Horse Trainer To Demonstrate Nonviolent Methods Tonight
A man who has made a career of learning the body language of horses will be in Spokane today to demonstrate his revolutionary technique of training horses.
Monty Roberts’ claim to fame is that he can persuade an unbroken horse to accept a bridle, saddle and rider within 30 minutes.
Roberts began learning the body language of horses when he was 13 and spent several weeks in the Nevada desert observing wild mustangs. He eventually named that language Equus. Since then he has perfected his nonviolent technique of saddling and mounting a raw horse.
Roberts stands with the horse in a round pen and waits for it to “join up.” That moment comes when the horse, a herd animal by nature, voluntarily approaches Roberts in an effort to join his “herd.”
He has trained horses for several celebrities and the queen of England. He works with untrained horses as well as those which have been mistreated or poorly trained.
Roberts, who wrote an autobiographical novel, “The Man Who Listens to Horses,” holds degrees in animal husbandry, biology and farm management.
He will demonstrate his technique during a special presentation at 7:30 p.m. today at Fairview Farms, 10102 N. Fairview Road.
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