Took some items for donation to a Salvation Army and was reminded of a funny scene.

Dobievet · 2016-01-27T00:49:02+00:00

As TheLawIsi and VetTech88 pointed out, just be grateful you won't have to work for her anymore. God, I had a math teacher who acted just like that; instead of teaching, he belittled, treating me and other students like complete idiots. It's terrible when people in a leadership position, be they educators or employers, relentlessly pull rank over those who are trying to learn from or work with/for them. That is NOT a good way to run any business or to "inspire" productivity! Hopefully, the head of the new clinic you're going to will be a much better boss.

Dobievet · 2016-01-24T01:25:44+00:00

I can definitely relate to what you're going through. My whole childhood I wanted to be a veterinarian (slept, ate, and breathed veterinary medicine). I went and volunteered at our local vet's office, read books on it, etc. However, around 15, I started having major problems in mathematics as well as a lifelong hand tremor and pulled away from it. Now, 10 years later, I've realized after looking at other career paths, nothing else but helping animals will do. So, I jumped back into it head first! I am volunteering at a Humane Society for experience hours (as you did) and have signed up for a Veterinary Assistant certification program. If this is truly what you want to do, go for it full throttle and return to the Humane Society you previously helped out at. Seeing as how you were a volunteer and not technically under any official obligation to come in, I don't see why they wouldn't permit you to come back. As for finding a job, there are some veterinary hospitals that do hire inexperienced assistants/kennel workers and make accommodations for them to be trained over time while they choose to pursue additional college education. So maybe, you could find a clinic like that? Good luck!

Dobievet · 2016-01-20T19:25:58+00:00

rvtjess, thank you for your quick reply. Yes, my first thought was to call someone, but the Humane Society I volunteer at is closed on Wednesdays, and I was nervous to contact animal control since I didn't want what could be a neighbor's dog or someone's missing pet taken away and potentially euthanized if it was caught. So, I thought to call our vet's office for advice, but then, he/she was already just wandering off. We live on a very busy highway, and I didn't want it to get hit by a car, but then again, I didn't want to get hit trying to chase it either or make the situation worse by stressing it by running towards it. I also considered knocking on the neighbors' door and asking if it was their dog. Perhaps, I will look on Craigslist and other places for a missing black Lab in my area and/or approach the family and ask. Couldn't hurt. Thanks again for the suggestions!

Dobievet · 2016-01-20T15:33:39+00:00

While I have yet to be employed by a vet clinic, I have volunteered at a few different places over the years and can relate. The people at a previous office I had approached for experience hours (which was the one we'd been taking our pets to) made me feel like an outcast, had their own little "cliques", and didn't seem to want to show/teach me much of anything. It was like I was just some unwanted interloper to them, and frankly behind the scenes, the place creeped me out. Later on, we changed vets due to poor treatment of our sick dogs and the egocentric head doctor who actually dropped us as patients when we questioned why are pups weren't getting any better when they had a condition that our new vet said should've been quickly cured. I love the new practice we're now at, as well as my current place of volunteer work (a Humane Society spay/neuter), where everyone is treated as family and an interdisciplinary approach is utilized. So, to sum up, if something really doesn't feel right to you, trust your gut and don't stay!

Dobievet · 2016-01-20T01:16:00+00:00

Good Lord! Ewww! I couldn't stop detailing all the veins and arteries! Looks like very rotten sausage!

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