Tests: Friend or Foe?

Today I had my second test in Intro to Vet Tech. Last night I had my first (and hopefully only) breakdown of the semester. The breakdown wasn't necessarily due to the stress of the test, but a combo of all things crushing me at once plus studying for a test. BUT, I did have fun making flash cards about chemicals and having an awesome photo shoot with them

I actually did really well on my test today. I got an A- on it (110/120) so I am still getting an A in the class. I was hoping for an A but in all actuality I knew I would be happy with an A-

People tell me that I should be more self assured that I am going to get an A on my tests, but I don't want to get too cocky. I feel like if I think I am going to do super well on something I end up failing miserably. Shooting for average is good, because when I do above average I feel really terrific.

I feel like there were some things on the test that I probably should have gotten credit on that I didn't, but there really is nothing I can do about it. Bite-Not collars will just not go on properly if the dog is a stuffed animal with no neck. Oh well, I did my best and got a decent grade. That is all that really matters.

Thursday is our first Equine lab and I can't wait! I love horses so much, this trip is going to be a blast. That is the one good thing about college, sometimes (when you have an awesome/horrible class like Intro) you get super cool field trips =D

I will keep you posted. This lab is gonna be bueno ;)

Cute Little Crotchity Old Man Cattle Dogs and Chunky Faced Cats

So, I am a pre-vet tech student at Baker College and today out intro class had our first live animal lab. My group worked with a cattle dog mix who was super sweet and adorable, he had the goofiest over-bite ever. He was also a fear biter =/ who tried to bite us when we went to put him in to any type of recumbency (laying down position). Eventually he decided he liked us and we decided to not make him lay down, then the lab went smoothly from there. He was so pathetic when we put him in the 'bite not' collar (especially since he had it done to him 8 times =). ). Today I got most of my competencies checked off, so all in all it was a good lab day with the dogs.

When we were finished cleaning up the room to get rid of the dog smell, we got to play with the kitty cats. My group got the cutest, most calm little chunkers ever! She was so calm, she let us do everything we needed to do with her. She loved getting put in the Kitty Burrito and carried around that way. She even tolerated us putting her into the cat bag a few times.

All in all it was a good lab day for the entire class. No one got hurt in real life, even though a few lost fingers in pretend land (lol). Hopefully I will be able to keep this blog up-to-date as I continue on Becoming a Vet Tech