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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone with a senior dog that increasingly requires more care, the scarcity of vet availability scares me. The vet we've been going to for years was upfront that they are booked for months because of all of the pandemic pets the practice took on. It's a fabulous practice that really does try to accommodate everyone in the neighborhood. I will miss my dog when the day comes that he can't be saved. I don't think I will ever get another pet while I'm living in DC. It's brutal here.

Veterinary medicine wasn't even an option at the university I attended. I fully support efforts to make this field more accessible to enter and practice in. [/quote]

To your last point, I have been in the field of veterinary medicine for 25 years.  A lot of the problem, in my opinion, was that vet schools chose the wrong students.  Picking the highest GRE scores does not translate into someone who will become a good veterinarian.  Things have been turning around over the past several years.  I see more and more former vet techs or others who worked in the field, and KNEW WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE to be a vet.  They are making it through vet school and turning out to be very good and very caring.  Finally. This was a huge source of frustration for me for a very long time.  Back in the day, people wanted to put “Dr.” in front of their name, or chose the field because they thought the hours would be better than human medicine.  These are not the people who should be taking up those precious few spots in vet schools. [/quote]

This, 100% this.  As a vet practice owner, trying to find vets who will stay in the vet field is very difficult.  The people who go to vet school are very smart, no doubt.  However, that does not make them people persons.  Additionally, since the field is female dominant, many leave to start families or go part time.  We have an increasing number of vets who come out and work a few years in practice then decide it wasn't for them and move on to the FDA or other career that is not client facing.

A love of animals and intelligence isn't always what is needed to make a good vet, unfortunately.  [/quote]
Vets treat animals,  yes, but they are really treating people. There is a lot encompassed in that scraggly whatever-poo or houndy mutt that meets the eye. It's a very emotional field of work, and interacting with the public is really hard.  Vets aren't paid enough. [/quote]

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