Hour 17: Dr. V trivia

by | Saturday | November 7, 2009 | 20 comments

Because I need to go eat something- not dog food- and take a shower, here is a quick one.

1. I was born in Massachusetts

2. Until vet school I never owned a cat

3. My favorite color is green

4. I spent a semester in college interning at the LA CountyCoroner

5. The smell of fish makes me gag

6. I wanted to be a human doctor because I thought patients dying on me would bother me less than if I were a veterinarian

7. When I was in vet school I was planning on being a lab animal vet or researcher

8. I’ve been blogging in various formats since 2001.

9. My first pet was a Lhasa Apso. I got her when I was 8 and she died my freshman year of vet school.

Any other random questions? I’ll pick a couple to answer.

Filed: Blogathon
  • Tamara

    If you could change one thing about the world of veterinary medicine, what would it be?

    • http://www.pawcurious.com Dr. V

      That owners understood the commitment of owning a pet. Absolutely.

  • Lisa

    What are your thoughts around animals in research? I attended an HSUS conference this summer (and subsequently became a vegetarian), and of course that was a prevalent topic of discussion….

    • http://www.pawcurious.com Dr. V

      Oh, that’s a complex one. I will do that as a real blog post sometime.

  • Kristyn

    What is your best memory of vet school?

    • http://www.pawcurious.com Dr. V

      Besides graduating? lol The time the ancient head of the hospital pulled me aside senior year to offer me an unsolicited letter of recommendation. Awesome.

      • Kristyn

        Thats fantastic!

  • http://annora.wordpress.com/ Tassia

    What’s your favourite dish in the entire world?

    • http://www.pawcurious.com Dr. V

      caprese salad with buffalo mozzarella. To die for.

      • http://annora.wordpress.com/ Tassia

        That sounds absolutely mouth-watering. Mine is a toss-up between sushi (I loves me my fish) and chicken and monterey jack chimichangas.

      • Lisa

        There were no figs in that response! Shocking to me.

  • http://profile.to/susanelmersmith nasuSremlE

    The smell of fish makes you gag? You definitely didn’t want to smell that d/d salmon then. While it’s mild, it’s definitely fishy. LOL

  • http://twitter.com/geekaren karen

    What is your favorite aspect of being a vet?

    • http://www.pawcurious.com Dr. V

      I know it sounds cheesy, but when someone says thank you and means it genuinely, it makes all the other stuff worth it.

      • http://twitter.com/geekaren karen

        Not cheesy at all… When I asked my vet that question a few months back, his answer was the same as yours.

  • Tonya

    I’d agree with you on #6.

  • Lisa

    BTW, hours 16 and 17 not tagged for blogathon so not showing there…

    • Lisa

      Oops. Obviously you figured that out!!!

  • http://myspyderweb.blogspot.com Spyder

    Random question: What do you think about feeding puppy food longer than 1 year? Specifically for Xander a Great Dane?

  • http://www.acchb.com VetLovingPetsHB

    Favorite animal? Favorite food? Favorite wine? How’d you meet your hubby? What does your human child want to be? ;-)