Teeth Troubles and a Positive Outcome by Vanessa McDonald

I have owned Missy now for five years. The sad truth is that during those five years I have not got her teeth done. It was not meant to be neglect! I thought I was doing her a favour, protecting her from the stress of a dentist visit. Missy was given to me as an unstarted eight year old Arab that had been rescued from starvation and bad handling, to a woman who thought with good intensions to send her to a breaker, she was sent back worse and her experience with being mouthed had resulted in a comment that she was unsafe and tried to kill them.

Shortly after I was given Missy I met Cynthia and she introduced me to natural horsemanship. I was able to form a relationship with this beautiful sensitive mare. Yet her scars remained and I just accepted her as she was. I had my gelding’s teeth done but still was too scared to do Missy, because of the stress it would cause her. Then a few weeks ago I noticed swelling down her jaw, I was horrified at the pain that Missy was in.

I called the vet and arranged for him to do her teeth. Recently I had discovered Clicker training through Natural horse world and was using the technique to get Missy to worm easier, I