Problems that have been resolved through wolf teeth removal

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Just wondering really. You may have seen my other thread when my pony needs to have a wolf tooth taken out.

My boy has many issues that I knew all about when buying him, but wondered if the tooth coming out may help some of them.

Basically I bought him for peanuts as was a swear word to catch and if you could catch him, he was then unmountable.

It was obvious from the viewing that his saddle did not fit him at all as he was wearing a cheap nasty medium gullet saddle and when I had him fitted he was an XXW.

The catching problem ending pretty quickly and I now have a brilliant relationship with my boy with trust on both sides. But he is still worried about being mounted. Its like you can see he wants it to be OK but he cant handle it still. I know its not his saddle, so my next thought was his mouth. The dentist had seen him when I bought him and did a lot of work and mentioned this wolf tooth. He said it was small and I could see how he went when I started to ride him.

To hack he is a star, but to school he headshakes in faster work, grabs the bit and pulls on it, is tense and tends to march around a lot when I first get on.

Could this all be down to the pain the tooth is causing? I know its not an instant cure as the pain memories will still be there, but i'm interested to know what problems have been helped/solved in your horses when wold teeth have been removed?

Thanks everyone x
 
Wolf teeth certainly would help to resolve head tossing, pulling and leaning. It helped my last horse when he had it removed. However it got better but then 8 weeks later I had to get vet back to remove the remainder of the tooth as it had fragmented and hadn't all been removed. The head tossing got better after that but it removing the old habits that can take time.
 
I replied on your other thread as I have had two horses have wolf teeth taken out. My current mare had one removed when I got her but it had not as far as I know caused any issues. She needed a lot of other dental work done as her teeth had been a bit neglected so the vet whipped the tooth out at the same time.

I had a TB gelding with little or no brakes and he was very tense in his mouth and neck. Sharp wolf teeth were thought to be the problem and were removed. He was more relaxed after they had gone when schooling but he was still hard to stop or slow down cross country as I think he had pain memories and he used to set his neck against me and just go. In the end a hackamore cross country was the solution! Unfortunately he got cancer aged 8 and had to be put down aged 14 after two years in retirement so he didn't really have long enough to see if the memory ever went.

It was a very simple procedure in both cases. I would have them removed and see if they make a difference but I agree that the memory/ habits may take longer to change. Good luck.
 
He is having it out on Monday.

He was neglected before I had him and he is a completely different pony now. I promised him when he arrived with me that i'd never hurt him or let anyone else hurt him so I want this tooth out so I know there are no pain issues for him and we can crack on with some schooling :D xx
 
Mine (ex-racer) had one removed that was in the way of the bit...missed by 2 EDTs. It was removed by the vet under heavy sedation & the other teeth were given a good sorting out at the same time.

He used to be v inconsistent in the contact & if he felt restricted, got upset, chucked his head up v high, almost sat down & went 'urrrrrghh....urrrrghhhh...UUUURRRRRGHHHHH'.

He will now take an even contact & put more weight into it, & we haven't had a single 'uuurrrrghhhh' ever since.

Hope your extraction goes okay.

T x
 
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