most unfavorite thing about geldings

[welsummerchicks]

Yes that is the other thing about it, you do find tumors that way, and they can be removed before they do damage to any tissue or organs.

If they don't drop it's very easy to still clean them, just go right ahead and clean it while it's in. In some ways it's actually easier to clean if they don't drop, I actually prefer it.

 

[babyblue]

this year when the yearly shots come about Im just having the vet tranq my gelding and get it done. he is not bad, he just does not drop, ever, for any reason. and also has the ability to suck his penis so far back up that I can literally be up to my shoulder and not reach anything. I am short and of course my arms are short as well. it just does not work and there is not a chance dh would do it.

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

This thread has been quite an effective remedy for my "I wish I could get another horse". I don't ever want another horse, because I'd probably want a gelding. And I'm not sticking my arm inside his sheath, no way. And no way would I pay to have this done either, so my only solution is to never own a horse again.

 

[Redcatcher]

I am surprised that nobody has mentioned the dead skin and sebum that collects up inside MARES' udders. For every gelding that is cleaned (whether or not they actually NEEDED it) there is a mare out here that needs her udders cleaned. They can collect at LEAST as much dirt and crud up in there, and it smells just as bad. If it gets irritated, they will begin rubbing their tails out. If you are not gusty enough to clean a sheath, then you should not be owning ANY horse. There are many aspects of horse ownership that require a strong stomach. ANY horse can become sick or get an infected wound that requires draining or changing smelly bandages..ect.... A vet can only do so much and the rest is up to the owner.

 

[genuck]

I pretty much always kept my geldings clean so that when they inevitably dropped in the middle of a conformation line-up they looked well groomed everywhere. As for stallion dropping having nothing to do with humans, tell that to anyone who's been mounted... not cool. A friend of ours had a stud pony you couldn't turn you back on, ever. And of course girls should be kept clean too, their dirty bits are just a little more accessible.

 

[piecemaker]

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When we got our guys I had the vet do the cleaning the first time. She was very good at showing me the right thing to do and what to watch for to know a cleaning was needed.
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[piecemaker]

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Please don't let this keep you from getting a gelding. The cleaning is not that bad and if you don't want to do it there is always the vet or a GOOD friend to do it for you. I use to clean a friends gelding for her. Even with the cleaning I would take a gelding over a mare any day.

piecemaker

 

[twentynine]

Okay!

I figure the next time i get my courage up, I'll go out there and grab Cody by the "Old Man". Hopefully it will all work out.

I noticed the other day that when i scratch him on the shoulder he drops. Now all i have to do is figure how to scrath with one hand and twinkle his tinkle with the other.

Ranger the older horse, was gelded late. Only about one year ago. I have never seen him drop, when he makes water he only shows a little. Also he is a little more "game" than Cody. So i think i am going to "practice" on Cody.

Maybe next time the farrier is here I'll ask him about it, he's kind of a "go getter" so he will probably jumb at the chance to show a greenhorn how it's done. Once i see it done once it will be easier to do it myself. Pretty sure Cody has never had it done. Ranger was barely fed, never wormed or vaccinated, so I can't imagine he has ever had it done.

 

[Redcatcher]

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Welsummerchicks never said that this behavior had nothing to do with humans. They will do this around humans and for any one of a hundred different reasons, most only known to them. When I worked at a stud farm many years ago there was a stallion who dropped and did his thing while being groomed or handled. For me, it was neither here nor there. No emotion there, only biological functions. I do recall putting sheets on the horses on a chilly night as the sun was going down. I reached under this stud's belly to grab the sheet's surcingle hanging from the off side....or so I thought. I had grabbed something else instead, in the dark.

 

[babyblue]

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my mare was never bad in that respect. any time she got hosed Id pick a back leg up and out and spray everything down. then during baths it was only a quick wash with a soapy rag and she was good to go. granted I taught her to hold still for that too so nobody assume every mare will be cool with that right away lol.