My Past, Present, & Future

Ever since I was a little kid, I loved animals. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t have a dog in my house. Growing up, I realized two things: one, I was a pretty good student in school, and two, I loved animals, mainly cats and dogs. When I was small, I wanted to be a doctor or a lawyer just like every other kid of my age. I was about 6 when I first moved to Oxnard, and about 13 or 14 when I saved my first animal. At the time, I already owned a dog, but one day I saw a cat wandering around, so I took her in. She ended up being pregnant and soon had a litter of 7 kittens, one sadly didn’t make it, but the other 6 were fine. That was when I knew that I was going to change careers and want to become a vet. The main reason why i wanted to become a veterinarian was because I loved being around animals.

This is Rickii pregnant <3

Today, I still look back on that day when I saved that cat. There’s not a day that goes by that makes me regret what I did. I am doing what I can to get me that much closer to my goal. I recently saved another animal. He was a dog, whom I named Lucky. I was walking my girl dog, and he just came and followed us home, so I’ve kept him ever since. I just recently lost my girl dog; Rickii, after being together for 6 years. Lucky had gotten pregnant, and she couldn’t take it anymore. I had just been with her, and I left for about 45 minutes, then I got a phone call saying that she died. My heart sank. I rushed home, hoping it wasn’t true, but there she was. I sat next to her for hours, just hoping that she would come back, but it never happened. I feel so guilty for not being near her when she needed me most. She was always there when i came home, and when she ran away those couple of times, she always came back. So from then on, I didn’t want another owner to go through what I went through, so now I am more determined than ever to become a veterinarian.

This is Lucky :)

Now that I’m in college, everything is coming and going by so fast. I know that I need to really be focused now. I am going to try and transfer to UC Davis in 2 years. Once I finish at UC Davis. I will be entering into a veterinary program also at UC Davis. I’m excited for going all the way up to UC Davis, but also nervous. I just hope that my roommate(s) is/are normal. I might end up just having my friend be my roomate because I' m not too fond of having to look for strangers to be the people I'll be living with. Overall, I hope that my whole college experience is a great one. All I need now is to get a job.

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