“Adrianne, we’ve been calling you!” “Oh sorry, I didn’t hear you…”

For a while I felt that veterinary technology was not what I wanted to be doing with my life. I’m completely against convenience and population control euthanasia. I’d rather die than to help put thousands of healthy animals to sleep each week. So I decided to try and find something else. I looked into interior design, and it sounded fun, but that was it. I don’t think I could have motivated myself to stay in school for 2 1/2 years and pay $60K tuition because it was fun. I thought about being a pastry chef. Yeah, I know, I’m all over the place. I thought about going back to community college and taking some basic classes. About 2 months ago I sent my resume out to a veterinary clinic not far from here. Well, I sent my resume out to about 40 clinics, but this was hopeful because they at least called me back!
During the interview I mentioned I had all my study materials from a career school in veterinary technology. She asked if I’d be willing to receive training for it while working as a receptionist. Of course! And on the way out, I turned and asked, “What’s your policy on euthanasia?” She replied “We don’t do convenience euthanasia. Our veterinary staff absolutely WILL NOT put a healthy animal to sleep. Only if it is too sick to live happily or too injured to heal.” Wow. Seriously? I had called around to at least 50 clinics and hospitals in my area about a year ago, and no one was sticking to the morals of euthanasia. I didn’t think anyone felt the way I did about it. I teared up a little on the way home, feeling like I really found a great place. It almost felt like that interview was God’s sign of showing me I was meant to love animals, and be with people who do, too.
I got a call Monday with a job offer. I accepted excitedly, and I start this afternoon for training. I’m not sure when I can be finished with veterinary technician training, but as long as I have the job secured for my future, I have a great motivator for keeping this job. It’s not just going to be working at the front desk until who knows when. I have something big to look forward to.
Dave said he will more than gladly help me start my rescue in a few years. Did I mention that before? It’s my dream to open a small rescue (15-20 cats) for kitties on the euthanasia list. I would like to have enough room in this shelter so that the cats never have to be in a cage, until they’re going home in a carrier. I love animals with all my heart. But it breaks my heart when I think of all the animals I won’t be able to save. I want them all to live and be happy and have warm homes to live in forever, and I hate knowing that so many will never have that because of human error. I want to do my part. And maybe people don’t understand this passion I have for animals, but I honestly feel it’s something like what they feel for their children. It does sound looney. But they are part of my family and I would do anything to keep them safe, happy, and loved.