This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It sounds to me like the vet removed the canine! which would be uncomon in a mare. Boy, that must have hurt! I've had a couple "experienced horsemen" tell me the canines in my geldings were wolf teeth. Seems they had mostly mares!
My vet told me my gelding had wolf teeth at the age of 3 or so, if I remember right. They haven't been a problem except when my dressage instructor raised the snaffle very high in his mouth. She refused to believe he had wolf teeth (maybe becouse he didn't react violently like other horses) but I felt that there was something bothering him. His lips are sort of loose so one can pull a bit way up into the back teeth if they're not careful.. Also, seems he's more likely to get his lips pinched with loose ring bits due to the more fleshy lips. I think a lot of fjords have this problem. Jean in sunny Fairbanks, Alaska where fall colors are at their peak: Beautiful! At 02:21 PM 9/11/98 -0600, you wrote: >This message is from: Gregor Fellers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >At 05:57 PM 9/10/98 -0500, you wrote: >>This message is from: Mike & Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>Just curious, were the wolf teeth on the top or bottom? >> >>I've had a discussion with a vet and a vet tech RE this very subject >>recently. One says they're only on the top, another says they don't >>come in til the horse is much older, like 10 or older. Guess those two >>mares proved THAT one wrong, eh?! >> >>Thanks - Casey >> >> >Although the Vet that removed the tooth called it a "Wolf" tooth, based >on the dicussion here, I'm not so sure. It was on the bottom right side >and the mare is about seven years old. The tooth itself was gigantic, about >1 1/4 inches long and 5/8 inches in diameter, a rather large piece of candy >corn. > > > ****************************************************************** Jean Ernest Fairbanks, Alaska [EMAIL PROTECTED]
