Life and Veterinary Adventures

Lately I've been feeling very burnt out as a veterinary technician. I was just fired from a clinic that I loved (by people who ran it terribly). I've never been fired before. I felt like I just wasn't being heard at all. My ideas meant nothing to them until they thought of the same ideas months later. They didn't understand how stressful it got being one of only two technicians (with no full-time assistants) and juggling helping reception, posting to the clinic's social media pages, helping a new practice manager (who has no experience in that role), and managing rescue groups and clinic pricing. All of this left me feeling pretty empty, especially with how little us technicians make and how unappreciated we can be. I started to look for jobs in other fields to hopefully be less stressed out and to make more money. I was actually offered a sales and marketing job, but ended up turning it down. I started to miss helping dogs (and I guess the cats, too) so I sign...

I'm not sure if anyone really reads this, but I've been away for a while now and wanted to post an update, even if just for myself. At the end of 2014, I started working behind the scenes for a brand new veterinary practice, just a mile or two from home. I was pretty busy helping to organize and set up the hospital, set prices for products and services, create employee forms and client handouts, learn a brand new cloud-based software program, and much more. We just ended our second month of being open for business and we now have a growing client base, and have just finished dental month. Above is a photo of me performing a dental prophylaxis on the famous Fifty, the two-legged Pit Bull. Some days I've come home very stressed, as I've been juggling being a veterinary technician and a receptionist, as well as other odd jobs to help the growing practice run smoothly. There is currently only one other full time employee splitting the work with me, but I'm excite...