Episodes

Episode 5 kicks off with a chaotic clinic flashback , a cat named Snickers bolts into the dark woods after a vet visit and ends up in a tree for the night before anyone could catch him. We talk about Oscar, a baby possum who spent the night in the kitchen playing dead while the Vet Tech's mom tried to feed him carrots. We dig into the top 10 conditions vets treated dogs and cats for in 2025 , skin allergies have held the number one spot for dogs for 15 years running, We learned that Wilma really...

We're back! After a short break, Dad and the Vet Tech return for Episode 4 - and Stella made sure the comeback was anything but calm. From nearly unplugging the studio to refusing to move, she set the tone perfectly for everything that followed. In this episode we catch up with Alice, dive into some real clinic cases including a cat rescued from a house fire that arrived covered in soot and went straight into an oxygen chamber, and share one of the most heartbreaking stories we've told yet. ...

Episode 3 of Dad and the Vet Tech starts as a reminder at dinner and somehow ends with monkeys, rabies and fainting which pretty much sums up how these conversations usually go. A casual conversation with the Vet Tech's Mom brings back the memory of when Xena lost all her toenails, leading to a discussion about autoimmune disease, our German Shepherds Czar and Xena, and the vet visit that turned into an impromptu staff training session. From there, the Dad gets a front-row seat to vet tech schoo...

Vet Tech programs teach the basics but true emergencies rarely go by the book. We talk about jumping into emergency clinics with no easing in, losing your first patient, and the emotions that come with different circumstances around death. We break down what it’s like when clients are in a fog after losing their animal, why anger sometimes gets directed at staff, and how hard it is to carry that while still doing the job. Dad and the Vet Tech also talk honestly about long hours, emotional fatigu...

The story behind choosing the vet tech path, the loss that sparked it, and what the first steps into school and clinic life really look like.

Dad and the Vet Tech, where a newly licensed veterinary technician and her dad team up to share real stories, clinic chaos, and all the things they never told you in school.