Trip to the Vet

I took Louie up to the vet this morning just for my piece of mind. I've been wanting to have his teeth re-checked anyway. He had to think about loading for a minute but wasn't too bad. And once in, he DIDN'T do any pawing which is an improvment. I'm glad the vet is not far because it is once again in the 90's today. Too hot to be in the trailer long. When we got to the vet, Louie knew where we were and was worried. They had a big floor fan sitting at the barn entrance and he did not want to walk by it. One of the vet tech's moved it into a stall. Louie still did not really want to go in the barn but after a few minutes, I convinced him.

And just as he suspected, he got the dreaded needle! He was a good boy about it though. The vet sedated him and looked over his teeth. He had one that was chipped and it corrusponded with the prodruding cheek bone. She said the chip was no problem and otherwise his teeth were perfect. The vet feels very strongly that Louie just whacked the side of his face on something that caused some bone brusing and the chip to his tooth. She doesn't think there is anything to worry about. And that his grain dropping when he eats is him just being a slobby eater.

We put Louie in a stall to give him time to "wake up" before being trailered home. There was a fan in the stall door and he stood with his face right in the fan. We hosed him down before loading him back into the trailer to help keep him cooler.

So, all is well in Louie-ville!