Dad and the Vet Tech
A new Vet Tech and her Dad team up to talk real life, real cases, and what it’s like starting a high-stress career straight out of school. Dad and the Vet Tech dives into everything they don’t teach you in the classroom such as clinic chaos, tough calls, emotional burnout, and the wins that keep you going. Whether you're in scrubs, on shift, or figuring it out like the rest of us, you're in the right place. New episodes every Sunday.
Episodes
Episode 5 kicks off with a chaotic clinic flashback , a cat named Snickers bolts into the dark woods after a vet visit and ends up in a tree for the night before anyone could catch him. We talk about Oscar, a baby possum who spent the night in the kitchen playing dead while the Vet Tech's mom tried to feed him carrots. We dig into the top 10 conditions vets treated dogs and cats for in 2025 , skin allergies have held the numbe...
We're back! After a short break, Dad and the Vet Tech return for Episode 4 - and Stella made sure the comeback was anything but calm. From nearly unplugging the studio to refusing to move, she set the tone perfectly for everything that followed.
In this episode we catch up with Alice, dive into some real clinic cases including a cat rescued from a house fire that arrived covered in soot and went straight into an oxygen cha...
Vet tech emergency stories, rabies shots, and farm animal care.
Episode 3 of Dad and the Vet Tech starts as a reminder at dinner and somehow ends with monkeys, rabies and fainting which pretty much sums up how these conversations usually go. A casual conversation with the Vet Tech's Mom brings back the memory of when Xena lost all her toenails, leading to a discussion about autoimmune disease, our German Shepherds Czar and Xena...
Vet tech burnout, compassion fatigue, and hard cases no one prepares you for.
Vet tech programs teach the basics, but real emergencies rarely follow the book. We talk about starting in emergency clinics without a ramp-up, losing your first patient, and the emotional weight that comes with different circumstances around death. We explain what it’s like when clients are in shock after losing an animal, why anger sometimes ge...
Vet tech training, early career reality, and what new vet techs should expect.
In this first episode, we explain how losing our German Shepherd, Czar, led to choosing the vet tech career path and what new vet techs can expect in school and inside a busy clinic. We cover how to choose a vet tech program, early challenges in the field, and how accreditation and scholarships affect your options.
We break down the dif...
You found us! Welcome to Dad and the Vet Tech, where a newly licensed veterinary technician and her dad team up to share real stories, clinic chaos, and all the things they never told you in school.
In this trailer episode, we introduce ourselves, talk about what inspired this show, and give you a preview of what’s coming. We’ll cover topics like vet tech school, first shifts in the clinic, learning on the job, burnout, fu...
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