>> I think one of the most rewarding things about my job is when I can take a lot
of information from an owner and then also gather my information from the pet
by doing the exam on the pet, and then also using whatever tests that we've run.
Put that all together and solve the puzzle as to what's going
on with the pet so that you can fix it.
That's what I love about the job the most is figuring
out what's wrong and then trying to fix it.
At the emergency clinic where I work, I mean, I usually see bad things
that sometimes can get fixed up and-- for instance, somebody might not know about bloat,
but that's when an animal's stomach twist on itself, and they need emergency surgery.
And if you get them in time you can do the surgery and sometimes they send them home
within you know 24-hours a day or two days later they're going home
and their fixed and their great.
And they went from really in dire straits to being they're going to be okay.
I think the biggest challenges are the communications with owners,
and you need to be able to communicate with people to do this job.
And if you can't do that or at least to be in an office where you're seeing patients,
that's the nice thing about the profession is that there are a ton of other jobs.
I mean, there's research and there is you know government-type jobs, corporate-type jobs;
we may not have to interact with owners, but if you're going to be in a vet clinic,
then the biggest challenge for most of us, and I think a lot of vets will agree,
is that it's just comm.-- it comes down to communication.
You have to be able to communicate with people.