There are some clients that make you want to rip your hair out, punch something, or restrict from breeding (themselves or their pets). However, there are many wonderful, truly amazing, and loving pet parents out there that make dealing with the nasties worth it.
This quote is from a vet tech on a veterinary forum I frequent. These are the types of clients that make it all worth it.
“Feeling so bad for the couple who came in with their cat because it had diarrhoea, only to be told it actually has end stage HCM. They thought it’s huge abdomen was just a lot of weight gain and that’s also why she was so quiet. Guy asked if we could do heart transplants in cats. I explained that even if we could, where would we get the donors from? He replied, close to tears, ‘she could have mine’.”
This guy would have gotten a big bear hug from me and some tears too.