Mouthy Mouthy Tales of Lucky Star

June 20, 2014Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
Nearly Summer in Kansas City land.  Lucky Star and I went at it this morning about 11:00 till after 12. We cantered. We zoomed around. We played pair class with Karin. Something sensational happened with our pair exercise with another gelding.  Lucky Star did not pin his ears and threaten to eat Karin's gelding.  We rode close together without a Lucky pinned ear swishy tail non verbal war.  I might survive being in a horse show rail class! I was starting to feel like a heat stroke victim, so we…

Lucky Star Lost His Slide Stop

June 15, 2014Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
Lucky Star has a two foot slide stop from a slow walk.  You think I'm exaggerating!  OK, try this... Lucky Star can do a slide stop at the slowest walk speed that exists.  He can almost do a slide stop from a halt.  He's got the chunky four corner square body and conformation to do this. So that's why I was really surprised when our slide stop evaporated at the Cow Clinic.  It turns out, Lucky loves to move when he's dealing with other horses and cows.  Stopping fast isn't…

Sam’s Fairy Houses

April 17, 2014Posted inMiscellaneous, Missouri Fox Trotter
Samantha (Sam) Cowick, age 7, told her mother, Summer, that she wanted to help children who needed help.  After some research, she told Samantha about some places where children could use some help.  When Sam heard about SAFEHOME, a shelter for battered women and children, she stated, “this is the one”. Sam’s idea is to decorate birdhouses with the goal of making them suitable for fairies to live in the houses.  Summer, Sam and others in the family go find birdhouses that meet Sam’s approval.  They buy material that Sam…

Just Act Like Linda Parelli!

March 31, 2014Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
One Parelli Tour Stop and Lucky Star acts like a willing horse with a go button.  I found the secret.  All I have to do is pretend I'm Linda Parelli and poof, Lucky Star fell for it!  One portion of the Parelli program is bringing in four horses that have each personality type...left and right brained extrovert and left and right brained introvert.  Lucky is a left brained introvert..."What's in it for me?"  More Whoa,  Low Energy, Tendancy to stop.  Linda took us on a tour of each horse's personality…

He Did What?

March 21, 2014Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
I must post this as documentation of Lucky Star's progress.  Weather has turned nice and I'm able to ride and play with Lucky Star most every day.  We make amazing progress when consistency happens. Are you sitting down?  This is a stunner. We have been practicing our jumping with the latest success of jumping over barrels with only the front legs...and that isn't often.  Usually, Lucky Star balks at the barrels and just plows into them.  We have managed to jump the barrels with his front legs but then he…

First Trail Ride in 2014

March 16, 2014Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
March 15, 2014 turned into a 70 degree afternoon.  A good friend with a fabulous young horse invited Lucky and I to ride at Holden Lake.  I didn't ask Lucky and said YES!  I was excited about the ride.  We've not been on a trail ride since, wait...sometime last year before all my 2013 foot problems started.  I bet that I've not rode on a trail ride since last June or so. Lucky had developed a fear of wind last year.  He went into training with Nichole Copple and Paul…