Dr. Sophia Chavez - K9 Doc

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Dr. Sophia Chavez - K9 Doc

ER & K9 Veterinarian giving the cold honest truth about the journey
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25/11/2022

Who needs to cut a Turkey when you can cut a splenectomy 🤷🏽‍♀️🦃🔪😝

Forever thankful for

🩸 my career
🩸 my mentors
🩸 my fellow New ER Doctors
🩸 my vet techs/ assistants & CSRs

I’ve always believed we have the best job in the world - so I can’t really complain about saving lives on Thanksgiving day.

14/11/2022

life isn’t perfect
but I’m out here, living my dreams.
everything I’ve been dreaming of for so long.
everything I’ve been working my butt off for.

a doctor.
ER AND K9.

learning from amazing mentors, supported by the best family, friends and peers.

I’m exhausted. But things are good.
& for all of that - I’m thankful ❤️‍🔥

23/10/2022

first c-section.

mama had 4 puppies on her own (one deceased) and presented for not being able to pass the other puppies (what we call a dystocia).

we surgically removed 3 puppies but unfortunately this little man was the only viable baby. the others had already passed.

it’s a harsh reality of the ER to not save them all but at least we got one guy out!

it’s hard, but i love my job.

13/10/2022

Is life easier after vet school? Yes. But no.

It’s taken me a bit to realize how different my life is than I had imagined it to be post grad.

I can very easily tell you vet school was the worst time of my life. But life now is SO much better. For the first time in years I’m actually happy - on a daily basis - and having few things to truly complain about compared to before.

So yes life is better, but I can’t say it’s easier.

Do I have more free time on my hands? Yes (kinda).
Do I stress about studying (or not when I should be), exams, assignments, PASSING, etc? Hell to the no.
Do I feel even an ounce of the frustration, isolation, stress or anxiety that I did just a few months ago? Thank God, no.

All of that is truly life changing, but taking on the role of doctor is a huge change, too. The emotional toll that comes from the humans and the animals, the cases, the imposter syndrome, the work hours, the continued education, learning to find time for work AND life - 🥵 it’s draining.

Right now the cycle goes: work 13-14hrs a day, 3-4 days a week. Nothing besides work happens on a work day because I come home dead. 1 day off is dedicated to continued education, 1 (sometimes 2) day off is dedicated to my business and the last is chores/errands. Rinse & repeat.

I’ve also traveled for about a week every single month since graduating for continued ed. - which has been BEYOND incredible - but e###hhaaustingggg.

I can’t tell you the last time I hand fed / trained my dogs. ME. The gal who always bitc**s about putting your dogs first 😵‍💫 (but I have an amazing partner who has essentially taken over all things dog during this transition).

Summary: I’m exhausted. I feel like I’m never home. I don’t even know who my dogs are anymore. I don’t know the last time I binge watched tv. BUT.

I’m truly so happy. I’m exhausted but I absolutely love what I do. I’m grateful to wake up everyday and pursue my dream, grow my baby practice, and continue to pursue education so I can be that much better of a doctor.

It’s not easier once you cross that stage, but it’s so much better.

07/10/2022

What ACTUALLY brought me to Veterinary Emergency Group?

I’ve known about for about 4 years now. I first learned about them at the career fair my first year of school, then started following them on instagram.

I learned a lot about the VEG way through their social media and their website. One of the main things I love about that VEG is that we keep people and their pets together (at all times, no matter what - there is no such thing as ‘taking your pet to the back’), but what ultimately won me over was the VEG Cares Share Day.

VEG Cares Share Day is a day VEG celebrates yearly where 100% of revenue gets donated to a good cause.

50% goes to Veg Cares, and 50% goes to a charity of the employee’s choice. For example - VEG donated $12,600 just to Mission K9 Rescue ( ) last year! They actually raised over $755,000 total last year to donate 😵

The fact that I can work at an ER that has similar values to my own, but ALSO goes above and beyond to give back to their community, is absolutely amazing.

Your first job as a veterinarian can make a HUGE impact on your career, so picking the right place is incredibly important and I can say confidently I picked the perfect place.

& look who stopped by San Diego today! CEO

29/09/2022

Nothing beats good on shift mentorship. But even in the best mentorship programs (like VEG’s Early Entry Track 😉, where you have a designated mentor with you every single shift) digging through books and finding information out for yourself is still really helpful.

I’ve never been a fan of textbooks, or lugging books around in general. But there are a few books I swear by - and for my general practice medicine the New Vet Jumpstart Guide has been super helpful!

Coming from a mostly ER background - my general practice medicine can be a bit rusty - so this book has been super helpful for those few “GP” shifts we see in ER, and for when I did GP relief earlier this summer.

It covers the 20 most common general practice cases seen in day practice, and covers a bit of pathophysiology about the disease, diagnosis / diagnostic options, treatment, walks you through client communication, and finishes each case with a quick wrap up summary.

& are releasing an ER version of this book and I’m so excited for it 🙌🏽

Highly recommend for both new grads AND 4th year clinical students! You can find it on Amazon!

10/09/2022

2022 vs 2021 🚀

1 year ago yesterday I received my offer from to join the VEG ‘NERD’ (New ER Doctor) program for July of 2022 and she invited me to drop by IVECCS the next day to come celebrate and hang with all my (now) fellow VEGgies.

I packed my bags and drove 3 hours to Nashville and FINALLY got to meet so many VEGgies in person, including &

& now here we are, 1 year later, I’m back at IVECCS, but OFFICIALLY a New ER Doctor for VEG.

I have been waiting so patiently to join VEG as a doctor ever since I accepted my student ambassador offer in June 2020, but even more so since my NERD offer in 2021.

2 months into the program and I’m loving every single second of it. I’m exhausted, no doubt, but fulfilled, and finally happy.

Eventually I’ll find the words to describe how much better things have been since vet school, and share how the experience as a VEGgie has been, but for now here’s a yearly photo of me and the most amazing CEO & trust my words when I say - VEG is all of the amazing things they say they are and I feel so lucky to be here.

03/09/2022

Because at VEG, we see anything that walks through the door & we always find a way to say yes.

Yesterday my mentor (Dr. Shapiro) & I did abdominal surgery on this 6 week old piglet.

He’s doing great and going home today.

K9 doc or porcine doc? You decide 🐷

27/08/2022

It’s been 1 month of being a VEG New ER Doctor, aka a NErD & so far I’ve spent 2 weeks in hospital, and 2 weeks in Colorado for continued education.

I’ve had 8 hospital shifts (ranging from 12-14 hours), and completed 45 (YES FOURTY FIVE) hours of continued education.

I have a post about my first trip to CSU, where we practiced/performed a ton of small animal emergency gastrointestinal surgeries on cadavers.

This time we had 2 days of POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound), 2 days of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy then a last day of Basic and Advanced Life Support via the Recover Initiative.

I have always been “afraid” of ultrasound, because I had minimal experience scanning during vet school. At the start of the POCUS course, we were ‘tested’ on finding 23 anatomical locations (in the heart/chest/abdomen) on a dog in lateral recumbency, within 6 minutes. Ya girl found maybe 10 😅
 After 2 days of scan, scan, scan, I can confidently find all of those 23 locations, in CLOSE to 6 minutes! I seriously can’t wait to get back in hospital and POCUS all of the things.

I also got to scope several different dogs & retrieve many foreign bodies from cadavers. It’s literally the ultimate video game 😂

& finally I am now re-certified in Basic and Advanced Life support 💪🏽 & feel so much better about running codes in hospital. That lab was a ton of fun as well.

This CE is literally incredible. It has been so valuable and is already making me such a better doctor.

Up next: 5 hospital shifts & 1 school day until we fly out to San Antonio for IVECCS. The fun never ends at VEG 🤩

20/08/2022

once upon a time, I bought a german shepherd, the same month I was starting veterinary school 😵‍💫
 When I say Jaxx changed my life - I mean that very seriously.

I lost my heart dog unexpectedly a few months prior to Jaxx. My little Farrah, a 4lb yorkie. I loved that dog to death, she was my literal shadow. but I still can’t tell you she impacted my life like Jaxx has.

I got Jaxx as a 4 month old lean, long, awkward lookin string bean and shipped him to a 1 month board & train + e-collar training because I was as green as they come with owning a working breed dog. I understood and was ready for the commitment ahead of me, but needed a hand with the training.

He was going to be my vet school buddy as I moved cross country alone & my intro dog to the world of working / sport dogs.

Well. He’s not the drivey insane bitey dog I had hoped for, but he’s been the best introductory working dog I could have asked for. He’s been enough of wild for me to get my feet wet, and he’s been the most willing and forgiving dog to learn with.

He’s taught me the importance of obedience, CONSISTENCY, structure, patience and COMMITMENT that ALL dogs should have - but especially dogs of working nature.

He’s solidified my passion for being a working dog handler and opened up a new vision of becoming The K9 Doctor. He truly has been a huge influence on the choices I’m making with my career.

If I had gotten another yorkie and not Jaxx, I don’t think I’d be making the moves I currently am.

This dog was my absolute rock during the hardest years of my life & for that I owe him the world. But I swear to you, he has shaped my future as a veterinarian (and dog owner/handler). Big things are happening BECAUSE of him and everything I’ve been exposed to since owning him.

So, thank you big dog. For saving and changing my life. Here’s to 4 years together & hopefully many more 🥺🖤

01/08/2022

All aboard the rocket ship - I just finished my first week with VEG 🚀

I spent the past 5 days in Colorado at CSU’s Translational Medicine Institute (TMI) learning and doing a variety of emergency surgeries / procedures.

We were able to perform:
🚀 Temporary tracheostomy tube
🚀 Esophagostomy tube
🚀 Gastrostomy tube
🚀 Tail amputation
🚀 Enucleation
🚀 JP Drain
🚀 Abdominal explore + multi organ biopsies (because there’s no such thing as a negative explore 😉)
🚀 Gastrotomy
🚀 Gastrectomy (with a crazy cool stapler)
🚀 Gastropexy (incisional & belt loop)
🚀 Enterotomies
🚀 Enterectomy (resection and anastomosis; both with suture and stapling techniques)
🚀 Splenectomy (bath with suture and ligasure)
🚀 Cystotomy

This is an all expenses paid trip by VEG - as just one part of the continued education we partake in, in the New ER Doctor Program (Aka Early Entry Tract, or EET). AND, this is only ONE PART of the TMI hands on training program - I’ll be back later this fall for ultrasound, BLS/ALS, endoscopy, exotics & critical care 🤓

I also got to meet a ton of new / amazing doctors all apart of EET & I can’t wait to meet the rest soon!

But for now - some R&R before I start my first in hospital shift this week! 🚀

28/06/2022

life as a new grad vet ✨

the first month: move home / unpack into my parents house in CA and LOTS of R&R

month 2: I started working at a local GP practice, where I was a volunteer in high school, then a kennel assistant, then a technician. One of my absolute favorite mentors is the medical director & I’ve been working 2 shifts a week with her just to get my feet wet and keep my brain from completely rotting 😅

I started day 1 with a full schedule, with a majority of sick pets and I’ve learned a ton. The transition has been wild.

I look up a LOT of things. I am always using Plumb’s or Vetcalculator app (get it, it’s worth the $11). I definitely choke over my words when introducing myself as “Dr. Chavez”. I absolutely love talking face to face with clients. And charting is annoying 😂

So far I’ve only done a few hands on procedures: hind limb dewclaw removal an ear hematoma repair, and broken nail removals, but I’ve done a pretty decent variety of medicine/sick cases.

I only have 3 shifts left, and then, in about 3 weeks, Jaxx, Clover, Anthony & I move to a new city & I start my full time ER gig at

I come home so exhausted from each shift, but on cloud 9 and in disbelief that this is my life.

Dr. Chavez, who is she?!?

I’ve got something pretty awesome in the works as well… stay tuned 👀

09/06/2022

thek9doctor in true form 🐺

Summer dress + f***y pack with p**p bags, an extra ball & my tazer + new crocs that light up + two tired dogs safely in their

This post is useless but also describes half my life - forever dropping everything & taking my dogs for exercise.

03/06/2022

It’s been 2 weeks since this & there’s still few words.

We wrote a letter to ourself on our 3rd day of vet school. I completely forgot until I saw it in our diploma box.

It’s taken me 2 weeks to find the courage to read it - knowing it would be emotional. Overall - my letter was pretty lame - lol. But my gawd - if only past soph knew. if only she knew what she was about to go through, or how much that little 5 mo old shepherd would do for her during all this.

I’ll never, ever understand why or be able to explain just how much I struggled mentally and emotionally. The culture shock, the isolation, it never ever got better. I will never be able to describe my life in vet school as a good time or a time I’d go back to. I have so many scars. I wish it wasn’t this way.

But I sit here - looking at this letter & my two new pieces of paper (diploma & license) - overwhelmed with gratitude, but also disbelief.

I just still can’t believe I made it through.
I am so damn proud of me.

I promise you - I truly, truly promise you - if I can do it, I swear to all things above - you can too.

And let me tell you - the feeling at the finish line, is indescribable.

22/05/2022

Dr. Sophia Chavez
ER & K9 Veterinarian

I’m still in disbelief. Holy wow.

04/05/2022

a post vet school - pre veterinarian photo dump.

the past 3 weeks have been unpacking, purging all my belongings, a lot of family & babies, sleeping in (kind of), working the dogs & a whole lot of NOT studying or stressing about school.

no one talks about this so weird waiting window. Ya know - the time after vet school where you’re done with everything but haven’t officially graduated so you can’t practice yet. But no job = no income, so you’re just out here, existing lol 🙃

clinical year at LMU is different (and I had a great year) but it’s incredibly expensive between travel and lodging, so all my loans from this year were used up. Especially after moving cross country & driving a truck with these gas prices 🙃

& don’t get me wrong, my body and brain are so happy to have a vacation (finally) and slow down a bit but my bank account has never, ever been this low, with no income / loan money in sight.

I’m incredibly lucky to be living at home right now and have my parents help me with not paying rent or groceries, but… any other things that requires money is on hold 🙃

It feels silly to complain - when I know my problems are first world and temporary, but - right now I’m just a sitting duck who can’t even go out to dinner on my own dime 😅

Just part of the journey, I guess. And a good & hard lesson for me - to FINALLY just relax, take it easy, and NOT spend any money 😅 (not even on dog things).

As soon as I get my license, I’ll start working again, but in the mean time, catch me enjoying my free time with my nephews, my fam, my bae & my dogs.

Big things are coming, I promise. But right now - slow life it is.

30/04/2022

if it was easy, everyone would do it.

cheers to us - the healers and heroes of the voiceless; to the ones who love us unconditionally.

there are few words to express my excitement of finally becoming a veterinarian.

what an amazing job we have - to save animals.

happy world veterinary day 🤍

13/04/2022

4 years -

an Instagram account
1 cat
2 dogs
5 states
11 clinical rotations
36 flights
93 surgeries
181 exams
~12,000 miles driven
300,000 dollars
1,000,000 tears

& veterinary school & my educational career is finally complete (& it ended with a bang in a bullet proof vest - it was actually a really insane / awesome last day I just can’t share cuz legal things)

😭

Now… for a MUCH needed month of vacation before I return to Tennessee one last time, to walk that stage 🎓👩🏽‍⚕️

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I’M SO TIRRREEEDDDDDDDD

11/04/2022

monday, april 11

It was my last surgery day of vet school! Lol I just made that up - but the next two days I won’t be doing any surgery. So that’s a wrap👏🏽 finished with a feline spay doing pedicle ties (which I learned at this site!)

I ended up doing - from start to finish completely on me own - 93 surgeries.

Here’s the list:
canine & feline spays & neuters
canine pyometra
rat & rabbit neuter
rabbit spay
cryptorchids
hernia repairs
mass removals
laceration repairs
enucleation
splenectomies
enterotomies
gastronomy

Pretty happy with that variety! But I seriously cannot wait to start the early entry track program at VEG and start doing more AND endoscopy. Ya girl loves surgery, ok?

After morning sx (surgery), we rechecked some of our in house patients and then got to leave an hour early (3:30pm)!

The sun was shining (FOR ONCE - it’s literally rained or snowed the entire time we’ve been in NY this time) so the dogs got to run at the park. E-collars on, of course, for some off leash fun & Jaxx always works for his frisbee.

Spent the evening running errands getting ready for the 4 days of driving we’re about to do 🥲 I’ll be documenting it all via video, so you can see what it’s like to travel cross country with - a boyfriend, a shepherd, a dog who doesn’t particularly love the car & a giant trailer full of my crap!

‘‘Twas a good Monday. The last one 😉

xo,
soph

09/04/2022

4/8/22

Not much to report today 😅

Clinics was 8-4:30p today and I did a dog neuter.

Lol. I gave myself that name 🤪 because I’ve done sooo many dog neuters during clinics, even in the ER 😂

I’ve always done a pre-scrotal approach, but we were taught a scrotal approach here to help with preventing a hematoma. Once we remove the testicles we close JUST the SQ later with a simple interrupted pattern of buried knots, then glue the sc***um over the sutures. I guess this allows any potential ooze to drain over a day or two. I kinda like it I think 🤷🏽‍♀️

What’s your go to approach in dogs -scrotal or prescrotal?

Rest of the day was other student surgeries & we did lectures in the afternoon about shelter med topics (today was about spay and neuter / complications etc).

Came home - took the dogs to the park to run. I’ve been bad about consistent mental and physical work. Just feeling rundown overall and it always affects my progress with the dogs. That’ll change once we’re home in a week.

No crazy Friday plans for me. Just pajamas, Netflix & Postmates 🤪 but hey - at least I’m not studying 😋

I plan to share most days I can that are related and not too redundant. With new careers on the horizon - I know there will be lots of new to share soon. Sorry if these next few days are boring - BUT HEY, it’s all part of the journey.

See ya Monday for my LAST THREE DAYS 👏🏽

07/04/2022

So my thoughts are this - that I’m just going to share all of my thoughts - and experiences too, but it’s going to get even MORE honest pretty soon - you’ve been warned 😂

Anyways, I’m at my LAST clinical rotation (if you haven’t caught onto that yet). Technically I'm in block 11/12, but block 12 is my vacation! (Finally).

As a part of our clinical year curriculum, we are required to have a rotation in an animal shelter, so I was assigned to a beautiful SPCA in NY. (I’ll share some pics & where once I’m not here, cuz ya know, safety). But it’s a very eye opening experience

I’ve always thought - you need thick skin to work ER, but MAAANNN you need some THICCCC skin to work in a shelter/SPCA setting. Major props to everyone working in these organizations.

This particular clinical site is not considered a surgery rotation, so yes, we do some surgery, but that’s not the main objective. We practice and learn medicine, and have shifts in the behavior and wildlife units as well. There’s also 5 students on this rotation, so we share the daily surgeries. So far I’ve done 2 cat spays, 1 dog spay, 3 cat neuters, 2 dog neuters & a mass removal. Lots of anesthesia monitoring and LOTS of feline URI cases 😅

Today - I did another cat spay. I’ve done my fair share but today was the first spay I’ve had a tear of friable tissue. I lost my uterus before ligating. Oops 🤷🏽‍♀️ preceptor helped me find it, but then she finished the spay 🙃

The rest of the morning was other student surgeries & we are spending the rest of this afternoon out of the SPCA at a local CE event.

Oh & a lovely volunteer brought us bagels.

4 more clinical days & one weekend in NY left 👏🏽

06/04/2022

hi, it’s me.

887 days ago I made an instagram account to “to share my journey from pre-vet to DVM for aspiring vets like myself” and up until…. recently, I think I did a pretty good job of that. Well, sorta.

I’ve shared a lot of the emotions about my journey, more than the day to day, which, I feel is pretty important as well.

& I’ve shared a lot of the NEGATIVE emotions about my journey, which I think is incredibly important. For a lot of reasons, actually.

Four years ago, to this day (April 6, 2018), I was waitlisted at LMU-CVM. I had been denied (declined? idk, NOT CHOSEN) from two universities (UC Davis, my state school, and University of Illinois) and was already placed on the waitlist at WesternU.

Four years ago today I had a little more hope that 2018 was the year I’d start my journey to DVM. (Spoiler alert - it was 😉).

Anyways, 4 years ago soph had no idea vet school would be what it was. I knew it would be academically difficult, but this emotionally brutal? I could have never imagined it.

Well 2.5 years (887 days) ago I began to share my journey with you all. And as you’ve seen - I struggled, a lot. Sometimes I hate how I’ve put myself (or at least I feel I have) in this negative light, or come off as a negative person - which, I really am not - but there was no was I wasn’t going to be true to myself and all of you. And a majority of that truth from the past 2.5 years, has been struggle.

I promise I’ve had good times. I’ve had major wins, I’ve had small wins. I’ve enjoyed *some* of my time throughout this journey, but I’ll never LIE to myself (or you) and say this was some amazing, grand ol time that I’d ever go back to (because I wouldn’t).

The past lots of months, since clinics has started, life took a 1 freakin 80. For the better, and the crazier. And I feel like I’ve hardly actually shared that with you all, when that’s been my mission from day 1.

So - today I vow, to begin a new journey with you - as I’m 7… SEVEN... freakin days away from my LAST DAY of veterinary school, to take you on my day to day - whether its boring, or fun, or crazy, or mundane.

Because a whole new chapter is about to begin, and I can’t wait to bring you along, because it’s going to be freakin amazing.

14/03/2022

Large animal rotation has taught me a thing or two.

1. I truly am, through and through, a horse girl. LOL.

Fun fact - I actually was die hard set on being a racetrack / equine vet in undergrad and shadowed an ambulatory equine vet for a year.

Then I took an internship as a internal med technician at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute (to this day, one of the coolest experiences I’ve ever had) and learned that internal med / intensive care was waaaayy better than field calls and lameness exams (at least in my opinion).

I still had plans of pursing an equine track in vet school, but honestly, was very turned off by the hours and pay. I also knew, to work in one of the top equine hospitals like I dreamed, would require a lot more schooling, a lot more debt, and never going back to my hometown / family. I just wasn’t up for all of that.

Sometimes I feel bad, or like I took the easy way out by not going the equine track. Sometimes I feel lazy for picking my non vet med life over my career - but then it hits me how ridiculous that thought is.

No, I won’t work on horses, but I absolutely will own them. And my career in ER & K9 medicine (yes, I’m making “K9 medicine” a thing), will still allow me to live that dream, both in my career and my life.

So for those of you wondering if people change their mind about their field of choice mid vet journey OR if people chose lifestyle over dream career choice - the answer is hell yes & there is nothing wrong with that.

Don’t get me wrong - I absolutely freakin love small animal ER medicine & surgery, and I LOVE working with K9s and sport dogs, but this heart will forever belong to the pones. 🐴

Oh & #2 - I miss my horse & being in the saddle more than anything, and I promise you, I will get my riding life back as soon after graduation as I can.

07/03/2022

new profile pic 🍀🖤

Today Jaxx & Cloves finally got evaluated for some titles.

Both passed their Canine Good Citizen tests, Jaxx received a Novice Trick Dog Title & Clover passed her therapy dog evaluation.

From the minute I met Clover I knew she’d be a great therapy dog / in public dog. It’s one of the reasons I brought her home. It’s almost been a year since she’s joined my pack & she hasn’t disappointed.

She loves people / affection and is such a gentle girl. I can’t wait to start bringing her around to make people’s day just a little better after a Clovey cuddle.

As much as I’d love for Jaxx to also be a therapy dog, he’s a little too 🤪 for the job, and his excitement may be a little much for kids or the elderly. So - we’ll stick to tricks, scent & other sports for now.

So proud of my pack & stay tuned for more 🖤🍀

Jaxxon Marshall CGC, TKN
Clover Joann CGC, Therapy Dog

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The (baby) k9 doc takes the PennVet Working Dog Center 🤩 I am currently on rotation block 9 of 12 and have spent the past two and a half weeks at the @penn_vet_working_dog_center This rotation has absolutely solidified my crazy obsession for working dogs & has been such an eye opening experience to a side of medicine I’ve never considered. The WDC currently has 25+ in house dogs that spend the day at the center training / learning, who then go home with a wonderful foster family every night / weekend. These dogs are being trained in all sorts of detection and some in patrol (bite work) as well. Beyond caring for our in house dogs, the vet team sees working k9 / sport dog patients up at Penn’s hospital for wellness and Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation appointments. Sports Med is SO new to me. I’ve been such a “systemic” girl all of vet school, skipped over ortho & the musculoskeletal system & never even considered sports med, but this rotation has allowed me to see just HOW integral it is to working dogs. This rotation has been a definite challenge for me because sports med is brand new to me. Shoot, even wellness appointments are so different with k9s (which, that I knew), but I’ve loved every second of it. Watching all the training, like scent imprinting a puppy to watching 12mo old labs do successful live human searches has also been amazing. Although my heart throbs “ER, ER”, this rotation has been by a huge eye opener to the working dog world and has really pumped me up for my future working with k9s and sport dogs. I’ve got major, major plans for myself as The K9 Doctor, thanks to this rotation & I couldn’t be more excited for my future. Featured: Future K9 Thea, Dutch Shepherd, of the PennVet Working Dog Center . . . Posted with permission. #vetschool #vetmed #veterinary #veterinarian #vetstudent #veterinaria #veterinario #doctor #eliteveterinarians #medschool #workingdog #thek9doctor #k9 #dutchshepherd

You ever think so little of yourself that you feel like everything you have / accomplished is purely luck? Cuz same. It’s like - man, I was so lucky to get that awesome job as a vet tech that boosted my resume. I was so lucky I got the good science teachers who made learning easier. I was so lucky someone at my vet school dropped out so I could get the spot off the wait list. I was so lucky that the professor / DVM asked all the questions I just happened to know. I was so lucky I got that scholarship to help pay some of my way. I was so lucky to have that one post that hit it off that led to this new amazing networking world of vetstagram. Man, I’m so lucky to be here. Is it luck though? Or is it the blood, sweat & tears I’ve put in since high school. Because sometimes I swear, there’s no way, me, an ordinary girl, is standing in my shoes right now. But guess what. It wasn’t luck. I did the work. I earned this & I deserve it all. . . . . #vetschool #vetmed #veterinary #veterinarian #vetstudent #veterinaria #veterinario #doctor #eliteveterinarians #medschool #medschoollife #thek9doctor #surgery This post is not affiliated or associated with Lincoln Memorial University

4th semester clinical skills has really started preparing us for live surgeries.... take a look!

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