by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! Don’t desensitize your horse! We’ve all seen it, owners, trainers or friends working in round pens or rings, with a worried, sometimes terrified horse, waving a bag, a towel or some other object at the horse to “Desensitize the horse.” I...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! Recently there seems to a movement to try to reshape the horse’s foot. I understand what the thought is. But friends, it doesn’t work. I’ve seen far too many horses in boots as routine, because the trimming has left the horse tender. That is totally...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! The last wild horse in America died today. We looked up and they were no more. Just as a few years ago, the Black Rhino in Africa was poached to wild extinction, our own Federal Government will, with reckless abandon and determination, do the same for...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
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 again. . Friends of days past How often have we...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! “Easy, Fun Stretches For Your Horse—Carrot Stretches.” These carrot exercises are for the horse to release in her own comfort zone, with no pressure, no stress. I recommend these for every horse all the time, but they are highly important to...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! Why am I a Horse Advocate? A young woman emailed me recently to ask, “I have a personal question: What made you want to be a horse advocate? It’s just amazing the work you do!” I responded, “Thanks! … I do explain why I began to advocate...
