Hey!
Don't worry about not posting for a little while. Lovely to hear from you again though
You'd be surprised what I've seen taken out of dogs. Sometimes we play "guess the foreign body" from the x-ray before we open them up. Coz we're like grown up and stuff
We have a 'foreign body' box where we keep bagged stuff of crazy sh*t we take out of animals!!
How I ended up at a vets, right..... (ready?) Have always, always had animals in my life. My very first word was the name of the dog I grew up with - Bob. I've kept fish, gerbils, hamsters (evil!), stick insects, chinchillas, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets (extra evil!), dogs, and I did have a cat when I was very little.
When I was old enough me and my sister used to volunteer at a horse and pony sanctuary who also had rescue donkeys, sheep, geese, pigs, goats, chickens, etc...
For my work experience in school I worked at the horse sanctuary and also the local RSPCA.My first job was in Petworld. And after that I worked at a posh aquarium shop. I do like fish
Then I had a crazy horrible patch of depression and anxiety and my Dad died
Once I got a bit better I started a natural science degree with the Open University and decided I could actually still do stuff! So I asked my vet if I could volunteer for him and afternoon a week, which turned in to a couple of mornings a week so I could assist in theatre and some evenings and then I covered holidays... for free
And I also volunteered at Dogs Trust for a little while (where Ellie is from)
I went for a few jobs and even got through to the last stage of an interview process for the Liverpool school of Tropical Medicine! Pretty impressive considering everyone else had masters and phd's and I don;t even have a full degree
And then I applied for the job at PDSA and they gave me it. I have no doubt my vet gave me THE best reference ever!! And that's me
What are you studying at the moment? I'd like to finish my degree at some point - I did get a certificate in Natural Science
I've got qualifications in animal care and animal nursing. I used to have some in canine and feline nutrition with Hills and Eukenuba, but I'm sure they've run out by now.
I did start a canine behaviour course but it was distance learning and I didn't drive at the time. And then for part of it I had to take my dog for 2 weeks up to their college two do a training and assessment thing and I realised that Ellie just couldn't cope. My other dog, Jack, was too old by then and a stubborn terrier
So I decided to defer and not put her through it. Might try again in the future tho.
At the moment I'm doing a course enforced by work so I become a qualified veterinary care assistant (slave
) But the course is the worst thing I have ever seen! It is so badly written it's a joke. Not very PC, but I'm sure a retarded 5 year old who's never even seen a dog could write it better!!! It's a source of much ranting from me!
Oh the post about the dog I looked after was made on Sunday night I think and is in my diary. It's a bit sad, but nice too
My animal habit is bloody expensive! But luckily because of where I work I get very cheap veterinary care! It's all kinda at cost I think. So lucky in that sense
Ellie has Cushing's though and even at my work her meds are now costing me around £70-£80 per month. Would cost 3 times as much privately tho!! She used to be insured, as every dog and cat should be, but about 2 years ago I made the decision to stop it because of where I worked and they put it up to £80 per month. And at the time her meds were around £40 a month! So yeah, it had to go. Davey's insured still tho.
Synned breadcrumby Quorn is niiiiice! Nice for a bit of a treat too. And I found out Linda McCartney sausage rolls (the frozen ones) are 7 syns each. High, but if you have syns saved they'd be nice with like chips and beans I reckon
The trip to Sweden was two adventure holidays put together. I used a travel company called Nature Travels and we put together the dog sled trek and then "Experience Lapland" which was the horses, reindeer, and short dog sled, staying at the reindeer lodge. We had our own private chef for the reindeer lodge and out of 4 nights there were only other guests one night and NO staff on site at night. So just me and my friend in a wooden cabin 3km from the nearest village in the middle of nowhere with 2000 reindeer!! I sorted the travel and hotel to Heathrow, flights, and accommodation in Kiruna, and obv dealt with Nature Travels a lot. They're an amazing, small company who were so lovely and helpful. I'll be using them again
Feel free to ask me about anything and everything. I'm on FB as well if you'd like to look at my Sweden photo's. I'm Kelly Ann Roberts and my pic is me and my friend in silly snow suits
Kelly.x
