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!).
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