by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care
MAINTAIN CORRECT EQUINE POSTURE Howdy Friends! One reason Correct Equine Posture matters. #1 – Health, longevity, happiness. Okay that’s 3 reasons. I suppose I could list 10 more. But so often as I look at pictures on Social Media of folks happily showing their...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care
OUR MEMORIES AND DREAMS OF HORSES WE’VE KNOWN Howdy Friends! Our thoughts of our departed equine partners, I believe, are a connection to their spirits. Not merely memories, though memories are precious, but conduits by which we travel and visit with them again and...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care
WHEN I LOOK AT A HORSE Howdy Friends! When I look at a horse I see the horse it can be, wants to be. Somehow I look right beyond the stiffness, lacking posture or inverted body carriage. . Like a sculptor who looks at a chunk of granite and chips away all the tiny...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care
HOW DO RIDERS BREAK DOWN THEIR HORSE’S POSTURE Howdy Friends. How do riders break down their horse’s posture? . Well actually in many ways, but the biggest culprit is bracing, conscious or unconscious. When a rider squeezes its knees, braces, against the side of the...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care
BAREFOOT HOOF TRIMMING 101 Howdy Friends! I don’t believe in pareing the sole, at all. I don’t believe in trimming the frog, both these things will take care of themselves if you have your horse on proper footing, that is areas of rock, not just grass,...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care
Howdy Friends! – A question for our friends enjoying this throw-back winter, and chilly temperatures, who have horses. How much extra hay do you reckon your horses are eating? Friends even if you don’t have horses, you’ll find this interesting. . Forage,...
