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Well, the vet's now been and gone... report is that Bay's looking very good, though it's funny... I lunged him on the line and he said "well I'd certainly pass him on any pre-purchase exam". And then he loosened up even more till the vet said "How old his he again?" Of course, Bay did sortof make a fool of me when I turned him loose to free lunge... I wanted the vet to see how much more spring Bay had when he was loose on his circle... Bay went around twice and took off for the far corner of the pasture. Heh. "Really, he'll usually just lunge loose!" Honey went and got him for me... the horse is fine. A brat, but fine :~)

He got shots, and pony got shots, but Cyn won the "worst teeth" award. Bay wasn't bad, didn't really need doing. Cyn was done last year but she was already bad again, with big hooks and sores in her mouth. So she's got a bad bite, she doesn't wear evenly.

Here she is... The vet's given the sedative, and she's one sheet to the wind...

... another minute... she's all three sheets. ;~)

It looks like she's pulling back... she isn't... she's just wobbling badly on her feet... a couple times, I thought she was going down.

Finishing up with a hand rasp...

And then the other side....

Here's what the inside of her mouth looks like... he's about half done, and he wanted to show me the sores on the inside of her cheek... Reminds me of the indent sores I'd get on my lip playing trumpet in braces. The couple in the back are actually bleeding.

So Cyn needs to be done every year, it seems, while Bay's tooth growth is actually slowing down.

Pony's are getting sharp too, but she can wait till we do Bay.