The proprietor of the Hippologische Akademie/
ACADEMY for EQUINE STUDIES

Linda Weritz M.A.

Linda Weritz has been riding since she was 4 years old and is today a much sought-after expert with regard to the instruction and correction of horses of all breeds and with respect to all riding styles.

In her youth she gained various experiences with racehorses and subsequent to her Abitur she went to Spain. In Altea, at the Costa Blanca, she became manager of the “Escuela de Equitacion”, where she started and trained young PRE Stallions. Whilst still studying Psychology and Communication-science she specialized in the intra- and interspecific Communication and the specific Psychology of Horses.

In 1998 she became acquainted with Monty Roberts in California and learned the Join Up Method and the training and correction of problematic Horses on his 'Flag Is Up' Farm as well as at Monty’s master pupil Kelly Marks in Oxfordshire/England. Between 2001 and 2003 she instructed numerous international students at the Monty Roberts Learning Center in California and imported for the neighbouring Gardner Ranch Mustangs from the pound of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Nevada to California in order to tame and train them.

Whilst in the USA she worked and studied also under the tutelage of other well-known trainers namely Mark Rashid, Caroline Resnick, Jack Vance and foremost Anna Twinney, the former manager of the MRLC in California. Linda Weritz returned to Germany in 2003 and opened as one of the best Instructors world-wide the Monty Roberts Learning Centre in Marl/Westphalia.

Today, the Horse-Communication-Science graduate and passionate horsewoman teaches internationally according to the latest equine ethologic and biologic findings and offers owners and enthusiasts within her seminars: lectures and individual training sessions, competent and efficient assistance with regard to education, training and correction of their horses.

Efficient 2-way-communication, finest assistance giving, excellent timing and species-specific motivation of the horse are the supporting columns of her successful and horse-appropriate training methods.

In addition to her teaching and lecturing work for the well-being of horses, Linda Weritz also writes books concerning Horse-psychology and -communication for the interested reader.