What Schools Offer the Best Veterinary Technician Program?
Veterinary technician is a promising career that takes very special, motivated people with a mind for scientific knowledge and a heart for pet owners and their furry, feathered and scaly companions.
What schools in America offer the best veterinary technicial programs? We will look into this important question, as a veterinary facility is only as good as the technicians who will handle, transport, administer medications and groom pets, usually having more interaction with the animals than the skilled animal doctors who oversee the facility.
When looking to matriculate into a veterinary technician program, one should keep in mind several important factors:
1) Cost
2) Reputation of school
3) Regard and Esteem animal clinics in area you wish to work hold the local schoools you may attend
4) Academic Excellence of Facility/Experience You Can Earn
This simple guidelines will help you find that best vet tech program and prepare you for a very in-demand career.
1. Brown Mackie College
Brown Mackie College is a Nationally Accredited institution that has an excellent track record and strong advertising campaign, boasting in how many successful students have gone on for careers in pet and animal care.
Veterinary physicians have noted that graduates of Brown Mackie are always ‘fast with the hands and twice as fast with a heart that beats for passion in their career’. The students of Brown Mackie learn that taking care of an animal is just not all about clinical excellence: it is also all about caring, comfort and nurturing, something that all schools do not teach. Brown Mackie graduates are typicall very well-rounded and prepared for a career in veterinary medicine and many go on to become veterinarians in latter portions of their careers.
2. Penn Foster College, Online
Penn Foster College is a great school that offers students flexibility and a challenging curriculum all in one! The neat aspect of Penn Foster’s academic accredidation is the ability to learn vet tech skills online, giving students freedom, flexibility and access to quality education, despite distance from a place of learning.
It seems that at the end of each semester, a ‘hands-on’ experience for learning and handling animals on site is also provided. What a neat, novel and reputable way to learn animal care with convenience. This school is definitely worth checking out and is good for the price.
In the balance, we see a good distribution of learning opportunties at campus based and online veteriniary technician schools. Both institutions have pros and cons, and in the end, it depends on your needs as a student as to what sort of school you can attend. There are a variety of websites that neatly profile the nation’s veterinary technician programs and you may view all schools here.
If you are interested in vet tech or are currently enrolled in a degree/certificate program at a nationally or regionally accredited school, please give insight and share your experience and what schools you may suggest or find less than satisfying.
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Author: Adam Nelson
1:08 pm
So what, pray-tell, does this have to do with Christianity? Oh right, you’re wanting to embarrass Claire because of her school. My what a mature person you are.
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4:18 pm
How does this article attack Claire? The world does not revolve around her. I find this article to be informative and insightful. Dr. Nelson is always very conscious of animals, medical care, and educational quality.
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4:23 pm
The only one who cares about Mount Ida or Vet Technology just to one-up someone is Adam, and who’s the one person Adam’s had the longest spat about her education with? Claire. This isn’t the first time he’s bitched about it, and odds are it won’t be the last.
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4:23 pm
That’s a contradiction if I ever heard one, Adam only cares about himself. He’s selfish and paranoid, and a hateful human being.
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4:28 pm
Your words really cut sharp like a betrayer’s dagger. Why do you persecute me when I take so much time to help engage this community and help spread values journalism this world so desperately starves for.
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4:36 pm
Your “journalism” is biased. Real journalism is not supposed to outright attack readers you feel like attacking at the moment. Real journalism reports facts only, not outright opinions and lies.
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4:37 pm
You spread lies and hatred of humanity. What kind of human being would actively declare war on the rest of the world simply because they aren’t EXACTLY like YOU? The answer: No human being would.
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5:01 pm
Well LN pray tell what school did you go to? And what are you studying?
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4:33 pm
L.N, Shannon. I’m shocked by this. I thought we were respecting and trusting each other now. Look below at Adams comments. I only see someone who cares. Do you know how much time and money Dr Nelson donates to the underprivileged and lazy? Yes, he might be a little eccentric, but that’s what makes him a great Doctor. I’ll tell you, if I was dying I’d rather have my life in his hands than anyone else I know.
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4:41 pm
I have no respect for him, he’s ignorant and hateful. I have shown respect for those that have shown it to me. He’s gonna have to try pretty damn hard to get respect from me.
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4:52 pm
Don’t lower yourself to Claire’s level. Be your own leader. Take charge….do good.
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4:56 pm
Didn’t I offer you a tech job at a California hospital? I’m pretty sure it was you and you turned it down, just based on Claire’s jealous words of deceit. I could have taken you under my wing and helped you into a career of nursing or who knows, maybe even a helper PA or ARNP.
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5:00 pm
Adam, which California hospital do you work at? And why would I think you would honestly give me a job based on the opinions you have expressed here? I need proof of this job offer, then I will take you seriously and even stop posting negative things of you.
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5:28 pm
I could do as much as making sure your resume/curriculum vitae was appreciated and get you an interview. After that it is all up to HR and out of my hands, but my recommendation would have gone a long way, especially if you manged to impress me somehow.
Now, though, you seem as wild and dangerous as Claire. Not sure if I could trust someone who speaks as terse as you to be compassionate and with good skills to properly, nurture, what’s needed.
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5:32 pm
Ha that’s funny because I was one of the Mental health techs where I came from, was even a shift charge after being there a year. So yea I have patience and people skills.
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5:53 pm
Adam, I’d like to interject here on Shannon’s behalf. Although she’s not representing herself well right now, she has shown moments of leadership and brilliance. I think she has let Claire’s hatred for us cloud her objectiveness.
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6:02 pm
Adam, if I recall correctly, anyone and everyone on here who you offered a nursing job to turned it down due to your sexist and dangerous views regarding nurses. You’ve said that you view them as no more than pawns who are there to pleasure you whenever you want. You’ve said that one of their duties is to provide doctors with sexual favors, despite the fact that that’s sexual harassment and illegal.
Thus, why would anyone accept a job offer from you? Such a proposition is simply degrading. I would fear for my bodily safety and integrity if I worked as one of your nurses.
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2:37 pm
“Veterinary technician is a promising career”
The career is called Veterinary Technology; the Veterinary Technician is the actual person.
“and a heart for pet owners and their furry, feathered and scaly companions.”
Other way around. We have a heart for furry, feathered, and scaly animals and their human companions.
“The neat aspect of Penn Foster’s academic accredidation is the ability to learn vet tech skills online, giving students freedom, flexibility and access to quality education, despite distance from a place of learning.”
You and your ilk have ripped on online programs in the past, so I don’t know why the fuck you included this.
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2:45 pm
In the research this school seemed to be consistently ranked as popular, a good cost and flexible. That is why I included it.
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2:55 pm
I think the key here is do not waste your money on a senseless education if you want to be a vet tech. Most vet techs we get are underprepared and end up learning 99% of their skills on the job. I recommend to aspiring vet techs, don’t waste your money at a pricey trade school and instead do some Community College or online items. You will save a lot of money and be viewed as less annoying and arrogant by your hiring DVM. I should not mention any schools by name, but there is one in particular to avoid. I suggest you read the latest school rankings, it is the bottom one.
Jeffrey R Abbot,
DVM, PhD
U Florida
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3:04 pm
The problem is that most veterinary practices do not abide by AVMA-approved techniques. At my school all of the skills we learn are by-the-book, as we are strictly regulated by not only the AVMA but the USDA as well. Many skills have to be relearned, however, upon getting a job, as many veterinarians have their “own” methods of doing things, things that the on-the-job-trained “techs” have adopted. At the practice I work at I can’t even mop the fucking floors the way I was trained to, as the OTJs do it a different, much faster, way.
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3:12 pm
The key is to be able to make your DVM or office manager happy. If you’re not prepared to do that, you are not in the correct field.
What school is yours?
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3:22 pm
I go to Mount Ida College.
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3:30 pm
Oh, really? I think I once heard a vet say to be careful with that school. Its reputation sort of suffers in the local area.
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3:31 pm
Ouch…
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3:33 pm
Adam, you’re well aware that I go to Mount Ida College, so don’t play stupid. And I’M well aware of your misconceptions regarding it.
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3:37 pm
http://christwire.org/2011/06/is-mount-ida-college-a-real-university-or-a-trade-school/#comment-112536
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3:38 pm
Wow, Claire. I had no idea you went to Mount Ida. I penned an article about that school and a vet happened to respond to it, with a statement about the school’s vet program. Let’s see what another doctor had to say:
http://christwire.org/2011/06/is-mount-ida-college-a-real-university-or-a-trade-school/#comment-112536
I have never been there so have no idea, but is it really like that or is it a pretty good program?
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5:50 pm
Adam, shut your fucking mouth. You know damn well that I go to Mount Ida.
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6:28 pm
Your Mount Ida education really shows through in your poor grammar and foul language. You are truly an ambassador for your school.
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6:30 pm
I have poor grammar? Please provide some examples.
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6:40 pm
“Adam, if I recall correctly, anyone and everyone on here who you offered a nursing job to turned it down due to your sexist and dangerous views regarding nurses. You’ve said that you view them as no more than pawns who are there to pleasure you whenever you want. You’ve said that one of their duties is to provide doctors with sexual favors, despite the fact that that’s sexual harassment and illegal.”
There were at least three mistakes in this paragraph alone. You used “who” and “to” incorrectly. You also started back to back sentences with the contraction “You’ve”.
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6:49 pm
How did I use “who” and “to” incorrectly? As for beginning a sentence with a contraction, it’s only considered a bad practice to end a sentence with a contraction, or to use contractions in formal writing.
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7:07 pm
You used pawn in a simile. When you do that, “who” is incorrect. You should have used “that” or “which”. This is taught in 7th grade grammar.
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7:24 pm
Perhaps you should be talking to August about his grammar. My mistakes are subtle, whereas his are quite overt and unbecoming of someone who went to a big university and supposedly has four degrees. Why did you decide to pick an argument with me in the first place?
P.S. Are you aware that there’s usually a space between the comma and the state?
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8:16 pm
You see Shannon, Tokio, and L.N. Look at this comment of misdirected hate. I’ve been nothing but respectful in this whole article and Claire brings up my “typos” out of nowhere. This is why we need you to take more of a leadership role around here. You can’t allow this irrational hatred to continue.
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8:42 pm
“I’ve been nothing but respectful in this whole article and Claire brings up my “typos” out of nowhere.”
Well, considering how you decided to hound on other people for their grammar you can’t exactly say you don’t deserve it. So quite honestly, I don’t want to hear it.
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8:45 pm
I don’t hound on others grammar. I’m admittedly the worst. Claire is the only one who is a grammar Nazi.
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3:52 pm
Great article Adam,
As you know my wife is an equine orthopedic surgeon (A veterinarian). Vet techs can be a giant headache for most veterinarians. She came up with a unique solution for her practice. She hires aspiring technicians before they go to vet tech school as apprentices. If they work out and after they receive in house training, my wife will pay for their vet tech degree wherever they want (as long as it’s responsible). After they get their certificate and pass their exams she removes the apprentice label off of them.
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4:24 pm
I really like the sounds of that. It reminds me of stories from my great grandfather (he was originally from Georgia, outside of Snellville). There were some ‘apprecntice’ sharecroppers he allowed to farm on his land and he paid for several of them to have agrarian training and parcels of the land he was buying up, just in exchange for the promise they would work hard and provide for their community. Really inspirational story and its good to see your wife has come up with a novel solution to inspire her vet tech orderlies.
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4:28 pm
Hard work is even more underrated than teamwork.
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4:25 pm
As a side note….. If any readers want to help.
There is an opportunity this coming Saturday, July 23rd (very short notice), to assist a local veterinarian while he does exams, vaccines, and treatments for the pets homeless veterans. There is a large convention held at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds in Coeur d’Alene, ID where veterans can receive personal health and dental care along with many other services/supplies.
The time is set for 8am- 2pm however any amount of time is very helpful. If you are interested please email me back and I will get you in touch with the veterinarian in charge.
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7:38 pm
however much people may disagree with you. You do do some things wich will help people with whatever career they pursue.im not able to speak for my group at this moment since they don’t want to give anyone on here a chance but i think you are a person with a good head for diplomacy among many other things
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9:01 pm
Thank you.
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7:32 pm
Claire, we need good nurses. I will just be frank. Even here there is a high turnover rate of local Californians who opt for higher paying traveling nurse positions after they get experience, or will just settle down elsewhere. Our best nurses tend to be those who move to California to get away from other regions of the country. Why are you so bent on hurting the career of seemingly smart people like Shannon and others who want to be nurses?
I was lucky enough to be born with a proverbial silver spoon in my mouth. My parents come from humble roots but built themselves up quite well on the East coast. I moved to California after formative training to just get away from all the blue bloods and cultural stuff that was not just for me. Others need help sometimes, someone to reach out and give them that foot in the door so they can have a great career and good life. I try to do that, it’s one thing I never really needed due to my wealth, but stories my parents consistently taught me to be important during childhood.
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7:39 pm
You just want another fuck, and you want that fuck to be a woman who hates you.
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7:40 pm
Adam, I don’t give two shits about your life. There’s still a shortage of nurses in this country; if Shannon needs a nursing job she doesn’t have to resort to being your underling. I for one would NEVER settle for a job where I’d be guaranteed to be shown the level of disrespect that you show your nurses. You said that you view them as tissues – you can throw them out when you’re done with them. Why should Shannon, or any woman for that matter, be subjected to that?
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7:50 pm
Adam you hate me and we both know it. Nursing is no my career of choice anymore, why would I need you to buid it. I am a great tech, but you will never get a chance to know that.
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8:05 pm
I would still consider trying to help you out as a tech, if you could just turn against Claire more in your commentating.
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8:12 pm
You do realize I am only certified in the state of Illinois and I’m not looking to be certified in California, so why bother? What’s with the special intrest in me all of a sudden?
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8:54 pm
I just look to help people. That’s why I became a doctor. Certification is not that difficult.
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9:06 pm
No Adam, you just want a quick fuck and you think that if you get into Shannon’s panties, that it’ll be a bigger achievement in your mind.
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9:12 pm
Yea no matter what Adam has no chance on getting on my pants. I told you I’m not looking to be re-certified, I know it’s not hard, it’s common sense and I’ve done it for the past 6 years, I don’t wanna do it anymore. Plus Adam you never told me which hospital you work at I’m beginning to think your lying about that to.
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1:24 pm
No, there are certain people here who I’ve learned would try to get me in workplace turmoil, just for being honest about my thoughts and beliefs in lifestyle and society. It’s sad but it’s true, but in a sense I feel bullied and especially by Claire. She has sent me numerous messages, vowing to mame me and castrate me and drug me, then to only make it worse from there.
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2:25 pm
“No, there are certain people here who I’ve learned would try to get me in workplace turmoil, just for being honest about my thoughts and beliefs in lifestyle and society.”
‘I just believe that women are completely inferior to men and that white Christian men are the only acceptable race in God’s eyes and thus use that line of thinking to justify my wanton lust of destruction of the rest of the human race, what’s so wrong about that?’
“It’s sad but it’s true, but in a sense I feel bullied and especially by Claire. She has sent me numerous messages, vowing to mame me and castrate me and drug me, then to only make it worse from there.”
And how many times have you wanted to nuke a country, or said that women are worthless toys to you, and there’s still that bit about you wanting to give Haiti the plague and then denying you said that, as well as the fact that the moment you spot one typo, you will ignore the rest of someone’s statement, even though you have terrible grammar yourself and you’re blind as a bat. So yeah, when you want to talk sensibly, admit that you’re a total asshole who’s wrong about everything he’s said here, and THEN you might get some respect.
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2:32 pm
L.N,
Hi. Hope you are well today. Claire sometimes posts as Adam Nelson. She does this often. If you look at old articles you will find this true and you will find that she has admitted it several times. One clue is that the other “Adam Nelson” sometimes links to a web page with gay porn in his username. I was once fooled by this too and because of it did not think much of Adam. Fortunately, someone straightened me out and I am thankful for this. The real Adam Nelson is a good guy.
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6:00 pm
August, the real Adam Nelson is a sexist, racist dickwad.
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6:00 pm
Also, I haven’t posted as Adam in quite some time.
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6:02 pm
“It’s sad but it’s true, but in a sense I feel bullied and especially by Claire.”
Aww, boohoo!
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8:53 pm
What’s your problem?
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9:31 pm
What’s YOUR problem?
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1:20 pm
No, just so you know in the medical field, it’s like Hollywood. It’s hard to find someone loyal and who does not cheat. I’ve dated a bunch of nurses because we see each other for 12 – 16 hours chunks for spans of several days, working in tight quarters and it’s only natural to date. What I’ve found though is most of them end up cheating, call it the hours or the faster paced lifestyle. They look to get what they can when they can, if you catch my drift. Anyone in the profession will tell you emergency and psych medicine is the worst fields to be in if you are young and looking for commitment.
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2:34 pm
“No, just so you know in the medical field, it’s like Hollywood. It’s hard to find someone loyal and who does not cheat.”
Considering how you just go up to women and ask them if they want to have a fun time, I’m not doubting that some of them just don’t give a damn about you.
“I’ve dated a bunch of nurses because we see each other for 12 – 16 hours chunks for spans of several days, working in tight quarters and it’s only natural to date.”
Considering how you said that you think that it’s a woman’s job to make sure that a man is comfortable at all times, even on duty, I highly doubt you’ve ‘dated’ anyone so much as ‘kept in close touch with them so you can get into their panties’.
“They look to get what they can when they can, if you catch my drift.”
Again, you’re the one who goes up to women and tries to coerce them into having sex with you during breaks. If anyone deserves the hate, it’s YOU.
“Anyone in the profession will tell you emergency and psych medicine is the worst fields to be in if you are young and looking for commitment.”
Well, that’s not a problem for you since all you want is a quick fuck. It seems like every time you bitch about your love-life, you conveniently forget that you view women as just fleshlights with legs, ready to be used whenever you get a stiffy.
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8:17 am
“Fleshlights with legs”? I looked this up on the interwebz, and was very offended by this so-called “Fleshlight.” I find it very rude of you LN to refer to women this way.
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