by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! Horses have a pause button. And they’ll push it themselves. Sure sometimes we push it for them, but however it gets pushed, it works. And they pause. Sometimes they pause a little, sometimes they pause a lot. Pausing is an important part of being...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! ROSIE UPDATE: Today is Dec 13. Back on NOV 17 we reduced Rosie’s dosage of Dr Thomas’ TORN TENDON to a less than maintenance dose, to begin weaning and testing. No negative signs detected. Rode 1 ½ hour Dec 1, and ½ hour Dec 9. There are no signs of and...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Folks! A little while ago I came across a YouTube video about loading your horse on the trailer. Thinking I might enjoy the video I set aside 15 minutes to watch it and found it very interesting. It proved to be a very well done video. The trainer demonstrated...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Faith, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! It was a different kind of morning. I sat with my mare Rosie, today it was she and I. Too cold I reckon for Kitties to leave their snug nests. Lady had long wondered back to the house. Now it was Kessy and me. A few birds chattered at the feeder, the...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! It’s easy to help your horse truly understand you and requires no special training, clinics or instructors. First, we must truly want our horse to understand us, in our hearts and thoughts. Second, we must spend time, a good deal of it, just being with...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! Let’s be honest with ourselves. What, from the horse’s perspective, have we as advocates really accomplished in past decades? Thoroughbreds still started and raced before skeletal systems are even 60% mature—many broken down and discarded by age 3....
