Sheath Cleaning - excellent instructions!

[Saucisson]

So, the time has come to clean my horse's bit n pieces. I have never done this before and have been scouring the internet for advice.

I found excellant page and felt the need to share it. Not only for the graphic instructions but also for making laugh out loud at the comments on the instructions.

Enjoy!

http://www.smallesthorse.com/resources/sheath_cleaning.htm

 

[mrchives]

Haha, made my day! Thank you!

 

[Piglet]

OMG that is hilarious!! My poor boy always looks really affronted when I leap on his manhood like a frustrated spinster to clean it, my husband looked quite shocked when he saw me doing this, I try to clean the sheath once a week in warm water otherwise his hind legs get all sticky

 

[Louby]

loved the bit

Say “hi” and wave to it

 

[Sanolly]

PMSL!!! I guess I am quite lucky in the fact that my gelding is a typical bloke and A) flops it out as often as possible, and B) is more than happy for me to clean it for him

 

[Saucisson]

I particularly liked the bit:-

Check to make sure there are no prospective boyfriends, elderly neighbors, or Brownie troops with a line of sight to the proceedings.

I'm a little bit nervous about doing my horse as he is not at all keen on having his bits touched. I think I will have to go through a programme of de-sensitising (thank you for that advice American Bloke on YouTube ).

Poor horse had a castration complication (VERY lucky OH spotted why he didn't want to stretch over trotting poles - you see lunging does have it's benefits ). As a result of the initial castration, following pain/discomfort, second castration, post-op showering after 2nd castration..................well, you can see why Johnson likes to stay in his hidey hole and that nobody's going to be rooting round there!

Anyway, who'd have thought that miniture horse folk had a sense of humour? (joke! )

 

[EAST KENT]

Sorry..this is the reason ..apart from character preference...why a gelding is something that will NEVER live here.

 

[mymare]

Sorry..this is the reason ..apart from character preference...why a gelding is something that will NEVER live here.

Yet another reason I miss my mare!

 

[assuan]

That's so funny......

Going to print that for the yard notice board me thinks lol

 

[Cadfael&Coffee]

Haha!!!

My boy will put up with a lot from me, but I'm pretty sure if I tried this lol he'd never ever talk to me again!!!

 

[Dobby]

I'm sure this is really useful and everything, but make sure you don't pick up the KY jelly on the way to the yard in riding boots

 

[Queenjude]

This is sooooooooooo funny thanks so much for posting the link! I'm going to print it off and take it to the yard as there's been a couple of people that are having trouble sheath cleaning! They'll love me!

Jude

 

[Saucisson]

Funnily enough, I had it on good authority from a zoo keeper at Longleat, that wallaby pouches also get a build-up of smegma and absolutely stink. (the zookeepers occasionaly have to fish around them to make sure the joey is ok).

Haven't been able to look at marsupials in the same way since

 

[Always Blue]

Blue's smegma absolutely stinks awful smell! is that normal?

 

[Saucisson]

Blue's smegma absolutely stinks awful smell! is that normal?

I believe so - however I am only basing that on the human species (glad to say that OH is currently in the shower) as I am yet to experience the delights of horse smegma *gulp*

 

[Vixen Van Debz]

Not only did I enjoy reading how this was written, I had an extra chuckle that your name's Saucisson - very appropriate! lol. I'd post it at the yard if there weren't so many small children around... lol.