New Veterinarian Design
If you read my entry titled “Don’t Be Such A Guy,” you will recall I came up with an idea to do a design for girls inspiring to be veterinarians. My sister is actually finishing up her degree in this field (Hi, Ericka!). Today, I finished the design and added it to the items available in the Girls Can’t WHAT? Gift Shop. Here is a little history behind the design…
The pets pictured in the image are all significant. The cat represents my sisters cat, Cassy. Cassy was a stray calico that we adopted in the late eighties. She was a solid-colored calico but due to transparency issues with the white coloring, I made her an all orange color. Cassy went to the tuna juice fountain in kitty heaven in September of 2004.
The German Shepherd is a representation of my sister’s dog, Shep. Shep is a rescue dog that lives out on the farm with my sister, Ericka, and her husband. Shep also travels with Ericka to her school home during the week as she finishes her DVM degree.
The pug in the picture is my dog, Quest. I love pugs and since it’s my drawing, I get to do whatever I want with it. I thought a pug would be a perfect fit. To see an actual picture of Quest, read the entry “All Because of a Spider“. Hope you like it!
PS – It wouldn’t be fair in the animal kingdom if I didn’t mention all of the rest of Ericka’s pets. Let’s see how good my memory is:
Horses: Fancy & Cody
Dogs: Rocky & Shep
Cats: Peabody, Xerox, Ditto, Mary-Kate, Ashley, Laverne, Shirley, Ralphy
Who else did I miss? Did I mention she lives on a farm?
Update 6/21/06: Ericka said it isn’t fair that I posted a picture of Quest and not Shep or Cassy, so here is a picture of Shep.
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vetgirl | June 21st, 2006 9:15 pm
Hey sis!
You forgot Spooky, Bobby Sue, Repeat (Petey), Carrie, Clairice, Pepper, Ellie Mae, Fairy, Timmy, Jose, Carlos, and Belle.
For the record, most live in the barn on our farm, and they are all spayed and neutered.
Save a life – adopt a homeless pet!
gretchen | June 21st, 2006 9:28 pm
“and they are all spayed and neutered”
Are ya sure about that? :p 2006-06-21 21:28:46
yiba_girl | June 22nd, 2006 6:22 pm
Gretch, that rocks. I really like the gradient on the dog. Nice touch.
AmyStephen | June 29th, 2006 12:56 am
Goodness! You are amazing! Where does a person with your creativity and energy come from? I sit here shaking my head in amazement!
animal | April 17th, 2008 5:37 pm
That is an awesome design. I was also hoping to be stuying to be a vet!
animal | April 17th, 2008 5:40 pm
Hey, what is a vet’s yearly salary range?
~thanks! 8^D
Brian Bainbridge | December 8th, 2008 7:14 am
Dear Gretchen,
My name is Brian and I am in South Korea teaching ESL English to elementary-middle school students just south of Seoul. I am working on a classroom decorating project focusing on careers, and I came across your website tonight. I have had zero luck finding decent female career representations until tonight. The ones on your website are amazingly perfect for my project and I’m hoping you could send some to me so I can print them off and put them on the wall. Young girls are not given much career encouragement here and I’d like to change that. I have 200+ young girls (10-14) who it would mean the world to if they could see that their dreams are possible on a daily basis. I am very interested in the artist, farmer, mechanic, surgeon, veterinarian, ship captain and singer.
I wish I could pay for them, however, I can only promise you that my students, myself, and my stateside pug Oggie would all be very grateful.
Sincerely, Brian
tyesha | May 18th, 2009 9:57 am
this is cute:)>-
gretchen | May 18th, 2009 10:16 am
Thanks Tyesha!
lil v | October 20th, 2009 1:52 pm
hi. i also want to become a veterinarian wat can i do im in 8th grade at travis middle school in irving tx.please help!
lil v | October 20th, 2009 1:53 pm
i love animals and i think they should be treaded like people i also want to be in the ASPCA!!! please help!
lil v | October 20th, 2009 1:55 pm
my name is vanessa
gretchen | October 20th, 2009 2:03 pm
Hi Vanessa! A good place to start is with a local animal shelter or veterinarians office. See if they need volunteer staff or try to help out at their fundraisers and adoption events.
Also, try local farms… sometimes they need help caring for their animals and you could gain some pretty good hands-on experience there.
vanessa | November 7th, 2009 10:48 pm
thanx ill try it!!!
Animal luver (alesha) | December 15th, 2009 11:42 pm
Dear Gretchen i would greatly like to become a vet when i get outa school but i have a hard time in math but i love animals im only in grade seven. what basic grades do u need to even be considerd???
gretchen | December 16th, 2009 8:33 am
I don’t know what the requirements are, but I will ask my sister.
Animal luver (alesha) | December 29th, 2009 12:34 am
ok thanks