by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
A PAIN IN YOUR HORSE’S BACK Howdy Friends! There’s no reason a horse can’t have a straight, firm topline into their 30’s. Of course, as always, there may be exceptions, but for most of our horses, that’s true. . What causes a horse to lose its...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
ARE YOU LISTENING Howdy Friends! The other day I noticed a child of, I suppose 7 or so, trying oh so hard to get her mother’s understanding of a matter of what must have been great importance by the demonstration of arm flailing and hurried loud outbursts. Of...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! Horses love to move about. Jamie Jackson, after years of studying and observing wild hoses not only gained a vast understanding of the natural way of the horse. And their feet. Which he was instrumental in bringing to the horse world. But he also...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
THE HORSE’S FEET MATTER Howdy Friends! The horse’s feet matter. You bet they do! I have come to believe that they matter a whole lot more than a lot of folks realize they do. Yes just about everyone who has a horse can recite that old axiom, “No foot no horse.”...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
WHY DO WE FOCUS ON TRAINING Howdy Friends! Training, and trainers are of course important. To be fair many things must be taught, and learned, by both horse and person. Training is the backbone of so many of the disciplines folks pursue with their horses, from trail...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
HALTERING A HORSE RIGHT WAY WRONG WAY Howdy Friends! Is there a wrong way to halter a horse? I believe there is. And we don’t need to put a halter on the wrong way. So why do we do that? Sometimes an amusing sight I’m always amused when I’m at an equine event, trail...
