Opinion - Page 8 of 28 - Veterinary Practice

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“This is not merely leaving foxes to run hen-houses, it is asking foxes to design them too”

Vet checking on cows

“It’s imposter syndrome. You trick yourself into believing that there must be some sort of mistake in you getting where you are”

man holding head stressed

“Sometimes you just happen to cross paths with a person who likes the cut of your jib and you like the sound of their job”

Women talking with horse

“Why can we physically buy an instrument to deal with something that does not exist?”

“Much of what we have to treat cannot be judged by specialists, who only see the pinnacle of unusual cases”

Vet holding dog

The effects of corporate ownership on equine practice: the good, the bad and the ugly

Women talking with horse

“How much of this technology will be appropriate to veterinary practice will depend on a variety of factors, not least getting things to stick to pets and stopping them chewing them off and eating them!”

person on computer on desk

Balance and boundaries in general equine practice

Women talking with horse

“Do we value only that which we can measure or should we rather seek to measure what we value?”

person on computer on desk

“Unless you are having a bit of a laugh my feeling is that you’re not learning as well as you could”

“It is okay and only natural to make mistakes – we are all human after all, no matter how many letters are after your name”

white brain with books and stethoscope

Lockdown prices: a horse seller’s market… or is it?

horse with bandaged leg

“It’s so much more satisfying knowing why you are doing something, rather than doing it because the books tell you”

workplace discussion

“Drawing the line between concern and paralysing fear comes with the experience of passing many humdrum days where nothing very exciting happens”

nurses injecting cat

“Nurses often ask me how to persuade vets to let them do more procedures”

nurses injecting cat