We have all been. Maybe you are there right now. The mindset that tells us that we have poured all of this money into vet school, all of this time and commitment, and we still have no idea what's going on, what is wrong with us? If this is you, take a deep breath. Every single vet student has felt exactly how you feel right now. It is inevitable. We all have doubts about our worth and how good we are at this, or whether we are good enough for that. And I know what you're thinking: 'No this isn't the same, I really don't know anything'. Well, we'll see about that. In vet school, we are constan ..read more

I have compiled some of the more common companion animal parasitic treatments, their active ingredients, and their spectrum of activity. This is to aid with your learning of the different drugs we use to treat parasites and provide a cheat sheet to quickly choose the right treatment (so be sure to bookmark this post for future reference!) Parasitic Treatments for DOGS: Advocate Advocate active ingredients are Moxidectin & Imidacloprid. Targets: Advocate in dogs aids in treatment and/or control of Heartworm, Fleas, Roundworms, Hookworms, Whipworm, Sarcoptes, Demodex, Otodectes (ear mites ..read more

Whenever I meet somebody new and introduce myself as a vet student, the following inevitably ensues: "Oh, my vet charges me a fortune every time I go, there's a hell of a lot of money in it!" Unfortunately, to lay people this statement seems to be the consensus. It is true that vet visits cost the client a lot of money, however the premise that this all goes straight into the vets pocket (whom is getting incredibly wealthy with each visit), is not. This misconstrued belief has large impacts in the veterinary industry every single day. When clients believe that their vet is treating the consul ..read more

7 things I wish I knew before starting vet school 1. Focus on what you do, before thinking about how to do it 2. Learning how to become a vet continues throughout your entire career 3. You will never know everything 4. Enjoy it 5. Consider relevance 6. Get ahead early – there is going to be a LOT of work. 7. Prioritise I was thinking to myself the other day, ‘gee it would have been great to know … before starting this journey’. So, I decided to write this article for future vet students. I am going to share with you 7 tips that would have been SUPER handy to be aware of before starting vet sc ..read more

Moving from an undergraduate degree to a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree required a huge shift in how I managed my time and study. The enormous amount of content and information that we are required to absorb, understand and recall is unheard of in other degrees. It is important that we therefore shift the way that we study, to adapt the increased workload. Study methods that once worked in high school, college, or an undergraduate degree, may not be able to cut it in vet school. Many methods that students use are long and tedious, time wasting and have very little return on investment ..read more

Isn’t it strange that students are pumped full of information, and not given any guidance on how to manage that information? And as a result, most believe that to achieve incredible results, and to get really high grades, they need to study 8, 10, 12, 14 hours a day. You don’t. This claim may be unbelievable to a lot of students who are studying ridiculously long hours and still feeling overwhelmed. To those that are feeling like they don’t have enough time to exercise, or socialise. Well bear with me. The process of learning consists of 3 steps: Acquisition of new information, Storage of the ..read more

We have all been. Maybe you are there right now. The mindset that tells us that we have poured all of this money into vet school, all of this time and commitment, and we still have no idea what's going on, what is wrong with us? If this is you, take a deep breath. Every single vet student has felt exactly how you feel right now. It is inevitable. We all have doubts about our worth and how good we are at this, or whether we are good enough for that. And I know what you're thinking: 'No this isn't the same, I really don't know anything'. Well, we'll see about that. In vet school, we are constan ..read more

I have compiled some of the more common companion animal parasitic treatments, their active ingredients, and their spectrum of activity. This is to aid with your learning of the different drugs we use to treat parasites and provide a cheat sheet to quickly choose the right treatment (so be sure to bookmark this post for future reference!) Parasitic Treatments for DOGS: Advocate Advocate active ingredients are Moxidectin & Imidacloprid. Targets: Advocate in dogs aids in treatment and/or control of Heartworm, Fleas, Roundworms, Hookworms, Whipworm, Sarcoptes, Demodex, Otodectes (ear mites ..read more

Whenever I meet somebody new and introduce myself as a vet student, the following inevitably ensues: "Oh, my vet charges me a fortune every time I go, there's a hell of a lot of money in it!" Unfortunately, to lay people this statement seems to be the consensus. It is true that vet visits cost the client a lot of money, however the premise that this all goes straight into the vets pocket (whom is getting incredibly wealthy with each visit), is not. This misconstrued belief has large impacts in the veterinary industry every single day. When clients believe that their vet is treating the consul ..read more