This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear alex, i use an equal mixture of half alcohol and half witch hazel with a touch of green soap thrown in and it works wonders on degunking sheaths. the alcohol cuts the grease, the soap lubricates and cleans and the witch hazel soothes the skin and smells clean and fresh. denise in sunny and breezy, mid 80's northern calif. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 8:44 PM Subject: Now we're getting down to the nitty-gritty.
> This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is from Alex Wind, in Shawsville, VA, where it rained heavily > for at least an hour today! Hubba-hubba! > It's good to hear you all comparing horse aroma by breed, and > debating the best ways to get pine tar out of the coat. It makes me feel > that I'm not alone in being involved on all sorts of esthetic and sensual > levels with my horses. Even when I was a teenager, I used to comb > my black Thorobred's tail over my shoulder and pretend it was my hair. > (it was the age of Buffy Ste. Marie, Cher, and Mary of P, P & M; and > long and straight was in; and I was cursed with a naturally curly, short > doo!) > Here's a question for you: what are the parameters for male sheath > goo? My Fjord gelding has the consistency of used engine grease on > his sheath. It is so copious that it even gets on his inner thighs. The > other geldings (POA, Appy, and Welsh cross) all have dry, waxy, flaky > stuff which peals or brushes off fairly easily, especially aided by a little > Vaseline, or bag balm. Gillyn, the Fjord, is a one-horse grease pit. I feel > that baby wipes would come in handy with him. By the way, the suggestion > of alcohol was good, and a milder form of alcohol is mouthwash, in case > you don't have time to shampoo afterward. That works on his inner legs, > but probably wouldn't be too good to apply directly to the sheath. Or perhaps > it would be just the ticket. How strong are the washes that get applied to > breeding stallions to disinfect before and after breeding? > Thanks for the tip about WD-40 for de-tangling. I got a complex > since watching the Norwegian Kurrings video: all those tails were so > immaculately free-flowing! I would have to spend an hour a day shampooing > and cream rinsing, and picking out, in order to achieve those effects! > And that's just for two Fjords. They have such thick tails and they tend to > cord up and get stained red, by the red mud around here. Thank goodness > we aren't on parade every day, most of the time it's just utility and > necessity > down on the farm. > Hope I didn't gross anybody out. Any helpful tips will be appreciated. > Cheers, > Alex >
