layout: true background-image: url(../../images/slide_background.jpg) background-size: cover class: middle --- # Being appreciated By Farmers, or not ### Medium Quotes --- ### “Generally when things had gone wrong, it’s the farmer who appreciates you’ve done everything you can and when I’ve acknowledged when my own skills have reached their limit and called in help if necessary, then they generally seemed happy with me even if not with the result.” --- ### “Once a client has a number of years dealing with you they’re confident in your abilities whereas when you first start, they’re not really sure and you’re under more pressure – if something doesn’t go right then they’re going to think it’s the vet’s fault rather than just the way it’s was always going to go whereas the more experienced, the longer you’ve known the client, the better in managing those situations.” --- ### “I’ve sat a number of nights worrying about such and such client. you know; “why don’t they like me?”, or you know “was that my fault that that didn’t work”, etc, etc… the one thing that’s always helped me through that is just knowing that if I keep doing a good job when I go there, and if I am polite and nice to them, eventually they’re not actually going to be able to dislike me and eventually they’ll always come round.” --- ### “…the better, longer lasting the relationship, the more farmers trust / value you and the more they will use you for in depth activities rather than just the first aid type of thing. In the herd health / planning in depth management side of things.” --- ### “I turned up to a live cow and live calf and ended up with a dead cow and a dead calf and I saw the farmer again a couple of weeks later and he told me he was delighted with the effort I’d put in and I’d lost sleep over that in the interim!” --- ### “I do remember one occasion – something had gone wrong with a calving – the farmer felt I hadn’t done the right thing so I did make a conscious effort to go back and begin to rebuild the relationship with the farmer again. I do remember that was difficult but felt like the right thing to do.” --- ### “…it’s just a case of that the next time I’m there I’ll do a good job, the next time I’m there I’ll do a good job, and I’ll do another good job, and eventually they’ll come round. And I have managed to do that even with clients who have asked for me not to go to the farm anymore.”