European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 modern living stimulating the sex life of stallions by Guffey associated press s photo de Squires and a sometimes the patient is just too that pretty easy to but when a stallion is just not in the it May take the talents of a Colorado team known As the masters and Johnson of the horse Over the last 18 the group affiliated with the animal reproduction Laboratory at Colorado state University has gained a wide reputation for stimulating the sex life of for thoroughbred owners the program is a godsend because their european racing association colleagues forbid such modern Breeding practices As artificial in close to the Foothills of the Colorado in the heart of a Region better known for pack horses and Rodeo mounts than for triple Crown it seems an unlikely spot for such a it would be much More logical to have a place like we have Here new Texas or says de associate professor and director of the stallion but the programs Are built by people we happen to have the people each about 120 horses Are brought to the reproduction a collection of pad docks and pastures rimmed by wooden fences and Well within the fort Collins City three of the nine horse specialists travel extensively to look at still All come Squires because they have sex Ual problems that somebody else cant figure our opinion is in most of the its pay not its in the not the Squires came to the horse reproduction program in director of the animal reproduction and James head of the department of clinical sciences at the University veterinary teaching have been developing the pro Gram since by the time Squires got the laughter had not that it was very but when pick Ett and Voss first the psychology of horse sex was not what horse owners wanted to hear a physical problem is easily easier to fix and easier for an owner to Deal says but psychological problems probably Are a Little More con Pickett got into his specially by we had a series of experiments that required us to collect semen from stallions Over a period of a he these stallions became sexually they just we rent interested in mares for any Pickett had to find out How to re interest the stallions in one of his findings was that a mares color could make a difference in a stallions then came deep the horse that established the programs a thoroughbred with a Denver deep Sun had the world record for he also showed no libido during his second Breeding although a powerful he had no interest in mares in the second Breeding Pickett he acted like a gelding right straight it took the experts just 14 Days to figure out the Loose in a pasture with four mares the year deep Sun had been kicked so hard he was lame for several a few you have a Happy client and it Squires by the time i got everyone knew about the lab Pickett and Squires Are reproductive three of the nine who work with horse reproduction Are diagnosing a horses the team talks with the humans who know the animal sometimes rough handling by the people who Are directing Breeding operations can turn off a they associate Breeding with that kind of Han Squires the key to turning that around is to find the right kind of if the first Doest you change the Squires and Voss have written the Standard reference on their Normal and abnormal sex Ual behaviour of the Equine six times a fou Day courses attract breeders to locations through out the University rules permit staffers to devote two Days a month to consulting for Squires and the its Worth a considering that the patients often Are valued in seven its not so not every horse comes to the lab for sex tests to determine sperm Levels and thus decide How Many mares a stallion will be allowed to Breed that season Are Squires so Are sperm tests whenever a horse is you would be absolutely insane not to have a horse checked for reproductive potential before you paid for Squires we happen to have a reputation for knowing something about Erma Bombeck Ive always admired the people who can speak up at Board meetings or ask a question in a Public theres something dazzling about the Way their eyes can their voice is and their lips slide easily Over their its a in All the years i have been on i have yet to say so make a second anything or ask for As to casting a dissenting no get i tend to run with the a few years ago i went on a guided tour of Greece with some very knowledgeable resource people on greek wildflowers and it took me 13 Days to get up the courage to ask a question of one of the i wrote the question out the night before and practice it the next at 11 on the Day before we were to come we were standing on a site of ruins and when there was opening i How old would this ruin be he i just told you that and moved on to the next pile of i have a fantasy that one Day before i go off a i will raise my hand and make a comment on the financial i know in shooting for the but Ive got to every time it is passed i look around the table and All the men Are making Little notations in the mar gins and Check Marks beside at the last one Board member i Trust this Doest include the response or some word that sounded like that and everyone laughed themselves into a i laughed till tears ran Down my Cheeks and haunt the foggiest notion i already have the question written and practice it in the it is this figure justified somewhere else in the budget its but i needed some thing nonthreatening to i calculate i have probably set the women movement Back 70 years with my but you have to under stand where i came i came from the ranks of women groups who used to conduct their meetings a Little anyone who asked a question at a meeting was immediately named chairman for three anyone who poured ice water during a meeting was named membership Tea anyone who came late to a meeting discovered she had volunteered her her Home and her life to the installation of anyone who stepped out to go to the restroom was elected president of the group by a show of Early in my Public service i became the Ensign Pulver of keep your Mouth shut and no one would notice you were in two More in going to is this figure justified somewhere else in the budget Well see what c los Angeles times Syndicate