Wednesday was a busy fun filled pack of learning!
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| Who's here Roux? |
Did you know that BOTH our geldings turned 22 this year? WOW!! (average life span of a horse is 25 to 35 years)
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| Great Healthy 22 year old boys! |
What is a teeth float you ask? Well- if you come across one of our students - ASK!
But if you aren't as lucky to meet one of our great students here is the quick answer.
The horse makes a circular motion to grind their food using their back line of molars. Sometimes the back molars can grow sharp edges, called points, can grow not allowing them to grind food down properly as well as injury the insides of their cheeks. So the purpose of the "Teeth Float" or "Dental" would be to file those sharp edges down and if needed reshape/correct the back molar line so the horse can grind his food before it goes into the rest of the digestive track enabling maximum nutrient extraction in the rest of the system. If the food is not ground well in the horses mouth, the rest of the process in the digestive system can't be preformed at it's best and can bring about other health issues.
More information about the service can be found here: Equine Dentistry
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| Inserting the Speculum |
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| Ready for my Dental! |
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| Dr Solomon using the head rest to get the right view |
Whilst our horses were recovering from their Dental which only takes a few hours we then started studying the horses Skeletal System! The students were given finger paints and we posted "cheat sheets" on the stall walls of the points of the horses. The students then had to draw the systems on the horses! Look how well they did! and not to mention what beautiful colors they had to work with.
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| Points of a Horse & Skeletal System Quiz |
We then took the horses for a walk (mini parade) on the road to show off all the wonderful horse skeletal art our students learned!
What a GREAT day!!!
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| Horsey Parade! |
3 comments:
Looks like everyone had a great time learning about horses!
Will your next Roux Camp be in the Spring?
yes! everyone had a great time- looks that way by those smiles and decorated horses :)
yes - next Roux Camp will be February. yes, February- horses need care in the winter too! If not a completely different type of care because of the cold weather :)
contact me for more information!
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