Snippets of a Vet's Life: The Early Years
By Rod Graham
Length8h 16m
About this audiobook
A veterinary degree was a useful start. The animals supplied the rest of the education.
In The Early Years, Rod Graham introduces Dr Rob McBride, a young Australian vet finding his feet in the Yarra Valley. Horses, farm animals, dogs and cats provide plenty of work. Their owners add complications rarely covered at university.
Through call-outs, long nights and encounters with memorable people and animals, Rob discovers the distance between passing examinations and knowing what to do when someone is watching.
Told with dry humour and an eye for the absurd, this first volume of Snippets of a Vet’s Life follows the beginnings of a veterinary career: the mistakes, small successes and lessons that stayed.
An Australian veterinary memoir for readers who enjoy animal stories, country life and the work of James Herriot.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Humor
Length8 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
2Preface: The Author’s Dilemma
3Epigraph
4THE TOUR GUIDE
51 – AN OLD LADY IN NEED
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62 – THE COLD CALL TO COLDSTREAM
73 – SLEEPING IN THE DOG HOUSE
84 – THE MATRON AND MR BROWN
95 – UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH A MARE
106 – THE GOAT
117 – THE GREEN COTTAGE
128 – THE MATRON’S GIFT
139 – IN THE DEEP END
1410 – A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
1511 – ONE PLUS TWO DEATHS
1612 – HILLARY AND HANNAH THE HEN
1713 – MRS PRIDHAM’S CLOCK
1814 – A CLIENT COMPLAINS
1915 – WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU, MADAM
2016 – AN EVENING NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN
2117 – TEDDY AND TETANUS
2218 – GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS
2319 – A ROOSTER, A DONKEY, AND A PAIR OF SPEEDOS
2420 – THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, MAX
2521 – MEETING BOS
2622 – LIFE’S A LOTTERY
2723 – A COW SUDDENLY DIES
2824 – ORAL EXAMS, IN PARTICULAR: COWS
2925 – THE FAVOURITE
3026 – ENTER COLUMBINA, STAGE LEFT
3127 – THE MOTHER OF ALL HOLIDAYS
3228 – WAGER: WHO LET THE HOUND IN?
3329 – A DESPERATE NIGHT CALL
3430 – WHEN A MAN LOSES HIS MATE
3531 – WHEN A BOY LOSES HIS MATE
3632 – AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR
3733 – ACTING THE GOAT WITH A ROOSTER
3834 – LUCY’S LAST LIGHT
3935 – THE STITCH UP AND THE SECRET
4036 – THE DRUNK NEIGHBOUR
4137 – THE PURVEYOR OF DREAMS
4238 – A COLLEAGUE AND A COW IN NEED
4339 – CHADWICK AND CO
4440 – THREE LEGS, TWO FRIENDS AND ONE GOAT
4541 – DINNER AT THE GREEN COTTAGE
4642 – THE CUT THAT DIDN’T GO TO PLAN
4743 – ONE CHRISTMAS EVE
4844 – A SNAKE IN THE GRASS
4945 – THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
5046 – THE LAST CALL
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