Life on the Wild Side
A new grad trying to figure out life after school. |
Clinical pathology, though a necessary and important rotation, was not the most interesting. We would often find ourselves finished with our work and scrolling through Facebook before the afternoon was over. When I received a text from a doctor friend of mine, I immediately read it. "Are you by chance on a cruisy rotation? Do you want to help me feed puppies tonight?" She warned that it would be a night without much sleep. As a vet student, that didn't phase me. Of course I wanted to feed and cuddly with 12 hour old puppies! The rest of clinical pathology that afternoon flew by. When I arrived at the breeder's house, I was met by mama's wagging tail. She had been refusing to feed her puppies, which is where we came in. The puppies needed to be fed approximately every 2 hours. Newborn puppies also don't have control of their bowel movements, so they have to be stimulated to go to the bathroom after eating. I had arrived just after their feeding, so I had a little bit of time to get adjusted before the work began. (If we're being honest, I mostly just sat and watching and pet the puppies.) A little less than two hours later, the puppies began squealing. Hungry puppies are loud and persistent creatures! Mama had to be coaxed into a position and held so that her puppies could eat. Each puppy was introduced to a teat, and ate until he/she was full (about 30-45 minutes). Then when they fell off of mom's teats (like engorged ticks, was the analogy the doctor used), we stimulated them to pee and poop and then they snuggled back into their warm box all together. The whole process took over an hour. By the end of it, we were exhausted. The doctor suggested we try to take a nap, but we were barely into our rest (or so it felt) when a pup started squealing. One puppy squealing wasn't too big of a distractor, but a few minutes later, two pups started squealing. A few minutes after that, they all joined in. So we repeated the process of holding mom, feeding the pups, then preparing them to sleep. The puppies definitely got some sleep that night, but I'm not sure the humans involved did. I learned many things that night, especially about newborn puppy care and personal stamina. I also gained a newfound respect for dog breeders--raising newborn puppies is a LOT of work and consists of many sleepless nights. And at the end of it all, I decided that I will never be a dog breeder! Because raising puppies is such hard work, some companies give their employees paid pawternity leave! Check it out! After just one night with the puppies, I was ready for pawturnity leave from class. Vet school doesn't quite work that way, though I did go home and take a nap that afternoon! All in all, it was a pawsitively great experience!
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