That said my curiosity as a horse trainer and writer, plus the fact my Mom gave me the book to read, I thought why not give Mr. Roberts a chance. He has done wonders for the horse world by exposing people to the natural horsemanship approach that I truly believe in.
Roberts is a great storyteller, braiding rich details of his history into a strong rope of accumulative equine knowledge and sharing it with his audience. The entertaining tales of his visits with the Queen and his trek to Ireland are well worth the $7.99 price of the book.
I did find some of his claims in this 309-page paperback, such as he was the first to invent the slant load trailer, hard to fathom. Especially since he supposedly would come up with a good idea but not pursue its marketability. That doesn't make financial sense to me. It's tough to survive in the horse business and if other monies would be coming in from else where the Flags Is Up ranch would not have suffered such hardships.
If people read The Man Who Listens To Horses because it's entertaining-fine. If because they read the book and help spread the word across the world that one can have a well-trained horse without whips, ropes and beatings-better! I feel if Monty Roberts accomplishes his goal-to teach people to become better natural horseman by understanding the mentality of the horse by way of his books, videos, and media campaign, then more print pages to him.
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