I enjoyed it, loved the Arabs!

I missed the beginning of the programme unfortunately, which sounds as though it was very interesting.

However, just to make the point that guard dogs and protection dogs aren't suited to their work because they are fearful, but actually the reverse. Only confident, steady tempered dogs should be used for protection/guard dog purposes, not dogs with too much defensive drive.

Thanks! It was going to be driving me nuts all day. I was lucky enough to see them both live and met them after through a social with the uni riding club. It was great

I watched it and thought it was really good.

I watched it to with great intrest may I add

Completely agree, CM uses punishment and fear to get what he wants from dogs.

Some may not like MR, or Kelly Marks, (saw her myself once) but you cant say they use brutal force to get what they want from the horse.

I loved it! Especially the horses on the beach, and the arab mare. The joining up was quite fascinating but I did wonder whether it could be all that fun for the horse.. Am researching now

Me too, and they are not my favorite breed either

I watched it just now, went out last night, so recorded it.

I loved it, can't wait till next week. Was good to see the frenchman, Jean Paul something, I think? I've heard not so good things about him, but wasn't sure if its just hearsay, but I think that after watching the programme that if he was cruel and nasty to his horses, then they wouldn't do everything so willingly?

I love Monty Roberts, have read a couple of his books. I really admire what he has done, especially as it went against the norm of the usual treatment of horses, when he first started to realise the 'language of the horse.'
I think its great that he's not cruel to them, he just uses the way an 'elder' in a herd would treat a naughty youngster.

I can't wait till next week!

I'm the first to admit that I don't know that much about horses, but from the little I do know, & from dog/cat behaviour studies, I do find it hard to think that driving a horse round & round a pen, shooing it away, then approaching it when it's absolutely exhausted & just about gving up because the normal flight fear response has been taken away, is a very kind or nice thing to do.

As i understand it, the social groupings of horses only require that young stallions are pushed out of the herd as they become sexually mature. So what on earth has Monty Roberts' methods got to do with treating horses "naturally"?