Snippets of a Vet's Life
The Learning YearsBy Rod Graham
Length8h 19m
About this audiobook
Fresh out of veterinary school, Rob McBride believed he was ready. The animals soon corrected him.
The second volume of Snippets of a Vet’s Life
His first job with an experienced country veterinarian, Doug, brought long nights, difficult clients and the discovery that knowing the theory was not the same as doing the work. Before long, Rob was establishing his own horse practice, learning through experience, and occasionally through mistakes.
At the same time, he began studying law at night, starting a degree that would take ten years to complete. Around him were Joan, who kept the practice and often Rob himself in working order; Emma, with whom a marriage was taking shape; and the animals that continued his education.
*The Learning Years* is the second volume of *Snippets of a Vet’s Life*. Told with dry humour and plain honesty, it follows a young veterinarian discovering that qualification is only the beginning, and that the most useful lessons rarely arrive in a lecture theatre.
Audiobook details
GenreHumor, Biography and Memoir
Length8 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 30, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Snippets of a Vet’s Life: The Learning Years
2621. The Invitation
2Dedication
2722. The Farrier’s Advice
3Author’s Note
2823. Absolution?
4The Author’s Dilemma
2924. The Car Yard
5Introduction
3025. The Eye
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61. The Matron’s Mare
3126. The Riding Club Ball
72. Enter, Stage Right
3227. Cancer on a Sunday
83. Mittens
3328. Circulon
94. Tiddles and the Girls
3429. A Major Problem with a Minor Injury
105. A Pig Called Bertha
3530. The Gift
116. That Little Word, OR
3631. The Wrong Bed
127. Young Ramsay
3732. The Fall
138. A Warning
3833. Looking Fine?
149. Not Quite a Vet
3934. Resurrecting a Vet
1510. One Last Comment
4035. The Seventh Floor
1611. Looking for Sanctuary
4136. Another Direction
1712. Requiem for Horace Hayes
4237. Only Two Questions?
1813. The Bank Manager
4338. Digging a Hole
1914. A Left Front Foot
4439. The Catholic Rabbit
2015. My Right Arm
4540. The Chivalrous Husband
2116. Annette’s Kitchen
4641. A Profitable Business
2217. Of Camels and Toilet Paper
4742. Wager
2318. Taking My Measure
4843. Fit for Purpose?
2419. The Gatekeeper
4944. The Tort of Park Orchards
2520. Looking for a Zebra?
5045. Asylum
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