-: So oddly enough, I like the people.
So I love cats and dogs.
Don't get me wrong.
Most of our visits aren't puppies and kittens.
But I've grown to have really good relationships
with a lot of my clients,
and I really like client education.
So to me, if I can help an owner
take better care of their pet
and I don't have to see them nearly as often,
then that's fantastic.
I always joke it's kinda one of the few professions
where we can say, it's good I haven't seen you in a while
and I hope not to see you soon (laughs).
But client education's by far my favorite.
It's probably the toughest part, in a way,
but by far is my favorite.
So in that same aspect,
client communication can be hard.
So we live in an area where if you kinda look one way,
it's very fortunate families,
and you kinda look the other way
and it's very unfortunate,
which I like that area because it is so different.
So every room, I can go into one room
where they have all the money in the world
but they don't want to do a darn thing.
And then I can go into another room where they have nothing
and they want to do everything.
So it can be a bit of a challenge, which is nice.
But that being said,
with everything, you know, gaining momentum and price
and what we do within veterinary medicine
and how it's comparable to human care these days and things,
it gets harder and harder sometimes
to truly communicate that.
You know, we learn so much more and it gets more in-depth
and complicated, but being able to take that
and kind of bring it down to a level
that everybody can understand
and that they can actually participate
in the care of their pet is the hardest,
but again, the most enjoyable for me
when they finally get that
and they feel like they're making a difference, too.