Okay Folks, ya'll have had me lmao
with the "horse beans" stories, so I guess I'll have to share mine.
I got my first horse 9 years ago, a green
broke Arabian gelding named Sunrize. Sunrize was smart enough to choose me
to be his owner since I didn't have a clue about horses, and he was a very
patient teacher. I decided to go to a "Ride With The Stars" event in
Missouri where several well known horse clinicians were going to be
teaching. I wanted to learn from some experts how to care for my new
horse. I met John Lyons, who was kind enough to take me under his wing and
give me a few pointers in caring for my horse. His equine dentist looked
at Sunrize's teeth and decided they needed some serious adjustments, so John's
vet sedated Sunrize and the dentist went to work. John and the vet
suggested that I check Sunrize for beans while he was sedated. Well, I had
no idea what they were talking about, so John started explaining what beans
were and how to get rid of them. He told me I had to do this on a regular
basis for geldings and stallions. I looked back at John with a look
of horror and said, "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!!? HOW RUDE!!!! YOU
WANT ME TO PUT MY HAND UP THERE?!!? THERE IS NO WAY THAT I AM GOING
TO PLAY WITH MY HORSES WEENIE!!!!" Poor John, he was rolling on
the floor and laughing his ass off at me all week.
