About
Marty McGee Bennett’s first llama jumped offthe back of a pickup truck and into her heart in 1981. Since then Martyhas devoted her professional life to the well being of llamas and alpacas andthe education of camelid enthusiasts. Marty brings a variety of experienceand qualifications to her work with camelids, including a B.S. degree in AnimalBehavior. Marty’s combination of TTEAM (the work developed by LindaTellington-Jones), with the principals of balance and leverage and a secondsense with both camelids and people make “Camelidynamics” the world’s mostpopular, and enduring training/handling system for camelids.
Her clinics, books and videos have helpedthousands of llama and alpaca owners more fully understand, appreciate andenjoy this magical animal. Marty’s most recent book “The CamelidCompanion” published in
2001 has received rave reviews inpublications worldwide. Conducting hundreds of clinics in North America andaround the world have kept Marty on the road for much of the past 25 years.Marty’s work with camelids is popular with owners and veterinarians alike. She has taught the principles of animalhandling to veterinarians and at veterinary schools around the county.
Marty her husbandBrad and their family of four-leggeds have a farm in Bend, Oregon that is thehome of the Camelidynamics Training Center and the base of operations for theCamelidynamics Guild. Formore information about the guild, Marty, clinics and equipment log on to www.camelidynamics.com
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<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</span><br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;">B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!</span></p>
Story Behind The Book
If you have gotten this far then I am assuming that you worry a bit about your weight or would like to lose some. I have struggled with my weight since I was a teenager, I have lost hundreds of pounds and unfortunately found them over and over. . I have never been obese but I have sure been called a BIG girl bumping 200 pounds at one stage. I am 5’10” and my weight has fluctuated between 30 and 50 pounds my whole life. I have always either been on a diet or unhappy with my weight. I have never weighed the same for more than a few weeks at a time. I was a “manic-depressive dieter”. I was either manically dieting or depressed that I was overweight.
On December 28, 2007, quite by accident I made a discovery about weight maintenance that would change my life forever.
The secret isn’t about what to eat or what not to eat, it doesn’t involve special meal plans or pills. Losing weight is calories in and energy expended- we all know how to lose weight. It is keeping it off that is the big deal the grand prize, the big deal, the brass ring. Learning to maintain your weight is more mental than anything else. What I figured out will help you win the mental game of weight control. Really! I know that repeated failure has made many of you very leery of trying to lose weight again. It is too hard. Let me and animals show you a different approach to getting yourself into balance and staying there. This book about animals and how working with and understanding animals can help you understand your own personal animal... your own body. Let your dog or your horse your llama or alpaca teach you how balance really works and then apply those lessons to your life.
The new mantra is diets don't work and that is surely true- learning to eat in balance is a skill and getting good at takes practice and intention. My book will help you learn the skill of weight maintenance.
Reviews
Hi Marty,<br />My book arrived yesterday and I can't put it down!!<br />You are a genius! Alpacas really are a metaphor for life!<br />Your wisdom applies to every aspect of my life these days! Especially parenting!
