My First Work Experience Week

I spent my first week of work experience at Shires Veterinary Practice in Eccleshall, I spent the week mostly with a very experience vet named John Treanor (http://www.shiresvets.com/vets.php#Treanor), he retired the year after I worked with him so he knew A LOT! With him I saw mostly large animal work, he was interested in equine medicine so I saw a lot of horses and donkeys too! We also visited many dairy farms where I got to see pregnancy diagnosis and TB testing in the cattle.

On my first day I got quite a shock, straight into PDing on a herd of 200+ cattle! I was stood up in the cow shed watching for around 2.5 hours and for a 15 year old I was NOT used to that, however I was allowed to fill up the syringes with the drugs needed for stimulating ovulation in the cows so that passed the time a bit but I sure was glad to be sat back in the car after that! As the week went on I got a bit more stamina up and got used to the long hours!

Why I Want To Be A Vet

Cliché answer is 'I always have wanted to be, ever since I was tiny' and yes that is true but thinking back I can remember exactly why. 


When I was about 6 I had a white lop rabbit called Polly, I used to obsess over this rabbit I would get home from school and go straight out to her and not come in until tea time. I knew the ins and outs of Polly and knew exactly how she was feeling, she was like a sibling!

However one day when I came in from school I knew Polly wasn't herself, she was acting offish and I knew something was wrong. Immediately I ran inside demanding my mum to take her to the vet, my mum came outside and looked at her and decided she looked fine and that she didn't need to see the vet. I was so frustrated but decided she was probably right.