Our vet, Lucy, got here about 9:30am and
didn't get finished with the horses until almost noontime. It was the horses 
annual checkup, shots, teeth floating etc time.
    Sham was really almost perfect -- she stood so still while Lucy floated 
her teeth .... only raised her head one time in "protest" .  Lucy said 
Sham looked good (for her age).  We seem to have hit on the right combination 
of foot care and meds (MSM) for her.  Lucy said her coat looked good and she 
was just about the right weight ...... We did the Coggins test ..... will 
have the results in about a week but there's no doubt in  my mind that it'll 
be negative as it should be.  All the horses were due for their Coggins test 
..... It sure reminded me again of "Baby" as it was just that time of year 
last year that she passed away 
    Then came Tuffy's turn  ..... he was good as gold - he got his teeth 
floated too this time.  This was a first for him and he stood ever so still!!
He just never seemed to have needed to before now.  He's 10 yrs old and Lucy 
said that his teeth weren't really bad but it should be done this time -- so 
we did it.
    X ....... well, he wasn't very good ... he did NOT like those files put 
into his mouth ..... he would stand still for a couple of mintues then 
violently throw his head up pulling the file out of Lucy's hand ..... after 
messing about 15 minutes with him and getting no where Lucy ended up having 
to sedate him to get the job done.  We really didn't want to have to do it 
that way but there was no other choice.
    X really wasn't upset with everything going on -- he was just 'bored' and 
didn't want to do it anymore .... I could NOT keep him still.  Finally Buddy 
had to come hold him (I TOLD you X was Buddy's horse -- X just "puts up" with 
me ).
    Then was PATTI'S turn ..... believe it or not, PATTI was really the BEST 
one .... she stood still -- opened up her mouth when instructed to do so 
(remember, when I give her the wormer stuff I say "PATTI, OPEN UP YOUR MOUTH" 
and she just stands there and opens up her mouth) ...... anyway, that's what 
she did ..... Lucy was standing there, files in hand, and I "instructed" 
PATTI to OPEN YOUR MOUTH -- and she did ...... it all went very well -- and 
PATTI really had some rough spots on her back molars too.  In fact, quite a 
large chunk of tooth came off on the file.  Shots were given and PATTI stood 
VERY still accepting everything that was to be done to her in her stride.
    THEN PATTI looked for "goodies"   ...... (PATTI was trained with 
the reward system -- so, when she's good she KNOWS she's going to get a 
"goodie" ....
    That's it .... the herd was definately good for their annual "check up" 
.... All good except X .... and he was just being a "boy" 
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