Week Ten :)

This week my last week of my second Work Experience Placement. I was greeted by Laura who was on reception. I then went to the post office in the village to purchase envelopes. When I returned I watched Finbarr spade three dogs and remove a number of chumers from a dog. I also played with a lovely boarder collie :) I then went and cleaned the two consult rooms and the waiting area. I am really sad that my second work placement is finished, but I had a great time and really enjoyed myself :)

Week Seven :)

This week I was greeted by Laura who was on reception. I went upstairs and went into the surgery room to help Kelly take bloods from a dog. I then cleaned a kennel out after a cat and a dog. This week we watched Finbarr spade a cat and a dog. We also watched Finbarr remove two chimers from a collie. He removed a chumer from the dogs mouth. I had to apply pressure to the dogs mouth where the chumer was removed. We learnt why a dog had to get excess skin removed from his face as he couldn't see properly due to the skin. We learnt about what dog would have the correct length nose and also learnt some interesting facts about the breed of dog that I have. I am really enjoying my Work Experience and look forward to each week.

Week Six :)

This week I arrived at the vets and was greeted by Laura who was on reception. I went upstairs to the staff room and hung my jacket up. I then went into the surgery room as operations were about to begin. This week I watched a dog and a cat being spade. This week, the girl that I am doing Work Experience with had her dog in the vet as she was suffering from lameness in her back leg. She was told that her would have to loose weight in order for lameness not to progress. We also learned about the liver this week as a dog had a very badly damaged liver. We learnt what functions the liver has and what could be the problem could be for it not working properly. We then went downstairs and swept, moped and cleaned the two consult rooms and the waiting room. This week was very interesting and I really enjoyed it.

Week Five :)

This week was my fifth week of Work Experience in a veterinary centre. This week I was greeted by Niamh who was on reception and I went up to the staff room. I met the girl who is on Work Experience as part of her college course. We headed down to isolation and cleaned out the kennel and made a new kennel for that dog. When we were finished we went into the surgery room and watched Finbarr spade a dog. This week we learned about lameness in a dog. I found it very interesting as we talked about good and bad exercise for dogs. I found this interesting as I have two dogs and therefore I would like to know what type of exercise I should be doing with them. When the surgeries were finished we brought a dog for a walk. I then went to the village to post a letter. When I got back I went into the surgery room and watched another dog being spade. We then went downstairs and swept, moped and cleaned the two consult rooms and the waiting room. I am really enjoying my work experience and I am finding it very interesting.

Week Four:)

This week I had my fourth week of Work Experience in a local vet. I was greeted by Laura who was on reception and went upstairs to hang my coat up. Myself and a girl from college were given a job of cleaning consult room 2 and a kennel in the isolation room. When we were finished cleaning, we went into the surgeries and watched Finbarr spade a cat and stitch up dogs wounds as he had been bitten by another dog. We then took two dogs on a walk to get a urine sample. After we brought the dogs back in we went to village to get lunch for one of the nurses. My day went very quickly this week and I really enjoyed it:)

Week Three :)

Today I had my third week of work experience in a veterinary centre. When I arrived I was greeted by Niamh who was on reception. I went up to the staff room and met a girl who is on work experience for college. Niamh came and gave us a list of things to do. We went to consult room one, and cleaned the weighing scales, windowsill, the table and the doors. We then went and cleaned the waiting room and the stairs. We went to the isolation room and cleaned up the bowels that were there. Niamh came to us and told us that we could make up the vaccine pouches. In the pouches we put a leafelet, a Beaufield Veternary Centre card and a magnet. I then swept the two consult rooms and the waiting area. I went to the kennel room and cleaned out a dogs kennel. I then washed the dishes from the animals lunch. I really enjoyed my third week of work experience :)

Week Two :)

Today I had my second week of work experience in a local veterinary centre. When I went in this morning I went straight into the kennel room to help one of the nurses. When I went in, she was feeding the animals. When they were finished eating I cleaned all of the dishes. After all of the dishes were cleaned, myself and another girl who is on work experience, were told we could go into the surgery room as they would be starting soon. This week I watched two cats being spaded. I enjoyed watching this as it is a common surgery that the vets must preform. I also watched a dog being neutered. This is also a procedure that is commonly preformed. I then went a cleaned out a kennel and prepared it for a cat. I enjoyed this as I had not done this before. I also rubbed a dog and kept him calm as he was being examined by the vet. My day went very quickly but I really enjoyed it and I can't wait for next week:).