It's that time of year where we have our horses teeth floated (sharp edges filed/baby teeth pulled, etc). Yesterday was that dreaded day for our horses. We use Chenoweth Equine Dentistry and they have done a GREAT job the last two times, but the time before they had a very grouchy, mean, hard core of a guy-very unperson able and rough with the horses-any horse-gentle or not! If you are rough with MY horses that's a good way to get on my bad side. I guess lots of people had the same thought as me-the Knobloch's won't touch these guys because of that one guy! I THOUGHT that this guy had retired or quit cause he hasn't been back since! However, who showed up with the dental team? Yep, HE DID! Excuse my language but the first thing that popped into my mind was, "oh, crap! not this guy!" I was a little neverous...ok alot worried-you would be too if you knew how he acted.....So the setup-there are six big guys and one girl all carrying big boxes and equipment past me and my horses. There are 3 really nice guys that are gentle with the horses and the others I really don't know about-ya just keep an eye on them-: ) Colty and Kitty were brought in first-the nice guys took Colty and did him while me and Kitty (my nervous horse who hates men anyway) get guess who? yep, the MEAN GUY!! Oh, boy! I think Kitty must have recognized him because when he came over her to take her away from me to the stall she about reared up and backed up and stood her ground all just because she didn't want to go with HIM, not HIM! I was like..."Sir, she would be better if I led her into the stall and stood by her." I prayed he'd let me. In the past he just yanks them or twitches them in-he's really rough! Guess what? He LET ME LEAD HER AND STAY BY HER! In fact I not only led her in I helped the vet give her the knock out shot and helped the dental team put on her head gear which was no problem because Kitty and I have a very strong bond. We both trust each other, and I felt important to her as she stayed as close to me as possible during the whole deal. Hey, it took my Dad a whole year of treats to get Kitty to be ok with him....Anyway, PRAISE THE LORD, the MEAN GUY wasn't super mean at all this time! I bet he got too many complaints....
They were all very impressed with what I do with my horses and nothing, but good to say about there mouths-so all in all it was a good experience! My favorite dentist did Missy so I was happy-he saved her teeth he pulled for me too! He's fun! One of his helpers wanted to take Missy home, but I wouldn't let him. : ) We even got a discount on our horses! I'm still in awe of how God worked it out as I was panicking when they first arrived-rightly so though....ask me the story sometime-you'd freak out too as long as your like me anyway....: )
The horses also got there spring shots and coggins done so we can go show, horse camp, and stuff. Thankful for healthy horses with good teeth!
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