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Becoming a vet?
I'm a 19 year old college sophomore and am going through some indesicion to the point that its driving me nuts! You see, I love the idea of helping others, especially animals. It makes me feel so happy and satisfied whenever I can make someone feel better about something or just bring smiles to people's faces. I'm in an English major but I honestly don't feel satisfied with such. Today I went to eat at KFC (I'm currently going through finals, and tend to go to fast foods during this time), and when I came out with my roommate to head back to our apartment there was this poor dog smelling garbage bags. I had some leftovers I was going to save for later, but I felt bad for her so I gave her some of it. That dog has been on my mind the whole day as has been my 11th grade idea of becoming a vet. I dropped it when I realized my GPA was too low, that I was too sensitive to put animals to sleep, and that I wasn't sure if I could even gt through med school. Now I feel really bad about dismissing the idea so quickly.
I was thinking about transferring to another college to study Biology or Animal Science, but I'm just not sure if I should go through with it. People tell me I have the temperament, patience, and attitude to become a doctor, but I feel really insecure about doing a decision such as this. I was wondering, first, if there is any college with low tuition that has a good program? I've been looking but can't seem to find one I'm satisfied with. Secondly, I'm stil not sure if I should go for medicine, so I was wondering any other path to helping animals, from major to actual job.
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If you like animals, especially dogs, you might consider becoming a professional dog trainer or working towards what qualifications you'd need to work at a Doggy daycare or motel for pet owners who are going away to a place they can't bring their dog along. There are also people now into holistic treatments for animals, including massage and chiropractic. I would guess it is specialized but its a practice where pets are not being put to sleep or even operated on. THats all I can think of at the moment. Good luck.
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