Vet Times

Tag: Clients

  • Commonly held beliefs that don’t do us any good, pt 2

    Commonly held beliefs that don’t do us any good, pt 2

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    Belief #2: if you can’t afford to care for an animal then you shouldn’t have one You, young doctor or nurse – living in your privileged society of excess, with your years of study, working in an industry that exists largely to minimise animal suffering – have certain expectations of what “taking care of an…

  • What’s the worst that could happen?

    What’s the worst that could happen?

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    A few years ago, I noticed my family cat had a lump on her neck that seemed to be getting larger. We had it removed by the local vet who told us it was almost certainly benign, and that sending it off for testing would be overly expensive and potentially unhelpful, depending on the results.…

  • To flush or not to flush?

    To flush or not to flush?

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    Dan Amos

    Can you put cat poo or litter down the toilet? This question has been on my mind for a while now – for a few different reasons. I was remembering the heyday of Litter Secret – a silicone granule cat litter that was such a miracle it soaked up urine and you hardly ever had…

  • Negative clients

    Negative clients

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    Kele Harris

    As a student, on day one of a new EMS placement, I walked in on a vet who was clearly already in a bad mood, first thing on a Monday morning. I had absolutely no idea of the context, but she finished ranting at somebody else before turning to me and saying: “Don’t ever let…

  • Commonly held beliefs that don’t do us any good, pt 1

    Commonly held beliefs that don’t do us any good, pt 1

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    Belief #1: clients are an obstacle to overcome “Clients are rude. They’re stupid. They don’t care enough about their animals, are inconsiderate, and have no empathy for us and the struggles we face. They’re demanding, unreasonable in their expectations and want everything for free…” When was the last time you thought – or said aloud…

  • Shopping – it’s not that much of a mystery

    Shopping – it’s not that much of a mystery

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    Dan Amos

    I’ve just read a breakthrough email – not a huge fanfare of exams passed or a lottery win, but something that, nevertheless, made me realise how far I’ve come over the past few years. The email was a simple one: “You are still on our list for XYZ role, but we haven’t used you in…

  • The fallacy of prophecy

    The fallacy of prophecy

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    Evolution by natural selection has provided us with some wonderful tools to make sense of and manipulate the world. All of us carry around one of the most complicated objects in the universe within our skull, and our bloated, folded brains are able create illusionary facsimiles of the world around us, and imagine what may…

  • Sustainable pet ownership

    Sustainable pet ownership

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    Kele Harris

    Pet owning is carbon costly – not just in terms of veterinary care and treatment, but also due to their diet and the products we buy for them. But if we look at the bigger picture, we may find that pets could, in fact, reduce an individual’s carbon footprint due to the type of lifestyle…

  • Christmas: the post-game analysis

    Christmas: the post-game analysis

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    We’ve reached the other side of the festive season – and while those of us who had to work breathe a collective sigh of relief that it’s over for another year, I like to take stock. Every year at the start of the season – as I brace myself to face the inevitable onslaught of…

  • ‘The buzz’

    ‘The buzz’

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    I am, and shall always remain, a city boy. However much I love the peace, simplicity and endless rainfall of the Devon countryside, I feel most alive surround by buildings, traffic, sirens and people. This is surprising because I’m not an especially sociable person, and I am only rarely involved in the sorts of things…