cross_7
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Alan":16u7d46k said:I'm still trying to get passed "went to look at the horse for the first time, no one around so I threw a halter on him and jumped on bareback". :shock: My understanding about proud cut is, proud cut is leaving a portion of the testicle when gelded. Horse testicles have a "cap" like attachment, leaving part of the "cap". A retained testicle is just that a monorchid (sp), nothing has been cut.
Alan
i had always thought the reason for a proud cut horse was to leave the horse with some vigor so not to end up with a lazy dead head.
i had heard they can in some instances still cover a mare, but i have read that not to be the case but the "want to"
is still there and they still produce testosterone like a stud without ability to release it.
from what i have read the epididymis is what was "missed" when castrated.
i have also heard with surgery it can be removed ???
i'm by no means a horsemen but my dad was the best i have ever known(horses & dogs-he had a gift) and i learned some growing up, but i think either you have it or you don't. i think you have to get in their head to be a true horsemen(buck brannaman)
i do know you have to have their respect and their focus/mind has to with you 100% and as long as his mind is else where i don't think i could correct him.
would surgery fix him? just don't know enough about it to say