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And we were all over Southern California dealing with horses so that I got a pretty good foundation there. I got to know certain people like Gene Autry. In fact, I had known Gene Autry because I knew I wanted to come to California, and he was giving a performance… Read More

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Now, I think what you were referring to was in 1955, you spent three years in the horse practice in Southern California?… Read More

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Correct. Read More

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What was the name of the company you work for?… Read More

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Not really, I have some specialty certifications, which came along later on after I got into the profession. Read More

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And those are what?… Read More

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I’m a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, I’m a diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine, and the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology because I had a strong interest in poisonous plants. Read More

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So your degree is in veterinary medicine?… Read More

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Doctor of veterinary medicine. Read More

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And you have any other degrees?… Read More

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Well, I didn’t actually decide that until I was in the Navy at the tail end of World War II. And I was in the medical corps, in the hospital corps of the Navy. And I liked medicine, but I didn’t particularly like human medicine, and I was a farm… Read More

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And once you made the choice, did you start applying to different places or you knew where you wanted to go?… Read More

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How did you make that entry?… Read More

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Well, I was still a farm boy and the Utah State Agricultural College, which it was called then, beckoned me, and I was able to get in there, I couldn’t have done that with the grades that I have out of high school at this present time because I wasn’t… Read More

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And I did, I learned as much as I could about snakes and then forced myself to handle them to the point where I could handle any snake eventually. So now you’re growing up on the farm, you have exposure to domestic animals. Read More

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Were you ever exposed to a zoo when you were growing up or to a circus when you were growing up or different types of animals?… Read More

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I don’t ever recall going to a circus. We didn’t have money to do that sort of thing as a rule. I hunted as a youngster with my brother and my father. We spent time with animals, there were squirrels of various in the sundry sorts, coyotes, there were mountain… Read More

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Well, when did you decide then that you wanted to work with animals and become a veterinarian?… Read More

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Well, not really. I didn’t like snakes because we had snakes on the farm, and I learned of this phobia that I had of snakes because in the haying process or bringing hay in, we would make little stacks of hay, we’d cut it and rake it into piles, and… Read More

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We’re jumping ahead just a bit here, because you’ve opened the door, did you, as a veterinarian overcome this fear?… Read More