Becoming A Veterinarian

There are many kinds of careers people can choose from, all with different salaries and different requirements to get there. Sometimes people are okay with jobs that are easier to get that do not require a lot of effort, but when you have the discipline required for a higher paying job you can live better off. I chose veterinarian as my career because it has a high paying salary, requires graduate schooling, the work days are full of challenges, and it lets you travel for the job. The requirements to be a veterinarian are not easy, but once you complete them, it is well worth it. “Earning your Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree typically takes four years of study after undergraduate school” (Learn.org). Typically to become a veterinarian, you need to complete four years of undergraduate study and four more years of graduate school. There can be exceptions sometimes if the graduate program admits you without having completed the whole four year undergraduate program. All that is required is the core classes such as “animal biology, microbiology, animal nutrition, zoology, and systemic physiology” (Learn.org). The hours put in to become a vet are very strenuous, but even after you finish school the typical day as a vet can still be a challenge.

“When working with animals that are frightened or in pain, veterinarians risk being bitten, kicked, or scratched” (Tufts.edu). As a veterinarian, you will come across animals that will not cooperate with you and will try and fight back to your help. It can be frustrating at times but those animals will bite and scratch you and make the job not seem less desirable but that is sometimes what you will have to deal with. Sometimes with bigger animals though, you will have to travel to