I was a nervous new grad. Insecure. Overwhelmed. With a major case of imposter syndrome and some serious social anxiety. I had put off looking for a job while I was in school, but school was over and the time had come. I couldn’t procrastinate anymore. After all, those student loan payments were about to… Read More
Why I Quit My First Job After Only 3 Months
4th Premolar Slab Fracture (HDYTT)
This week on the Cone…Drake is an 8yo MN Labrador Retriever with an upper right 4th premolar slab fracture. I’m asking the amazing Dr. Donnell Hansen “How do YOU treat that?” Dr. Donnell Hansen is a board-certified veterinary dentist and oral surgeon from the Minnesota BluePearl Hospitals. A Minnesota native, Donnell traveled through Iowa (Go… Read More
My Vet Team Cares About Your Pet
“Veterinary clinics don’t care about animals anymore, they only care about making money.” People have been saying that a lot lately and it makes me upset because it simply is not true. People in the veterinary field are some of the most caring and compassionate people I have ever met. If you have any doubts,… Read More
Everything Comes Down to Poo…
I was sitting drinking my coffee this morning, talking to my family, and trying to come up with an idea for the blog. Both of my adult children were home and we were chatting about ideas concerning leadership, positivity and self-improvement. As we batted around these ideas, my younger dog Parker pooped right in front of us… Read More
Adopt a Senior Pet Month: For the Love of Mable
When I was in my second year of my veterinary technician program, we received a new group of dogs from one of our shelter partners. To my surprise, amongst all the loveable mutts was a purebred Rough Collie. I had fallen in love with the breed when I was a kennel student at the first… Read More
How to Avoid Answer Exhaustion
I have this theory and I have tested it extensively. Simply put, there is a limit to how many questions I can answer in a day. Personally, I am able to answer 76.5 questions, before I go into answer exhaustion. I’m kidding about knowing how many answers I have in a day, but for certain,… Read More