Was this dog from the shelter in town? Cause they also do annual kitten showers when they get pregnant cats in and it makes me so mad. They often had left over kittens that would be there through winter or spring before they got adopted. You do not need more freaking cats in this tiny ass town😑
CONGRATS! That is so exciting.
Cavaliers are another breed on my list of wanting to own. (The list might be a bit embarassingly long to be honest.)
😬😬😬 This is horrible. If I were the professor in charge of coordinating this I would tell them they can take that dog back at the expense of severing the working relationship and not receiving presumably free S/N from the school ever again.
I (semi-)jokingly tell people that if they want to embezzle money, they should start their own rescue. It is SO easy to commit financial crimes in those smaller 501(c)3s imo. And I think it contributes to the power trip these types of people are usually on.
The CO rescue my husband acquired our Pittie through is sketchy AF and I wonder if this is part of it. Not going to publicly name them on a forum, but would be willing to discuss my misgivings through messages.
Oh yeah, crazy people put all kinds of stuff in contracts. I have no idea how much is actionable depending on the state. I imagine most haven't been litigated purely because it's a financial sinkhole to do so
**** like “must only be given 2 half doses of DHPP vaccines as a puppy, RV at 1y and no earlier (yeah, because that’s definitely legal 🙄), and no future vaccines and have to titer in the future or all health guarantees are null and void. Oh and you MUST keep feeding my ****ty MLM supplement and use our breeder code (so we can get kickbacks, DUH) or the warranty is also null and void”
I'm a vet student involved in shelter med and I've been following along with this discussion and quietly nodding along, but I felt like adding this in. Our shelter in the Northeast gets a handful of transports from the South throughout the year. Personally, our shelter does a lot to be transparent and we absolutely do behavioral and medical euthanasias. But the transport companies/Southern shelters are so incredibly sketchy. For each animal, we get the signalment and a single, often outdated puppy picture. Sometimes we'll get a little bit of a heads up about major medical conditions, but otherwise, we don't get any medical or behavior record until the day of when the animals are already en route, and often we don't get their full medical or behavior record until they show up with papers attached.
Even simple stuff like in our pitties contract like not changing the microchip to us; technically "had" to stay in the "rescue's" name. Uh, no. She is my dog now and animals are property. Come at me. If that dog gets out on accident or stolen, she's coming back to my house, not your sketchy rescue.
That is absolutely RIDICULOUS. I think I’ve seen sometimes contracts say where they have to be the secondary contact or something like that and owner is first, but I’ve never seen one flat out say that it cannot be put in the new owners name.
Yeah both mine and my moms were similar contracts. I think my moms didn’t even require spay/neuter and left that up to the owner but gave limited AKC so they can’t register puppies if they were to breed them against the contract or anything.
Ooo I forgot about the damn mlm food. I’ve seen that too 🥲
I'm sorry; that really sucks. I'm normally team "you can do anything in vet school as long as you prioritize it" camp, but this is one of those exceptions to me. I went from Colorado to Illinois for vet school and my man knew I would only be home for major breaks. No three day weekends, no surprise visits, etc. Communication is so important for any relationship and vet school LDR especially. I hope y'all are able to get back on track
Thanks. Definitely agree. Gonna have to have the tough convo soon. Even tho I want the relationship to work I’m 200k down the drain so vet is the first thing.
I'm so sorry... I'm not in a LDR and in the first few months of starting school I even had conflicts with my bf where he felt like I wasn't spending enough time with him. I told him I missed spending more time with him too, but I really had to prioritize studying and getting to know my classmates in order to set myself up for success. I could not imagine also having to travel to see my significant other.
Negative, one of the central WA shelters. Admittedly she was the cutest darn thing I've ever seen (think Winn Dixie but l like 18 lbs). It seemed like the shelters asked for at least 1 dog back per spay block in the fall 😵 (pregnancy or other reasons). Ours was about 56 days gestation when we US her with therio for fun before she went back to the shelter. They did send us pictures of her puppies and they were also the cutest things I've ever seen so I almost feel bad for wishing they were never born. 😬
Thanks. That’s true, it’s hard for the other person too. Taking turns like that would be a good idea.
I am in the exact same predicament as you are. I feel as if I’m letting my fiancés parents dorm because I’m choosing to follow my dreams.
Seriously, this is absolutely abhorrent. I understand different regions don't have the overpopulation problems we do in the South, but if she's a shelter dog at the vet school to be spayed, she should be freaking spayed without regard to pregnancy status.
Our OSCEs last semester included phlebotomy on models, putting that blood in the correct tubes for the required blood work, running a PCV/TS, and handling a live horse and dog property. This semester it is placing an IV cath on a model horse and dog.
This sounds like our OSCEs, though Illinois's are 2nd and 3rd year. Some exceptions were putting a halter on a horse/cow, listening to the heart for heart rate, etc.
Every school does OSCEs wildly different. For our first year equine OSCE, each person had a randomly assigned set of handling/PE tasks. I think there were only three or four tasks. The first one was always just to walk into the stall and place the halter on correctly. I believe I had to take a respiratory rate, report it to the supervising professor, and tell them if it was normal or not. Then place my stethoscope in the correct place to auscultate a cecal flush. And maybe something else.
Damn! I think on my block we had a few that ended up going the next week because of URI signs, but I don’t remember any being pregnant. Honestly I am surprised they even sent a dog that obviously pregnant to the school in the first place. She must have looked like a bowing ball 😂
She really didn't look very pregnant when she arrived! When we did the PE on the first day I could have sworn I palpated a fetus so we brought it up to the professor and arranged to US her with therio to see if she was pregnant/how far along & for the experience. We weren't expecting her to be so close. I think she only had 3 pups. She had some mammary development but we knew she had puppies before because she was there to be spayed with her daughter 😅
You’re doing great
it can be a battle to remember that but you’ll keep working through it and one day wake up and realize you made it through.
Thank you! ❤️ I’ve been making progress on this. I made time for the gym and the pool today even though I have a final tomorrow. Btw love the Dimitri pfp I’m obsessed w him.You’re doing great
I don't understand why health insurance isn't required to pay for a CDC recommended vaccine for people in this industry. 💩I don't understand why employers reimburse CE expenses and license/membership fees, but don't reimburse pre-exposure rabies vaccines for staff
The insurance rep told me my plan covers vaccines for travel, but not vaccines for jobs. Go figure.
Communication. Having solid communication will prevent the vast majority of problems and solve the vast majority of problems that actually occur. I was long distance with my now husband. We have known each other since middle school, but started dating early vet school. We established immediately that school would be the big priority day to day. However, we actively made time for date night over Xbox live or phone calls. Texted throughout the day. If we thought something was wrong, we asked each other directly.
Just seconding what battie said. Hubz and I were long distance for undergrad and the first year of vet school. And sometimes it felt like we were long distance for other parts of vet school even when we were living together lol
I wasn't even in a relationship in vet school but will third the suggestions to communicate well. If anything, it's important to simply be intentional about time for your partner and determining the best ways to prioritize that time for them when you know it will be a limited resource. I know it sounds like a weird recommendation, but I would consider looking into some type of couples counseling to go to every so often - they're there for more than just people who are in rocky times in their relationships, and can be helpful for making sure you're not only communicating well but also feel like your needs are being heard and assessed. I'd think of it like dedicated time to your partner/relationship and a way to build skills for when other (inevitable) challenges pop up throughout your lives. Not to mention, it's something I recommend anyway for anyone soon to have a huge transition period in their lives - say, getting married or having a child - to keep yourselves on the same page through big changes.
I work in both clinical and non-clinical jobs simultaneously so I guess I’m unique that way.
I also don't think a lot of American students realize other places in the world determine if you even are "allowed" to apply to vet school at all. Their teens take standardized tests to determine what they can do in their adult lives. As far as I'm aware, the US in one of the only places where anyone can try to do anything. Makes sense with how other governments subsidize advanced education compared to the US; it's protecting the interests of tax payer funds. But it also means those with lower equivalent grades very well may not even get the chance to apply.
Yes and I did part of my undergrad in Europe. That was fun applying to get school with two undergrads on two continents lol. Anyway Europe is even more challenging for many reasons I won’t get into here. We in America have more options if things happen or if we change our minds. But all the countries I went to school in (2 countries plus one I hung around in for a class) used gpa. Also they only had ONE exam for a whole class. So if you have a bad day during exam day you’re SOL. There’s ways around it but it’s harder over there IMO.
