I'm a student currently studying Animal Science with a Pre-Vet Emphasis. I know I want to become a vet and help animals...my only dilemma is deciding what kind of animals to focus on. My top two choices now are domestics (dogs, cats, birds, etc) or equine. On a smaller scale is something exotic, like marine mammals.

Domestic animals are the most common pets: dogs, cats, birds, and I guess amphibians. Since I live in the suburbs, it would makes sense to become a domestic veterinarian. I could work in a clinic and not have to move around so much and I would have a wider specification of species. I own dogs, fish, and birds so knowing a lot about different kinds of animals is not a problem for me.

The one thing that kinda puts me in my dilemma is that I love horses. I have been riding since I could walk and it would be a dream to become an equine veterinarian. The only thing is the difference is job positioning. In order to have patients, I would have to either move out farther from the city, work specifically at a racetrack, or become the private veterinarian of a couple horse ranches. I love riding horses and I would love to learn to care for them as well, but with the number of horse owners dwindling because of money, many of them probably wouldn't pay for them to be taken care of.

On a smaller scale, I love the ocean and it's marine mammals. I think it would be cool and unique to become a marine biologist or specify marine mammals: dolphins and whales and seals. They've always fascinated me...and the ocean. It's a completely different world underneath the sea and I love experiencing it. Not to mention the animals are fascinating and different from land mammals.

So...what's your view?

Isn't that simply adorable?