Love the website!!! Really, really excellent!!!
*faxing in resume*
But seriously, do Dr. Harrigan and/or Dr. Martinez have pre-vet students as interns? I've had very poor luck in trying to secure an internship so far. If you could ask them if they do ever take interns under their wing (I know it's a lot of extra work for a vet!) then I would seriously fax in my resume!
I especially liked the first aid section! I'm hoping to become a Red Cross Instructor for their new-ish "Pet First Aid Training" program. I'm already working on becoming an instructor for their babysitting classes. I chose to do the babysitting class first as they have a very high demand for instructors and not enough trained to teach the class.
Hmmmm...I will share one of the most shocking experiences I had while working at the Hawaiian Humane Society.
I worked at the incoming department of the humane society so I got to see everything--- both the good and the bad.... wild birds, a wallaby (cutest thing), fighting dogs, sick cats, hit-by-car DOA dogs, newborn kittens and also the friendly and healthy animals that would be put up for adoption.
One day we had a man come in with a kitty in a covered box, he explained that she was very old and sick and his mother had asked him to bring her to us to be put out of her misery. We always transfer the kitties to our own carriers before we take them to the holding area or the euthanasia area. So we uncovered the box and saw what appeared to be a very old and lethargic beautiful tabby cat with white. Next my boss carefully transferred the poor thing to our carrier. It was horrible to watch because she was obviously very uncomfortable. When we had pulled her entire body out of the box we noticed a HUGE, UGLY WOUND on her side. It was very deep, roundish in shape and probably about 4 inches in diameter! The wound was emanating a horrible rotten smell and I could make out white maggots wiggling throughout it! This was not a new injury, it had obviously been festering for some time. Now let me explain that at our humane society we are expected to treat "customers" with the utmost respect. While this is often the very last thing some of these horrible people deserve it is done for the logical reason that we want people to feel comfortable bringing their animals to us. We know that turning in their animals to us far better than the alternatives like shooting them or dumping them off somewhere to fend for themselves. So for a moment Dallas (my boss) and I are just in complete shock but we eventually regain our composure and Dallas takes the kitty immediately to the euthanasia area. We treat this man like any other customer until he is out the door and no other customers are in the incoming area. Then we rip him to shreds with all the obvious remarks.... "Why the hell didn't they do something about that wound earlier?" and "I've never seen maggots on a live animal in my life!" etc....etc.....
It was horrible to see that but I am glad that Miss Kitty's suffering was ended as humanely as possible. May she RIP.
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