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Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
I've had about three rides on Lucky Star in a row where he didn't kick up in protest at going forward.  People in my arena of horsemanship believe in fixing problems on the ground instead of in the saddle.  Lucky Star and I have had many conversations human to horse - ground to ground.  My conversation is move and keep moving.  His conversation is move and immediately stop or slow down.  We've had many different conversations about this.  My last outing with Lucky Star was about the best conversation we've…

Sue – How Do You Decide on Rob?

Posted inSue - How Do You Do!
This is what Rob Ballard said to me one evening when we were sitting around, advertising his new company, Shelter Defense:  “Horses were my baby sitter when I was growing up. My parents leased a horse for me and dropped me off at Leawood Stables every day during the summer. We would coax our horses to go far out in the pasture and gallop back to the barn. That’s all we knew what to do. I wish I could ride a horse now and get out there on the trails…