Blog V2

I've known a few bods in my time with the desire to be a vet; vocation and viability is often a questionable factor; in France, you have to be 'connected' to get into a veterinary school; I've known people achieve a double degree in Veterinary Science, but, having spent the best part of a day getting a dodgy lump removed from one of our two rats, with six visits to two vets, and just completing a return trip to the successful vet to have the stitches renewed, as small furry animals seem to be more active than even vets imagine, I am beginning to reflect on all these folk who want to care for animals, and if I could ask one thing of veterinary science it would be to get the art of dressing wounds down to a more precise science than I have witnessed today. Perhaps I am a pioneer in the field of casual observation of veterinary problems, but I'd wager I'm not the first to be assured of a traumatic evening as we collectively try to keep a dressing on this little rat. I have taken in all the advertising on the walls of the waiting rooms and surgeries; take it from me if you haven't been in one recently, there is a huge market out there that the companies are identifying and targeting; Pfizer, Hills, Eukanuba, Bosch, they're all there, so please, can we get this 'effective dressing' system sussed befor I get much older. Perhaps I am meant to be the one who pioneers it; I'm just raising awareness, as I'm fed up with the hundred odd kilometers and the many Euros I've shelled out today for what I can only describe as a job uncompleted and mischievously lacking in finesse. Whatever product or service you plan to build your life around, for chrissakes make sure you complete the job; I don't want to labour the point, but if you want to put men on the moon, meals on wheels, or bandages on bodies, please assess the whole picture FROM DAY ONE, and continue to review the results of all that investment in your time and effort, and GET IT RIGHT. I've had spray on dressings on my many injuries and repairs for at least the last twenty years; today's experience with the rat was the worst of this twenty first century that I can recall, and if we are going back to bog primitive, can you at least make your bills reflect the last century too?
Nuff said.