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| 1899.1 | Equine Dentist? | AIMHI::DANIELS | | Tue Jun 21 1994 12:43 | 4 |
| Probably an equine dentist would be your best bet. They must really
study this and could say if the teeth looked prematurely aged (due to
grazing somewhere with high sand content for example). I don't know
anyone in your area, but this is a first suggestion.
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| 1899.2 | exit | STUDIO::BIGELOW | PAINTS; color your corral | Tue Jun 21 1994 12:52 | 3 |
| Arn't all horse which go through dealers 13 yrs old?
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| 1899.3 | Dentis | SALEM::ROY_K | | Tue Jun 21 1994 14:27 | 13 |
| I would say your equine dentist is your best bet. What Tina said is
true there are different reasons why a horse's teeth might not reveal
his true age. A horse that cribs, grabs wood, or a horse that has
grazed where there is a lot of sand will wear down there teeth much
quicker than the average horse.
My father is excellent at telling the age of a horse. He kind of
started checking teeth when he was shoeing horses just for kicks.
After about 1000 mouths and seeing horses who came in from the Midwest
(who just grazed) he was really good!
Karen
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| 1899.4 | | CSCMA::SMITH | | Tue Jun 21 1994 15:13 | 8 |
| His teeth are not prematurely aged, they are the opposite, his teeth
surfaces say he's only 7-8, he even has the 7 year hook, it's the dealer
who sold him as 12-13.
I have been trying to contact Wayne Robinson for a while, I'll try him
again.
Thanks,
Sharon
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| 1899.5 | | TOOK::MORENZ | JoAnne Morenz NIPG-IPEG US DTN 226-5870 | Wed Jun 22 1994 15:06 | 3 |
| re: .2
..I thought all horses from dealers were 7 ;-)
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| 1899.6 | But Wait! You're both right! | CSCMA::SMITH | | Wed Jun 22 1994 17:10 | 6 |
| When I was a kid they were always thirteen and from the northeast, but
now they are all seven and they are all from "out west". Secret dealer
agreement 1984832845. The horse I got was from New Hampshire so
therefore he must be thirteen.
Sharon
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| 1899.7 | | CSLALL::LCOBURN | Plan B Farm | Wed Jun 22 1994 17:14 | 5 |
| The dealer I knew a few years back in Mass always had 8 year old
Quarter Horses whose paper had been 'lost in transit' but had
'the most wonderful bloodlines' and had been 'raised on a ranch
out west'. :-)
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| 1899.8 | He musta' been wearin' platform shoes when he got measured | STUDIO::BIGELOW | PAINTS; color your corral | Thu Jun 23 1994 11:03 | 3 |
| I got sucked into one of those (okay, I learned) nice regiatered QH's
from out west....when I got the papers, it was for a 17hh TB.....yeah
right!
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| 1899.9 | anywhere from 8-18? | CSCMA::SMITH | | Tue Jun 28 1994 11:27 | 10 |
| Well, the vet was in the area last week, I needed her to drop off some
medicine so she took a look at his teeth also. I wasn't home at
the time, but I left her my neat little book and asked her to let me
know what she thought.
Well, she left me a note that my book was pretty good, and she would
estimate the horse at 15-17 years! Wow, we're only 10 years apart on
our estimates :-[ !!, well I guess I need another opinion, Wayne
Robinson is coming out in July sometime, he'll said he'll take a look.
Sharon
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| 1899.10 | he's only 12! | CSCMA::SMITH | | Thu Aug 04 1994 11:52 | 13 |
| Well, I finally got the horse dentist, Wayne Robinson up, boy he is
good at his job. He pointed out some callouses in my mares mouth from
possible bit problems, and filed the lower front molars in case they
were causing them, but he really felt the bit was the culprit because
she has such a tiny mouth.
Anyway he told me the other horse, the one in this discussion was a
solid twelve year old and pointed out why. He went by the two upper
cups on the outside still being present and the angle and squareness of
the teeth. I knew he couldn't be 15 with those cups on top, but I had
thought the cups were also present on the inner uppers as well. He has
a way with the horses and can get a much better look at things.
Sharon
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