Chapter 1 Hot Topics Pets

1. PamperedPets Chapter 1

2. Which are real pets? What are pets? http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/

3. Workingwithanimals DogTrainer Veterinary Nurse VeterinarySurgeon

4. DogTrainer What does a dog trainer do? Guide dog trainers socialize puppies and train dogs and new owners together. They also visit dogs that have been living and working with their owners for a while. Day to day work includes: walking dogs and getting them used to different environments helping dogs to learn how to guide their owner safely through gaps and around obstacles teaching the dogs simple commands and rules introducing dogs to working in a harness finding the right dog for an owner (the temperament of one dog might suit the lifestyle of a particular person) introducing new dogs to owners and training them together giving support and advice to people who already have a guide dog or who would like to get one http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/working/dogtrainer/

5. Veterinary Nurse What does a veterinary nurse do? Veterinary nurses work alongside vets, dealing with the day to day care of hospitalised animals and helping with operations, cleaning teeth and taking samples. Veterinary nurses’ work includes: getting patients ready for operations monitoring a patient’s breathing, heart rate and body temperature during operations claw clipping, wound checks and suture removal scaling and polishing teeth under general anaesthetic taking samples of blood, skin and urine triage (assessing patients before a vet sees them) How do you get into it It’s a good idea to work part time or as a volunteer at a vet’s surgery so that you have relevant experience before starting veterinary nurse studies. You could get experience at: a veterinary clinic an animal welfare centre a Riding stables http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/working/nurse/

6. VeterinarySurgeon What does a veterinary surgeon do? Vets give medical care to domestic or wild animals. Some vets work with a variety of different animals, others specialize in particular kinds, for example horses, birds, exotic or farm animals. A vet doesn’t just treat sick animals, but also gives preventative medicine and advice. A vet’s work often includes: diagnosing and treating sick and injured animals giving vaccinations micro-chipping animals testing animals, like cattle, for disease talking samples and looking at them under the microscope clipping nails and scaling teeth performing operations prescribing medicine inspecting farms and kennels being on call (during evenings, nights and weekends vets need to be ready to deal with emergencies) How do you get into it It’s good to have experience of working with animals, like: work experience at a veterinary practice working on a farm or stables working at a kennels or cattery working for an animal welfare organization http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/working/vet/

7. New RestaurantwithThatSpecialDog in Mind

8. New RestaurantwithThatSpecialDog in Mind BrainstormStudent´s ideas afterreading

9. Camp Hideway

10. Camp Hideway BrainstormStudent´s ideas afterreading

11. LifeafterDeath?

12. LifeafterDeath BrainstormStudent´s ideas afterreading