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

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

I've also known of families where the dog was taught in something other than English if there was a toddler in the house...so that the kid didnt' get confused as to who was getting the "no" or the "stop it" or whatever.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Mmm, yeah, that is another thing I hadn't thought of!

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

that cracks me up :)