Personal Narrative: Pet Forever

Knowing how much we connected, I wanted to adopt her myself, but since I was leaving for college in two months I knew it would be best to have another family adopt her, everyday I would worry that she wouldn’t end up in the right home. Luckily, one of the doctor’s friends came in to visit her and completely fell in love with Hope. Knowing her new family was the perfect fit since we knew the family. What was even greater was that Hope would be able to play with the families’ children and other pets.

Ever since I was little, I always wanted a dog. My mother and I realized that we had nothing to do. We decided to look up shelters. 11 years later, I finally convinced my mother to bring me to the animal shelter. On November 27, 2016, my mother and I went on an hour long drive to Pets Inc. At that instant, my mother pointed out that Pets Inc. was open. After we examined the website, we decided it was not too far away, and we could make the drive. We got in the car, and drove to Pets Inc. Finally, we got there, and we went inside. At first, I walked around for a while and pet some dogs. There was a dog named Palmetto, I really wanted her. Sadly, we could not get her due to the

Hello pretty people, Sam here. I went through a specific process when picking Cooper to be my first dog. I wanted to walk you all through that process to hopefully make it easier on you when trying to pick out a dog.

Walking up to the shelter only to find that the dog we wanted is being taken home by another family, we thought we wouldn't be getting a dog today. But when we found her, we were glad that the other dog was taken. Her black, slicked back fur shedding off of her perfect dog body. Her black beady eyes are bulging out of her head with the look of excitement. Unable to hold herself back she breaks the leash that the vet was trying to hold her back with. Running to us, she slips and falls on her head. We don’t have a second to worry because she jumps up and starts licking our faces with her slobbery tongue. By the time she is tired from licking our faces, we feel as if we just went swimming in a pool of melting jello

That love between an animal and its owner drew me further into the love of veterinary medicine. This shared compassion and love for animals helped me relate to clients. Volunteering at local shelters, I gained more perspective on a career as a veterinarian. I learned how to care for abused and homeless animals and to let go of the animals I had grown to love when it was in their best interest.

Like any other young girl, I have always had a lifelong dream of becoming a vet. I took action on this dream by working through my summers at Carpenter Vet Clinic. Helping all patients that come through the clinic whether in good or poor conditions can truly put a vet; into a joyous state of mind. People don’t realize how strong of a connection a person can make with a patient in such a short time frame. The way vets save lives and impacts their client’s lives each day of work can really make a warm feeling in the heart. Being able to take care of these animals as one of my own is a passion, I have lots of animals at home where I am active in 4-H, and have learned how to be responsible. Seeing animals in pain and endangered just breaks my heart inside. I hate seeing the commercials about the dog pounds that are in need of money. Seeing all of these qualities has really made me

Barbara Natterson-Horowitz gave a TEDMED speech in September of 2014 entitled What Veterinarians Know That Doctors Don’t. Dr. Natterson-Horowitz is a professor of Medicine at UCLA Medical School in the Division of Cardiology. Additionally, she is an advocate of zoobiquity, or the connection of animal and human health. Her speech describes how a phone call introduced her to the world of veterinary medicine and, consequently, led her to promote the concept of physicians and veterinarians working together to further their understanding of medicine and health. In the speech, she provides examples of various instances where human doctors applied animal doctor knowledge to human patients and where animal doctors had the answers human doctors had

Of course growing up with multiple pets - cats, dogs, birds, a snake, and an iguana - my passion for the care of animals was bound to happen. As a little girl, I was the one who would yell at people for being inconsiderate of bugs; though as I grew older, my interests in the behavior, nurture, and medical aspects of a Veterinarian spiked way up. What really intrigued my interest at first was reading all over the news the incidents about animal cruelty and neglect. While reading about the incidents, my thoughts were along the same lines as the majority of everyone else’s - “Wow this is just sad, how could someone do this?! We need to stop this!”. But also unlike a good amount of those people, I want to physically help these animals in cruelty and neglect situations and not just sit behind my words. I want to gain knowledge on how to help and bring these animals back to health which goes into my goals with this career.

Supervisor of the Year is the title Dr. Heather Cole deserves, considering that she is a talented, remarkable asset to Animal Care. Since becoming a new supervisor, she has proven herself to be a natural leader with an obvious team-building mentality, as she immediately labeled us as “the Best Team in AC.” Always having a positive attitude, Heather makes it clear she values and appreciates each of us. When any of us have a question or concern about the rapidly changing environment in Animal Care, or any other concern we may have, she reassures us that everything is moving in a positive direction. In addition to trusting our judgment as professionals, Heather communicates in an open and honest manner. The trust she extends to everyone on our team fosters and maintains our trust in her. Motivation and encouragement are supervisory tools Heather skillfully uses, consequently

Since as far back as I can remember, I have loved animals; especially cats and dogs. At first, I wanted to work as a cashier at Petsmart. As I aged, I realized it’s very difficult to make a good living as a cashier anywhere. I set my sights a little bit higher: Becoming a veterinarian. Ever since I made this decision in elementary school, I have worked exceptionally hard to achieve this goal. I recently graduated high school as a valedictorian in a class of nearly 400. Through my senior year of high school, I shadowed at my local veterinary clinic to better understand what I will be doing for the rest of my life. The experience just made me even surer that helping animals is definitely what I want to do for my career.

They are practically my life and I don’t like to see that they are suffering or soon going to die. I have so much fun with my animals at home; I even give my cats check-ups because I have my own stethoscope. The most exciting part about being able to help animals is that you get a good feeling that you have done some good in your life and that is a really good feeling. Even if you have an allergy to cats or dogs, you can still love them without hugging them. Being a vet is a major part of my life goals. My advice to you is to run hard towards your goal to achieve it, don’t let any obstacle get in your

Later on, Linda and I, happy together went to the garden to climb trees, eat leafy food, and pursue butterflies in playing field close by a colossal waterway. Linda overwhelmed by this awesome scene started to bounce up with energy. I took Linda by the hand and led her to a serene cow. This animal was enduring out there gnawing some grass. Linda followed it yielded on her stifler, she confronted and chuckled and said stunning!! My educator said the cows, sheep, and goats are ruminants, they eat simply grass. At that moment my only wish was to go to class I thought. At one time in a while, I played with little sheep, they are so dazzling, splendid creatures. Causing a gathering of fun we disregarded time. It was getting dreary, I expressed,

I have challenged myself in many ways throughout my educational life. One area of interest that I am proud I have pursued is my contribution to the community, by volunteering at Cats Only Veterinary Clinic. This position taught me a lot about myself and helped me learn about some areas I would like to explore in the future. I have been spending extra time learning information about the biology and chemistry of a cat to help me with my future educational goals. The Veterinarians at the Cats Only Clinic have been extremely kind to me by letting me get involved in learning more about the science behind cats. I have got the satisfaction of being able to observe surgical and no surgical operations like Radiology (x-rays), Dentistry, Spaying, Neutering,

I love and enjoy animals, my cat had a seizure about six months ago. I could tell something was not right with my cat. I knew the cause was the flea medicine I had put on him about an hour ago before noticing something was wrong. The flea medicine was meant for dogs. I gave him a bath and washed all the substance/flea medicine off of him. I later took him to the vet to make sure everything I did was correct, after they took him back and checked him, they then gave him another bath just to assure the that all the flea medicine my mom and I had put on him, they told my mom and I we saved his life that day. A veterinarian does so much for animals, and that is why I chose it to be my career.

On 11/01/17, at approximately 4:33pm, I Deputy Warden N. Christian with Franklin County Animal Care and Control was dispatched to the State Route 315 North and Rich St on a police assist. I arrived on scene at approximately 4:55pm and met with Columbus Division of Police (CPD) Officer T. Eklins #1963. CPD Eklins stated the van (green) was abandon on the side of the freeway. As CPD Officer Eklins approached the van, the side door was open and a medium mix (Black) dog barked at him. I had CPD Officer Eklins complete a police assist form. I utilized my snare pole and placed the dog in my vehicle. The dog was wearing a 2013 Dog license. I located dog owner Roger Hamby (1495 Greenleaf Rd). I requested that FCACC Dispatcher B. Grotsky try to contact dog owner. FCACC Dispatcher B. Grotsky had to leave a voice message for dog owner. I cleared from the location at approximately 5:27pm.