A book for anyone that loves animals

Back in 2006 I read a back about a fascinating person and his love for horses. The book is called "The man who listened to horses". At the time that I read the book it was already 10 years old and been made into a series that appeared on PBS. Monty Roberts grew up during the depression on a farm in California where his parents raised and trained horses. As a young boy Monty observed the horse out in the wild around and paid close attention to how they would structure their ranks. As much as he tried explaining to his father that instead of using the old methods of training, which he thought were cruel, and using the gestures that he learned from watching the wild horses the time and stress would be cut way down. Monty's father never listened too him and and stuck with the old practices. Eventually Monty did get his chance to prove his observations worked During Monty's career as a trainer, rider, teacher and performer he lead quite an adventurous life. He was a stunt double in "National Velvet", trained race horses, and even meet the queen and talked about horses over high tea. In the 15 years since that time Monty still gives talks, lessons, and sells horse carvings. Even though the book is most about Monty and remarkable career with horses it shows us just how much we can learn about animals by simple observing how they interact with each other.