It's for the Horses (2024)

05/12/2023

THEY BURIED HER ON THE HILL AT SUNRISE

Howdy Friends! They buried her on the hill at sunrise. She’d loved that hill in her final years, the trees, the other horses, and the warm sun in late afternoon. A long journey through many hands, homes and hearts had charted her life’s trail. Leading her to this peaceful pasture.

READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/they-buried-her-on-the-hill-at-sunrise/

~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

27/11/2023

HORSES AND PTSD
Howdy Friends! We are all very sensitive to people enduring Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Veterans, First Responders, Police and of course women and children. But what about horses? Can horses suffer from PTSD?
READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/horses-and-ptsd/
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

23/11/2023

Howdy Friends! "Grandpop and Thanksgiving." Ever ponder true Thanksgiving? Have a visit with Ol' Grandpop. It'll do ya good I promise. Read it to your young 'ins. Follow the link & share with all your friends. https://dutchhenryauthor.com/grandpop-and-thanksgiving/
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.
Might be my best Grandpop story yet.

23/11/2023

Howdy Friends! Following a resolution of Congress, President George Washington proclaimed Thursday the 26th of November 1789 a day of “public thanksgiving and prayer” devoted to “the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.”
His Proclamation began, “Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and— "
READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/with-a-thankful-heart/
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

11/11/2023

Howdy Friends! “Veterans Day With Grandpop.” Perhaps my best “Grandpop,” story yet. I promise it’ll wet your eyes. Follow the link, have a read and a prayer. Then comment and share. They’ve earned it. ~ Gitty Up, Dutch.
https://dutchhenryauthor.com/veterans-day-with-grandpop/

10/11/2023

SATURDAY LEARNS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS-SNEAK PEEK-10
Howdy Friends! Saturday Learns the Ten Commandments – Sneak Peek 10. In this scene, Moses tells them of the plagues God brought to Egypt.
Enjoy this sneak peak: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/saturday-learns-the-ten.../
Getting closer to release date. Troy Locker Palmeris illustrating away! ~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

06/11/2023

SECULAR PHILOSOPHIES VS GOD’S WORD
Howdy Friends! Secular philosophies cannot compare to the Truth of God’s Word. Those that only pay lip service to seeking God’s counsel in humility, will seek either their own unreliable counsel or the errant counsel .... READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/secular-philosophies-vs.../
Gitty Up, Dutch.

02/11/2023

COVENANT KEEPER or COVENANT BREAKERS

Howdy Friends! We have either covenant keepers. Or covenant breakers. There is no middle ground. There is no “covenant maybe.” There is no “covenant sometimes.” You’re either a covenant keeper, or a covenant breaker.

What does this mean? Read More: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/covenant-keeper-or-covenant-breakers/

~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

02/11/2023

Howdy Friends! Have a look at today's story "CHILDREN'S BOOKS THE WAY THEY USED TO BE" https://dutchhenryauthor.com/childrens-books-the-way.../
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

01/11/2023

Howdy Friends! "HOOF ABSCESSES and SHOES."
A friend wrote me about their horse's abscesses and putting shoes on the front. I thought I'd share my response in hopes some might find it helpful.
Follow the link (and share) to read and discuss my answer https://dutchhenryauthor.com/hoof-abscesses-and-shoes/
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

31/10/2023

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. What causes a horse to lose its firm, straight topline?
Have a read: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/a-pain-in-your-horses-back/
Taking care of your horse’s topline can be easy, fun and, so good for her. ~ Gitty Up ~ Dutch.

28/10/2023

Howdy Friends! "Over-vaccination Of Our Horses – Danger!" ... "A practice that was started many years ago and that lacks scientific validity or verification is annual revaccination. Almost without exception there is no immunologic requirement for annual revaccination. Immunity to viruses persists for years or for the life of the animal…… Furthermore, revaccination with most viral vaccines fails to stimulate an anamnestic (secondary) response…. The practice of annual vaccination, in our opinion, should be considered of questionable efficacy…” Excerpt from Current Veterinary Therapy, Volume XI, published in 1992"
FOLLOW the link to read the rest of the story. For your horse's sake https://dutchhenryauthor.com/over-vaccination-of-our.../
~ Gitty up, Dutch.

27/10/2023

DSLD DOESN"T HAVE TO BE A DEATH SENTENCE

Howdy Friends! Many continue to contact me about the success Rosie and I had working toward her recovery/rehab. Many ask about her comeback from DSLD diagnosis. Follow this link for more info ~ https://dutchhenryauthor.com/dsld-doesnt-have-to-be-a-death-sentence/

~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

23/10/2023

GRANDPOP – THE POST HOLE DIGGER.
Howdy Friends! It's long overdo for a visit with Grandpop. Follow the link and enjoy. https://dutchhenryauthor.com/grandpop-the-post-hole-digger/
~ Gitty up, Dutch.

20/10/2023

ARE YOU LISTENING

Howdy Friends! When someone talks - or your horse sends a message – "Are You Listening?" Have a read to, "Learn effective ways to listen." https://dutchhenryauthor.com/are-you-listening/

~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

18/10/2023

TRACK SYSTEM FOR A HEALTHY HORSE
Howdy Friends! The track system goes hand in hand with maintaining a barefoot horse's feet, strong, beautiful, and healthy. Movement is a key ingredient to the barefoot paradigm. And nothing I have ever seen encourages movement like the track system. Yes the track system works for shod as well as barefoot horses.
Horses love to move about. READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/track-system-for-a-healthy.../
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

16/10/2023

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.” But why then are so many horses allowed to endure all the structural damage of poorly managed feet?
READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/the-horses-feet-matter/
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

14/10/2023

Howdy Friends! One of my strongest mantras is, “A horse’s health begins with posture.” Watching your horse casually stroll along is a great time to check her posture, and overall movement. Many horses, because of what we do, fall into a “forehand” posture—and it’s bad.

Follow the link to read, https://dutchhenryauthor.com/posture-and-locomotion/ “Posture and Locomotion.” And learn how to evaluate your horse’s movement. ~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

11/10/2023

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. But why the intense focus?
READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/why-do-we-focus-on-training/
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

09/10/2023

HOW TO WRITE A QUERY LETTER

Howdy Friends! Since so many of our friends here are authors, want to become authors, or are writing their first manuscript (or twentieth) WE all get faced with creating that dreaded QUERY LETTER. I was too!

You’d think since authors are writers, they could write . . . a query letter, but by golly that ain’t so.

Here’s advice on how to generate a simple, EFFECTIVE query letter. https://dutchhenryauthor.com/how-to-write-a-query-letter/

~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

06/10/2023

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?
READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/haltering-a-horse-right-way.../
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

04/10/2023

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS IN YOUR HORSE’S HAY

Howdy Friends! Most cool season grasses found in horse pastures and hayfields are high in sugar today. Recently, even the old standbys Orchard grass and Timothy are found often to be high in sugar.

READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/do-you-know-what-is-in-your-horses-hay/

~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

27/09/2023

METAL SHOES CANNOT FEEL OR INFORM
Howdy Friends! Are barefoot horses careful where they step? You bet! Because a barefoot horse can feel their feet and the ground. Horses can see with their feet.
READ MORE & SHARE: https://www.facebook.com/dutch.henry.9
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

21/09/2023

SATURDAY LEARNS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS-SNEAK PEEK (9)
Howdy Friends! In this scene, Moses had just explained how God's people had been freed of bo***ge in Egypt, and were wandering lost. This caused Saturday to remember when he had been wandering lost, and the first day he walked into Dutch's and Robbie's house. He remembered how scared he was ...
ENJOY THIS EXCERPT: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/saturday-learns-the-ten.../
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

20/09/2023

THE MOVE: AN INSPIRED SHORT STORY
Howdy Friends! This little story was inspired by my conversations with Linda Tellington-Jones. ENJOY!
READ IT HERE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/the-move-an-inspired-short.../
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

19/09/2023

EARNING YOUR HORSE’S TRUST

Howdy Friends! Over the years I've known more than a few horses, loved some deeply. All horses want to trust us. How do we help them?

READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/earning-your-horses-trust/

~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

PS- That's Kessy, Saturday and me some years back.

12/09/2023

IGNORE THE NEGATIVE and CELEBRATE THE POSITIVE
Howdy Friends! When I talk about my mare Kessy having been such a biter when we first met and I'm asked how I fixed it I always answer, "Ignore the negative and celebrate the positive." Kessy had serious trust and friendship issues when we first met.
READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/ignore-the-negative-and.../
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

08/09/2023

FROM FOUNDER TO SOUND

Rosie has surely come a long way in 40 months. From foundered, overgrown feet to positively perfect feet today!

READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/from-founder-to-sound/

~ Gitty up, Dutch.

08/09/2023

RELEASING TENSION IN HORSES BACK END.
Howdy Fiends. Let’s look at the, “Piano Wire Release.” This exercise will release tension in the hind end, along the spine and all the way to the neck and chest muscles. I talk a lot about tension. Because it is so important to remedy.
READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/releasing-tension-in-horses.../
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

07/09/2023

PRE-RIDE WARM UPS FOR YOUR HORSE

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?

READ MORE: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/pre-ride-warm-ups-for-your-horse/

~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

06/09/2023

SATURDAY LEARNS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS-SNEAK PEEK (EIGHT)
Howdy Friends! In this scene, Saturday, Kessy, Danielle and Fluffernutter have followed Butterfly to Moses. Moses begins to answer their questions.
ENJOY THIS EXCERPT: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/saturday-learns-the-ten.../
~ Gitty Up, Dutch.

01/09/2023

SATURDAY LEARNS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS-SNEAK PEEK(7)

Howdy Friends! In this scene beautifully illustrated by Troy Locker Palmer, Saturday, Kessy, Danielle and Fluffernutter follow Butterfly who leads them to Moses.

ENJOY THIS EXCERPT: https://dutchhenryauthor.com/saturday-learns-the-ten-commandments-sneak-peek7/

~ Gitty up, Dutch.

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