I've known my whole life that I want to be a vet...now I'm sixteen, it's getting down to the nitty gritty end of high school, and I'm having to work really really hard to get the grades required. Still, I'm getting there. If all goes well I should pass with enough marks to get into veterinary science at Melbourne Uni in 2006.
Oh, and I'll work at a shelter on the weekends as a side...love them mutts!
As for pets, probably three dogs and one cat will be my lot (at any one time). The dogs will be all mutts from the shelter (with hopefully some Rottweiler, Great Dane, or GSD in them) and the cat a pleasant natured old moggy.