Speaking as someone who is in the veterinary field, though just as an assistant, I'd would have to agree with the comment on the survey. I doubt very much that anyone connect with animal care had a hand in it. For myself, love has a great deal to do with why I'm still in it after nearly eight years, but also a sense of responsibility as well. There has to be something that carries you forward- past exhaustion, bites, and being dowsed with every possible fluid an animal's body can produce. Heck, I make jokes with friends about it being a calling....like they refer to the priesthood as being, but maybe it's not such a joke. All I know is that, despite everything, I'm glad I'm doing it and hope to be doing it another eight years, if not more.
Speaking as someone who is in the veterinary field, though just as an assistant, I'd would have to agree with the comment on the survey. I doubt very much that anyone connect with animal care had a hand in it. For myself, love has a great deal to do with why I'm still in it after nearly eight years, but also a sense of responsibility as well. There has to be something that carries you forward- past exhaustion, bites, and being dowsed with every possible fluid an animal's body can produce. Heck, I make jokes with friends about it being a calling....like they refer to the priesthood as being, but maybe it's not such a joke. All I know is that, despite everything, I'm glad I'm doing it and hope to be doing it another eight years, if not more.