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Ideal for: animal lovers, or frustrated doctors
Job Specifications: As an official animal doctor, you’re in charge of
every breed that was ever given a collar and called “spot” (even if “Spot”
happens to be a poisonous frog).
Drawbacks: A typical day includes expressing the anal glands of the dogs
(with blood and crap flying across the room), sticking your arm elbow-deep
into a cow during a difficult delivery, defanging snakes, and pinning down
Rottweilers and other very large an angry dogs for their monthly shots. You
are also given the rather morose task of telling Billy that his pet dog is
dying and that you are the Horrible Man who will stick a needle into him and
kill him. All in a day’s work, as James Herriott says.
Perks: You work with cute and cuddly animals most of the time, who will
lick your fingers and yap pleasantly at your feet. Be nice to them. Next
time you come for a visit, they may have grown to the size of a small horse.
Old veterinarians get to be called veteran veterinarians - which confuses
the hell out of them.
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