by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! Pre-Ride Warm Ups: It is not only important, but also only fair to “warm up,” your horse pre-ride. What’s the best way? Lunging is not really a warm up Back in my endurance and competitive riding days I’d see folks all over lunging their horses...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
Howdy Friends! There is a difference between a compliant horse and a willing partner. A horse trained into compliance by the use of dominant tactics, force or stiff unrelenting repetition and gadgets, will always feel the need to test each new rider, owner or...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
ARMPIT RELEASE Howdy Friends! I’m passionate about promoting the understanding of the importance of maintaining your horse’s proper and healthy, posture and body carriage. Most of what we do with our horses destroy the horse’s posture and body...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
TIPS FOR TRIMMING YOUR BAREFOOT HORSE Howdy Friends! Trimming your own barefoot horse is easy to do, and I encourage folks to learn how. One key piece of advice I like to give is, keep it simple. There seems to be a lot of conversation out there making a simple thing...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
SOMETIMES A HORSE JUST CAN’T Howdy Friends! Sometimes a horse simply can’t do what we ask. They are not disobeying—nor do they need more training, or discipline. We need to pay closer attention to our horse. And less to our own demands, desires. Sometimes I get broken...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses
WELCOMING A NEW HORSE HOME Howdy Friends! In recent weeks I’ve had several emails from folks who have purchased a new horse and quickly became saddened, frustrated or disenchanted. All had statements along the lines of, “He wasn’t this way when I rode him there,” or...
