MOUSE FEATHERS
“MOUSE FEATHERS” 1999 ICHA Uncola Champion, ICHA Aged Event
2003 $50,000 Amateur Champion, Western Nationals
Mouse Feathers, aka “Mousie” is a horse who stands out in the herd!
This 13 year old gelding, out of a Welsh Pony mare and a Paint stud, is a gritty cow pony. His owner, Lorie Greenwell of Paul, Idaho says, “The tougher the cow the better he is!”
Here is a horse who reallllly gets cow fresh!
Lorie and Mousie have been together for almost ten years. Her uncle, Bert Greenwell, got him going and started showing him as a three year old. However, Bert and Mousie were not a fit. So Mousie moved in with Lorie. During his four year old year Lorie hauled, hung out with him and rode him outside a lot. He still, unfortunately, lacked confidence even to the point of running off in the show pen. Lorie always believed in Mousie but there were times when even she thought it wasn’t going to work. Then when Lorie’s patience hit rock bottom Mousie had a serious bout of colic. He almost died but surgery to remove an enterolith (a rock like lesion) saved his life. When Mousie recovered he was a new horse. His anxiety and running off behavior were gone. Lorie and Mousie never looked back!
Lorie knows she “will never have another horse like him”. She knows him inside and out and he understands who she is and what she expects of him. The pair doesn’t practice very much; Loried just keeps him in shape and tunes on cows or a goat before a show. Obviously the program works very well as they are hard to beat in the show pen. Apparently, Mousie is rewarded for his efforts with red licorice.
Lorie and Mousie have been showing strong this year in the $50,000 AM. We wish them well for the remainder of the season.