Horsemanship Radio

Chris Morris, a Monty Roberts Certified Instructor from the UK, gives us tips on the training of both horses and horse persons to prepare for driving carriages or riding horses. Alex and Vanessa Vandervoort share their story of why they started their riding school in the Philippines and how  they enrolled in the Monty Roberts course to be able to learn more about the language of better communication between horse and rider. Listen in... 

• Show Host: Debbie Loucks
• Title Sponsor: HandsOn Gloves, All-In-One Shedding/Bathing/GroomingGloves
• Guest: Chris Morris, Whispering Equus
• Guest: Alex and Vanessa Vandervoort, VanAlex Stables
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Will Friday provides Masterson Method Bodywork and nutritional consulting for horses throughout Southern California, working with all breeds and disciplines including Grand Prix competitors. Will studied Equine Science at LA Pierce College and specializes in equine nutrition. Mimi Zitzewitz became the youngest Certified Monty Roberts Instructor at 18. She is now studying veterinary medicine.

• Show Host: Debbie Loucks
• Title Sponsor: HandsOn Gloves, All-In-One Shedding/Bathing/GroomingGloves
• Guest: Will Friday
• Guest: Mimi Zitzewitz
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Monty Roberts and Debbie Loucks travel 6000 miles to Brazil to meet some amazing horsepersons and to see how progressive Brazil is where horse's welfare is concerned. Considered very traditional, Brazil is getting attention and credit for their humane and forward thinking treatment of animals, while honoring their heritage of agricultural. Pedro Berranteiro and Dr. Kiko de Almeida Prado, with Certified Monty Roberts Instructor Waldo Franco, tell their story.  Listen in...

• Show Host:Debbie Loucks
• Title Sponsor:HandsOn Gloves, All-In-One Shedding/Bathing/GroomingGloves
• Guest: Pedro Henrique Berranteiro
• Guest: Dr. Kiko de Almeida Prado (Director de Rodeio)
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Filipe Masetti talks about his 8 year odyssey riding on horseback over 25,000 kms across 12 international borders. Monty sits down with certified instructor Manjeev Chaudhary to talk about Marwari horses and the potential in India for growth. Listen in... 

• Show Host: Debbie Loucks
• Title Sponsor: HandsOn Gloves, All-In-One Shedding/Bathing/GroomingGloves
• Guest: Monty Roberts
• Guest: Filipe Masetti
• Guest: Manjeev Chaudhary
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We chat with Eitan Beth-Alchemy, Richard Winters, Dr. Robert Miller and Tom Spalding. Plus, Monty Roberts explains ritualistic habituation. A classic re-visit.

• Show Host: Debbie Loucks
• Title Sponsor: HandsOn Gloves, All-In-One Shedding/Bathing/GroomingGloves
• Guests: Monty Roberts, Eitan Beth-Alchemy, Richard Winters, Dr. Robert Miller and Tom Spalding
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• Additional support for this episode by Sentinel Horse Nutrition
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Monty Roberts has a Thoroughbred mare in training who refuses to go in the starting gate. She came from the racetrack misunderstood and striking out at people. Listen in to Monty share what he is doing to gain trust and to "ask" instead of "demand". And Lidia Kuleshnyk is founder of Apona Healing Ranch, a place of Equine-Assisted Therapy and Equine Healing Retreats she started to help her heal her chronic health conditions. Listen in...

• Show Host: Debbie Loucks
• Title Sponsor: HandsOn Gloves, All-In-One Shedding/Bathing/GroomingGloves
• Guest: Monty Roberts
• Guest: Lidia Kuleshnyk
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In the stunning equestrian spectacle, Cavalia, Kansas Carradine was a featured soloist in five acts and became renowned for her skills of roman-riding a team of four horses.  Kansas then worked behind the scenes buying and training horses for Cavalia in both trick-riding and roman-riding. Relax Trax is specifically designed to relieve stress in your horse by mimicking the rhythm of a horse's gaits and using string instruments. Listen to Sarah Reuss, VMD, DACVIM, Equine Technical Manager at Boehringer Ingelheim share why this works. Listen in... 

• Show Host: Debbie Loucks
• Title Sponsor: HandsOn Gloves, All-In-One Shedding/Bathing/GroomingGloves
• Guest: Dr. Sarah Reuss
• What's playing in the barn? A science-based approach to music​ by Boehringer Ingelheim US: Equine Health
• A Music Track Specially Designed to Help Relieve Stress in Horses, Equine Relax Trax
• Guest: Kansas Carradine
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The Chair for the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee, Dr. Reuss, joins us to help horse owners learn what to expect in a lameness exam. And Carl Bledsoe coaches and trains Gaited Horses to become even smoother and sounder rides.

• Show Host: Debbie Loucks
• Title Sponsor: HandsOn Gloves, All-In-One Shedding/Bathing/GroomingGloves
• Guest: Dr. Sarah Reuss
• Guest: Carl Bledsoe
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"Horses need advocates", says Sharon Jantzen. "As our society gets further away from horses - well agriculture in general - those industries become 'at risk' of being eliminated. Education and exposure are ways we can bridge the gap of understanding and familiarity between horses and humans." And Tara Graham is the Equine Bit and Bridle Fitter, originally from England, at 25 she fell in love with an OTTB mare, her heart horse who she says made her 'want to know more, so she could do better'. Listen in... 

• Show Host: Debbie Loucks
• Title Sponsor: HandsOn Gloves, All-In-One Shedding/Bathing/GroomingGloves
• Guest: Tara Graham, Bit and Bridle Fitter
• Guest: Sharon Jantzen
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Beth Behrs recently took a Horsemanship 101 course with girlfriends Sarah Maslin Nir and Jessie Lochrie at Monty Roberts' California Horse Center in Solvang California. Debbie and Beth have fun sharing about the experience and Beth's love for horses. And Adam Black returns to give us the details of the exciting Appalachian Trainer Face Off and the horse he is training this year to compete in it. Listen in... 

• Show Host: Debbie Loucks
• Title Sponsor: HandsOn Gloves, All-In-One Shedding/Bathing/GroomingGloves
• Guest: Beth Behrs
• Guest: Adam Black
• For tips on Good Horsemanship: Ask Monty
• Learn more about Good Horsemanship at Monty Roberts EQUUS Online University
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• Hear all the shows on the Horse Radio Network