The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Unfortunately vets deal with life and death every day, patients will die. With this there are owners who are suffering from grief. It is an emotional time that can quickly escalate out of control by doing what now comes naturally Continue reading Why online bullying is a new problem for vet suicides…
I was deeply saddened yesterday to read about the shelter vet that was bullied to suicide. Sadly with social media there is a lot of power given to people – however it is how they choose to use it as Continue reading The truth about animal shelters
Sometimes you see really cool things, this is one of those times. A dog presented to a vet clinic in America after trauma and the doctors there shared these scans in a private group – I think they are so Continue reading Comment when you see the problem…
The bang from the captive bolt gun startled me as the bull dropped to the ground with a thud. Maybe because I’ve worked with cows more that pigs, or it was a bigger animal but something moved inside me. I Continue reading The stunned cow…
In his last lecture yesterday Noel said that he had txt God asking for the Sun to be turned on, and this morning it really was. For the first time all week my sunglasses came out of their bag and Continue reading The VET Festival for One Medicine – Day 2 Roundup….
In a field in the grounds of the new Surrey vet school I arrived to a festival today thankful for boots and in typical British fashion with big grey clouds threatening overhead. This was not a festival like any other, Continue reading The VET Festival for One Medicine – Day 1
This week I’ve seen my Facebook full of people complaining about vet’s being uncaring and just in it for the money. Usually I just ignore it as vets are pretty used to people thinking they are stinking rich (actually a Continue reading The secret life of vets
So the other night I read an article (click here to read the original) where it claimed that to become a specialist surgeon you need 10,000 hours of doing surgery. Before we go any further let’s look at what 10,000 Continue reading 10,000 hours to surgery specialisation
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…
Todays diary entry is sponsored by Pet Hair Remover Recently I have seen a lot of posts on social media comparing the prices for things like spays and castrations for different animals. Sometimes it is really easy to fall into Continue reading Why price shopping for a vet is so dangerous!