Dental work on a horse

This morning the vet came out to give all the horses and donkeys their vaccinations. And Pewter needed to have her teeth floated. Meaning, she needed some dental work done. Her teeth were a bit long and needed to be filed down. Pewter was just given a sedative and is starting to get sleepy.

This contraption looks very medieval, but it keeps the mouth open so the vet can start filing. And no, it doesn't hurt the horse.

An electric filer is used first.

After the electric file is done, the medieval contraption comes off and it is time to use a hand filer.

One last check to make sure all the teeth have been filed.

The whole process took about half an hour.

Pewter is resting in her stall for about an hour or so until she comes all the way out of the sedative.

The video is of the vet using the electric file. If you don't like the sound of a dentists drill ( because that is what it sounds like), then please don't watch.

Until next time......................