layout: true background-image: url(../../images/slide_background.jpg) background-size: cover class: middle --- # Vet-farmer relationships ### Medium Quotes --- ### “…the best parts, practically are the routine stuff or a pneumonia case where you’re actually doing a herd health thing with it – the best part is the actual chatting, planning, talking things through is the part I enjoy most.” --- ### “As you get older, hopefully there Is that trust within the farmer/vet relationship… most of my farm clients now are friends. They’ve seen me get married, have children. I’ve seen them get married, have children. Sitting in the kitchen having a cup of tea, I’ve cried with people, putting farm dogs to sleep and stuff like that.” --- ### “…the relationship with the client; the deep involvement in those families which I don’t see with my small animal colleagues. We get invited to weddings, christenings, funerals – big family events and for me that was always make sure I was driving out to a farm that I remembered who is at which university, which football teams do they support, what are we going to chat about as well as just the cows.” --- ### “… forging good relationships with farmers – the personal relationship part is very important.” “Enjoying the company of the farmers – not just there for the cows but building relationships with the farmers as well.” --- ### “Interacting with clients, making an impact on farms – so the more time I’ve been in a job I feel more happy building relationships with different farmers and gives me knowledge that I know my farmers and I know my farms and I don’t feel lost in what I’m doing.” --- ### “I have farmers that are shocked when I turn up sleepy and I go I’m really sorry I had a rough night and they say, well what are you doing working now, and I say, well I have to and they ask if I don’t get time off. Some farmers are shocked.” --- ### “Helping farmers I’ve known for 42 years. Three maybe four generations on the same farm – continuity, friendship and that feeling of doing something useful to help people – best feeling in the world – very rewarding.”