Shelter Care

My mentor's name is Jennifer and she is part of the Orphanage Priceless Pet Rescue Adoption No-Kill Shelter. She is an expert because she has been part of the shelter for years and is there everyday of the week taking care of the animals and directs all the volunteers. Her daughter even volunteered for a few years. 

I officially have a mentor now so that was great new today! So far everything is working fine at Priceless Pets in Claremont and I really love all the animals there. I'm meeting more volunteers, becoming more confident with handling animals, and learning the whole flow at the shelter. 

Nothing is really showing to me as difficult right now, but the only thing I don't particularly enjoy are the Working Bibliographies. I just need to adapt to the whole process of finding my articles ahead of time to meet the Research Checks on Fridays. Overall, the senior project is going okay for me.

I knew this before, but having an actual veterinarian say it to my face that having a veterinarian as a mentor will be difficult was probably an important wake up call. I would probably rephrase the questions. Having a set of questions kind of threw me off and the way I just read it off the paper at first threw off Dr. Goldstein. 

I did ask Dr. Goldstein for additional resources and contacts, but he didn't recommend any specific source or place other than Google. However, he did say that checking with schools with vet programs could help. That was probably the most helpful because he thought the internet was the best source.

I researched him and he graduated from one of the best vet schools in America, which is Cornell and studied many other branches connected to veterinary.

What I'm hoping to accomplish through my senior project is if I really want to pursue veterinary as a career. I have always planned to go to college with Animal Science as my major and then go to vet school and then go on to be licensed. Now that I'm learning all the sacrifices and discipline skills you need to accomplish to become a vet makes me respect veterinarians more. I hope that one day I could say I went through all the schooling and training to be an animal doctor. I'm passionate about animals and I hope veterinary could be a right path for me.

I plan to interview a practicing veterinarian at a animal hospital that can possibly be my future mentor. I do have a location in mind near my house and I will hopefully get my interview there.

1. I'm interested in studying Veterinary. What could you tell me about it?
2. From your perspective, what could I study that would be significant to other people?
3. Who else would you recommend?
4. What kinds of places or activities do you recommend I do for the mentorship?
5. What materials should I read in this field? Who else can I interview?

I plan to ask where the veterinarian where he/she did his/her schooling with specifics in what they majored in and where they completed veterinary school. Also, I would ask about special or interesting moments that has happened since he/she has been a veterinarian.