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<blockquote data-quote="SBMF 2015" data-source="post: 1792478" data-attributes="member: 39695"><p>Well let's all look at it from a young vets perspective; if you don't already have a passion for livestock why in the world would you want to be a large animal vet. </p><p>I was talking with a local vet. He has a client who raises some type of lap dog. Guaranteed C-section ( they should just install a zipper, lol) the vet goes to his warm, dry, well lit office and preforms the C-section. He charges $500 for his services and the owner never bats an eye because the puppies are worth $1,800 apiece.</p><p>Or he can go to a cold, poorly lit, barn with a leaky roof right over the pen he is working in. On a 1,400 lb cow that has been in labor for 16 hrs, got chased around the pasture twice before they could get her in, and is generally tired of being screwed with. Did I mention the boot deep mud on the 100yd walk from the road to the barn?</p><p>Why would anyone want to be a large animal vet? They have to have a passion for it and a family that is willing to make sacrifices for that passion.</p><p></p><p>My son is only ten, but he wants to be a bovine only vet. Said he doesn't want to have to mess with cats and dogs. I'm pretty proud <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🥹" title="Face holding back tears :face_holding_back_tears:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f979.png" data-shortname=":face_holding_back_tears:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SBMF 2015, post: 1792478, member: 39695"] Well let’s all look at it from a young vets perspective; if you don’t already have a passion for livestock why in the world would you want to be a large animal vet. I was talking with a local vet. He has a client who raises some type of lap dog. Guaranteed C-section ( they should just install a zipper, lol) the vet goes to his warm, dry, well lit office and preforms the C-section. He charges $500 for his services and the owner never bats an eye because the puppies are worth $1,800 apiece. Or he can go to a cold, poorly lit, barn with a leaky roof right over the pen he is working in. On a 1,400 lb cow that has been in labor for 16 hrs, got chased around the pasture twice before they could get her in, and is generally tired of being screwed with. Did I mention the boot deep mud on the 100yd walk from the road to the barn? Why would anyone want to be a large animal vet? They have to have a passion for it and a family that is willing to make sacrifices for that passion. My son is only ten, but he wants to be a bovine only vet. Said he doesn’t want to have to mess with cats and dogs. I’m pretty proud 🥹 [/QUOTE]
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