A Career As A Veterinary Technician

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I want to be a veterinary technician because I want to help animals out more than I have already tried too. The things that appeal most about being a veterinary technician is usually the flexible hours that they give, and being a veterinary technician has on the job flexibility. Vet technicians work hard to help their pets and to make their people smile. Veterinary Technicians have hands on training and hands on work all day while they are working. All veterinary technicians that I know and saw at work kept running back and forth through sugeries and appointments, I believe Veterinarians have it worse than them because they have to do everything including: Surgeries, prescription medicines, appointments, putting animals down. They do everything,

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