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Tag: Euthanasia

  • Student congress season

    Student congress season

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    The new year brought with it my last student congress season. It was the turn of Cambridge to host the Association of Veterinary Students (AVS) Congress this year, and I attended lectures covering a range of disciplines and species. These included: equine dentistry rabbit surgery pig disease epidemiology a TB panel However, my personal favourite…

  • Musings on a month in Morocco

    Musings on a month in Morocco

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    Obviously I’m biased, but I think the University of Glasgow offers the best selective rotation options of the vet schools in the UK. Numerous opportunities exist to go abroad, with a variety of options based on species or type of practice. The traveller in me was never going to pass up an opportunity to take…

  • Because you’re worth it

    Because you’re worth it

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    In my last blog, I talked about my lack of salesmanship skills with veterinary products. Today, I’m going to talk about something else I’m not very good at selling – myself. After we graduate, when we worry about how good we’re going to be at the job, it’s usually questions like: “Will I be able…

  • Volunteering in Malawi

    Volunteering in Malawi

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    Last year I spent three months in Blantyre, Malawi. My visit mainly focused on helping Mission Rabies set up its vaccination campaign. Twelve months on and Mission Rabies has done an amazing job; its teams have not only vaccinated more than 70% of the dogs in the city of Blantyre, but also in the entire…

  • Don’t you even care?

    Don’t you even care?

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    “I’m telling you, I haven’t got the money! Are you going to leave her like this? She’s in pain! Don’t you even care?” If you haven’t heard this sentence already then don’t worry – you will. The problem with trying to make money out of pain and suffering is… well, frequently, you’re dealing with suffering…

  • Crufts and conformation: a confession

    Crufts and conformation: a confession

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    Part of this blog went out on my Facebook page on the night of the 2016 Crufts final, fuelled by sadness and prosecco – never a good combo! At the time, I wrote: It’s wrong on all fronts but I’m #eric with #hazel as back up. I’m pondering my relationship with Crufts after the GSD……

  • Proscription medicine

    Proscription medicine

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    There’s a bit of a trend for blog titles at the moment – not mine, I generally go for puns. Everyone likes a good pun. Except… well, everyone except me. Anyway, for normal people’s blogs, the trend a few years ago used to be “The five best reasons why you should change your oven colour…

  • Dealing with children and other animals

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      Image ©iStock.com/Photo_Concepts Not everyone loves children and, certainly, a proportion of people who choose to become vets would rather avoid them and stick to dealing with animals. However, it’s important to realise early on that, depending on the type of vet you become, you’re likely to see a large number of worried pet-owning children…