Who has a career with animals?

julesyb1982
julesyb1982 Posts: 136
edited February 3 in Chit-Chat
What do you do? Do you LOVE it?

I work in Human Resources but my passion is animals. I'm trying to figure out how to get into the field! I have a BS in Management.

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  • OnionMomma
    OnionMomma Posts: 938 Member
    I work with primary age kids, does this count? :wink:
  • Janice2Shakira
    Janice2Shakira Posts: 257
    Use to work in a vet clinic, the animals were great but the people? Not so much.


    My goal is to finish up school and get into some sort of wildlife program.,
  • michael1976_ca
    michael1976_ca Posts: 3,488 Member
    i worked in a vet place. i couldn't do it see the animals after the operations. then i worked on an alpaca hobby farm. i love it. except when they spit. gross you would have to ride home with the window open. but i loved the job stayed there 2 and half years. i moved and i'm looking to work on a horse ranch in the area
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Use to work in a vet clinic, the animals were great but the people? Not so much.

    Same. I worked at an animal hospital and a shelter before that. The animals were great. And actually, most of the clients at the vets were good. Some were really annoying - the paranoid ones who wanted to be seen for every fart and hiccup - but those annoying ones were often the best owners.

    The vets themselves, though, were nutjobs. Good vets, bad bosses.

    Presently, I'm working with animals in a completely different way. I'm painting their portraits. :smile:
  • Janice2Shakira
    Janice2Shakira Posts: 257

    Same. I worked at an animal hospital and a shelter before that. The animals were great. And actually, most of the clients at the vets were good. Some were really annoying - the paranoid ones who wanted to be seen for every fart and hiccup - but those annoying ones were often the best owners.

    The vets themselves, though, were nutjobs. Good vets, bad bosses.

    Presently, I'm working with animals in a completely different way. I'm painting their portraits. :smile:

    Nice! If only I could paint lol

    To OP: Are you looking for hands-on? You can become a zoo keeper or vet tech fairly easy, but that's sort of a step below a BS degree. I'm sort of side-stepping the biology intensive route and going for a BS in geography, hoping to snag a wildlife job doing tracking and migration patterns. Its not nearly as hands-on as being a vet, but there is the occasional tagging or helping a lost baby duck or deer etc.

    ETA: I realize that my side-step is below what a BS is usually for, as well. I just don't care because I would be doing the sort of things I love
  • julesyb1982
    julesyb1982 Posts: 136

    Same. I worked at an animal hospital and a shelter before that. The animals were great. And actually, most of the clients at the vets were good. Some were really annoying - the paranoid ones who wanted to be seen for every fart and hiccup - but those annoying ones were often the best owners.

    The vets themselves, though, were nutjobs. Good vets, bad bosses.

    Presently, I'm working with animals in a completely different way. I'm painting their portraits. :smile:



    Nice! If only I could paint lol

    To OP: Are you looking for hands-on? You can become a zoo keeper or vet tech fairly easy, but that's sort of a step below a BS degree. I'm sort of side-stepping the biology intensive route and going for a BS in geography, hoping to snag a wildlife job doing tracking and migration patterns. Its not nearly as hands-on as being a vet, but there is the occasional tagging or helping a lost baby duck or deer etc.


    Well I'd like to work hands on. And getting a vet tech degree would be going backwards for me. I keep thinking about starting my own pet sitting business. My current pet sitter is great and has offered me some tips of the trade, but I'm so scared to start and not sure WHERE to start. I am not sure I could be a vet tech and see animals die daily. I don't know... I just know I'm not doing what I love. I love animals and need to somehow work with them.
  • SmileCozYouCan
    SmileCozYouCan Posts: 315 Member
    I actually don't officialy have a career that has to do with animals, but I've rescued 14 (now 15) cats and kittens before so I guess its my hobby?! lol!
  • Janice2Shakira
    Janice2Shakira Posts: 257
    I don't know... I just know I'm not doing what I love. I love animals and need to somehow work with them.

    I so know that feeling.
    Well I'd like to work hands on. And getting a vet tech degree would be going backwards for me. I keep thinking about starting my own pet sitting business. My current pet sitter is great and has offered me some tips of the trade, but I'm so scared to start and not sure WHERE to start. I am not sure I could be a vet tech and see animals die daily.

    I am currently working at a small business (we are celebrating our first year open this weekend), and I gotta say it takes a lot of capital to start your own place (we're still in the red most months). Petting sitting you can do from home, which is a bonus, but insurance and legal fees will still be an issue. You can get basic small business advice from a legal consultant.

    If you have the spare time, volunteering at a no-kill shelter can be very rewarding, but obviously not for financial gain. I got to do it when I was a teen, but right now I am just too busy. It's great because once you get the dirty work done, they encourage you to take the animals out to socialize them.
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