Once a year the horses have their dental check-up also. Only, he comes to them bearing his little tranquilizer shot and dental equipment. It is really quite interesting so I decided to include it in my blog. The shot takes effect very fast and soon they can hardly stand up. The equine dentist then inserts an apparatus to keep their mouths open. They don't respond to OPEN WIDE! His equipment is state of the art and much easier on the horses than the old method of just rasping the teeth with a hand held metal file. Horses teeth keep growing their whole lifetimes and need to have the sharp points smoothed at least once a year to keep them comfortable and eating properly!! Hope you find the pictures interesting!
1 comment:
Great post Mom. I remember watching that and I have to say it looked strange then, and it still looks strange in the pictures. Hee, hee! But that was a creative idea to put these picts on.
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