Multilingual veterinarians

[cjsmith]

A coworker told me that my language ability would be useful for a veterinarian, "so you can treat French-speaking animals." I thought that was hilarious. If a parrot who speaks French comes into my clinic I'll be able to tell him he's a good bird!

I should learn dog commands in Spanish, now that I think of it. We have several Spanish-speaking clients, and it's handy to be able to tell a dog to sit.

Comments

[tattermuffin.livejournal.com]

When that news article came out a while ago about the parrot who'd been taught to say his home address so he was returned home after he got out one day, my coworker said "Wow, smart bird! He learned Japanese!" (he was joking) - made me laugh! :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I loved that story! What a great idea!