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Is it not time for us to consider changing some of our retained barbaric ways?
What Roberts does is the mirror opposite of "breaking" a horse: he "starts" a horse, getting it to accept halter, bridle, saddle and a rider without any coercion at all.<ref> Using a method involving kindness and communication, Monty Roberts can start a horse to saddle, bridle and rider in an average of 30 minutes. He believes that the violence involved in the traditional method of horse breaking is "unnecessary and counterproductive." "I don't 'break' horses in 30 minutes, I 'start' them," he says. "I want the horse on my team." [http://www.dharma-haven.org/five-havens/listens.htm] </ref>
What Roberts does is the mirror opposite of "breaking" a horse: he "starts" a horse, getting it to accept halter, bridle, saddle and a rider without any coercion at all.<ref> Using a method involving kindness and communication, Monty Roberts can start a horse to saddle, bridle and rider in an average of 30 minutes. He believes that the violence involved in the traditional method of horse breaking is "unnecessary and counterproductive." "I don't 'break' horses in 30 minutes, I 'start' them," he says. "I want the horse on my team." [http://www.dharma-haven.org/five-havens/listens.htm] </ref>
{{quotation|People love animals, and we are supposed to be a civilized species. Is it not time for us to consider changing some of our retained barbaric ways? We have stopped lashing prisoners and whipping small children. Is it not time that we stopped whipping our horses, flight animals, who have no intention to hurt anyone? My goal is to leave the world a better place than I found it—for horses and people too. [http://www.montyroberts.com/flag_whipinracing.html] }}
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