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.

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[fuzzygruf.livejournal.com]

I've seen military police use German commands with German Shepherds, but I've never seen anyone use Pig Latin with their pigs.

My own puppy is Jewish, but he's starting Spanish class on Thursday.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I've never met an Irish setter who speaks Gaelic, either. We'll just have to be creative with our own puppies. ;-)