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