RENOWNED HORSE WHISPERER PUTS VETERANS ON A PATH TO HEALING IN MILITARY CHANNEL’S HORSE SENSE AND SOLDIERS

– One-Hour Special Premieres Sunday, September 19 at 10 PM on Military Channel –

Silver Spring, Md. (September 7, 2010) – In the newest special in Military Channel’s Coming Home initiative, original “horse whisperer” and American renaissance cowboy Monty Roberts works with three veterans of the Iraq war, each of whom suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  The result is nothing short of magic. 

Through an innovative yet experimental approach to coping with PTSD, Roberts shares his lifetime of experience and insight in non-violent training as he gently coaches each veteran to read the silent language of horses and reach the point of breakthrough, or “Join-Up®,” the moment at which a wild horse will trust and accept human contact.  It is an emotional and striking metaphor for how these soldiers can work through and cope with their debilitating depression and anger.  HORSE SENSE AND SOLDIERS premieres Sunday, September 19 at 10 PM on Military Channel. (more…)

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Contact: Debbie Loucks
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MONTY ROBERTS, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, PENS FIRST NOVEL FOR CHILDREN

MONTY’s CELEBRATED AMERICAN MUSTANG NARRATES HIS OWN STORY

Solvang, CA (August 30, 2010) – Monty Roberts’ seventh book enlightens and entertains children while helping them better understand the hearts and minds of horses.  This first novel from Monty was inspired by requests from little girls the world over to tell the story from the mustang’s perspective. Like Black Beauty, the story is told in the voice and from the perspective of the horse.

Monty’s says: “This book is especially gratifying because it answers the requests of hundreds of children; it allows Shy Boy to tell his own story.” (more…)

Recruiting Horses for Scientific Study of Join-Up in the UK

Monty Roberts will be at Sparsholt College to take part in an academic study into the effects of his training method on horses compared with the UK conventional training method. The study will take place from the 22nd of June to the 16th of July and will involve Monty training horses to work under saddle in the same conditions as another person using the UK conventional method. (more…)

Famed Horse Gentler and Trainer of Multiple Grade 1 Champions Calls for Change

SOLVANG, CALIFORNIA – 5/7/2008 – Monty Roberts, internationally acclaimed horse trainer, animal behaviorist and author of the best-selling The Man Who Listens to Horses, continues his mission statement to “leave the world a better place than I found it for horses and for people too” by advocating change in the horse racing industry.

The recent tragedy at the Kentucky Derby with Eight Belles is an opportunity for the industry to show that it is doing everything in its power to protect horses. A major step in the right direction would be to take whips out of racing. Roberts has been advocating this change for years and believes that now is the time for horse the the industry to show that it is doing everything in its power to protect horses. A major step in the right direction would be to take whips out of racing. Roberts has been advocating this change for years and believes that now is the time for horse the industry to show their support for this change. (more…)

Two innovative programs involving the use of appropriate influence in dependant relationships came together at Monty Roberts’ Flag Is Up Farms, Solvang, California.

The first, Join-Up, the trust-based communication methods developed by world-class horse trainer Monty Roberts, needs no introduction. The other, The AVERT Project, created and directed by Leonard Manzella, provides Empathic Response Training for schools, institutions and families. Even though their clients are obviously very different, Mr. Manzella and Mr. Roberts recognize the similarities in the work they do, one with families and the other with horses. In the case of families, the children are dependant on their parents. In the same way, the horse is dependant on the herd until they are removed from it. That dependency is then transferred to the owner, or trainer. Not only are the dynamics similar, so are the problems that are caused when force or violence enters into the relationship. (more…)

Monty Roberts, award-winning trainer of championship horses including some for Queen Elizabeth II, best-selling author, Hollywood stunt man, foster dad to 47 children (in addition to three of his own) and creator of the equine training technique called Join~Up®, will be the guest speaker at a reception to introduce this year’s recipients of scholarships from The Race For Education, the Kentucky Equine Education Program (KEEP), and the Kentucky Horse Council.

The reception, which is sponsored by Stockplace, Blood-Horse Publications, The Kentucky Horse Council and KEEP, will be held Saturday, July 14, at Victorian Square in downtown, Lexington, Ky. The reception begins at 6:30. (more…)

The Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association will bring 3500 attendees and live horses to Houston for the 51st Annual Statewide Convention on March 28 – 31!
All events will take place at the George R Brown Convention Center and the Hilton of the Americas.

The Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association is composed of speech-language pathologists and audiologists involved with the assessment and treatment of speech, language, and/or hearing disorders. There are more than 11,000 professionals across the state that evaluate and treat individuals who have problems with speaking, listening, thinking, reading, writing, swallowing, hearing, and/or balance. This non-profit association has been in existence for 51 years in Texas. The association actively supports advanced and specialty training as well as legislative activities that promote access to speech, language, and hearing services. (more…)

Greg Fitzgerald

Solvang, CA (December 1, 2006) – Greg Fitzgerald founder and Managing Partner of VisionWork Associates, LLC, became the newly elected Chairman of the Board of Join-Up International on October 18, 2006. With Greg’s passion for the Join-Up vision and his specialization working with nonprofit groups, Join-Up will benefit greatly. Greg has served on the Board of Directors of Join-Up for a year, with consultation services provided to Join-Up for several years. (more…)