The Chance to Smell a Horse

[ducks4you]

Baymule my gelding, "Corporal" (Arabian, 1982-2009, RIP) had that flaky problem, too. I'm thinking mineral oil or baby oil would help. Soap and water just dry out the skin and excascerbate the situation. Also, a bit of Nitrofuricin when you are done, helps, but I have cleaned the sheaths of 28 geldings that I have owned over the years, just as I posted and none of them got irritated with me after I trained them. It don't spend a lot of time at any one time, so they never learned to dread the experience. If you discipline yourself your horse will handle it better. It's just not the fight you want to start. There are ENOUGH battles to train a horse, I certainly don't want to add to the list!
NinnyMary, there are more studcolts born than fillies, and geldings (neutered studcolts) are steady day in and day out, so more riding horses are geldings than mares or stallions. (Stallions get out of control fast and require WAAAYYYYYY more training to keep them under control around other horses.)

 

[baymule]

@ducks4you my gelding, Joe is so gentle and sweet, raising his back leg is the meanest thing he does. So I let him slide on it..... LOL