Ask Monty: The 150 Most Common Horse Problems Solved

by Monty Roberts

If you have ever wanted to know how to get a horse into a trailer, how to deal with a bucking horse, how to walk your horse through water or how to handle a two-month old foal, then you need look no further than ASK MONTY. In this book, Monty Roberts, lifelong horse trainer and bestselling author of THE MAN WHO LISTENS TO HORSES, answers 150 questions that have been regularly posed to him by fans and readers over many years. He shares the methods and techniques that he has spent a lifetime perfecting, which will enable you to understand, communicate and work more effectively with your horse. Each chapter is devoted to a key area of horse training, and Monty's methods are easily and practically explained with the help of clear diagrams. ASK MONTY is the essential guide for horse-lovers everywhere.

Genres: Horses, Nonfiction

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

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. Roberts registered as his term for "hooking on", the phrase "Join~Up", in which a trainer negotiates with an untamed horse to form a voluntary relationship with him

Reviews

[Sydne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Monty Roberts is as big as it comes when it comes to natural horsemanship. This book answers the 150 most frequently asked questions he has received over the years.
While the book is an interesting read and goes into good detail in some sections, it can only be used as a reference in others, for which further reading is required. I guess this is the nature of the beast- an issue can simply not be explained in a few hundred words, which is the amount of space each question gets in the book. As a starting point it is certainly worth it and with some luck, you'll find enough information to take away and work with.