Comments on Livre du Jour: My Book of the Day Blog: The Man Who Listens to Horses by Monty Roberts

Truthseeker,My response to you actually said nothi...

2008-02-21T11:42:00.000-07:00

Truthseeker,

My response to you actually said nothing about Monty Roberts' horsemanship. I know that's not in question; I don't need you to tell me so. Rather, my post concentrated on explaining why abuse is often not visible to other family members.

Now you are claiming that your discovery proves Monty Roberts is a liar. Does it? I don't think so. A few thousand dollars actually isn't much compared to what the top champions earn...or cost. It is certainly not unheard of to get rid of a horse because he is not winning enough or because of a personality conflict with the horse.

In fact, if the great Greg Ward trained Dually and all he was earning was a few thousand dollars, I bet he was a huge disappointment!

Which would explain why he was culled.

No one questions that MR is a very talented horsem...

2008-02-21T04:48:00.000-07:00

No one questions that MR is a very talented horseman who has helped people with their horse handling problems. It is doubtful that his father was the monster that MR would have us believe. In Jonathon Turley's article ' A Peddler of Court Gossip May Pay the Piper,' Turley wrote:
> The horse whisperer is identified by Condit's lawyers as Monty Roberts, a man with "a long and notorious history of lying."
>

I can for a fact, point out what seems to be liberty with the truth, written by MR in his book 'The Man Who Listens To Horses.' He wrote that his horse Dually was a "throwaway horse" and a "cull" from the Greg Ward ranch. I checked the AQHA records for Dually and in fact, the horse had won several thousand dollars in competition before MR got him. The horse was raised and trained by the legendary Greg Ward.

Thank you for your comment.I have registered on th...

2007-09-07T13:48:00.000-06:00

Thank you for your comment.

I have registered on the site you recommended and started to skim through the free book denouncing Monty's claims. Although Monty's aunt and cousin claim he is lying, I was struck by something their own book stated:

"'Just watch the show, Mom,' Cheri said. 'He even cries when he talks about it. I wanted to throw up.'"

Don't you think that if their own cousin/nephew had the ability to fake crying and other traumatic emotions, they would have known about it before then?

The fact is that abuse -- whether of women or of children -- is very rarely known by anyone else, even close friends and family. And unfortunately, most abusers are quite charming otherwise, meaning that the victims are never believed, and are often demonized by their own family and friends, just like Monty's aunt and cousin are doing.

Likewise, many people who otherwise seem quite nice believe that you have to be rough and aggressive with horses in order to assert your dominance.

While I can't say for sure that Monty was telling the truth -- anymore than his aunt can say that he was lying, since she obviously was not there during the events described in the book (who beats their child in front of other people?) -- I do have to say that I, for one, believe him.

http://HorseWhispersandLies.com sets the record st...

2007-09-07T09:10:00.000-06:00

http://HorseWhispersandLies.com sets the record straight about Monty Roberts' father, Marvin, who was actually a very kind and compassionate man. See also the Feb. 1999 expose about Monty Roberts in Horse & Rider magazine.