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Brooke Fourthman spent four straight summers volunteering at Leo's Pet Care on her journey to becoming a veterinary surgeon: in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Brooke writes about her first summer with Leo's when she was only 19 years old,…

Once upon a time, a young woman named Kristen Thomas wanted to be a veterinarian. When she asked potential colleges what kind of experience would help her get into veterinary school, they told her to find a veterinarian willing to…

Danielle Lang spent three months during the summer of 2012 working, learning, studying, and practicing alongside the veterinarians and staff of Leo’s Pet Care. Danielle writes about her first summer with Leo's, August 2012 Before beginning my volunteer experience at…

Madeleine (Maddie) Bryan spent her first summer with us in 2016, and had this to say about her first Leo's summer experience: Maddie Bryan writes about her first summer with Leo's, July 2016 Experience, experience, experience… What used to be…

Abigail (Abby) Hart has spent two summers with us so far, in 2015 and 2016. Here is what she had to say after the first summer: Abby Hart writes, August 2015: Becoming a vet seemed like the perfect career choice…

Janice Tan spent her first summer with us in 2019, and had this to say about her first ever Leo's experience: Upon finishing my second year of college as an Animal Science student, I finally set my heart on becoming…

Purdue Veterinary Technician student Chloe Chamberlain volunteered at Leo's Pet Care during the entire summer of 2014. We were so impressed by her work ethic and her positive attitude during that summer, that we invited her to join us as…

Eshan Selvan spent the majority of the summer of 2014 studying and volunteering at Leo's Pet Care. Here is what he had to say about the experience: This summer before I started my externship at Leos Pet Care I did…

Shelby Thomas spent the summer of 2012 working, learning, studying, and practicing alongside the veterinarians and staff of Leo's Pet Care. We asked Shelby to write a letter describing her experience before she went back to school in the fall.…

We had a client in yesterday, who had recently graduated from a local school of veterinary technology, but then decided to switch industries to something completely not animal related. This got me to thinking, what is it that separates the…

Veterinary medicine is unique in that our patients don't pay the bills. Instead, a very specific set of steps must be carried out in a specific order to keep a veterinary practice operational. First, a dedicated human, or family of…

This post was written by Kristen Thomas in August 2016. So you’ve got this personal statement to write. Someone has asked you to dig deep and put to paper your thoughts and motivations for clawing your way through the wringer…

Veterinarians always have at least two patients in the exam room. One human, one animal. Understanding where our patients come from is often the key to treating the human, and therefore, the key to becoming an outstanding veterinarian. We had…

Behold, a brief (sort of) history of Dr. Magnusson's journey. (I realize there are only three people in the world who want to read this, and one of them is my mom, but here it is anyway) February 2000: Fourth…

"There are only two kinds of surgeon" he said, with a matter-of-fact tone. "Those who have left a surgical sponge inside an animal, and those who will". Listening to board-certified veterinary surgeon and veterinary dentist Mark Smith, DVM, DACVS, DAVDC…

Sharing a beer with him at the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC) this week, I felt like I was talking to a younger version of myself. He had only graduated from veterinary college 11 months ago, and that light of…

Here at Leo's Pet Care veterinary clinic in Indianapolis, we are proud to be an externship host hospital for both of our local Veterinary Technician colleges, Harrison College and the International Business College of Indianapolis. We also host pre-veterinary students…

Written by Dr. Greg Magnusson and Kristen Thomas, DVM Class of 2020 Here at Leo's Pet Care, we REALLY enjoy mentoring young pre-veterinary students through their careers. This post is about helping young veterinary hopefuls make the smartest choice of…

Clearly this is not a pet-related post. Because it's my birthday, please enjoy this recipe I invented last year, that turned out to be The Greatest Pitcher of Margaritas Ever. :) Makes not-quite-a-gallon INGREDIENTS: Three big limes for the drinks…