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Hi there, Joe here and I am a sad little donkey. I was born with what is called a Monkey mouth and that means my lower jaw protrudes in front of the upper jaw. It also means that in general my teeth don't meet which makes it hard to chew. Mom knew about this when she got me as a tiny baby, but we never thought it would get this bad. When I bite down on the grass, my top teeth go into my lower gums and cause ulcers. Sorry if this is making anyone sick.  Actually, that is reason why Mom was able to get me because I would have been a very expensive show donkey.

So now every six months I have to have my teeth filed to keep them from growing into my bottom gums both in the front and in the back. The little lady vet came out here last week to do just that, file my teeth. She had to give me some drugs to make me calm and that wasn't bad at all. But then they put that thing in the picture above here in my mouth. Boy, I fought that like crazy even with all the tranquilizer in my system. That is the worst thing that has ever happened to me. But hopefully eventually, I will get used to that thing.

And then that veterinarian, filed my teeth with those huge files. It doesn't hurt and she did a great job. It took a long time but don't forget that I was full of drugs so it wasn't bad at all. She had to give me double because I refused to let her put that other thing in my mouth.

So now we have to do it again in six months. But they have to do it, because the only other choice is to go to the bridge and Mom sure doesn't want to do that right now.