How can I suppose that my horse has hooks?(see Facts)

 

• If your horse performs well and suddenly it delivers bad results.
• If your horse resists violently against the bit or shakes its head when it feels more contact in its mouth.
• When attaching the noseband, you draw automatically the hooks in the cheek of your horse. This causes wounds and consequently it is possible that it – caused by pain - shakes its head.
• If your horse eats badly or spills its food.
• A badly smelling breath.

Some horses show none of the previous symptoms. This doesn’t mean that hooks are excluded: horse teeth always grow on and at an irregular wear, hooks can always appear.

So it is very important to have a dental control every year, to prevent a lot of problems.

Prevention is better than cure!!!