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| Have any of you done this before? Had one bad floating experience and some lukewarm ones, so I'm wondering if I might be able to do it myself with some study/training (I wouldn't be able to do one of the several week courses, though). I'm not talking about removing teeth or correction work or anything -- just taking the rough edges off routinely. Thanks. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Floating is a very serious thing, I would never ever try something like that myself, you can cause so much damage if you dont get the angles right, and more serious damage if you take to much off. |
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| That's just plain poor judgement. It's a serious procedure that should be left to a professional. I won't let anyone other than a veterinarian work on my horses teeth. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | I know a few people that will take off a sharp edge.... But they do that as a temp fix until they can get a professional in to deal with the real problem
Edited by komet. 2015-04-27 7:59 PM
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Location: Ft Worth TX | Our vet is teaching my husband how to float- ITS NOT as easy as it looks. Its also more of a feel then anything. He has partially floated a few now and getting better but NOWHERE NEAR ready to do a set on his own.... |
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| Whoop Z Day Z - 2015-04-27 8:59 PM
Our vet is teaching my husband how to float- ITS NOT as easy as it looks. Its also more of a feel then anything. He has partially floated a few now and getting better but NOWHERE NEAR ready to do a set on his own....
Sounds a little irresponsible of your vet.
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | Omg...wow.....just wowMI dont say that to often and i have typed it twice today |
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| Several years ago my equine dentist let me work on one. I decided that wasn't for me. |
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Location: Florida.. | arion - 2015-04-27 10:08 PM Whoop Z Day Z - 2015-04-27 8:59 PM Our vet is teaching my husband how to float- ITS NOT as easy as it looks. Its also more of a feel then anything. He has partially floated a few now and getting better but NOWHERE NEAR ready to do a set on his own.... Sounds a little irresponsible of your vet.
im sorry but i agree.. all it takes is a wrong angle and the horse can get issues.. tmj among things.. why would you risk that. |
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| Leave it to the professionals! Teeth are a serious part of your horse! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Bibliafarm - 2015-04-27 10:01 PM arion - 2015-04-27 10:08 PM Whoop Z Day Z - 2015-04-27 8:59 PM Our vet is teaching my husband how to float- ITS NOT as easy as it looks. Its also more of a feel then anything. He has partially floated a few now and getting better but NOWHERE NEAR ready to do a set on his own.... Sounds a little irresponsible of your vet.
I agree, I would think that the Vet would have told him what school to look into to learn how to float. |
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| My grandfather used to float all my horses teeth. I will tell you this , just because they are a vet doesn't mean they can float or are better at it. |
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Location: Texas | 123barrelracer - 2015-04-27 7:29 PM Have any of you done this before? Had one bad floating experience and some lukewarm ones, so I'm wondering if I might be able to do it myself with some study/training (I wouldn't be able to do one of the several week courses, though). I'm not talking about removing teeth or correction work or anything -- just taking the rough edges off routinely. Thanks.
I can't say that I have ever floated my horses teeth... Then again I also don't shoe my horses, because I'm not a farrier, nor do I adjust my horses, because I'm not a chiropractor. 
Why would you attempt or even consider doing it yourself? How many YouTube videos do you have to watch to convince yourself you have more knowledge and experience than a licensed professional?
My mind is blown.
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| FLITASTIC - 2015-04-27 11:26 PM
My grandfather used to float all my horses teeth. I will tell you this , just because they are a vet doesn't mean they can float or are better at it.
While I believe this 100%, I also would never attempt to do my own. I will say I have seen some pretty POOR float jobs done by vets and also some pretty good ones done by certified people who aren't vets. |
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| Growing up we had a guy that lived down the road float our horses' teeth. Back then we only did it when they needed it (as I do now but that is a whole nother subject) He did a great job, was self taught, and had really great knack for it. Some people are just GOOD at things. Just because someone is "trained" doesn't mean they have the talent and feel for a job. Hence many poor jobs being done because people do it for money and don't really have the skill.
Back in the day people could do for themselves, I think too many people rely on other's to do jobs for them. Get your hands dirty, expand your mind and try to do things for yourself. If you have no real ability for something that is one thing, but don't tell this person he/she is insane for asking this question. My husband is a self taught farrier and he is amazing. We've toyed with the idea of him learning to do teeth also but haven't had the need yet. |
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Location: Up and over to the right | Wow…. you're asking for trouble. Your poor horses… :( |
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| At the first Ed Wright clinic I went to he made the coment that everyone should be able to do a simple float, like taking off a sharp edge. I did a little on my own horse when I worked at the vets and I'm here to tell you it is hard work. |
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| So I know for one thing...most of my horses over the years have had to be sedated to some degree to have dental work done. I think it would be terribly irresponsible of a vet to provide you with those drugs knowing what you're going to do and knowing you don't have the experience level. That also being said, we had one last year who's been sedated many many times in his life have a bad reaction to it and about kill himself beating his head on the wall. It was not pretty. I will not sedate a horse without vet instruction and not heavily without them present.
I do my best to seek out certified equine dentists to do my horses teeth. If they happen to be a vet, cool, if they aren't, that's fine too. I've had some REALLY bad floats from just your average doc and I've always been pleased with the work the dentists I've used have done. It's something so important to everything else that I'm fine paying a little more, and usually it's not a lot more. |
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