Horse Dentals

Here is the other thing I have been doing for the last week. Horse Dentals!! It is very different from anything I have ever done. You use power tools and large files to file down ("float") a horse's teeth. They get very sharp from the repetitive motion of chewing and they need a dental every year. They are sedated and a speculum is placed in the mouth to keep it open- they can still bite you though!

Jesse's Surgery

Jesse has finally experienced that right of passage into adult "dogdom." He was neutered on Thursday by the best student in our class, Ashley Brown. I can say that because she will never read this! (hehe) Surgery went excellently. He was on his best behavior and everyone told me I was nuts- he would never try and hurt a fly... we'll see about that. He did eat a roach this morning..... I digress. He is officially the heapest drunk and biggest cry baby every. The drugs that were suppose to relax him, knocked him out; and we only needed 1/4 the drugs we calculated to knock him out. Now he is in an e-colar again and EVERYTHING makes him cry. He can't lick- he cries; he can't scratch- he cries; he can't get through a doorway- he cries; you get the idea. Now for my job as a veterinarian. I have included not a cute picture of Jesse pouting, but a lovely illustration of why everyone should get their dog neutered if they can only feel one testicle. The abdominal/inguinal one has 13.6 times higher chance of becoming cancerous. It is small, soft, and has increased blood supply- a nidus for displastic, cancerous cells. It was fun to watch. And not that 2 of his brains have been removed, maybe the 1/2 he has left will function a little better! Love you guys. See you in a month or so!

The second week of TDCJ...

So here is the picture to encapsulate the second week of TDCJ. Naturally, if you are preg cheking cows, you need to fertility test the bulls. So, well, I think the picture speaks for itself. If youahve any questions on how we exactly get the bull to deposit it in the little condem thingy, google "bull breeding soundness exam" and pick the first one that comes up. Or, you can ask me about it!

How can you NOT want one??

How can you not want one of these little bundles of joy!! His name is Murphy and Aunt Coco's friend calls nim Smurf!

The most interesting week of vet school...

Well, this was definitely the craziest week of vet school yet. I am on the TDCJ (Texas Department of Criminal Justice) rotation and I spent the last week at a trailer in Sugarland. We (me, Rocky, and Abby) would meet Doc (that is, Dr. Dinges) out front between 5:45- 6:00 am and he would take us to various Units (prison units) and we would work cattle. Well, if we are being honest, the trustees (non-violent offenders) worked the cattle and we spent all day with our arm up a cow's butt. I can now tell you if a cow is pregnant just be reaching up her rectum and feeling around- great parlor trick, huh?! It is a nasty, dirty job and I really hated it at first (I think, because I had NO idea what I was doing) but towards the end of the week we were all having fun. You have to be careful, but you really forget you are working with convicts after a couple days (especially the ones that are good with cattle) and it's like working with any other livestock folks. I can't say I want to do this again (maybe on a weekend for an extra thousand bucks) but I am really glad I can say I know how to do it (and am pretty good!).