Mind Reading

July 23, 2020Posted inFancy
http://www.lydiahiby.com Fancy and I had a session with Lydia Hiby on 7/21/2020. I met Lydia long ago at a Kansas City horse festival event sponsored by John Lyons. Lydia had a booth and grabbed my attention when I walked by I wondered, what the heck. I was in my early years of learning horsemanship on Sage. I don't remember much about that conversation except that I asked Lydia to apologize to Sage as she suffered from my beginner rider errors. Sage answered, "Don't think that. You have taken care of…

It is Hope’s Fault

July 11, 2020Posted inFancy
Fancy:  Why are you riding me in the afternoon when it is so dang hot? Susan:  Hope wanted to ride Lucky with us this afternoon. Fancy:  This is Hope's fault?  The woman sitting on Lucky? Susan:  Yes.  It's Hope's fault Fancy:  Can I bite Hope? Susan:  No.  Lucky will protect her. Fancy:  It's too darn hot when you have to give me a bath before you ride me. Susan:  I'm sorry.  You were sweaty with a crust of sweat dirt.  We wouldn't want your saddle pad to get crusty sweat-grit dirty.  It's Hope's fault. Fancy:  Where is my bridle and bit?  How dare you ride me…

Oh Wow Fancy

June 29, 2020Posted inFancy, Flying Change
Today was a great day with Fancy. I mostly rode with the controlling rein higher than the supporting rein. I kept my hands low and might have kept them contained in a small space rather than using my full arm extension to turn. (I'm starting to talk like Tom Dorrance in his book. Sorry.) Fancy's vet chiropractic appointment last Friday was the best ever! Gasp, we did flying lead changes during the lesson today. It's been a long long time since that happened for me. I watched Erin do many…

Human Body Fail Fall

June 25, 2020Posted inMiscellaneous
It was about five weeks ago that the hay bale twine tripped me and made me fall hard on my left hip. All the muscles in my upper front, inner and outer and thigh were ripped. Riding was initially painful and slowly got better. I limped, putting weight on my right leg. Different thigh muscles made themselves known during this time. They all had a voice, a painful left leg voice at different times. A few days ago a pain spot started up on my knee...on the other side of…

Loose Horse! OMG It’s Fancy

June 19, 2020Posted inFancy
River bed Sand is the best arena footing and rolling Quite an exciting first day of Dave Ellis Parelli Natural Horsemanship Clinic Dave Ellis stuffed is to the max with knowledge the first morning. We were astounded and blown away. The arena footing is river bed sand, one of the best footings you can have in an arena. I brushed Fancy off before we started attaining our ground development knowledge from the Master, Dave Ellis. Fancy loves attention and river bed sand. I didn't count the number of times that…

It’s the Little Things that Matter

June 19, 2020Posted inFancy
I put Fancy's halter on and lead her somewhere. Nope, she passes and leads me. I get the best of Fancy and lead her somewhere. I stop, she doesn't. She passes me. I lead Fancy somewhere and stop. Fancy goes to investigate something interesting, like the manure tub in the arena. I get into my play position in front of her head an prepare to ask her to move. Before I make my "ask", she looks around to see if anything is more interesting than I am. She circles around…