Re: RC: Re: Sheath Cleaning

[Sheila <tondi313@yahoo.com>]

I got the bean out!!!!  WWWooooHHHHHoooo!

--- Tara Wheeler <harpy@io.com> wrote:
> Sandy Bolinger said:
> >Made it through better than half my life without
> ever cleaning a sheath---
> >Hundreds of horses and dozens of
> >mules in my fifty years---never cleaned a sheath
> and never had a
> >problem...sounds like a WHOLE  lot of fun,
> however....I just might have to
> >give it a try  ;o](after I brush all my horses
> teeth)
> 
> Never had a male horse *clank* his way around an
> quiet arena in front of
> witnesses before, have you?  (VBG)  Always a
> show-stopper in those big-time
> dressage classes. . . I have also heard it at a few
> trail rides as well,
> and had a big laugh as people re-checked their tack
> to find out what was
> loose and clanking.
> 
> It's so much fun watching people say to one another:
> 'what's making that
> noise?' and then the looks on their faces when they
> find out.
> 
> As for never, ever doing it, the vast majority of
> horses don't need it.
> However, having the vet out should your male horse
> get a 'big bean problem'
> (or heaven forbid, a blockage) is a real, real big
> deal and usally involves
> sedatives all around.  Not to mention, antibiotics
> and really, really,
> pained looks from all male humans present for the
> next several weeks.
> 
> I'd rather just clean and know for sure there's no
> problem.
> 
> Thanks to whomever posted those directions.  Having
> done the aformentioned
> deed for my own gelding, I was laughing pretty hard
> at the excellent
> descriptions.
> 
> I look forward to passing them on.
> 
> Tara Wheeler
>
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