Horse dentist

Time for the annual dental visit! Both had points on their teeth - which are normal - that the dentist ground down. Neither horse was thrilled by this, but who can blame them!
Owen apparently has wolf teeth but they are not causing a problem (they sound a bit like wisdom teeth for horses, noone knows what they are for and they can be uncomfortable sometimes).
You can't really see in the photo, but the dentist has a special head collar with an attachment which goes in the horses mouth and holds it open for him to work. It also has handles on so you can control a little how much the horse throws its head around. He’s a good dentist and manages the horses without having to sedate them.

This is the cross country course at the equestrian center. We have done some of the jumps once in a lesson. You can also see the new foal and her mum in the middle of the picture. It is very cute!

We went for a nice ride afterwards and had a picnic up in the woods between the equestrian center and our house. Poppy came too. I got off and walked her on the lead along the road as she can't be trusted not to dart in front of a quarry lorry.