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get a bucket of warm water and a turkey baster.  It is a little tedious but 
your gelding will appreciate being rinsed with warm water.

I use excalibur sheath cleaner.  It seems to work well.


> From: Karen Lynd <klynd47@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Ride Camp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [RC]   Beans
> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:15:40 -0700 (PDT)
>
> This is a timely discussion for me.  I was at an organized pleasure ride 
> this last week and an old timer told me that I needed to clean my horse's 
> "shed."  Since his stall was clean, and we weren't standing by it anyway, I 
> looked for other meanings.  I asked, "do you mean his sheath?," and the 
> old-timer just gave me a blank look.  I finally resorted to euphamisms for 
> his private parts (my gelding's, not the old-timer's) and we finally came 
> to a meeting of the minds.  It was a little embarrassing, to say the least, 
> but the old-timer was right.  My gelding is a little crusty down there.  
> Also, the old-timer just told me to just stick a gob of vaseline up there, 
> and thank goodness there was no mention of beans!  I didn't know him well 
> enough to have that discussion!!!
>
>   So, a question.  Some of you have mentioned hosing with warm water.  I 
> don't have access to a source of warm water to hose from (what do you have, 
> a hot water heater in the barn?), so how upset is my gelding when he gets a 
> squirt of cold water in his "shed"?  And how hard is he going to kick me 
> when I squirt him there?
>
>   I am looking for a very long glove ... and per that article posted, I am 
> going to stock up on KY jelly.  I don't think I will able to look the store 
> clerk in the eye!!
>
>   Not looking forward to this at all!
>   Karen Lynd
>
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