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Stupidest rant of the evening: I made soup with Thai hot chilies earlier and used my thumb nail to scrape out the seeds and it still burns like an ahole! This is now 6 hours later.
 
Thank you everyone for the supportive words and understanding. We considered several options, but couldn't find one that would work, especially considering that she's also not at all house broken. So we took her back, and I sobbed like a little baby.

NStarz said:
JJ, I also want to point out that now the shelter has an even better idea of what the best living situation would be for her. Since, it's very unlikely she is going to get euthanized at this shelter, now they have more information for the next potential adopter. And, the pup got out of the shelter for a few days, which is always a plus! o now they'll know that she is 1) pretty much awesome with cats, and 2) has separation anxiety (which usually doesn't present itself until out of the shelter environment). The match has to be a good fit for both you and the dog. If not, you'll end up resenting the furniture being destroyed, and the extra expense you need to spend for a dog walker. Definitely not a shameful thing to do to bring her back with more information that will allow her to succeed in her next home.
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Thanks NStarz, that's how my husband and I are looking at it as well and it helps. Also, we adopted her the day after she was spayed, so we gave her a warm, loving place to recover from surgery. The SPCA also told us that there's a family that comes in every weekend looking for a very specific kind of dog: a pittie mix that's excellent with cats and good with children. This little girl meets all of those criteria, and the woman is a stay at home mom, so hopefully she won't be waiting long for a home.
 
The lunch meeting I went to ran out of food RIGHT when I got there. Which was the last thing I needed after the 6 other reasons I'm stressed, and particularly upset today.
 
jjohnston said:
The SPCA also told us that there's a family that comes in every weekend looking for a very specific kind of dog: a pittie mix that's excellent with cats and good with children. This little girl meets all of those criteria, and the woman is a stay at home mom, so hopefully she won't be waiting long for a home.
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I'm sorry you had to go through the emotional roller coaster but I'm glad you were able to do what was best for everyone. It sounds like this other home would be a great place for her - fingers crossed it works out! 🙂
 
So, a group from my class dressed up for Halloween today and I decided to wear my elf ears. One of my classmates (not in costume) made a snide comment about the ears. I really wanted to say, "Nice job on the douchebag costume! It's spot on!" But, I didn't.
 
So I was trying to make sure I didn't get an in-house patient today so that I could make it to Baby Lissa's first Halloween and see her in her costume, etc. Well a cat came in on emergency last night that the emergency student didn't tell us about so none of the students on my rotation knew about it. I am the only one without an in-house patient so I took it to be fair. Well I was just informed by the doctor on the case that this crazy lady owner wants to come visit at 5:30 tonight. He told her that her visit was limited to 30 minutes but she is known for visiting 2-3 hours at a time. I have a 45 min drive home so I will probably be missing Halloween now. 🙁
 
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So I was trying to make sure I didn't get an in-house patient today so that I could make it to Baby Lissa's first Halloween and see her in her costume, etc. Well a cat came in on emergency last night that the emergency student didn't tell us about so none of the students on my rotation knew about it. I am the only one without an in-house patient so I took it to be fair. Well I was just informed by the doctor on the case that this crazy lady owner wants to come visit at 5:30 tonight. He told her that her visit was limited to 30 minutes but she is known for visiting 2-3 hours at a time. I have a 45 min drive home so I will probably be missing Halloween now. 🙁
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And said patient just got the worst smelling diarrhea all over my white coat.
 
Lissarae06 said:
So I was trying to make sure I didn't get an in-house patient today so that I could make it to Baby Lissa's first Halloween and see her in her costume, etc. Well a cat came in on emergency last night that the emergency student didn't tell us about so none of the students on my rotation knew about it. I am the only one without an in-house patient so I took it to be fair. Well I was just informed by the doctor on the case that this crazy lady owner wants to come visit at 5:30 tonight. He told her that her visit was limited to 30 minutes but she is known for visiting 2-3 hours at a time. I have a 45 min drive home so I will probably be missing Halloween now. 🙁
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That really reaaally sucks! 🙁 Any way for your hubby to bring baby to you all dressed up? Preferably at around the 30 minute visiting mark and letting client see what you are missing, because of her?

And you maybe saying something like "you guys go have fun tonight" *insert evil smiley*
 
equineconstant said:
The lunch meeting I went to ran out of food RIGHT when I got there. Which was the last thing I needed after the 6 other reasons I'm stressed, and particularly upset today.
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And then I had to go out in the rain to feed my bird in raptor rehab, drove in way too much traffic to get to the bagel place right when it was closing, and then had to drive through all that traffic and rain back. Today sucks.
 
I didn't get the Veterinary Assistant job I applied for. I have volunteered in 3 clinics, two shelters, did a trip abroad and am now working with a disaster animal response team... apparently I didn't have enough clinical experience compared to the successful applicant. I also don't have the Veterinary Assistant diploma and the 6 month work term that they get. I hate living in a city where jobs are scarce and employers can be very picky. I've fought tooth and nail to get the experience I have, but it won't get me a job.

My current job as a chemistry lab tech is getting stressful. The lab employees are calling a staff meeting with management to discuss our staffing situation and violation of labour laws (I have coworkers doing crazy amounts of overtime because there is nobody else that can do their work.)

Also, I'm struggling with fatigue and brain fog again. I have a feeling that it may be seasonal or it might be something in my environment because it got worse as soon as I moved here. I am overdue for bloodwork and a visit with my naturopath. My health is beginning to make me very upset. I keep watching people get into veterinary school and it hurts that I don't have the brain function right now to go back to school or even study for the GRE. I want to go back so bad.

If anyone has dealt with anything similar, could you send me a PM? I wish I had someone to talk to that understands what I am going through. The only person who gets what I am going through is my boyfriend because he can tell when I crash. Someone sent me a PM a whole ago when I was first going through this and it really helped 🙂
 
Ruby the rat got her nail caught on something. I went to see if I could cut it off. Before I could do that, she hit it on me and bled all over me, the wall, the counter and the floor. I got it stopped with corn starch and didn't even try to trim the nail. I had to sit down because I felt like I was going to pass out. First time I felt like fainting in years.
 
Crystalight33 said:
So, a group from my class dressed up for Halloween today and I decided to wear my elf ears. One of my classmates (not in costume) made a snide comment about the ears. I really wanted to say, "Nice job on the douchebag costume! It's spot on!" But, I didn't.
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You could always have me say a snide comment! I got your back!
 
dyachei said:
at least it isn't the south where everything is coke. Including things like sprite.
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Hey, hey now do NOT judge! Everyone down here calls soda, pop and sugary carbonated beverages simply coke. I mean coke is a southern thing. UF is a Pepsi school because Pepsi owns Gatoraid. When I say I want a coke they always ask is Pepsi is okay drives me nuts.
 
jjohnston said:
I feel absolutely awful, and it's heart wrenching, but even if I found somewhere to take her tomorrow for the day, she still needs the kind of training that we can't provide with our work schedules. Besides, it doesn't matter because my husband thinks it's too much for us and it has to be a mutual decision to keep her. The destroyed crate and uncertain safety of our cats was the last straw for him.
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Eh. It's not like you set out to get a dog to keep for a few days and take back. I mean, I know you won't feel great about it, but don't beat yourself up. It's not possible to predict how well a dog is going to work out with absolute certainty, and if you're miserable the dog will be miserable.

You're not a bad person, JJ. 🙂
 
LetItSnow said:
Eh. It's not like you set out to get a dog to keep for a few days and take back. I mean, I know you won't feel great about it, but don't beat yourself up. It's not possible to predict how well a dog is going to work out with absolute certainty, and if you're miserable the dog will be miserable.

You're not a bad person, JJ. 🙂
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Thanks LIS, it really does help to hear this 🙂 We miss her, but she'll find a family that can provide her a better home than we can right now. We really want a dog, but we're officially holding off for now.
 
jjohnston said:
Thanks LIS, it really does help to hear this 🙂 We miss her, but she'll find a family that can provide her a better home than we can right now. We really want a dog, but we're officially holding off for now.
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For what it's worth, we got a dog that was abandoned at the teaching hospital after being brought in HBC with a broken leg. She was a little lab mix and just adorable... so I took her home as soon as she got her cast off. Turns out she had a very serious submissive urination problem, and I thought I was getting an indoor dog. After two weeks, she was an outdoor dog. I knew she wouldn't get nearly enough love or attention as an outside dog in our little backyard, plus it's hot here, etc... so I ended up looking for someone else who wanted to adopt her as an outside dog.

(I'm not sure how hard it is to break a dog of submissive urination, but this dog would pee any time you leaned over at all, made too much eye contact, touched her by surprise... and she would roll over and pee into the air...)

I gave her to a couple that had a farm and some other dogs. I gave them a crate, two month's of food, she was then spayed and current on vaccines... I really hope they took good care of her. It was really all I could do.

We got the current dog (when we totally weren't even looking) about three months later. She has been absolutely great.
 
All this talk of dogs make me miss mine. It's a good thing she isn't around anymore because my current schedule would be so unfair to her, but still 🙁 One day I'll be ready for another one, but I don't even know if I want another one - comparisons and such. Boo.
 
that redhead said:
All this talk of dogs make me miss mine. It's a good thing she isn't around anymore because my current schedule would be so unfair to her, but still 🙁 One day I'll be ready for another one, but I don't even know if I want another one - comparisons and such. Boo.
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i know how you feel. i think that the love and amazing care you provided her probably always outweighed your schedule though, i think we over estimate what we think is unfair to our personal pets some times.
 
that redhead said:
All this talk of dogs make me miss mine. It's a good thing she isn't around anymore because my current schedule would be so unfair to her, but still 🙁 One day I'll be ready for another one, but I don't even know if I want another one - comparisons and such. Boo.
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I feel you. My girl was put down a few years ago and there's a big dog-shaped hole in my life. Especially seeing the surgery dogs come and go every week, but I really just don't feel I can committ to or even afford a dog right now and it's incredibly frustrating and depressing sometimes because I'm not sure how long it'll be until I'm in a position to get another one.
 
jmo1012 said:
i know how you feel. i think that the love and amazing care you provided her probably always outweighed your schedule though, i think we over estimate what we think is unfair to our personal pets some times.
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Thanks jmo. Especially for Ella, being an old lady and sleeping all day, I don't think it was awful by any stretch, but I do think vet students have a tendency to overestimate their capacity to care for a pet properly during school. It can be done, of course, but the whole thing is a personal soapbox for me so I'll pipe down to avoid getting anyone's feathers ruffled.

Coquette22 said:
I feel you. My girl was put down a few years ago and there's a big dog-shaped hole in my life. Especially seeing the surgery dogs come and go every week, but I really just don't feel I can committ to or even afford a dog right now and it's incredibly frustrating and depressing sometimes because I'm not sure how long it'll be until I'm in a position to get another one.
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It's funny re: the junior surgery dogs...I haven't even been tempted. I feel apretty detached from them (maybe on purpose?), even the ones I've been surgeon on and had to visit multiple times daily. I'm just not forming those connections - which is good in many respects because there isn't the heartbreak or what-ifs. I want them all to get awesome homes but I don't even consider myself an "acceptable" home right now on many levels. I hope you're in a good position soon for one 🙂
 
that redhead said:
Thanks jmo. Especially for Ella, being an old lady and sleeping all day, I don't think it was awful by any stretch, but I do think vet students have a tendency to overestimate their capacity to care for a pet properly during school. It can be done, of course, but the whole thing is a personal soapbox for me so I'll pipe down to avoid getting anyone's feathers ruffled.
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its not for everyone (and i think there have been enough rants on here about poorly cared for pets being babysat by bad people) but i'd like to at least believe my lifestyle was better for my dog (or any dog) than sitting in a shelter or in foster care. perhaps wishful thinking or maybe hindsight bias. i do very much look forward to filling this massive void in my life again (and perhaps not crying everyday, thats getting pretty old too)
 
With most of the surgery dogs, I haven't been overly tempted. The current boy is rough though; bad case of "right dog, wrong time". Though I think I heard today that he's got a family lined up when he goes back, so that's made it easier.
 
I really wish texts had the little "Seen" label like Facebook messages do. That way I would know for sure when I'm being ignored.
 
ISn't that a painful thing, though? Like... I sent a message to someone that was in our class first year. I thought it was friendly enough, but that little "Seen Oct. 21 at 8:32pm" tag is just sitting there, calling me names. Who knows.
 
Doesn't iMessage have the "seen" thing going on? I personally hate it.....and won't open a text for a while until I'm fully ready to reply because of it. So they still have to wait just as long, they just don't get to know when I get it and when I answer.

Also why I don't open FB messages right away either.
 
Escalla said:
Doesn't iMessage have the "seen" thing going on? I personally hate it.....and won't open a text for a while until I'm fully ready to reply because of it. So they still have to wait just as long, they just don't get to know when I get it and when I answer.

Also why I don't open FB messages right away either.
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You can go into settings and turn on or off if people will be able to see that you have looked at a message. So it will never show 'seen' unless you say you are okay with it. Settings, messages, and turn off 'send read receipts'.
 
Classmate A and I were having a discussion on FB about how we wish we could track, how we're not happy with the order of the curriculum, and how we're disappointed about how we have no teaching cats at school. Classmate B comments that we're being inappropriate and we need to stop bashing the school. Classmate A says we're not bashing, we're saying our opinions and we've both expressed our opinions to academic affairs and we're sorry if anyone was insulted. Classmate says we're being unprofessional and shouldn't express those opinions.

I would take what I wrote and read it directly to the Dean because I said nothing wrong. Constructive criticism is not bashing. There are things I love about AVC and things I despise. Anything I post here or on my FB I would say to anyone, including professors or administration. There have been "I hate class X" "I need to get drunk after exam Y, that was brutal" posts that Classmate B has liked. I feel Classmate A and I are being targeted because we don't belong to any cliques. Frustrating.
 
Surgery! There are six or seven different surgeons who oversee it. And none of them agree on anything. Yesterday, Dr M doesn't see a problem with my records and tells me to take the bandage off to look at the incision. Today, Dr C tells me I need to mention lung sounds (but the dog is fine, and I haven't mentioned lung sounds yet...) and he wanted the bandage to stay on. Can you people please all talk to each other and come up with a consensus?!
 
my roommate accidentally left her pencil case in our classroom last night. she went back to retrieve it this morning and it was gone, and the taker left 2 highlighters and a pen behind where she had left it. She had a very sentimental pin from her grandmother's funeral attached to the case. What a jerk!!! Who does that?! Makes me so mad that someone thought so little of taking something (in 12 hours) and then leaving pieces behind. UGH!
 
Coquette, I thought I had warned everyone about dr C - he wants mega detailed soaps. Last time he asked me differentials for even mildly elevated hr - still within normal just higher than it had been. He was actually super lenient today, probably because he looked sick. He made almost everyone rewrite theirs last time for "unpleasant" handwriting that was perfectly fine, etc.
 
that redhead said:
Coquette, I thought I had warned everyone about dr C - he wants mega detailed soaps. Last time he asked me differentials for even mildly elevated hr - still within normal just higher than it had been. He was actually super lenient today, probably because he looked sick. He made almost everyone rewrite theirs last time for "unpleasant" handwriting that was perfectly fine, etc.
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Ugh. My course eval for this is going to be lengthy, to say the least. I don't mind doing things more detailed, I just want some uniformity.
 
Not my surgery dog, but the one below her... is a big, muscle-y blue pit bull with cropped ears, scarred face and neck and filed down teeth. And he is the biggest sweetheart on the planet. You walk up and can barely hear anything because his tail is clanging the kennel. Sit with him and he just pushes his head in your armpit and wags away. I'm so in love and I can't have a dog. 🙁
 
Going to the bar halloween party tonight. My face needs to be in full theatrical makeup. The stuff I got said "will not flake, rub off, smear". The fecking crap is flaking as soon as it dries!! Ahhhh. At this rate my makeup will start falling off my face as soon as I start talking!
 
Blah, getting tired of not feeling well... Going on 6 weeks of this... Started off as sore throat/cough... Cough wouldn't go away so went to Dr. Got antibiotics and have been taking those, almost finished with the course. Antibiotics seemed to be helping, but now sore throat is back, cough is starting back up again and my muscles and bones hurt... So, I can't fall asleep...

Calling Dr tomorrow for results of xray hopefully it has some info that will make this go away...
 
Honestly, it sounds like he hates them. He sounds super vindictive against them, and if that's true, I hope it's not and it's just how I'm interpreting things, no amount of talking will fix it.
 
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This is sending up all kinds of red flags in my mind and I would definitely find a new place to live if at all possible. His reactions are WAY over the top (sticking the cat in water just for going into the bathroom?? Seriously?!) and based on what you've said it almost sounds like he enjoys punishing them. How long before he decides kicking or hitting your cats is "no big deal"?? This guy sounds like bad news and I wouldn't trust him alone with your pets at all. 😡
 
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Lost a friend today after a 3 year battle with stage 4 breast cancer. 🙁 Life sometimes is really unfair.
 
Hobbling to the bathroom from my couch and I stepped *just* wrong and my knee went backwards! Holy Seven Feckin' Hells that HURT! I cannot wait for surgery, to stabalize the effin thing.
 
I havent been on SDN much lately.. I really dont like the new website. I miss the old SDN
 
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