by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! Recently I was asked, “Do you use fly sheets and or boots on your horses? If not do you use anything special besides lots of fly spray? My horses are stomping themselves crazy even with spray.” I responded: For Rosie I use nothing. Sometimes I use...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! Many horses, like my Kessy, have breathing issues, and should never have moldy, or slightly moldy, or even dusty hay. And horses with no issues can develop them eating dusty, or moldy hay. Soaking hay not good enough. My research proved to me that...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! It was is a very cold winter when my mare Kessy developed full blown heaves. I share this story in the hopes some will find it useful. It started with a cough A Dog Named Saturday YES YOU CAN CURE HEAVES Kessy had developed a transient cough, so I began...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! Everything healthy about a horse begins with proper posture. One of the many components to that is a free moving, and powerful hind end. The hind end cannot be free, powerful, or fluid if the hips are tight. This little exercises, “Hip Circle Release,”...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! Gaited horses don’t need special saddles, bits, shoes or special trainers. They do need to be allowed to gait. Get out of their way and let them gait. They’re born with it! . Sad Story I’ll never forget the day I was riding along a beautiful...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
PERHAPS THE NOBEL HORSE’S MOST IMPORTANT CALLING Howdy Friends! It’s always fun to huddle with Rosie and the gang on rainy mornings, the tin rattling to the beat of the big drops. Rosie’s rhythmic munching on hay, and the chickens all gathered inside...
