By Louise Butcher
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15 May, 2024
HUSK founder Louise has been a huge fan of natural horsemanship, valuing the importance of understanding the horse in its natural habitat and using connection methods to help the horse bond instinctively with the human. In 2011 5 years before even the seed of thought if HUSK was planted in Louise's brain, Louise attended a workshop run by Monty at Bury Farm, Leighton Buzzard, UK. Louise also has many books written by Monty Roberts that still sit on her work desk today. So in 2021 when Louise received a call from Monty Robert's daughter Debbie Loucks to interview her about the origins of HUSK along side US top polo player Nic Roldan, for the first time ever Louise as star struck! California is 8 hours behind, so the interview was held at 9pm UK time, and Louise was sitting in her office in the dark! The first interview launched on 30/09/21 on Horse Radio Network, on the HorsemanshipRadio.com channel both Louise and Debbie talked for quite sometime about Louise's philosophy of creating products that aim to protect horses without compromising their natural health markers and systems, hence the HUSK hash tag #liberateperformance Link to listen to HUSK's first interview with Debbie Loucks here also featuring Nic Roldan: https://www.horseradionetwork.com/2021/09/192-by-hands-on-gloves-polo-legend-nic-roldan-natural-wellness-for-equestrians/ Forward into the future Louise and Debbie re connected in 2023 to progress the conversation further and deeper. To identify the effects of leg protection on horse wellness and how HUSK La Irenita Air Sport boots are designed to minimise these effects and keep horse leg temperatures cool. Debbie did not prepare Louise for the questions that she had, and the questions were not for the faint hearted! But it gave Louise the opportunity to expose some difficult truths about leg protection and how HUSK have worked tirelessly, and are still working, to overcome these challenges for the well being of the horse. This interview went live on Horse Radio Network, on the HorsemanshipRadio.com channel on 01/05/24. Link to listen to HUSK's second interview with Debbie Loucks here also featuring Monty Roberts: https://www.horseradionetwork.com/2024/04/253-science-and-innovation-thermoregulation-in-equine-athletes-by-handsongloves/ If you would like to listen to either or both interviews, please download the Horse Radio Network App or click on the links above. If you wish to invest in the well being of your horse or pony's tendons with HUSK, click on the link here to view our HUSK Air Boot Collection: https://www.thehusk.co.uk/air-boots