vets

We absolutely adore our pets, no matter what crazy shenanigans they may get into or how often they keep us awake at night. The alternative to living a life without a pet just sounds so... lonely. If you're a pet owner, you'd want the absolute best for your best friend because you love them. Well. here are some really helpful tips that may just take you from being a good pet owner to being a great pet owner. 

When it comes to animals, vets have quite a difficult job. To be a vet you must love animals, yet you often sick animals and sometimes, even have to help them cross over the rainbow bridge. It's definitely no easy task and we can't help but admire their strength.

Thanks to Redditor, u/mrktx21, a question to the Reddit community about what veterinarians wish people knew and understood about their pets has gone viral, and within the thread is a lot of valuable and excellent information. 

These poor animals don't like going to the vet, just as much as you don't like going to the dentist. But they have a key rule which seems to help them through the traumatic event...  if you don't see them, they don't see you. 

It's been proven to work for cats and dogs for many, many years. And it's so easy to do it! First step, when you finally get out of that carrier, survey the area and find possibly hide-out. 

Examples of good hide-outs: the sink, in folder holder, behind items, inside a hole of some sort. The hole option is the best option but not always available. 

Examples of bad hiding spots: sitting in a corner with your face towards the wall, sitting in an open space with your face against the floor. 

However, sometimes, that's just the way it's gotta be! 

One day @mushenska went to the vet. And while she was there she heard some very cute and pretty funny animal names. So funny that she just had to share her experience on Twitter! Better, it caused other people to share many other weird and wonderful pet names they'd overheard too! Some people really were either not remotely original enough, or way too original in an attempt to be ironic, which just resulted in their pets having really crappy names. But see what happens when a cat shelter is full of these insanely bad names for cats. 

A pregnant cat knew exactly where to go when she needed help... to the health clinic.

From the Brisbane Veterinary Services FB page: "Recently our patients have been keeping us particularly busy! Just last week we had a client with a fishy problem! Conquer the Ranchu Goldfish had accidentally eaten a pebble from his tank and got it stuck in his tiny mouth! Our vets had to give him some help in removing it."