Do you do any other types of veterinary work besides equine dentistry?

This is question three of a six-part interview with Geoff Tucker DVM, horse vet and dentist. Each question is featured here and each answer is (loosely) transcribed from Dr. Tucker's video response. At the end of each question, please visit the link to see the entire video response.

Question 3: Do you do any other types of veterinary work besides equine dentistry?

Answer: Nope. (laughs) That was easy.

I have. For a dozen years out of vet school, I had my own practice. I did everything; from pulling out foals, to breeding mares, to sewing up lacerations, doing colics and surgeries in the field, umbilical hernias, castrations and all of that stuff. It was fun and I really enjoyed it, but the appreciation I get from floating a horse's teeth just thrills me.

It has also been a challenge to make sure that I get every horse's teeth done correctly. I live in fear that someone else is going to check my work and I never know where it is going to come from. For instance, another vet... (Please click video link for full story.)

Through things like this interview, I am going to try to get the word out about how important it is and how you can tell if a horse's teeth have been done properly.

See Dr. Tucker's full video reply to this question

See Dr. Tucker's video series on how to float teeth

---> Question four