How dare you suggest that I am nothing but compassionate about my job. Of course I understand the loss of a pet, I am a pet owner myself and I feel my heart drop a bit each time I have to help a client through the loss of their own pet. Clients have done nothing but thank me for my support when I have helped with the PTS of their pet. And as a student with, compared to a qualified vet nurse, not much experience, I am extremely proud of this.

I would go the extra mile every single time to help save someone's pet, this is why I made the offending comment in the first place. I know it was said in jest but its true. Most people would just drive on or not bother doing anything with the cat, thinking its on its last legs. I would, no matter what I was doing or where I was going, immediately rush it to work and pay for the treatment, whether it be a pet, stray or feral.

Some pet owners themselves do not even care about treatment of their own pets.

I remember one particular client brought in a hamster with three legs. Their cat had bitten the fourth one off but of course the hamster "wasn't in pain". They had a choice to either pay to get his wound stitched up and have a happy, healthy three-legged hamster or to just put him to sleep. At first they chose to pts because they weren't even willing to pay for a stitch up. At this point, I would have paid for his op and taken him home but thankfully they decided to pay for the op. No doubt the cat would have been allowed to play with the hamster again though...

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