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  • Breaking away from a vet’s diet of fast food

    Breaking away from a vet’s diet of fast food

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    A while ago, I wrote about anorexia in vets… the stripped down, bare meaning being the clinical sign of “not eating”. As a student, I witnessed vets on placements routinely forgoing lunch or existing on a diet consisting entirely of Pot Noodles or fast food – one vet I shadowed had either a McDonalds or…

  • Breeding hate of caesareans

    Breeding hate of caesareans

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    They should be joyful operations – from a distressed, painful dog in a potentially life-threatening situation, to a fixed one, in less than an hour, with none of that unsatisfying mucking about with blood gasses or puzzling over blood results. The surgery itself is relatively simple and rather fun. To top it off, you (ideally)…

  • Social media – a blessing or a curse?

    Social media – a blessing or a curse?

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    An experienced vet warned me to stay off social media as a new graduate, because comparing yourself to others “drains your confidence”. I’m not sure I agree. As with anything, there are pros and cons to the new age of communication, advertising and sharing information that is social media. Not just in veterinary, but in…

  • Cats versus dogs – the ultimate speciesism?

    Cats versus dogs – the ultimate speciesism?

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    It seems ages ago now, but the August bank holiday brought many treats this year – it was sunny, I didn’t have to pick up a dead cat from the gutter and a special edition of This Morning aired. For anyone who has had to recuperate from surgery like me then This Morning becomes a…

  • Innovative thinking

    Innovative thinking

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    As you may have seen, I have won a little award. Obviously, with my writing here, I should be the Nobel Laureate for Literature, but I think that’s in the bag for for next time. This award was for innovation. It came as a bit of a surprise, as I’ve been “innovating” for so long…

  • And now on Radio 4…

    And now on Radio 4…

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    If you don’t listen to The Archers this post probably won’t mean much to you – although, with that in mind, I have a little treat for you here. However, if you’re still here let’s get on with things, we’ve got to head out later to some sort of audition for the panto. It is…

  • Getting #VNFutures on the road

    Getting #VNFutures on the road

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    It’s been just over a year since I attended the #VNFutures launch day. A very nervous me turned up at the RVC in Camden with the great and the good of the vet world to hear about plans to improve all of our futures. The presentation from Liz Cox and Sam Morgan for the RCVS…

  • Professional conduct

    Professional conduct

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    “Profession” – here’s what the Oxford English Dictionary has to say about the subject: “[noun] A paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification.” And on “professional”, it says the following: “[adjective] Worthy of or appropriate to a professional person; competent, skilful, or assured.” That doesn’t cover all of it, of…

  • Green is not the only colour

    Green is not the only colour

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    I’m in a bit of a rut – I’ll apologise for that now. There’s a bit of a theme coming out in my current writing; it’s all about our identity, or lack thereof, as seen from different viewpoints. I started digging into this subject at the beginning of the year (Are vet nurses hidden in…

  • Freebies: do you need them all?

    Freebies: do you need them all?

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    I’m still recovering from #BSAVA17. My first time of going for all four days. I paced myself well and avoided the dual pitfalls of only eating free sweets and drinking free alcohol too early in the day. All went pretty well. Now it’s the post-congress time, the pictures of how much free stuff people got…