Equine dentists been....

[tikkitti]

Well it was that time of year and so the dentist came yesterday. I decided to have them done in order of big to little expecting them to get easier, although I sort of expected the fell to be a pain as she was last time but nope all were reasonably well behaved that was until our little welsh A made a appearance, she wasn't impressed with the gag and considering what a lovely pony she is under saddle wasn't quite as lovely to have her teeth rasped. Anyway after 2 nearly vertical rears and a few little ones and constant threatening we managed to get her done so thankfully that's out of the way for another year, lol. Apparently the guy had done a Shetland the other week and it was worse than our 11.2hh, it's just amazing how awkward little ponies can be when they put their mind to it xxx

 

[Trewsers]

Thankfully our vets are all trained to do teeth and Storm is sedated - perhaps as well as being older she has them checked every three months now due to her gaps needing picknng and flushin more often. How I wish I could get her to use floss.......lol
Bless those little ponies.....heheheeee glad you got them all done.

 

[horseandgoatmom]

I always have had my vet do the teeth as well.

 

[tikkitti]

Had one of mines teeth done by the vet once for convenience due to the horse needing sedating and being a known rearer with previous owners. The vet sedated and rasped her teeth, the physio said there was tension throughout her back and massaged her. The rearing continued and she head shock too. Within weeks my others were due their routine rasp ect and whist he was there asked him to have a quick look at the new horses mouth as I just wasn't 100% sure things were right, he was shocked and said that she had a nasty hook that was restricting jaw movement and almost definitely causing problems in her poll area that in turn would cause issues throughout. From then on I've never trusted my vet with teeth, I see my vet as a GP then the physio, dentist ect as specialists in their own area of work. I am sure there are some good vets who are great with teeth but that's just my experience. xxx

 

[Trewsers]

I think there are good and bad in both - you can only speak as you find. Our equine practice are constantly training and one vet has a particular interest in equine dentistry which helps.

 

[tikkitti]

Definitely, think that's the problem some vets only have minimal training and it's a shame as our vets are excellent but the dentistry side lets ours down IMO Then there's the other problem and that is in equine dentistry it's not controlled by law like farriery is and so you have to make sure the equine dentist you choose is fully trained and knows their stuff. Thankfully our is a good one but I'm sure there will be useless equine dentists out there too. xxx