by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Old Man on the porch
Howdy Friends! The old man studied the lad’s face. Took a sip of coffee. “Well son, it’s easy. Think on this. He pushed back his hat, “bees don’t waste their time explainin’ to flies that honey is better than horse manure.” ~ Gitty Up, Dutch.
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, Writing
Howdy Folks, “Suddenly – Don’t Use in Writing or Horsemanship” I often think about, and write about, how living and working, or playing and learning with our horses, and writing have so many similarities. The other day I was reading a writer’s blog about...
by Dutch Henry | A Dog Named Saturday, Coffee Clutch
Howdy Friends! “The day moved all by itself past morning and into afternoon. Saturday always thought the day could do that so well because that’s what days do. And they do it so well because they are good at being days. Probably because they do it so often....
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! A very important and easy thing you can do to help your horse maintain proper posture, soft body carriage and self-awareness as well as self-confidence is a little exercise known as the “One-Step.” You see, because of the things we ask our horses to do,...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! What we say to our horses … it matters. Words have meanings, we all understand that, but do we sometimes ignore the unintended consequences? I believe politeness matters. I believe our horses recognize politeness … and indifference,...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! My Miss Rosie after 28 moths of rehab. Fixed her founder, and DSLD. Vets told me she’ll never be able to be ridden. We are up to 40 minutes every 3 days. No drop in pasterns at all anymore and TOTALLY off her forehand – Powering from behind....