Dental Work 2/10/07 Dr. David Asmar was out to float teeth on 13 horses today. That's right 13!! A physical challenge for him and his assistant Kelby, and a monetary challenge for us. It was very windy, a little rainy, and downright cold too. Most of the 13 were in pretty good shape with just the expected hooks and points Windy who is 34 has lost some more teeth adding to her eating challenge. She now has just 2 molars on the upper right (first and last) and one molar on the upper left, and is missing the 2 upper front teeth. She has a few more teeth on the bottom. We have been feeding her a mash of Senior Feed, beet pulp, extruded soybean meal, MSM (for chronic wind puffs, and vitamins twice, sometimes 3 times, daily for the last couple of years now. This is what's keeping her going. She still comes running when we drive in to feed. She's no longer able to eat hay or grass, but seems in good spirits and pushes her 2 pasture mates around. The completion of the feed shelter in the quarantine field that allows only one horse per section for feeding has been her savior. The others are no longer able to steal her food. Pharo is now missing 4 teeth and has 2 more that he may lose in the next year or so. They're not loose, so not causing difficulty, but they're down to root so aren't holding on by much. Cody must not have had good dental care in his history because this is his second floating in just over a year and we're unable to remove all of the wave due to severity. The next time if done in no more than a year may take care of that. The rest of the 13 that were done yesterday had very little change and were in pretty good shape. Most have not much upper front teeth due to several possible circumstances in their histories. All in all a good day except for the news about Windy and the fact thad David may be quite stiff and sore today.