Crazy Susan

Posted inFancy, Flying Change
Flying lead changes are my dream. I might have mentioned my intensive crazy dream a couple of times over the past 50 million posts. Fancy had a session with Erin where Erin explained the final solution to getting flying changes for me. It's much too complicated to explain. I have to do the moves at a walk first to get my body to obey. Erin Patterson is an exceptional teacher. She teaches the horse and figures out the even more difficult human! She also figures out the pattern which will…

Leg Yield Fox Trot

Posted inFancy, Flying Change, Missouri Fox Trotter
Fancy has reached Super Star status. After an amazing horsemanship and cow clinic where both Tony and Jenny rode and "developed" her, I believe she has attained the super horse status. Oh my, it was fun to watch Tony implementing impulsion training fixing her slight fixation on "no". She got to be a sweaty galloping and cantering horse of yes. I watched Erin ride her in a lesson. Erin was prepping Fancy for flying changes. She did a leg yield with Fancy in the fox trot gait. Long ago, Velvet…

I’m a Trainer!

Posted inFancy
I do not receive money for training thus maintaining my amateur status. Trainer Factoids: Ethical horse trainers ride their training horses an average of five days a week. Ethical trainers ride their training horses in good and bad weather.Normally, the trainer is better than the the person who hires the trainer. I'm a trainer now. It is the hottest day of the year and I rode. I rode in an indoor arena with one big fan. The horse creates a breeze for the rider when out of fan range. I…

Back on Track!

Posted inFancy, Flying Change
A month of back pain, back bones out of place is over. Fancy is "back" on track of my dream goal! Surely no one can ever forget my passion to do flying lead changes to pass the requirements of the Parelli Level 4 Tests! Fancy has given me conditions and I have failed all spring and summer to meet her requirements. She has been secretly teaching me another requirement and I recently became aware of the last condition. Fancy has been trying to do a flying change before I asked.…

Fancy Pants

Posted inFancy
This afternoon, the temperature was in the 80's, but the killer humidity had gone away. I made the decision to play ground games with Fancy. It has been so hot, you just want to get the saddle on and ride. Ground games can kill a person my age in this heat and humidity. Fancy and I went to the big arena. The big arena is directly next to her own turn out arena with a gravel driveway in between. What she sees in her pasture is what she sees in…

The Ovary is Not Dead!

Posted inFancy
The Regu-mate is supposed to make those ovaries go dormant! That was my understanding. We learned from the animal communicator that the problem ovary was the left one. But I thought that problem past tense. Nope. Fancy's shoeing session is generally every 4-5 weeks. This time due to covid crisis, Tony didn't make it until eight weeks. Fancy's toes were long and her withers and rear ends were out of balance. Her body was balanced using pads under her shoes, plus other factors per the Jim Crew Posture Balance method.…