The Venting Thread

Do techs actually commonly do euthanasias there?

It's definitely always the vet around here. The one time a tech was actually present when i was there for a euth was when I was waiting for my mom to come when we had Rosey euthanized. I was offered a tech to sit with me, but declined, so they just came by and looked in the window every so often. Oh, and when I had Harley waiting for my dad to get there, but that was only when I brought her to the back room for oxygen.

I really hate living in a house that no one listens to your requests.

Rigby attacked one of the other dogs today, because my mother once again stupidly took a handful of cookies out onto the deck and starting handing them out in a group.
She knows Rigby is a work in progress, and I've asked her about 1000 times to stop doling out cookies to them like that.

Her reasoning was that last night some relatives were over doing the same thing and that it was "fine." (Had I known this I would have intervened).

She has been doing SO well recently with the work I have put in. But she's on prednisone currently so I dialed it back just in case. And told my mother this a few times since the medication started.

One of these days Rigby is going to kill one of the other dogs because of my mothers stupidity and refusal to listen. And yet somehow it's still going to be Rigby's fault.

And then earlier this week Cobain was limping a bit so I asked that she not take him for a run to let it heal. Of course I come home from work just as she's getting in the door with all of them.

I need to get the $%^& out of here.

I know this probably isn't what you want to hear but is there any way you'd be able to temporarily rehome Rigby until you were on your own? I know you're working with her on her issues but the environment now doesn't sound safe. If others in the house aren't keeping up with the training you are doing not only may your work not stick the other people will be putting your dog in danger.

The only reason I'm mentioning this is because you mentioned you're worried about Rigby killing another one of the dogs. Not only does that put her in danger but it puts the other dog and the person who will have to make the split second decisions on how to break it up in danger.

I don't know why, but today I'm suddenly terribly missing my vet who died while I was in Mexico.

I need someone to come pack my house. I don't wanna. At ALL.

0 Motivation. Its terrible.

The only time I've ever actually been truly upset with a euthanasia was only one time, and I've been working as a tech for three years now. It was a case where the owner said the dog was severely painful at the home and had no quality of life, but when the dog presented at the clinic we couldn't illicit any pain signs and to all the world it looked like a middle aged, well tempered, black Labrador. But the dog did have a history of arthritis, so the vet had no standing to say no without causing a huge client relationship issue.

That still actually really, really bothers me. I wish I had offered to take the dog or do SOMETHING else. But I didn't. She's in a better place than with her owner, now, but...ugh.

Most of the time I'm sad, and I'll often tear up, but it is always with the knowledge that we are helping not only the pet, but we are also helping the owner. Being able to support and be there for not only the animal, but the people, is what makes it all worth it.

There are days where the stupidity abounds regarding owners and the general health care of their animals, but 99% of our clients are loving pet owners who care for their pets. And when we do see a pet whose in a bad way, it is amazing to be able to help that animal recover. And, worst case scenario, when it doesn't recover...you know you did everything you could to help make it comfortable and show it kindness.

If you can, Jazzy, see if you are able to volunteer or job shadow at a veterinary clinic for a day or two a week for a few weeks. If you've never worked at a clinic before, that will give you the behind the scenes look and make sure working as a tech is really what you want to do. Some people go into it thinking they'd love it, and then realize how physically demanding it is, or that they really don't like interacting with clients, or frankly, they just suck at handling the animals and don't enjoy it. LOL

I cut the **** out of my palm today.

So badly that urgent care sent me to the ER.

This ****s up my week SO much. I can't do push ups, pull ups, or half of the things I need to in class. I can't do the projects that need to be done by this weekend. I can barely write!

PITY ME PLEASE.

*pities you* Class?! Stop playing with knives

<3

Crossfit classes 3-4x a week. Pull ups, push ups, weights, kettle bell swings. . . The ER doc told me I need to skip going this week, and I told her I paid too much for it not to go. :rofl1:

And it was a can that got me. . . through a set of welding gloves. It's a deep, inch long cut on my palm. It hurts to grip anything.

I cut the **** out of my palm today.

So badly that urgent care sent me to the ER.

This ****s up my week SO much. I can't do push ups, pull ups, or half of the things I need to in class. I can't do the projects that need to be done by this weekend. I can barely write!

PITY ME PLEASE.

MY GLASSES BROKE!!!!!

I JUST went and ordered a new pair but they won't be in until probably the end of this week and there is no WAY I can wait that long. I can't SEE ANYTHING! Up close I'm good but my distance vision SUCKS, to be frank. So now I have to go and buy another pair that can be done in the hour so I can function

Can you just ask for contacts? That might be cheaper to just buy one for each eye lol. I can't see anything without glasses either, so it would suck big time (and my vision is so bad I don't think they could even technically make them in one hour).