It’s Not All Puppies and Kittens

Given the global financial crisis (or GFC as appears to be currently trendy) it’s understandable that non-essential or luxury spending gets put on the back burner. We all have to tighten our belts, cut back a little on frivolous things and count our pennies.  However, I’m not sure the GFC counts as an excuse to [...]

As anyone who works with me can tell you, I had a cracker of a week last week.
There was much cursing. There was lost sleep (that’s the bit where I care too much). There were hi-5’s. There was (hypothetical) wall punching and threats of bodily harm for so much as an inkling of doing something [...]

There comes a time, surely in any job where all you really want to do is find a wall and beat your head against it a little. If that’s not on the cards, then maybe it’s sticking a post-it to you head that reads “Think before you talk” or wearing a t-shirt that says “I’m [...]

I admit to having a kind of short attention span. I get distracted easily and I’m really good at procrastinating. That said, I’m currently actually making progress with a set of case reports for a continuing education course that are, say, a few months overdue. On top of actually writing the reports, the most frustrating [...]

 
For the purposes of maintaining a professional facade  and a reputation of being highly educated individuals with a solid grounding in the sciences, it’s probably a good thing that the general public are not party to many of the conversations that go on in a veterinary hospital. Not only do the people who exist within [...]

I often do consultations where the whole family accompanies a pet to the vet. If the children are particularly rambunctious, it can get pretty painful being in a confined space with them, but on the whole kids are normally pretty well behaved. I love meeting proud young pet owners who take a real interest in [...]

So by now it’s probably reasonably clear that I love LOLcats. And LOLdogs.  Crazy maybe, closet nerd probably I’ve been a bit slow on the updating for the last couple of weeks, having to actually work and what not. I have more stories for later but thought I’d get a few pet peeves [...]

Things that will make your vet happy: Forewarned, is forearmed.
Or at the very least, it means that your vet might manage to remained armed, legged and generally “limbed”. There is nothing more irritating (well, at least not for today) than being told that DevilDog had a tendency to bite AFTER he’s already tried to [...]

There are few questions and concerns from clients that never fail to amuse me. Let me just point out that it’s very hard to keep a straight face sometimes, but I try – wanting to appear to be taking concerns seriously and what not. These are real, and frequent, I kid you not.
Situation 1:
Cue a [...]

Anyone who wanted to be a vet in primary school….?
I have previously posted this on another forum, but this was a ‘typical day’ (so one where everything could go wrong).
I was working my way through the surgery list, which consistent mainly of animals owned by welfare agencies that were being desexed before going to their [...]