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Title: If Wishes Were Horses by Loretta Gage ISBN: 0-312-92877-7 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful book! One to keep and read again and again.
Comment: If you have ever been faced with adversity when trying to acheive your dream, this book will lift your spirits and show you that you are not alone, and that it can be done. For every person who wants to be a vet but was told, "It's too hard, too expensive, you're not smart enough, vets don't make enough money, etc.", this is the book for you. Maybe the reviewer who didn't like this book never had to face ridicule, ignorance or discouragement, but thank God for Loretta Gage! Because of her story, this old coot (I'm 34) is going to veterinary school! Thanks again, Dr Gage. Please bring on the sequel!
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful story-- and true!
Comment: I loved this book! It doesn't try to skim over the tough parts of vet school or the ethical, financial, and professional conflicts both in school and after one becomes a practicing vet. I believe in animal rights, and I find some of the things in this book horrific, but they do not detract from this story... they give it more of a ring of truth.
If you are really sqeamish, I wouldn't recommend this book, but otherwise, especially if you are/will be/would like to be a veterinarian!
Rating: 1
Summary: It's just not this awful!
Comment: I read this book before starting veterinary school and it terrified me with its accounts of sleepless nights, failed relationships, nonsensical classes and cruel professors. Now that I'm in vet school, I wish I'd never read this book before starting!
This may have been an accurate portrayal of how vet school was for her, but I don't think it's an accurate portrayal of how it is for most people. She's right about financial stress, having huge amounts of info thrown at you, and having to study a whole lot and give up a lot of your social life. But my profs are by and large friendly, I don't study every free minute, and half my class is married, engaged, or partnered, including me! I still find time for the important people in my life and most of us generally get a reasonable amount of sleep!
She emphasizes the negatives and leaves out the positives. I think vet school have changed since her day, at least the one I'm at. And the veterinary profession is changing too. So -- don't assume that your experience will be like hers.
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Title: The Veterinarian's Touch: Profiles of Life Among Animals by Lee Gutkind, Lee an Unspoken Art Gutkind ISBN: 0805058117 Publisher: Owl Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Animal Er: Extraordinary Stories of Hope and Healing from One of the World's Leading Veterinary Hospitals by Vicki Croke ISBN: 0452281016 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 31 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Making of a Woman Vet by Sally Haddock, Kathy Matthews ISBN: 067149967X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 August, 1985 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Appointment at the Ends of the World : Memoirs of a Wildlife Veterinarian by William B. Karesh ISBN: 0446675997 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Fields and Pastures New: My First Year As a Country Vet by John McCormack, Elisa Wares ISBN: 0449225364 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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