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I am a gold retriever but not because I want to be. We go on a hike, people talk to me. I go to the grocery store, people talk to me. We go to a restaurant or cafe, people talk to me. I want to know what about my face says strike up a conversation so I can fix it lol. Even the spouse comments that people everywhere will just ask me a random question or strike up a conversation.
 
Tech_Penguin said:
Start charging them for your time and then they’ll stop 😏
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oh i've tried telling them they ain't getting **** for free, but that backfired so now i just keep my mouth shut. i got into it with one family member after she was complaining about vet prices (says she can't afford it but goes on like 3 cruises every year...) she said that the reason vet prices are so high is because vets need to fund their vacation homes. i expect this rhetoric from the general public but my own family members is kinda crazy
 
_rae_ said:
I am a gold retriever but not because I want to be. We go on a hike, people talk to me. I go to the grocery store, people talk to me. We go to a restaurant or cafe, people talk to me. I want to know what about my face says strike up a conversation so I can fix it lol. Even the spouse comments that people everywhere will just ask me a random question or strike up a conversation.
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It’s how we met.
 
_rae_ said:
I am a gold retriever but not because I want to be. We go on a hike, people talk to me. I go to the grocery store, people talk to me. We go to a restaurant or cafe, people talk to me. I want to know what about my face says strike up a conversation so I can fix it lol. Even the spouse comments that people everywhere will just ask me a random question or strike up a conversation.
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yeah I don’t have this problem because I work to make sure I don’t have a friendly face
 
Usually my RBF is strong enough that I don’t get approached out in public, but the exception is when traveling with dogs. Then even the RBF can’t save you. And I do a lot of traveling for dog sports. In an elevator at the hotel with the dogs and someone else gets on? Expect to hear about their dogs. Get a flat along the interstate and have to remove the dog kennels so the roadside assistance can get to the spare? You get to hear about their dogs then too (but those guys did compliment my kennel set up with its emergency info and fans and stuff). The worst is an airplane because you’re trapped. My pro tip there is to ask to pre-board so the people in your row don’t see you put the dog under the seat. When you pull it out after landing they’ll be shocked and you’ll still have to hear about their dog once they get over the shock that there was a dog down there the whole time, but at least you didn’t have to talk to them for the whole flight.

Also when I was in Montreal (sans dogs), I got approached in French an astonishing amount? Like sorry, je ne parle pas francais.
 
Not really a rant, but just finished up fostering three teeny kittens, got them from 4 to 8.5 weeks and transferred two of them to their new foster home today 😭😭😭 The other is 99.99% staying with us but we’re seeing how he does.

I’m so happy and sad at the same time but boy is fostering exhausting. Miss the little monsters despite it all.

Anyway, here’s Kronk!
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indysadventures said:
Not really a rant, but just finished up fostering three teeny kittens, got them from 4 to 8.5 weeks and transferred two of them to their new foster home today 😭😭😭 The other is 99.99% staying with us but we’re seeing how he does.

I’m so happy and sad at the same time but boy is fostering exhausting. Miss the little monsters despite it all.

Anyway, here’s Kronk!
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Bottle feeding neonates is not for the week. I knew my husband was the one when we started dating because he would get up every 2 hours to feed my fosters with me 😂

Amazing work, you have made a difference!
 
SkiOtter said:
Which one is this? 😂
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It was Christine. I don't remember if you met her because she wasn't really one of "mine" but she was my main show dog for awhile. People tended not to approach her which is pretty funny because she was tiny so not even that scary. Just had a face that gave "I want nothing to do with you".

For the record, this expression did not benefit her show career.
 
Idk if this is the correct place to post this but i’m seeking opinions!

I posted yesterday in the rave thread that I received an interview with a low cost vaccination clinic for a tech position. It went positively and I think I will likely be offered the job!



However, the job posting implied a bit of a different schedule than what I anticipated (or i interpreted it incorrectly) which makes me a bit nervous. It is both Saturdays and Sundays and can have up to an hour commute. This will mean i am working 7 days a week.



I have been struggling to get vet hours because i can’t justify leaving the paycheck of my FT job for a job in a clinic making significantly less money. This job is a way for me to retain full time money while getting a little vet experience with SA on the side.



What would you do? To sum up:

Pros: PT weekend, would give me much needed SA vet hours

Cons: weekend, i would be working 7 days a week and my matches will get pretty burned out



I have already applied this cycle and i think i am a strong applicant. I posted my stats in WAMC, but to briefly sum up: 10k+ animal hours, 3.86 gpa (4.0 last 45), tons of extracurricular and volunteer involvement. Over 1k research hours. Non trad. My only major “weak” point is that i have limited SA hours, and very little clinic experience- 98% of my ~2500 vet hours are from research working directly with a veterinarian. If i were to take this position, this would allow me to jump on gaining hours in case i have to apply a second time. But on the other hand, i’m hoping that i won’t need to apply again, so i would potentially be burning myself up for nothing



What are your thoughts? Take it to gain the hands on experience at the risk of spreading myself too thin or roll the dice and hope i get accepted without/hope something to help me get experience comes up again later down the road if im rejected everywhere this cycle?
 
kitzsuna said:
What would you do?
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This depends. On a lot.

For reference I was working full time as a vet assistant. I was less worried about number of hours and more about variety. 4x10h Tues-Fri. I took a volunteer position at a well known aquarium that was 8 hours per week on Sat for six months. Then I took a volunteer position at the Audubon that was 3 hours per week on Mon. By four months in I was dead. I was getting migraines most Sundays, I had minimal time with my spouse (fiancé at the time), and I ended up resenting going to the aquarium because of it. I did get into vet school, but I’m not sure those experiences were make or break. Working that much is exhausting and only you know what you can handle, but it is not tenable indefinitely. You will hit your limit it’s just “when”.
 
I agree it depends and only you can decide. Yes, your app would likely benefit from the experience. But that may or may not be worth the “cost”. On the other hand, if you’re keeping your day job and limited to weekends, this is one of the few small animal roles that happens to be available exclusively on weekends, so if all you have to spare is weekends, maybe you do do it. But we have no idea what you can handle so you’re gonna have to decide.
 
_rae_ said:
This depends. On a lot.

For reference I was working full time as a vet assistant. I was less worried about number of hours and more about variety. 4x10h Tues-Fri. I took a volunteer position at a well known aquarium that was 8 hours per week on Sat for six months. Then I took a volunteer position at the Audubon that was 3 hours per week on Mon. By four months in I was dead. I was getting migraines most Sundays, I had minimal time with my spouse (fiancé at the time), and I ended up resenting going to the aquarium because of it. I did get into vet school, but I’m not sure those experiences were make or break. Working that much is exhausting and only you know what you can handle, but it is not tenable indefinitely. You will hit your limit it’s just “when”.
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Yeah, last year was the first time i was finally hit with a brick wall of “oh s*** i actually finally bit off more than i can chew” and it sucked. I finally have gotten some balance back to my life and losing the entirety of my weekends does scare me a bit. This will mean sacrificing exercise (which i dont really want to give up again) and not spending as much time with my own animals…so maybe it would be better to pass and hope i get in somewhere. I did just receive a SJT invite for VMCVM so thats something..

Thanks for your experience
 
JaynaAli said:
I agree it depends and only you can decide. Yes, your app would likely benefit from the experience. But that may or may not be worth the “cost”. On the other hand, if you’re keeping your day job and limited to weekends, this is one of the few small animal roles that happens to be available exclusively on weekends, so if all you have to spare is weekends, maybe you do do it. But we have no idea what you can handle so you’re gonna have to decide.
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Good points. While it would be helpful, and i am a bit limited with availability, maybe i should roll the dice for sanity’s sake. At the end of the day if i dont get in vet school the first try my life will go on and i can always reevaluate and do file reviews
 
_rae_ said:
I am a gold retriever but not because I want to be. We go on a hike, people talk to me. I go to the grocery store, people talk to me. We go to a restaurant or cafe, people talk to me. I want to know what about my face says strike up a conversation so I can fix it lol. Even the spouse comments that people everywhere will just ask me a random question or strike up a conversation.
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I had this when I had long hair. I'd always be the random person people asked about things in stores or chatted at airport gates.

Chopped it off and got five years older and I'm apparently much less approachable. :laugh:
 
finnickthedog said:
It was Christine. I don't remember if you met her because she wasn't really one of "mine" but she was my main show dog for awhile. People tended not to approach her which is pretty funny because she was tiny so not even that scary. Just had a face that gave "I want nothing to do with you".

For the record, this expression did not benefit her show career.
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I did!!!!! She was a good girl
 
supershorty said:
I don't have time :laugh:
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I hear you....telehealth, honestly. There are super early and late appointments through a variety of apps/services these days. My last telehealth appt lasted 5min and I got exactly the script I needed. It's like an easier urgent care, they'll probs throw abx and steroids at you and call it a day, but at least you'll be feeling better. If not, you need rads (and I know you know that, lol)
 
pp9 said:
In addition to what battie said, a simple 'I can't really do much for you as 1) this is a virtual conversation 2) I'm several years away from being a doctor, and I'm in my first semester of school.'

Alternatively, if they aren't 'important' family/friends, just ignore them. I've got quite a few unread FB messages from distant friends/family asking me for vet advice/please come look at my pet at 3am/etc and I feel absolutely no guilt just ignoring those. And sometimes going as far as deleting the person off my social media entirely. I've since deleted FB messenger from my phone entirely because it was getting so bad, I was getting messages from people I don't even know because someone shared my name and told them to contact me. If they keep reaching out/suggest it is an emergency, absolutely make them feel stupid (in a roundabout way) for handling an emergency situation via text/FB message/insta DM instead of seeking emergency care.

If someone is going to treat you like **** for being unable to help, I strongly encourage you to throw that back at them when they come around again (because they will). 'Sorry, can't help, I'm useless remember!' and then leave it at that. Include screenshots if indicated. But then again I have no issue being petty and passive aggressive when people treat me badly. You're not a free resource to people and have no obligation to be one.
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Same for when you are a doctor and people want to see you but don't want to pay. My great uncle who I haven't seen in 5 years commented "so we're all getting free pet care?" on my blue coat ceremony photos on FB. I know he was trying to be funny, but there's also an element of truth there. I literally hadn't even started school yet and someone already mentioned money. So I replied "No" lol. If they don't like it, tough crap!
 
katiemcat said:
I genuinely thought people don't ask that for obvious reasons but I've had two strangers ask me this week. Which is fine I guess but like what if I wasn't....? Lol.

The touching thing is an instant no. I'm not a touchy person in general.
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It was funny with my second pregnancy cause we were super honest about the whole adoption thing. So people would ask us how excited Baby Bats was to be a brother and we're like, "They're actually going to be cousins."

There was a very nosey old lady at our regular coffee shop who saw the baby at the coffee shop without me and husband. So she asked the siblings where her parents are. They told her they're her parents. The old lady was like "Whoooaaaaa."
 
battie said:
It was funny with my second pregnancy cause we were super honest about the whole adoption thing. So people would ask us how excited Baby Bats was to be a brother and we're like, "They're actually going to be cousins."

There was a very nosey old lady at our regular coffee shop who saw the baby at the coffee shop without me and husband. So she asked the siblings where her parents are. They told her they're her parents. The old lady was like "Whoooaaaaa."
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Omg that is too funny. I bet she was mortified.

People are so nosey 😭
 
Part of this is a rave, because I have two interviews on Monday! One is a holiday temp job at Bath and Body Works and the other is a veterinary receptionist job. They're both an hour drive away and not ideal, but I'm the definition of "beggars can't be choosers" right now and I would literally get on my hands and knees and beg if it would get me a job. I'm really hoping for Bath and Body Works because it's temporary anyway and if I get a research job in the meantime, I wouldn't have to quit and feel ****ty about wasting anyone's time. I'm really really hoping a research job or something career track is just around the corner. I've been doing so many applications, I have to get something soon, right? The receptionist job is a different story and I already have a lot of anxiety about it. I haven't worked in reception since getting my hearing aid so it might be a little better now, but it was so hard when I did it before and I never imagined I'd have to do it again. I would also want to leave as soon as I get any other offer, which feels a little dishonest, especially if I'm only there for a few months. But I desperately need some kind of income and there are very few options here, and if the receptionist job turns into an offer I will absolutely take it. I wouldn't have applied but there's just so few jobs anywhere right now, and I felt like I couldn't risk not applying.

I'm trying not to dwell in a bad mindset but this week has been really hard and the stress and rejections have been getting to me more than usual. I have my December bills covered and then I'm officially and completely broke. Just, ugh. It's all hard and I'm ready for something positive to happen. It also just feels like, everyone who has graduated from this lab is doing great and immediately got into their dream career and I'm the only one who is failing so badly. They didn't have to job hunt this year and their circumstances and everything are different, but part of me is wondering if I just interview that badly, or am I just that much less qualified than everyone else who's job hunting right now? A good friend also left her post doc this summer and has already been in a new job for a few months, so some people are finding things. I'm living with my parents but my mom has also been talking about being stressed for money and it all feels so precarious and scary. Anyway. I just wanted to put all that somewhere to get it off my chest.
 
katiemcat said:
I guess I'm "showing" enough now that random people ask if i'm pregnant. Why do I feel so embarrassed by that :bag:

Also this kid WON'T STOP KICKING AT 3AM???
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Mine had hiccups just about every night around 2 am. After she was out she also had hiccups every day at least once, if not multiple times a day until she was probably 5-6 months old lol
 
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