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Love, Language and Leadership – Not There Yet with Fancy!

Those are the three core words that guide my life with horses. This is a story about the invisible feel and bond between my beloved Cisco and I.


Fancy is in round pen training with Cisco and I. Cisco and I show Fancy how to respond to my “language”. My desire is for the horse to come to me from several feet up to 20 feet from me. My signal is to bend my head to the side and focus my eyes at the flank area. My focus should communicate my desire that the horse turn towards me. Then I walk backward with shoulders positioned back communicating my desire that the horse come to me. As the horse walks to me, I turn around and walk away from the horse. The hope is that my horse will understand my language, feel the leadership and want to be with me. We end up walking side by side. Yes, it is magic.

Cisco and i demonstrate this to Fancy. Her attention was not riveted on us. Then I started communications with Fancy. We broke down the process to its small components. I could tell Fancy was not intrigued with my attempts at communication. I mistakenly thought the process was working. I told Fancy to move around the roundpen fence. Then I made a breathtaking Olympic non verbal body language communication with Fancy and was completely ignored. Fancy did not turn toward me nor made any effort to join me. I tried again with a gold medal performance when I felt a presence next to me. It was Cisco! He had come from behind me.

Even though I was not directly communicating with Cisco, he recognized the language. He came to me and stood next to me.

Oh Lordy, I love this horse. We have Love, Language and Leadership..

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Sue -How Do You Love Jill?

Judy who Owned Sue for several years, had been afflicted with serious health problems and her daughter wondered if I would take Sue back. Sue had gotten a couple bad deals with humans at the time when I came to know her and had gone completely over the crazy and fearful line. It was a bad deal for a sweet fox trotter, so I bought her. She had been completely ruined in six months and it took me four years to rehabilitate her. Her rehab ruined parts of me.

My Sue rehab was completed by Lucky Star. His failure to move forward much of the time and his supreme confidence cured my fear of bolting and claustrophobia fear reactions.

When Sue was cured, Jill’s husband, Rob, started riding her on trail rides with his mother-in-law. Later Judy started riding Sue with along with Lucky and I. They were wonderfully in love with each other. Judy expressed a desire to have Sue in her own pasture. Sue moved to a wonderful kind home with Judy.

When I told Hope that I was getting Sue back, she reported to her family. Jill expressed a great desire to ride Sue on trail rides with mom, Hope. No trail riding mother could resist this!

Jill and Rob have loved Sue for many years and were eager to have her permanently in their family. Sue has now joined her old boyfriend, Lucky Star, in Hope’s pasture. Judy tragically died the day after Sue was moved to Hope’s pasture.

Jill and Sue have bonded and their relationship, horsemanship and eventful trail riding is being closely mentored by Hope and Susan. Yee Haw Jill!

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