Doesn’t it make sense that if you want to start a successful career in anything, your instructors are not just talking the talk but doing what they teach? This is what Dr. Geoff Tucker does every day.
Dr Tucker started his floating career in veterinary school at Cornell University in New York in 1983 after starting his professional career with horses in 1973. You can do the math, but he is well into his forth decade of equine dentistry at the time of this writing.
Since his mentor showed him how to perform an oral exam by hand without a speculum that day, he has perfected the technique. Currently, he has worked on the teeth of more than 80,000 horses.
Dr. Tucker is the founder of Horsemanship Dentistry™, a movement that promotes the use of horsemanship in dentistry and anything done with horses. He is also the developer and instructor at the Horsemanship Dentistry School, taught worldwide. He has also developed several other websites to help horse owners become advocates for their horses.
Melissa Buday started with horses when she was 2 years old and was known as the one to call to ride any horse in town by high school. For a short time after college, she worked outside of horses but was soon drawn back when she found out that Dr Tucker was looking for someone to join his practice.
She tried out for the position in 2009 and stayed with The Equine Practice until 2022, floating over 20,000 horses.
Melissa’s natural talent with horses is now coupled with dentistry, making her the top Horsemanship Dentist in the country and placing her as the lead instructor at the Horsemanship Dentistry School, where the students love her gentile and patient teaching style.
She now runs her equine dentistry practice. Melissa is a great mentor for learning the fine art of working with horses and their owners.