Old routine In a new place

It was time for the Vet to come and administer 'Mr F's yearly flu vaccination as well as his six-monthly teeth check-up.

While the vaccination is a matter of seconds, the teeth do require a little longer. 'Mr F' is very VERY good at having his teeth done. Each time I watch the procedure I am astounded just how he puts up with it. The most scary part about the entire procedure surely must be this huge metal jaw-opener! When I saw it the first time I nearly left the stable ...

But going back to the appointment; I did inform the Vet that this time there won't be access to a stable like there was before. Although I did suggest that I could walk over to where we resided before and use one of the stables there.  The Vet said it was OK, as long as it didn't rain we didn't need the stables.

Prior to the Vet's arrival I was pondering where best to have 'Mr F's teeth done. It was not really ideal in the field with the others and the traffic with a crossroad right where the gate is. Then there were the other two horses in the field and knowing 'Tolka' he would probably try and stick his nose up 'Mr F's opened mouth, just to see what it was all about.  But it was 'Kitten' that sometimes does take off in fright if there is some 'dodgy' (loud and rattling) traffic going past. I thought it was unlikely that 'Mr F' would remain still with the Vet working on his teeth while the other two would make off in fright.

The other option was to work on 'Mr F' where the house is, on the drive.

What we landed up doing in the end was that we took 'Mr F' into the entrance part of the field where they had been right at the of arrival. He was a little suspicious of the big horse trailer (again!) and even more so when he saw the Vet emerge from her car, in her outfit and with her tools.

But like all the times before, even in new and open surroundings, 'Mr F' was a star and let us work on his teeth without troubles. It was a matter of about 20 minutes and all was done. He proceeded straight away to eating grass.

Once more I am grateful for him having become such a calm horse.
And whenever he isn't quite sure about the situation he does eye me up ... as if to see whether I was OK with what is going on. I do have quite some responsibility now with this big and wise gentleman; he pretty much blindly trust me ... quite dangerously so at times, when all sense of self-preservation seems to have left his head!

Next on the list is a blood test, 'Mr F's not yet had one done since he is with me and I find it is necessary to see if all is functioning OK still, which I am pretty sure it is.