Ok...im in quite the pickle here. I am wanting to figure out my career and get everything arranged for my college. BUT, I don't know what I want to do. I want something with animals and im stuck deciding between two things: Veterinary or Pet Boarding. What would the cost be for me to start up my own pet boarding kennel? and what college would i have to do? and in the vet category i don;t know if i can handle all the sugeries and stuff that goes along with it....sombody give me advice...i really dont want to spend 8 years of my life in veterinary college away from my dog Foxy help!

There is no college to go to for pet boarding it's a service you would have to start up on your own and no degree would cover the service.

Vet training is a long and tedious process, you have to be a 4.0 student and you have to be able to take a scalpel and be willing to cut open an animal.

Why do you want to be a vet specifically?
Do you think you could take the pressure of an emergency situation?
What about dealing with the pet owner's?
Also keep in mind the possibility of the animal dying in your care, it will happen eventually and a lot of people who want to be vets don't think about the emotional barrier you have to put up.

Keep in mind you have to deal with everything from dogs to someone's pet turtle.

yeah I know there is no degree for pet boarding but I'd probably go into only pre-vet or veterinary technitian so i can have that as some-what of a background.

Im probaly gonna back out of the whole veterianry thing, because like i said earlier, I don't think i can handle all that. The whole process of going into Verterinary for 8 years is too long and I don't think i can go through that whole process.

i'm glad you have been thinking hard about this and i wish you luck in your ventures. have you thought about dog training?

It's one animal specific but they DO have colleges to learn proper dog training techniques and the experience is something that could help with understanding dogs if you choose to run a boarding facility.

Something else that is important is looking up courses as a dog behaviourist.

I myself am going to be a vet then start my own ranch business. Maybe you could train doggys that is always fun right? Please don't thing me dumb cause i never heard of this but what is Pet Boarding? Like I said never heard of it, is it like where you take strays and try to get them adopted?

Pet boarding is when you charge a fee to watch people's animals when they go out of town etc.

Oh I have heard of that. that could be cool to do, but what do you really want to do wolves_hero?

I really don't know what i want to do but i dont think veterinary is for me because 8 years and alot of classes. I just think that's be too much for me. I went to a boarding kennel neer where i live that our dogs go to when we are gone and i just visited for the day ad worked there. I really liked what all they did and it kinda sparked an intrest in me so i might just go for that and ill take pet grooming classes one summer most likely.

Im researching a whle bunch on it so I know what I could be getting myself into.

The Doggie Day Care/Dog Boarding facility my dogs go to is staffed by Vet Tech's. I'm not sure how long you have to go to school to become a Vet Tech, but have you thought about that as a possiblity. I also think it would be good for you to really sit down with someone who runs a boarding facility and see what all that entails. I know I wouldn't take my dogs to a facility where the people were untrained in what to look for with a dogs health and behavior.

Hey wolves_hero have you thought what collage you'll go to yet? Me I'm goin to go to kansas state.

thanx for all the help people, and Cassie_kittyluv, i have no clue what college yet..ill figure that out at a later time

Oky doky and call me Cassie. So, how are you?

purdy good, o.O *phew* foxy needs a bath...she smells all sweaty from being outside...were gonna have to clip her sister next summer cuz she has a thicker coat than foxy tho.

LOL thats cool
Oh guess what...my dad got a job in france and now we are moving there.

...you are moving to FRANCE?!?!
lucky lol
just went to nice and paris on march break. its fabolous! how long are you going to live there for?

LOL I guess, Im kind of nerves(sp?) about moving there though. And my dad doesn't know if we can bring the pets with us . Um not sure how long, we are moving in december or Jan. I'm really going to miss my mom and family, and my best friends.
Oh and where's nice? I have never been out of the USA before , dad is making me learn french too.

Nice is in south France near Monaco. It pernounced niece. It was warm for March lol. Paris was pretty nice as well. I went with my school on a march break trip to a bunch of places in Italy and France. I have also been to Mexico, Jamica, Dominican Republic, Florida, New York, Nova Scotia, Grand Turk (carribean), Grand Caymen (carribean). Oh and also Wales and England when I was a baby so I dont remember lol. I think I might be going to Mexico again in Febuary for a vacation lol.

Parents seperated? Mine are too lol. It sucks that you cant bring your animals though Maybe you father will let you have a pet in France. That would be neat! They love dogs in France lol.

Ewww I hate french. Its manditory to take it in GR. 9 but I dropped it after that. I took italian in Gr 10 and this year as well. Its easier to me.

What does your dad do? Like france is far to move. Are you going to be living there forever now?

You could take your animals to france if they go through quarentine(sp?). well of course, if ur dad says its alrigth to take them. i hope you get to take them with you cuz i couldnt live w/o my doggie shes literally my guardian angel!

WOW you have been everywhere collie (sry forgot ur name). My grandfather's father is from england but I have never been there.
I could have another animal Collie but I don't want any others then my babys.
Ya french sucks but I got to learn if im movin down there you know, And I don't know if we're goin to live there for ever I hope not though.

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