tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415767941880306113.post2334945336260369380..comments2023-04-01T09:27:47.701-04:00Comments on Coffee Clutch with Dutch Henry: "What's in The Spirit of Your Horse's Nickname- Or any Word-Pt. 1of 2"Dutch Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03573659544816648399noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415767941880306113.post-87887065678259266452013-02-22T14:48:27.526-05:002013-02-22T14:48:27.526-05:00Good for you & thanks for sharing, Kit!Good for you & thanks for sharing, Kit!Dutch Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573659544816648399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415767941880306113.post-35389486129501963372013-02-22T14:46:19.240-05:002013-02-22T14:46:19.240-05:00Great connection between Maximus and you!
Great connection between Maximus and you!<br />Dutch Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573659544816648399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415767941880306113.post-3149316108491457542013-02-19T13:13:36.295-05:002013-02-19T13:13:36.295-05:00This one really hits a nerve in me, as I have had ...This one really hits a nerve in me, as I have had a very personal experience with this, involving a horse I had bred, raised & trained ~ and the "friend" who bought this great gelding from me.<br />Long story short, this fine animal (who has become a champion, many times over in the years since I bought him back) didn't work out for them and they called me to go down to their Carolina farm to help them figure out what was wrong with him.<br />I rode him out on a 6 hr trail ride, pushed him into every "pressurized" & scary situation I could find or create, handled him on the ground & challenged him in every way possible ~ and he exceded my expectations in his responses, everytime...<br />During my entire time down there, they referred to my colt by every negative, nasty, foul name in the book ~ from a$$hole to zero! I never once heard them call or refer to him by his name, or even any term of endearment...<br />In my evaluation of the situation, his only "crime" was being of higher intelligence and a better, more loving nature than these "zero's" who had bought him from me.<br />Needless to say, I handed them the money they had paid for him, walked him onto my trailer and brought him back home! <br />...and I never spoke another word to those people who could not even tell you what my gelding's name really was ...except "gone" ~ because he was out if there as quick as I could load him! Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542253476430202563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415767941880306113.post-47345783446761485792013-02-19T11:25:01.432-05:002013-02-19T11:25:01.432-05:00You are SO right, Dutch. My horse's name is Ma...You are SO right, Dutch. My horse's name is Maximus. His registered name is Bob Van Leeuwarden because he comes from Leeuwarden in the Netherlands and someone named him Bob. Go figure. The moment I bought him I changed his name to match the regal and beautiful being he is. And my pet name for him is "Boo". I call him My Boo because he's near and dear to my heart. Positive emotions all the way.<br />PattiPatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512099085568969698noreply@blogger.com