Cats in time sal2/24/2023 ![]() I always tell them exactly what to expect and what will happen. Most of the time, the owners are right there the entire procedure. And if they do decide on euthanasia, I do everything in my power to make sure it's as dignified as possible. What I personally try to do is present them with every option available, whether that's additional diagnostics and treatments or hospice care, and try to help them make the best decision for themselves and for the pet. It's a really difficult time for the owners. Putting down a pet is the most difficult part of the job, but it will become more bearable over time. It's a steep learning curve to figure out how to communicate in a way that is effective for the owner, you, and the pet.ģ. It's sort of surprising how much training you have working with animals in veterinary school and how little training you have working with people. And then you have other staff, like receptionists and technicians, and occasionally you have an outside specialist or veterinarian you have to collaborate with. ![]() Working with people is as much a part of this job as working with animals. It's the owners that need to decide what treatment they want done or what their budget is, which limits what you can do. ![]() As a veterinarian, I need to know how to do dentistry, surgery, internal medicine, and X-rays, where in human medicine, you specialize in one of those things.Ģ. So you go from seeing small animals, like dogs and cats, to exotic animals like birds and reptiles, to farm animals, like sheep, cows, and goats. And there are rotations where you're on-call in the middle of the night, where you work weekends and holidays. A lot of people sort of have this impression that you play with puppies and kittens all day, and that it's inferior to human medicine. But even if you ever only plan on practicing on household pets, your training encompasses all fields of veterinary medicine. Training to become a veterinarian takes almost as much time as becoming a human doctor, and it's just as involved. You typically do four years of undergraduate and have to complete the prerequisites and required tests to get into veterinary school, which is another four years of school. And then if you decide you want to specialize in a field, you do an internship for a year and three more years of residency after you graduate. As a general practitioner, you're not required to do a residency or internship. ![]()
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