This book is in the time period of the 1930's to the 1990's. The main character is Monty Roberts who is a horse whisperer who travels the world to help train horses. Monty's life is a roller coaster like anyone else. He came from the bottom to the top and much wisdom is shared. I feel like it would be cool that at the end, Monty added a little writing from his children and how they love him and respect his job. There weren't any boring parts but in some areas the story goes into extreme detail

Monty's relationship with his father had such an incredible impact on his life. Throughout the book, I was still seeing someone still looking for approval. My opinion is that Monty is still seeking it. The other poignant moment was when he talked about the number of people attending his father's funeral vs. his mother's funeral. A cruel confirmation on how we can turn away from what is really happening and how the forgotten the others become. It is truly a book of raw emotion behind his words hi...

If you love horses you'll love what this man has done for the horse world!! He is amazing!

I was out in the country over Christmas and talked to some folks who have owned and/or worked with horses.They were very familiar with Monty Roberts and have used his techniques to great advantage.I was afraid that Monty's techniques were too good to be true.It turns out that they are too good and too true!I will now start my collection of everything he has written.

I read this book in a week, in the midst of reading another book and a very hectic work and holiday schedule. If I had no other obligations, I would have read it in one sitting. Monty Roberts is a gifted story-teller who can not only decipher horses' body language, but then communicate it in a captivating and clear way to others. Roberts regales with vignettes of his relationships with memorable horses like the mustang herds he spent two summers with, his childhood show horses Brownie and Ginger...

3.5 StarsA seemingly very random book to read, I found this on a stack of books at my parents house that they were getting rid of, and added it to mine about 7 years ago. Since my goal this year is to tackle my TBR shelves, I finally got around to reading this.I have always loved horses, ever since I can first remember riding one at 7 years old at a ranch in Colorado. I would return there two more times as a guest and then spend two summers working there in college. I loved King of the Wind and

Monty Roberts' 'The Man Who Listens to Horses' proved to be one of the most exciting additions to the field of equine/human inter-communication. It destroyed the myth that horses need to be forced into submission to get them to do the bidding of humans. Through his teachings, Monty Roberts has taught thousands of people that the best way to interact with a horse is to learn its language; that the key to a good, stress-free relationship between man and horse is to study the communication system o...

I really love Monty Roberts' work. I've read other books by him and read a lot about his work with horses. I love how he describes the relationships he builds with horses and how he rehabilitates them with such love and care. In this book, he talks more about his childhood and how he came to do what he does now. You have a lot more of an understanding of why he trains horses with such gentility after hearing of his childhood and how his father treating him and his animals. I also enjoyed getting...

This book was the catalyst for change in the way in which i rode, handled and understood horses and for that i have to give thanks to Monty Roberts who introduced me into the world of effective communication, natural horsemanship and the proper understanding of these magnificent animals. I was gripped from page 1 to page 374 hence being unable to put this book down even for a few minutes i finished reading it in under a week, and being that i am naturally a very slow reader this occourance was t...

Is this a crime drama or a book about a horse whisperer? Sometimes I can't tell! Monty Roberts has had an incredible life including being the victim of domestic abuse, the witness of a murder, and involved in the blackmail of a racehorse trainer, amongst other un believable events, all against the ever-evolving back drop of his extraordinary ability to communicate with horses in their own language. His writing is personable, relateable, and engaging, and his methods, whilst seemingly impossible,...

I found this book by accident because I was looking in the wrong section of the library for another book for someone else. I'm so glad I did. Not only was it an engaging account of an extraordinary life, it was a clear, simple articulation of a method for creating connection and trust with a horse. I've recently taken a course on taming mustangs that was based on Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) principles. The aim of this method is the humane training of horses (and other animals) based on gai...

I've read this book several times, and it's been a great source of inspiration for the horse part of my life, for the past 11 years. It's time for my daughter to get her first horse, and I figured that it was time for me to re-read this excellent book. There's so much I can relate to when it comes to Monty Roberts childhood with an abusive father (in my case it was step-father,) and how this affect his way of thinking about both people and horses. It's difficult to understand that the cruel way

As a horse owner, I have a HUGE problem with so-called "gurus". I've seen to many people who follow one guru this week, the next one next week, all without any regard for what their horse needs and certainly without ever questioning the "guru's" methods.Roberts is not really one of those people I'd call a "guru". Sure, he sells, but then, everyone's gotta make a living. But in everything I read from him and about him, I had the feeling that he cares first of all about the horses - unlike "gurus"...

Riveting and instructive tale about a man whose identity and self-esteem do not depend on him feeling ascendant, either to other people or the animal kingdom. He pays the greatest respect he can by quietly and with reverence observing his subjects’ behaviour within their natural setting, and learning how to speak their language. I kept thinking as I read that Monty’s methods would serve human relationships as well as those with horses. When I read the Afterward, written by Lawrence Scanlan, I le...

Not just a book for the horsey set (I had read his "From My Hands to Yours: Lessons from a Lifetime of Training Championship Horses" before), this is an very interesting autobio.I enjoyed the life and times described of his childhood in California during the 40's and 50's, his experiences in the movie world and as a competitive rider (all as a child ... it was definitely a very different time!) and later his work in Europe with horses.Something I did not know about him was that he is completely

This is one of those life-changing books. It's really about 4.8-9 in how I'd rate it for readability, but the star system doesn't allow for that.The work of a man clearly of fierce intelligence but minimal formal education, the prose is rough and honest as a cowboy's hands and tells the tale of an extraordinary life and the rediscovery of something as world-changing as the internal combustion engine: the ability to believe things other than humans have something worthwile to say, and to hear it....

Very readable memoir by Monty Roberts about his life with horses. He grew up with horses, and watched many horses being "broken" by his father and others. He always believed there was a better, more humane way, and he invented it. It involved communicating with the horse: studying, understanding and speaking the horse's body language. Using his method (which he clearly describes in the book - there's no magic here) he is able to convince a horse in half an hour to allow itself to be ridden. Ther...

I've read a few books on horse behavior before but none of them have actually explained all of the various things that horses DO. Especially that chewing and tongue poking out that I see often. So then I left wondering WHY are they doing that? Are they thirsty?? But if they are then why don't they go get a drink? I mean the water is right there and the horse is free to wonder about, as we are in the pasture. So basically I'm left guessing and feeling a bit confused and trying to apply human thou...

Excellent book for animal lovers, especially horse people, or anyone interested in working kindly with others.

When I read this book 10 or so years ago, I had never heard of Monty Roberts before, or at least, I couldn't remember ever having read of him before even though I had been a subscriber to popular horse magazines such as Western Horseman from the time I was a kid.I took the book at face value, until it was proven to my satisfaction by several various other sources that much of the autobiographical information in it disqualifies the book from 'nonfiction' status. Marvin Roberts did not beat his so...