Monte probably felt extremely picked on yesterday. During his spring shots out at the barn the vets did a general condition check on all the horses and determined that our little man needed his teeth floated. So off to our vet we went and after a little sedation and much filing his teeth are all nice and even again. We were a little surprised that he even needed to have his teeth floated, let alone filed as much as the vet ended up having to do, because Arabs tend to have great teeth that need almost no attention - especially at Monte's age.
Being sedated, Monte was extremely relaxed and, well, let it all hang out. Seeing this our vet promptly says, "Oh, let me clean that all up for you too!" Not being one to turn down a free weenie-wash, I said sure. :) I also got a lesson on horse anatomy and how to take care of the "bean" that often forms in little boy parts. Poor Monte just had to stand there while we pulled and flushed and generally poked around.
The vet tech assisting during all of this also grabbed some clippers and cleaned up Monte's bridle path and forelock for us too. Gee, what great service!
But this was not the end to all that Monte had to suffer through yesterday! E has her first show of the season on Saturday. Usually we would bathe the horse the night before but the weather forecast isn't looking all that great and the only day that looks even remotely warm (low 60's) was Wednesday afternoon. So to top the whole afternoon off, we washed the main part of his body and his mane, and then threw his blanket on him to hopefully keep him from becoming brown again. It was breezy during this last bit and the poor guy was shivering terribly before we could (quickly) finish. I don't think E will win any showmanship classes based on the cleaning job we did!
Monte wasn't too happy by the end. But he did stand patiently during all of our ministrations.
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