{"id":6021,"date":"2019-10-31T20:05:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T01:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mofoxtrot.com\/viewpoint\/?p=6021"},"modified":"2021-01-16T19:14:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T01:14:09","slug":"fancys-spur-refinement-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mofoxtrot.com\/viewpoint\/fancys-spur-refinement-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Fancy\u2019s Spur Refinement Horsemanship Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Early Susan spur rule, in effect at least 18 years before Fancy was born:  Don\u2019t use spurs until you can ride bareback with spurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translation into English:  Humans should not achieve balance while riding by holding on with the legs and feet.  When becoming unbalanced on a horse, one should not clamp the horse\u2019s body with a spur death grip.  It might end in a condition called run-away-horse-dumped-rider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your favorite rider, me, adhered to that rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fancy is much more advanced in her spur rule:  \u201cDo not touch me with your spurs.\u201d  She is teaching me how to NOT use my spurs.  Fancy is teaching Horsemanship \u201cSpur Finesse\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Do not bump my sides accidentally with the spurs when riding.<\/li>
  2. Learn how to use your calves for lateral moves.<\/li>
  3. Learn how to use the inside of your boot heels for lateral moves, if calves don\u2019t work.<\/li>
  4. Learn how to shift your body weight for lateral moves<\/li>
  5. Where is your FOCUS!  Use your belly button for direction.  Don\u2019t make me guess because I love going to a popular dismounting spot.  GET OFF!<\/li>
  6. Toes up in every gait means spurs (on the heels) are pointed down, not into my belly.  When I do that stiff-legged bouncy protest canter, don\u2019t try to hang on with your legs\/feet.  TOES UP! Spurs Down.<\/li>
  7. Spurs are for lateral moves only.  You do not want to ride a not-fancy 100% stiff braced hollowed-out horse with head up, ears pinned back and tail switching brutality. One spur at a time for moving laterally.  <\/li>
  8. Spurs are not instruments of torture. They are advanced communication tools.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Translation from Fancy language into English courtesy of Fancy\u2019s #1 student, me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This wouldn\u2019t be so difficult if I was 5\u20198\u201d with long legs.  My feet would hang below Fancy\u2019s body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For Christmas I want spurs made with a silver dollar.  
    <\/p>\n\n\n\n


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    Early Susan spur rule, in effect at least 18 years before Fancy was born:  Don\u2019t use spurs until you can ride bareback with spurs. Translation into English:  Humans should not achieve balance while riding by holding on with the legs and feet.  When becoming unbalanced on a horse, one should not clamp the horse\u2019s body with a spur death grip.  It might end in a condition called run-away-horse-dumped-rider. Your favorite rider, me, adhered to that rule. Fancy is much more advanced in her spur rule:  \u201cDo not touch me with your spurs.\u201d  She is teaching me…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fancy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mofoxtrot.com\/viewpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mofoxtrot.com\/viewpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mofoxtrot.com\/viewpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mofoxtrot.com\/viewpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mofoxtrot.com\/viewpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6021"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mofoxtrot.com\/viewpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6728,"href":"https:\/\/mofoxtrot.com\/viewpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6021\/revisions\/6728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mofoxtrot.com\/viewpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mofoxtrot.com\/viewpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mofoxtrot.com\/viewpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}