The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Since last Wednesday I have barely slept, have been in surgery long past midnight on several nights, and have had the pleasure on one day of seeing the sun rise as I stumbled home to take a shower before heading Continue reading The satisfaction and the pain of being a vet student
Whilst TV can numb the mind, sometimes it inspires dreams, and for me it planted the seed that I did not want to work with just cats and dogs. I want the great variety that being a vet offers me, Continue reading This vet student’s wild dream….
We’re a nation of animal lovers. Around 53% of pet owners consider their four-legged friends to be a member of the family so it’s not surprising that so many of us choose to share the duvet with our pets. Even Continue reading Should you share your bed with your doggy?
Some days when I wake up with a feeling that I am going see something new and should get to surgery as quick as I can. Today was one of them, and within 20 minutes of waking I was in Continue reading The hunt for a bullet…
Through vet school so far I have been petrified of surgery, there was so much talk of different layers in tissues, and tissue planes that in our specimens for dissection that I just could not for the life of me Continue reading The thrill of surgery…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Chart Stables Recently I’ve been noticing a lot of pet owners posting online with a picture of an animal with a wound asking for advice. These have varied from a scratch through to a Continue reading A little about dealing with wounds in animals…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Spikes World I am not quite sure how I got to this subject today, however it is something that I thought I would share my thoughts on from the past couple of months. After Continue reading Why negative tests at the vet suck…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Supreme Rabbit Food I’ve been spending as much time as I can in surgery, this leaves me for very little else at the moment so apologies for the lack of updates. I’ve started quite Continue reading The story of the dancing eyes….
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Webinars As vets we are given a great gift to be used with great responsibility. We are given the right to euthanise animals in order to alleviate pain and suffering. Translated to English Continue reading A vets gift of euthanasia and great sadness…
There are times when I find myself wondering just what we actually do and found myself there again today. I’ve always had the image of surgery being a beautiful act of fixing things, making animals better. Yet today I kept Continue reading Some thoughts on removing limbs and body parts…