Sing a little song for me..

[freebird]

Vanessa strode into the animal clinic, leading her new purchase from the auction. The black shire walked behind her confidently, his head held up highly in the air. Vanessa was going to hate taking away such confidence, but she was not willing to risk her mare getting pregnant so soon. Smiling, she looked around the barn for the vet and patted his neck. "Hello?" She halted her stallion in the middle of the aisle, waiting for the vet

ooc : sorry this is so short!

[.Rissa.]

Kirk didn't happen to be in the barn at that point in time, but there was someone just as happy to greet them. A striking red stallion called out from the last stall on the other end. His big head hung out over the door. It had to be feeding time. Anytime there was activity, it had to be feeding time.

Hearing the doorbell the vet poked his head from the side door that led into his office. He saw a female student with a.. was it a shire? The man wasn't sure, it was on the short side for a draft breed. He stepped fully out of the door and closed it behind him. Another greeting nickered out to the barn. The twenty-five year old turned his head back at Flame, "Have you made your point yet?" For a older man, the vet was still charming. He smiled as he approached the girl and her horse, "Hi, I'm Dr. Clarkson," he offered ot his hand, "What can I help you with today?"

[freebird]

Vanessa continued to hold her stallion in the aisle, looking around at all the activity. It was beginning to become feeding time and horses were poking their heads over the doors anxiously. The barn was soon filled with sounds of horses anxious to be fed, and Star quickly joined in the chorus, giving a quick nicker of greeting.

Vanessa smiled, patting his firm black neck and continued to look around the barn. When she saw the vet approaching her, she kept a firm grip on the lead and listened as he introduced himself. He held out his hand for her to shake, and she shifted her hands on the lead, shaking the vet's hand firmly. "Hello sir, this is my recent purchase from the auction, and I was interested in having him gelded. You see.. I have a mare back at the academy.. and well.." She let out a quick, nervous laugh and looked over at the vet again

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[.Rissa.]

The man rose his brows at the information. The auction seemed to be the biggest thing in town, "I heard there were good horses there, never made it down there myself." He chuckled at her attempt to say what needed to be said. A lot of people found it a very hard subject to get right to the point, but maybe that was becuase they didn't know the terminiology how. Speaking was an art, "Ah," he said looking at the stallion, "Times up for you bud."

He let the animal smell his hand, then he walked over and looked under his belly, "Yeah, he'll be easy to geld. How old is he?" The vet was mainly checking to see that both testicles had dropped. One could still be functional if it just stayed up, but it would be harder and more costly to remove.

[freebird]

Vanessa let out another short, quick laughed when the vet seemed to know what she meant by just saying a few words. She knew he was probably used to people coming in all the time. She did not know why she was so flustered. Holding her stallion still, she watched as the vet proceeded to look him over and looked underneath him. "He's five.. does he look okay?"

She glanced under the stallion, before shaking her head in amazement. She would never know what to look for, and decided to just let the vet do his job effectively

[.Rissa.]

The man looked up as the girl asked her question, "Oh yeah, he's fine. Nothing wrong," he gave her an 'a okay' signal with his hands.

"The only thing, is an older stallion tends not to forget the feelings of being a stallion," Dr. Clarkson explained as he straightened up and walked back to Vanessa, "Probably for at least six months after he's been gelded, he will still act like a stud. So the next question, when do you want to do it?"

[freebird]

At the vet's okay, Vanessa let a big smile plop out onto her face and patted the stallion's neck firmly. Star seemed to be interested in what the vet was talking about, and flickered his ears back and forth nervously. Vanessa let out a quick laugh and patted his neck again and then listened to what the vet had to say. "I think we will be good.."

When the vet asked her when she wanted it done, she quickly responded. "As soon as we can, I mean if we can do it now.." She held out the lead rope for the vet in case he could do it right now.

[.Rissa.]

At her offer to start the procedure now, the vet nodded his head, "You don't waste any time huh?" he asked her, a teasing grin on his face, "It will take me about an hour or so to do it. You can come back or hang around in my office. I wouldn't recommened watching unless you have a strong stomach."

His hand took the lead that was offered to him. His brown eyes studied the horse. He patted the animal's neck, "You won't feel a thing bub."