Canter Crazy & Lost Saddle

January 14, 2020Posted inFancy, Flying Change, Missouri Fox Trotter
Well now I've gone and done it. It's now difficult for me to get Fancy to go into a gait. We just want to canter. Fancy canter pop-up all over the place in anticipation of me asking for her to canter. Finally we were able to flat foot walk, but not fox trot. Finally we got a fox trot. Then I asked in my normal way for canter. What the heck, she was upset at my request. We cantered. I tried for lead change. Fancy changed in front. There were…

Over the Hump

January 10, 2020Posted inFancy, Missouri Fox Trotter
Now and then in the human life, we experience a hump. A hump blocks forward progress. Fancy and I have made amazing progress. I realize she is a most amazing horse. She is smart and athletic. She can do anything if asked "right".. Just within this past thirty days, her canter has become amazing. She is balanced and in better control. I'm in shock and awe up in the saddle. We come to the time where I'm asking Fancy to do something athletically difficult. She is right there with me.…

Roper Pro! 12/23/2019

December 26, 2019Posted inEmmy Lou, Fancy
Dratted Kohout Challenge- Rope Something From Your Horse Let me start out by bragging about being a total roper pro (see Roper Santa! I have that exact same rope.)  I have roped the middle of a wild hackney pony (embarrassing story in book two).  I have been in hundreds of roping lessons and clinics, excelling in all (none) of them! In the Parelli world, the highest level of online horsemanship involves a 45' lariat.  We students start out hating the lariat.  We live with our rope 24/7.  We sleep with…

Whine Negated

December 13, 2019Posted inFancy, Missouri Fox Trotter
Here was my whine yesterday on Facebook: "Today I learned it's more difficult to trot and canter over poles as it is to jump over jumps. When Fancy's front foot steps on the pole, we're headed dirt-downwards! Who knew? One glass of of wine night And turtle cheesecake!" You are not going to believe what I'm going to tell you today! I can't even believe it and I lived it. On this day, Fancy and I cantered over the poles both ways of the arena. On this day She wore…

The Cliffhanger

December 4, 2019Posted inFancy
Our first real trailride produced some amazing pictures taken by fellow riders. When the trailride was over, the light was perfect for pictures. Riders think if they live through the ride, it's a done deal. I am alive. I learned that a trailride isn't over when one arrives alive back at the trailer. "Hang On" for the story! The Rock Island Trail exists very close to where I live in the Kansas City area. It's an extension of the Katy Trail. These trails are abandoned railroad tracks that have been…

Backing Up Back Story

November 26, 2019Posted inFancy
Backing? You want me to back? sigh... My wonderful friend loaned me a horse so I could ride while my own horse was recovering from stifle, later diagnosed as EPM. She came with past problems, but she was rideable. I needed a horse to ride. Winter depression sets in when you are a crazy horse woman without a rideable horse. Plus there is the sadness seeing your beloved horse with a limp. Fancy came into my life. I got her and took her home. A few days later I took…