Hello Judy, Thanks for sending verse. Guess this will help me check up on our vet's teeth floating <g> -- the medical/science.
"As time goes on, the horsemen know, The oval teeth three-sided grow. The old horse has more "whoa" than "get" We keep him only for a pet." This old-time verse is courtesy of the annual Old-Time Horse Farmers Gathering in Blackville, South Carolina. Our two Icelandics, Paddy/Slettir, 17 yo, and Pila. 19 yo, have their teeth floated each year now that they are chez nous. And, they seem to be doing great. Pila, who arrived past January, still does slobber over her soaked beet pulp and supplements.....and often spits out apple chunks and carrots, but since she's top equine, she gets more food than either of our boys, and she does well with pasture grass and hay. Paddy truly, truly, truly hates the teeth floating process, but it sure does work for him--he gobbles up everthing we offer. I empathasize with Pila.......... I, being old lady who hasn't been all that conscientious with geriatric periodontal care. Now I understand the expression, "long in the tooth" <g>. At least bone loss doesn't seem to be an equine malady. Anyhow, one truth of the rhyme is undoubtedly the connection between dentation with nutrition. I do offer a warning to humans------have your teeth "floated" or else!!!!!!!! Geesh, I do go on........all the result of a poem! Kate Basler Monterey, MA Slettir/Paddy and Pila, Icelandic horses Kokopelli, Hackney pony mule Tess and Bodhi, Irish Water Spaniels Dorje, Snowshoe cat
