Re: For vets, males, and stallion owners

[CMKSAGEHIL <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>]

Teddy and all--

I would be very leery of the "jock strap" apparatus that the harness racers
use in our sport--we humans know all too well how uncomfortable and irritating
something can become that seems just fine in norma times when we bounce down
the trail wearing it for several areas.  I think we might be subjecting these
boys to some real punishment here...  I know I have had rather personal parts
of my anatomy raw and bleeding from wearing "normal" clothes on endurance
rides...

As I said in my original reply on this issue, I doubt that the firm, enlarged
testicles in this case were caused by physical irritation, but rather by a
transient infectious problem or some such...

Heidi Smith, DVM--Sagehill Arabians (Oregon)