Ep 67: Why Pet Care Should Be Accessible & Affordable To All Pet Owners: Crossover Episode

04/12/22 • 36 min

Today, in this special crossover episode, Katya from The Animal That Changed You podcast is taking over as host for Dr. Scott and Dr. Mike from The Vets Unleashed to interview Dr. Lindsay Daly. Dr. Lindsay is a veterinarian working with an Austin-based organization called Emancipet, whose mission is to make veterinary care affordable and accessible. Katya and Dr. Daly talk about why the financial barrier to pet ownership should be reduced and what Emancipet is actively doing about it today. Dr. Daly also shares when she realized that vet medicine was her calling and what programs are being created to diversify the veterinarian industry. Tune in to find out more about Dr. Daly's work with Emancipet and her participation in the advancements of vet medicine.

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Ep 66: Catching Up on the First Semester of Veterinary School with Stephanie Han

Today, Dr. Mike and Dr. Scott are welcoming back a familiar voice, Stephanie Han. You might remember Stephanie, a first-year veterinary student who first made her appearance last season. Now that she’s officially done with the first semester of veterinary school, she is back to catch up with the vets on how her first semester went. Stephanie shares the highs and the lows of wrapping up her first semester, how her study group and classmates prepare together and individually, as well as some studying habits that Stephanie found useful. Tune in to listen to how Stephanie’s previous experiences helped her in her first semester of veterinary school, and where goat poop fits into the mix.

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Ep 68: Myth Busting in Vet Medicine

Today, Dr. Mike and Dr. Scott are talking about the myths and misunderstandings in the veterinarian medicine space, including where these myths come from and how they handle this misinformation when it pops up in the exam room.

Dr. Mike and Dr. Scott share why there’s a lot of misinformation out there in vet medicine and how a few underlying grains of truth have caused some myths to compound and circulate through the pet world.

Are you curious if dogs are really color blind? Does a wagging tail mean the dog is friendly? Are cats nocturnal? And do they always land on their feet?

Tune in to find out which ones are true facts and which are conspiracy theories.