Dentist for Duke - Aug 2015

This post is because tomorrow, Monday 24 August, Duke will be visited by the Dentist and get his teeth "floated".  Which means they go into her mouth and make sure that his teeth are balanced and have no sharp points that have worn down because of his grain eating habits.   I gave him an apple to help clean his teeth. Also Im hoping that his improved diet will help with his health, joint health and hoof health.
The Denist's name is Cheryl and she is coming from Conn a two hour ride she said.  There are 6 horses scheduled, Jim (Jareds) Taffy (Debbys) Finn (Lil Anjas), Duke, Apache (Laurie), Taboo (Cathys). Cheryl thinks that Jared's Jim has the biggest challenge because of his age and what Jared said the Vet had said.  She said she was going to look at him first.  The sedative goes under his tongue and is used only if there needs to be.  It takes 45 to 60 min for sedative to take effect.
I am getting the meds from Nashoba Valley Vet on Rt 110 Monday morning.
Cheryl said it takes about 60 min a horse unless it is extensive.  It costs 145 for the work.

Dukes new best friend has got to be Cheryl. She did a great job with Duke. She asked me to keep his head at a certain level so she could work.  I had the lead line on him and because he is 16.2 it was important.  I was fascinated by her work. She had so many different tools. She started out sort of EZ doing the first phase in front.    Each swipe with the blade seemed to get him used to  being in the ring with a lead line So he knew he could get away if he needed.
Then she asked me to switch sides and she was going to work in the back. The next set of tools were dramatically different. She fitted him with the spectrum. It was shaped like a bridles with leather around his head and a metal mounth piece with a few parts.  She could and now open his mouth by moving quickly the adjustments on the sides. The back teeth took longer. Right away she found a gigantic point. She said enthusiastically it was the largest by far she had ever. Seem. Wow I picked it up off tne ground.

During his procedure she worked up a sweat working. She took plenty if breaks and he could recover from each if the procedures to remove tne hooks and points. The point in this picture is on an upper and was pointed into his mouth. She said it was the largest point she has ever had. I'm going to cut and paste this into the blog. Cheryl said this was growing out of Dukes tooth into his tongue area. At the end I went to get a crunchy snack tjat Cheryl said would help see if he could chew. Cheryl gave Duke several snacks and he hung out with us As we went over his paperwork. I gave Cheryl a hug and paid her cash w a little extra. What an amazing horse and lady . I'm so happy the Cathy recommended her to us