal with horses.
He spent a lot of time studying how horses behave in the wild and how they respond in the herd situation.
This led him to experiment with using the horse's natural instincts in ways that he could start to build an understanding and communicate with the horse in its own language - which he terms "Equus" and which earned him the title of the horse whisperer.
His 1996 autobiography, the man who listens to horses, became a best seller. He wrote that by personally observing horses in the wild, he learned to listen to their non-verbal language; that when horses understood that they can trust you, they will decide to be with you. His book remained on the New York Times bestseller list for fifty eight weeks.
His “Join-Up” method developed from this and he has been internationally successful in demonstrating this way of starting and re-starting horses.
Here is a video of Monty’s method “Join up”. Here he breaks a horse and saddles him for the first time in less than ten minutes.
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