When you first learn that a horse has wolf teeth, you might think he must have sprouted werewolf-like fangs. It is easy to confuse them with the larger canine teeth or tushes. These sit in the ...

Wolf teeth can cause problems in some horses but not others — and ultimately that is the main consideration when deciding ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Mongolian horse herders extract certain premolars, called wolf teeth, from the mouths of horses before the animals turn two years old, usually ...

Like chestnuts, ergots and splint bones, wolf teeth in horses have become functionless in the course of evolution. Yet these pointed or peg-shaped curiosities can be surprisingly problematic.