Fluffy Sheep

I am absolutely, positively enjoying my Senior Capstone. This is the closest I have ever been to actually experience how my future job will be like, and lets just say that I am one hundred percent positive that I have made the right career choice (pretty impressive knowing that I was in first grade when I decided that I wanted to be a large animal veterinarian). I am getting to intern with Dr. Dale Holcomb (a professor at UNR) where I am helping out with the pregnant ewes over at UNR farms. I have only infested about five hours so far since I just started last week, but I know I am going to love every minute of it. This is the most hands on I have ever been before. Coming into the internship I thought I was just going to observe. Well I was completely wrong, they got me filthy and smelling like sheep due to how much I wasn't observing. The first day I was able to perform an ultrasound on four sheep. Yeah, I got covered in sheep filth, but it was probably one of the coolest days of my life. The next day I learned how to flip a sheep on its back all by myself, which is a lot harder than you would think considering they look like big balls of fluff. Each sheep weighs around 200-240 pounds, and for a person of my stature being only five feet tall and only weighing 105 pounds you can start to see how this can be quite difficult. Even though it was one of the hardest workouts I ever had, it was definitely one of the most entertaining ones. I can’t wait for what’s next.