Horsin' around

[insptr_penguin]

A horsey co-worker shared this with me and it's too funny not to pass on.

ave you ever wanted to read humorous yet sound advice on how to clean your gelding's sheath?

Wait, don't run away! It's not as gross as it sounds totally worth reading anyway. Sheath cleaning is, um, just something that needs to happen in horsey hygiene. No use getting

Comments

[darthfox]

[ponder]

1. You specify gelding; does this mean if you own a stallion you're off, so to speak, the hook?

2. Or, like other squeamish but necessary jobs, you could hire someone to do it for you. :-)

[insptr_penguin]

1) Not so much, but stallions are kinda crazy and no one really wants to own one. Only one reason for this is that you then have the issue of them impregnating mares willy-nilly. Anyhow, my point is that stallions would need the um, service the same as geldings except it might be harder to complete this task on them and the guidelines are for geldings because that's the norm. Here it explains why most male horses are gelded: http://www.horsekeeping.com/horse_health_care/gelding_and_aftercare.htm

2) This is true. It does after all, tend to be a sport for the wealthy. Had I a gelding, no hiring would be happening. :P