Monty Roberts
We are honoured to have the world famous American trainer Monty Roberts as one of our patrons. There could be no greater endorsement for our work and methods than his support.
Monty has spent his entire life striving to improve the lives of horses across the world, developing training methods including Join Up® to provide an alternative to the traditional methods of force used by some other trainers.
Traditional methods aim to teach the horse to “DO AS I SAY” and involve the use of pain and intimidation, but Monty focuses on communion with the horse, rather than domination. “For centuries, humans have said to horses, “You do what I tell you or I'll hurt you,” I'm saying that no one has the right to say, “you must” to an animal or to another human,” says Monty.His non-violent training methods are at the heart of Shy Lowen's ethics.
