Reflections of a traveling veterinarian
It was a year ago that I was sitting in my little cottage in Falun, with three farm cats as my only company. With cold temperatures, but virtually no snow outside, I had ran out of excuses to make start on a project that I had pledged to pursue half a year earlier in Toronto….. …
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Aneta, my always helpful Polish colleague (and another person who wanted to kidnap my dog…..), who I already had worked together with in Sweden, got in touch – if I was interested working in a practice just 5 minutes (by bike !) away from my house in Camberley?…. The practice in question was Phoenix Vets, …
It was at the beginning of March in Antwerp at the Belgian Small Animal Veterinary Congress, when I met for the last time “physically” with my friends and colleagues from all over Europe to debate, to work, to learn with each other and to enjoy each other’s company. Until then FECAVA (Federation of European Small …
Having returned from Italy, I came across an advert with a job offer that was just too good to miss: in the heart of Oxford and only a couple of hundred meters away from patient 58 (see last summer’s blog….), a veterinary clinic was looking for a vet to help out for three weeks. I …
It is the middle of September (yes, I know….I am a bit behind with my blog….) and finally, after a pretty crazy and unpredictable year, where working appeared to be the best option to spend your time, there was something appearing on the horizon that roughly resembled the idea of “holidays”…. Before COVID 19 was …
While now sitting nearly 3000 km away from Falun, in a medieval fortress (with a slightly more modern interior than 500 years ago….) in Apulia, on the East Coast of Italy, with Mia sleeping on the floor next to me, after a long hike through the countryside, my mind is traveling back to a memorable …
Working in different countries or regions as a veterinary surgeon, I consider the exposure to conditions and treatment solutions I have not encountered before, both as a real challenge and as a great benefit. For many years my work for FECAVA, the Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Associations and the involvement with FVE, the …
Undoubtedly a great advantage of working so far North in Sweden, is the direct proximity to large areas of undisturbed countryside and forest and – a bit further North from Falun – to the Fjäll areas. Not as steep as in neighboring Norway, these high alpine plateaus feature a tundra landscape which is otherwise only …
Working in a busy small animal clinic during the summer months, I noticed that in Sweden we are seeing – thankfully – only very few dogs and cats that had been hit by cars. To be honest, during the whole month of July, I can only recall seeing a single patient with a pelvic fracture …
After savouring a few continental delights, I finally had to leave Silke and Bavaria behind to , once again, follow a call to the North. Yes, it was time for a return to Sweden, but this time in the summer ! On this journey – for a change – I was not traveling alone, but …
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