Who Wants to Be a Vet?

[Fuzzy317]

I wanted to be a vet while growing up. I changed my mind after we had to have our fox terrier Ashes put to sleep. He was bitten/attacked by another dog. I don't know all the specifics on what was wrong with him.

[binka_nugget]

I did..but I don't think I'd be a very good one. I'm squirmish around blood. I couldn't even deal with disecting a worm in biology. I have horrible memory so nothing would stick in this thick head. And I wouldn't be able to deal with putting down an animal. I'd treat every animal as if it was my own so naturally, I'd break down whenever something sad happened.

I'm planning on taking a course outside of vancouver after graduation. It's a program for people wanting to become professional dog trainers. I think it'd be an awesome way to make a living. I'd get to see dogs everyday, and help out other people. I really want to help train those harder to handle aka unadoptable dogs at the shelters.

[Layka3000]

That is so nice that I have things in common with others.
What colleges do you guys plan on going to?

[BCBlondie]

I've wanted to work with animals as a career since I was like 5 years old. In 4th grade, I 100% decided I wanted to be a veterinarian. I actually worked at a vet clinic last year and got to see a lot of the stuff that they do, but recently I've been more involved with computers. I love making sigs, neat lil graphics, backgrounds, kennel banners for showdog.com, and websites, so I was thinking maybe getting into Computer Science in college and maybe webdesign as a career instead. I applied to two colleges, one in the pre-vet medicine as a major and the other in computer science as a major. I'll know which college I got into within the next two months! If I get into both I don' t know what I'll do.

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

I have and will always want to be a vet. I am hopefully going to go to college for it.

[cali]

not me, plus there is no way I could with my grades. with a C average, and 75% my highest mark out of all my classes, there is no possable way I could get into a vet school.

[G.P.girl]

I WILL be a vet

[EssTer]

I´m not sure I´d love to be vet....
I´d love o help andimals and I´m not afraid from blood, but I couldn´t put pets in sleep....

[G.P.girl]

well you can always refuse to put them to sleep if you don't want to . i wouldn't be able to put a perfectly healthy pet to sleep, but i think i could if it were to put it out of it's misery.

Has anybody read 'All Creatures Great and Small' by James HArroit?

[G.P.girl]

BTW has anyone here read James Herriot's books? those are so good!

[dappledoxie]

I had always wanted to be a vet, but as I got older I have realized I don't want to be in school that long. Soooo I am going to be a veterinary technician, or a vet nurse! I just started my vet clinic job last Monday and I loooove it! I have a semester and a half to go until I get my vet tech degree!

[wolfie]

Originally posted by G.P.girl
BTW has anyone here read James Herriot's books? those are so good!

I read All Creatures Great and Small - it's a great book!

I wanted to be a vet... and maybe I still do, but I can't cut up animals. I wanted to be a behavorist, but in vet school you have to cut up animals even if you aren't planning on doing any surgery, so I don't know any more.

[G.P.girl]

Originally posted by wolfie
I read All Creatures Great and Small - it's a great book!

that's what i'm reading now! i love that book

[rizzy]

I used to want to be a vet, but i could never do some of the things vets have to do. Like putting a dog down, I know its for the best and its kind of like saving them but i wouldnt be able to do that. Oh and i dont like blood, which is really hard if you're going to be a vet!lol

[CountryWolf07]

Nope.. but I used to want to be one when I was younger.. but I am going to major in graphic design and incoporate it into the country music industry - merchandising stuff.