#horse vet med

[orcinus-veterinarius]

Learning anything about marine mammal training will make you re-evaluate so much of your relationship with your own pets. There is so much force involved in the way we handle domestic animals. Most of it isn’t even intentional, it just stems from impatience. I’m guilty of it myself!

But with the exception of certain veterinary settings where the animal’s health is the immediate priority, why is it so important to us that animals do exactly what we want exactly when we want it? Why do we have to invent all these tools and contraptions to force them to behave?

When a whale swam away from a session, that was that. The trainer just waited for them to decide to come back. If they flat out refused to participate in behaviors, they still got their allotment of fish. Nothing bad happened. Not even when 20-30 people were assembled for a procedure, and the whale chose not to enter the medical pool. No big deal. Their choice and comfort were prioritized over human convenience.

It’s almost shocking to return to domestic animal medicine afterwards and watch owners use shock collars and chokers and whips to control their animals. It’s no wonder that positive reinforcement was pioneered by marine mammal trainers. When you literally can’t force an animal to do what you want, it changes your entire perspective.

I want to see that mindset extended to our domestic animals.

#‘oh I can walk my dog off-leash down a crowded street’ why does that matter????? #the horse world is ESPECIALLY bad about this too #edit: the whips is referring to horses I have not seen anyone whip their dog #pets #horses #animal training #dog training #dolphin training #dolphins #belugas #orcas #killer whales #cetaceans #marine mammals #zoos #aquariums #cooperative care #vet med #vetblr

[staenless]

Dungeon meshi is fun to me because I live in a country where you can go to an ostrich farm and ride and ostrich and pet and ostrich and then go to the restaurant and eat and ostrich. Also with crocodiles and zebra and giraffe and so on and so forth. So I've eaten a bunch of dope animals that I like and have met and I was talking to an Irish woman while in Canada and she had a crocodile leather handbag and I said "oh that's so cool, have you ever eaten a crocodile?" and she was genuinly so fucking confused. And I was like "in my country you can eat crocodiles. You go to a crocodile farm or preserve. They breed crocodiles for research and preservation and you can eat them. They're tasty" and she was HORRIFIED. Like how dare I eat a crocodile, no less a crocodile who's relatives I'd just seen swimming in a river. I'd held a baby crocodile and then hate a crocodile???? That's disgusting!!!! And her reaction never made sense to me cause her handbag was made of crocodile leather, so why wouldn't she want to know what it tastes like? Anyway Laios would totally go to farms like that and take a selfie with a Croc baby and then eat crocodile and have a great day out. Laios is you ever become real I will wine and dine you so well...

#My bestfriend said marcille should get over herself cause who wouldn't wanna eat a monster #So it's definitely cultural to where I live #Said friend also keeps cattle and her favourite food is steak #She's an expert in liking an animal and also eating it #Sometimes you wanna know what the animal you like tastes like #I wouldn't eat horse tho #And not cause I love them but because a lot of meds they take are bad for people #And like you're supposed to mark that in their passport #But I've seen first hand vets just not note it cause then the horse can't be used for meat later #I'm not taking that risk thanks l #dungeon meshi

[doodlehorseafternoon]

First year in practice is saying "let me see if I have the materials on my truck" and then using that brief space to call your more experiencing mentor for help on a case at high speed

#veterinary medicine #vetblr #horse #vet med #first year in practice #farm call

[lilu-the-almighty]

no matter how many times you see it there is something about birth that genuinely touches you. Seeing that new being. Seeing it move for the first time. Still and comatose and then suddenly moving and alive. It’s brought me close to tears every time. Overcome with emotions and knowing that you were here. You were one of the first things this life ever saw. This little thing will go one and see so much but you were there. You were there to dry them off and welcome them to the world, watch them take their first steps. It’s not something you get used to. It never becomes just part of the job.

#Birth #birth tw #horses #livestock #vet #vet med #veterinary science #pre vet

[applesfrombanora]

My friend: help me with the legs on this drawing of a horse

Me: sure let me just grab some references from my textbook on diagnosing lameness in horses

#it’s only horse leg drawings #normal conversations to have with your artist friends #vet med things #vet med

[lafseanchai]

@astriiformes was working on homework last night while hanging out at my house. At one point, he turned his laptop towards me, and showed me the title of an article he has just found.

"Deliver This Horse From Evil: The Ritual Aspects of Responses to Veterinary Disease in the Late Middle Ages"

Somehow this is exactly up my alley.

#i read it today and it was really interesting! #apparently the main disease was farcy or glanders which I know nothing about since it got wiped out in the US and Europe and Australia #since the '70's #but vet med was about the same as human med at thr time #what is making me excited is that Heilung has a song called Nesso #which is a spell/prayer to cast out illness out of a horse's leg #it is in high old german which was in use around the same time that the article's sources are from #Nesso mean worm and the song references 'nine worms' #and there is one recorded cure that went 'St Job had nine worms that grieved him much’ #and repeating it counting down until there were no worms and hopefully the disease will have been stopped and driven out of the horse #it is just an unexpected connection and I love it

[er-cryptid]

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#studyblr #notes #my notes #animal science #equine science #equines #horses #animal sci #science #biology #bio #vetblr #veterinary science #vet sci #vetsci #vet science #vetmed #veterinary medicine #vet med #vet medicine #horse biology #horse breeds #breeds of horses #domestication #biology of horses #life science #biological science #note cards #flashcards #flash cards

[labvet]

Today in Vet School:

"They were designed to run really really fast until a wolf or a sabertooth tiger or something eats them...or eats their slower friend. Then they go back to eating."

~Equine Professor regarding the evolution of the horse

#today in vet school #equine med #vet school #vet school funnies #veterinary medicine #vet med #horses

[not-dumb-or-a-blonde]

On call days/ babysitting

#vet med #vetblr #horse #internship

[rxkuyo]

the urge to tell this woman that she's fucking dumb in the pettiest most angry way vs. me having to calm myself down and be as friendly about pointing out things she might want to reconsider because I am trying to help this horse and telling her off in any way will just result in her shutting down and not considering my (very valid) points at all

#yoooooo bitch you're killing your horse because you're fucking dumb <3 much love <3 get help <3 #getting her a 'get well soon'- card but I'm referring to her mental state <3 #I'm severely pissed off and angry again but whatever else is new #just give this horse away to someone who cares and will pay vetbills instead of sending their kids to expensive ass private schools #and going on vaca 4 times a year so that their kids have something exciting to talk about at their stupid expensive private schools #while your horse can't fucking breath cause you won't pay for vet visits + meds lmao #boo fucking hoo we have to pay 150€ a month for someone to clean out our kid's rabbit's stalls because our kids have never learned #to take responsibility for their pets and won't look after their rabbits - that they absolutely desperately needed #and also never cared about once ever since they got them - and now we can't afford this sick horses' meds because we're broke #also we're going on vaca next month can you please stand in at work for me ? thanks #I hate this place I hate this place I hate this place I hate that I supported this place for so long #I just want this poor horse outta there and in good hands #fucking why is it so hard to get that she's gonna get him killed with her bullshit #oh he's not coughing as much meaning he's now healthy and he no longer has permanent lasting lung damage because magic or w/e ???? #so now we're not giving him his meds anymore because he's in perfect health. no sickness in this horse. none #like woman ??? he. can't. fucking. BREATHE. OH MY GOD #maim bite kill kill slaughter bite bite scratch maim bite bite kill etc etc

[iscariotapologist]

What does love mean to u?

in the equestrian world we think and talk a lot about the concept of feel, which is notorious for being vitally important for quality horsemanship yet rather slippery and nearly impossible to describe to someone who doesn't intuit what it is. feel is in everything you do with the horse, it is what can perpetually refine your work in riding but it is also in something as simple as the way you walk up to a horse. anyway love is kind of like that to me, something foundational and encompassing but more or less impossible to pin down in words.

#sorry for horse girling on side i am currently writing these delirious from sleep deprivation because i have to go at 2 am to give meds #to a horse. for an issue that could have been simple if Certain People had listened to me when i said it was time to call the vet. lol #lmao even. im furious about it #ALSO sorry once again for the wait time you know how it is #the ask tag

[phantom-of-the-keurig]

As I near the end of my first semester of veterinary school, I think my favorite thing I’ve learned so far is how god damn prone to death Horses are. I truly do not know how they’ve made it this far. They can literally die of a tummy ache. Everyday a horse survives he laughs in the face of god 😔

#lmfaooo #horses are so wild bruh #rantings of a future dogtor #august 2022 #veterinary medicine #vet med

[doodlehorseafternoon]

May have gotten a little more than I could chew yesterday with an emergency hind leg laceration that refused to block out with lidocaine and required a joint tap to check for involvment. I'd never done a joint tap before and this was not the situation to start. My boss had to come out and do it

So very much lidocaine later and we only got 10 minutes worth of a nerve block to put sutures in as fast as humanly possible before he returned to trying to kick me

I need a nap

#veterinary medicine #vetblr #vet med #horses #first year in practice #farm calls #we all lived #but man do I need a nap

[singlethread]

i'm doing my bachelors this year for teaching and as i was filling out a form today i had the thought of "oh amelia would know this, kindergarteners are basically like small animals" 😭😭

LSHFKSHDKSJDKD, I’m absolutely obsessed that you thought of me by calling five year olds animals omg

#amelia answers asks #it’s okay horses are basically cats is what you learn in vet med

[bunnies-at-midnight]

went out of state today to assist in an equine inguinal hernia repair surgery !!! so freaking cool. i got to place a jugular catheter on a horse!!!!!!!

#equine #equine medicine #vet med #veterinary technology #veterinary medicine #surgery #horses

[aetherielwanderer]

Pre-show Vet checkup for #0042 BRS Mountain Mimzy and her foal #0065 BRS Mountain Lotus (both owned by Blaire Coba), as well as #0058 RH Mystic Mirage and her foal #0063 RH Mystic Blue at Raven Hollow Equestrian today!

Custom Teegle Textures by AETHERIEL

Visit: Raven Hollow Equestrian

Campion Mustang Breed Club

#aetheriel #campionmustang #equestrian #horses #mustang #mustang horse #second life #secondlife #sl #raven hollow equestrian #veterinary #veterinarian #pet care #vet med #teegle #teeglepets #teeglepet #videogame #video games #roleplay #ic #new rp #baby horse #foal #foals #mare #mares #tobiano #appaloosa #pinto horse