by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care
Howdy Friends! “A Few Polite Touches For A Pushy Horse” We’ve all seen horses crowd, or drag, or push their person when being led. I chuckle sometimes when I see folks follow the pace set by their horse as they are dragged along. I frown when I see...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! “Gaited Horses and Saddles, Bits, Shoes and Stuff” One of the many things I’m pretty fussy and outspoken about is saddle fit. Gaited horses are just that. Horses with multiple gaits. They walk, they trot, they have a flat walk, running walk, a rack and...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
The Equation is Backwards. With a braced rider the horse cannot move fluidly, in a healthful manner. When the rider is in neutral pelvis, and moving “with the horse,” the horse can respond in kind. If the horse is forced on the forehand by a rider’s bracing, it can...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! Hoof issues are a result of many aspects of animal husbandry including a barefoot horse. And I replied: Sorry for your boy’s troubles. Giving advice on something this severe from afar is most difficult. Having said that I’ll share some...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
What’s in a horse’s foot? Sensory perception, horses can see with their feet. Balance, for horses find their balance with all their feet can see. Traction, for the horse’s foot is perfectly designed to grip the ground, hard, soft, rocky, grassy, sandy or frozen and...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! Miss Rosie has that kind of body, that falls into poor posture and body carriage quickly when idle. Even though her habitat is one of free roaming, in and out as she pleases, room to wander. Like most horses, and people, mostly she will do not much....
