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Building community through rural mixed animal practice with Dr. Broc Mauch · My Veterinary Life

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to this week's episode of the My Veterinary Life podcast.
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  Speaker 2: I'm your host, Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Annie Chavant, and my pronouns are she, her.
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  Speaker 2: And our guest today is Dr. Brock Mauck.
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  Speaker 1: Dr. Mauck is a mixed animal associate veterinarian, the immediate
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  Speaker 1: past president of the South Dakota Veterinary Medical Association, and
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  Speaker 1: the 2026 recipient of the of the South Dakota Veterinary
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  Speaker 2: And with that, welcome to the show, Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Bout.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks for having me, Annie. I appreciate being on, and
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  Speaker 3: thanks to all those who are listening in today.
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  Speaker 1: I cannot wait to dive into your story. And to
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  Speaker 1: do so, we're going to start at the very beginning
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  Speaker 1: with how did you first become interested in vet meds?
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  Speaker 3: You know, I think there's a lot of people out
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  Speaker 3: there who, like me, were just really interested in animals
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  Speaker 3: growing up. And, you know, that's kind of the stereotypical
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  Speaker 3: story is that, you know, I always grew up wanting
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  Speaker 3: to be a vet because I loved animals. I think
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  Speaker 3: from a different standpoint for myself, though, I would say
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  Speaker 3: that along with that, I really enjoyed getting to know
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  Speaker 3: a lot of the different producers for cattle and stuff
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  Speaker 3: around my home area. And so really appreciated the connection
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  Speaker 3: with the people as well as animals themselves as well.
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  Speaker 3: I think the other interesting thing that always pops up
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  Speaker 3: is that people want to get into this career because
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  Speaker 3: you allegedly deal with less people than you do at
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  Speaker 3: the doctor's office, being a doctor, which is not the
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  Speaker 3: case at all. So if any of your listeners out
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  Speaker 3: there are like, I'm going to get into vet med
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  Speaker 3: because I want to deal with less people, I think
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  Speaker 3: you might be a little off there.
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  Speaker 4: But no, I think that would.
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  Speaker 3: Be kind of where my story originally started is growing up,
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  Speaker 3: working on my uncle's farm and stuff and working at
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  Speaker 3: the veterinary clinic later on that, that pair of all
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  Speaker 3: of his creatures, they're getting to hang out with producers
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  Speaker 3: and getting.
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  Speaker 4: To take care of their animals as well.
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  Speaker 1: Amazing. And I love that you got the experience with
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  Speaker 1: the animals directly, but also, as you said, with the
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  Speaker 1: people who are supporting those animals and really found your
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  Speaker 1: enthusiasm for both of those important aspects of, of vet
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  Speaker 1: med and, So then I'm curious about what that transition
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  Speaker 1: from vet school to your first associate veterinary role looked like.
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  Speaker 1: We know that's a pivotal moment in everybody's career. And
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  Speaker 1: what was it like for you specifically?
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  Speaker 3: I think the transition for just about everybody can be
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  Speaker 3: a little rough. I mean, vet school, you know, does
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  Speaker 3: an okay job of prepping you for the basic knowledge things.
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  Speaker 3: But there's a lot of the day-to-day people interaction, case
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  Speaker 3: and patient interaction that you really pick up on your
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  Speaker 3: first year or two out of school. And it's definitely
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  Speaker 3: something that your first practice can help you out a
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  Speaker 3: lot at. You can also learn a lot. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: the practice that I was at, the statistics say that
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  Speaker 3: a significant portion of our first year colleagues who leave
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  Speaker 3: school will leave their first practice. And I think that's
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  Speaker 3: a significant thing there to keep in mind is that
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  Speaker 3: when I got out of school, I was going to
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  Speaker 3: try to beat that statistic. I was going to start
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  Speaker 3: at a practice and and stay there until I retired someday.
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  Speaker 3: And that just didn't happen. I mean, just the differences
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  Speaker 3: in the clinic and myself. And it's something that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I was appreciative of looking back on now, kind of
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  Speaker 3: learning some of those different things and how I didn't
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  Speaker 3: want to practice. And I think that you pick up
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  Speaker 3: a lot on your first year or two out that
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  Speaker 3: makes you hopefully more confident in the future.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I really appreciate your transparency and talking about your
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  Speaker 1: transition experience.
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  Speaker 2: Experience.
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  Speaker 1: Because as you mentioned, there's only so much that you
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  Speaker 1: can learn and prepare for without having the experience of
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  Speaker 1: doing it yourself firsthand. And I 100% agree that those
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  Speaker 1: first two years out tell you so much about yourself
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  Speaker 1: and who you want to be as a person and
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  Speaker 1: a veterinarian. And that might even change in those years themselves.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's kind of what we're seeing in
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  Speaker 1: some of those numbers and folks making changes and and
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  Speaker 1: pivoting as they learn more. So I'm glad that you
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  Speaker 1: are appreciative of that first experience and then took that
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  Speaker 1: knowledge and looked for additional opportunities within vet med. You
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  Speaker 1: stayed with rural mixed animal practice though, kind of staying
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  Speaker 1: true to those roots as we heard in your first answer.
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  Speaker 1: Why stay in rural mixed animal? What do you enjoy
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  Speaker 1: most about that path in vet med?
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  Speaker 3: I stuck with rural mixed animal because I love the
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  Speaker 3: day-to-day variety of it.
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  Speaker 4: I love working with producers. I mean, don't get me wrong.
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  Speaker 3: I do like small animal medicine and some of those
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  Speaker 3: cases that can be more complicated, some surgeries, things like that.
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  Speaker 3: But at the end of the day, I mean, it's working.
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  Speaker 3: I like to say I work on everything from bison
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  Speaker 3: to bunnies. I mean, there's that such wide array. You
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  Speaker 3: get to see so many different operations. You get to
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  Speaker 3: see so many different types of patients and clients for
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  Speaker 3: that matter. I mean, there is not one type of
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  Speaker 3: medicine that works for everybody. I mean, not everybody that
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  Speaker 3: walks in the door in rural vet med is going
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  Speaker 3: to be able to spend thousands of dollars on their patient.
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  Speaker 3: And so I think from that aspect of things, the
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  Speaker 3: mental game of trying to figure out what works best
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  Speaker 3: for each patient and each client to try to best
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  Speaker 3: suit their needs is something that really I appreciate about
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  Speaker 3: the aspect of rural mixed animals.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. And I love
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  Speaker 1: hearing about that experience firsthand. I think that goes back
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  Speaker 1: to knowing yourself that we talked about earlier. Is that
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  Speaker 1: variety energizing?
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  Speaker 2: For some, it is. For some, it's intimidating. And then
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  Speaker 2: seek another path in vet med.
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  Speaker 1: But there's so many options that we can choose from
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  Speaker 1: that that variety, not one day the same, not one.
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  Speaker 2: Patient the same.
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  Speaker 1: Something that really gets you excited to go in day
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  Speaker 1: to day. So you mentioned that you get to see
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  Speaker 1: a lot of different setups, a lot of different farms,
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  Speaker 1: different producers, and really get a good feel for the
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  Speaker 1: community that you.
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  Speaker 2: Serve in your role.
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  Speaker 1: So what have you learned so far about building relationships
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  Speaker 1: in your time and practice?
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  Speaker 4: That's a good question.
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  Speaker 3: I would say that, you know, approaching every client with
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  Speaker 3: an open mindset, you never know I mean, it's easy
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  Speaker 3: to get into that stereotypical, like you judge a client
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  Speaker 3: at first conversation or first, you know, when they walk
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  Speaker 3: in the door, like I myself have fallen into that
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  Speaker 3: habit before unjustly so that, you know, they walk into
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  Speaker 3: the door and I go, oh, you know, they're probably
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  Speaker 3: not interested in referral. And I think that's where, you know,
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  Speaker 3: keeping an open mindset and talking to that client about
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  Speaker 3: their goals and making sure you're providing that spectrum of
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  Speaker 3: care is And building that relationship with that client, I
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  Speaker 3: really do appreciate, you know, getting to build that relationship
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  Speaker 3: and know that client or that patient when I'm out
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  Speaker 3: in public. You know, getting to know those people and
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  Speaker 3: build that relationship with them and be a part of
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  Speaker 3: their life, be a part of their pet's life is
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  Speaker 3: a major goal of mine and what I really thrive on.
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  Speaker 3: in veterinary medicine, I mean, there's always other factors at
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  Speaker 3: play outside of what you're seeing in the exam room.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, they may have family members who are sick
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  Speaker 3: and so Certain things aren't an option in clinic with
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  Speaker 3: their pet, or they may have had another loss in
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  Speaker 3: their life, or maybe this pet is truly more than
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  Speaker 3: just their pet. It's their family member. It may be
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  Speaker 3: somebody that's the last remnant of somebody that they knew
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  Speaker 3: that it was a family member of them.
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  Speaker 4: And so, you know, taking into.
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  Speaker 3: Account that whole wide array of what can be a
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  Speaker 3: part of that relationship while also still maintaining your boundaries.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, as a veterinarian, it's easy to enmesh in
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  Speaker 3: your work, I guess I would say, and It's really
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  Speaker 3: easy as an empathetic person to get too involved as
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  Speaker 3: far as, you know, at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 3: taking a loss too hard. I mean, it's something that
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  Speaker 3: you want to show emotion to your client, but also
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  Speaker 3: at the end of the day, not get yourself too
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  Speaker 3: down at the end of it.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: So many valuable concepts or ideas learned along the way
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  Speaker 1: so far. And I think that is one of the
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  Speaker 1: advantages specifically about rural practice is that really strong sense
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  Speaker 1: of community, some strong ties to the particular area. You're
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  Speaker 1: probably going to see your clients around outside of work hours.
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  Speaker 1: And that can be really grounding and really revitalizing for
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  Speaker 1: certain folks. And so I love hearing about ways that
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  Speaker 1: you feel connected and developing that trust. in those long-term
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  Speaker 1: relationships so that you can navigate those potentially difficult conversations,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's finances or... other circumstances outside of the exam room.
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  Speaker 1: I love that you highlighted that as well. It's so
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  Speaker 1: important for us to keep those in mind. But these
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  Speaker 1: relationships are important and they can be a really rewarding
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  Speaker 1: component of vet med. So I really enjoy hearing about
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  Speaker 1: that from your perspective. So you have, of course, learned
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  Speaker 1: a lot about building relationships with the folks around you
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  Speaker 1: that you interact with professionally.
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  Speaker 2: I want to.
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  Speaker 1: pivot us slightly to ask about your personal relationships as
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  Speaker 1: well because balancing work inside and outside the clinic as
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  Speaker 1: you alluded to can be a challenge especially in those
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  Speaker 1: early career years when we're just trying to figure things
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  Speaker 1: out so what lessons learned would you be willing to
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  Speaker 1: share with our listeners.
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  Speaker 3: So this is probably an area where I have some
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  Speaker 3: personal hardships when it comes to saying no to things.
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  Speaker 3: So I like to run a fairly full plate. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: keeping busy keeps my mind going. Sort of how I
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  Speaker 3: stay sane, I guess, at the end of the day
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  Speaker 3: is my mind is always working. If it's not in
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  Speaker 3: the clinic, it's working on something else, which at times,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I could definitely do a better job at
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  Speaker 3: of saying, you know, no is a complete sentence.
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  Speaker 4: When it comes to some of those things.
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  Speaker 3: I find myself, you know, just getting done with the
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  Speaker 3: SDVMA board as being their past president this year. And
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  Speaker 3: I kind of got into that, you know, when I
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  Speaker 3: first got out of school because I was open to
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  Speaker 3: just about doing anything. And I'm sort of a yes
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  Speaker 3: man when it comes to some of that stuff. And
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  Speaker 3: so wound up on the board there when a good
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  Speaker 3: colleague and friend of mine now had asked me back
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  Speaker 3: then and said, hey, do you want to be on
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  Speaker 3: the board?
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  Speaker 4: And I said, sure. And that's why, you know, ended up.
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  Speaker 3: Being the SDVMA president fairly quickly out of school. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I think one of the other things that we're going
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  Speaker 3: to talk about later, the Rosebud equine project that a
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  Speaker 3: couple of classmates and a couple of colleagues of mine
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  Speaker 3: have been going down yearly to do on the Rosebud
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  Speaker 3: reservation in South Dakota. We kind of just started into
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  Speaker 3: that and, and have been doing it ever since. I
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  Speaker 3: like to keep, you know, going with community outreach with
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  Speaker 3: different boards. I'm on a board here in town and
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  Speaker 3: doing a couple other things. And I mean, trying to
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  Speaker 3: balance that is definitely a struggle at times, especially my,
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  Speaker 3: my plate spot to get a little bit fuller here
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  Speaker 3: in the next couple of weeks, we should be welcoming.
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  Speaker 4: Our first kid.
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  Speaker 3: And so that'll kind of see where my commitments go
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  Speaker 3: outside of the home. I mean, whether or not it's something,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you always have to watch out at the
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  Speaker 3: end of the day for your own sanity. And I mean,
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  Speaker 3: if being busy helps that, then by all means be busy.
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  Speaker 3: But if being busy at the end of the day
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  Speaker 3: hurts your personal psyche and, you know, maybe the people
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  Speaker 3: around you see that as well and your relationship with them.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, at the end of the day, you have
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  Speaker 3: to learn too that no is a complete answer. And
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  Speaker 3: I think sometimes I could benefit from my own advice
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  Speaker 3: when it comes to that.
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  Speaker 1: I think we all could benefit from that advice, or
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  Speaker 1: at least a reminder every once in a while, because
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  Speaker 1: I suspect that you're not alone in truly enjoying being busy.
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  Speaker 1: And I do think it's important to recognize that when
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  Speaker 1: there is a healthy amount of busy that's actually energizing
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  Speaker 1: and stress relieving. And then when that could potentially tip
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  Speaker 1: over to adding stress, because busy is not necessarily a
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  Speaker 1: bad thing, as long as there are conversations with all
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  Speaker 1: of the stakeholders and that it is a net benefit
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  Speaker 1: in your life and in the life of those around you.
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  Speaker 2: So I think that's a really, really great thing to
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  Speaker 2: keep in mind.
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  Speaker 1: And I love that being willing to look into other
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  Speaker 1: opportunities and build those relationships have led you to some
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  Speaker 1: really amazing opportunities. So you got involved early and organized
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  Speaker 1: VetMed with the SDVMA, as you said, and then you
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  Speaker 1: took on leadership roles early on. What did you appreciate
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  Speaker 1: most from that early career experience in organized vet meds?
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  Speaker 3: I think a lot of it is the connections that
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  Speaker 3: you make. Along with SDVMA, I had the privilege, which
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  Speaker 3: is actually how you and I had both met at
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  Speaker 3: the AVMA convention in Anaheim this year. I just appreciate
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  Speaker 3: the connections and the networking potential. I mean, whether it's
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  Speaker 3: within veterinary medicine, as with SDVMA and AVMA, or whether
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  Speaker 3: it's in your local community, I mean, joining those boards
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  Speaker 3: or being part of those activities with that, I think
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  Speaker 3: The more expansive your network is, the better off you
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  Speaker 3: will be in your career, in your personal life. And just,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, making those relationships is vital when it comes
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  Speaker 3: to from everything from discussing, you know, a complicated case
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  Speaker 3: to discussing complicated feelings. Like if you're feeling down and
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  Speaker 3: out about your career. having those people there is a
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  Speaker 3: valuable resource to reach out and to discuss those things with.
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  Speaker 3: And a lot of times you'll find people who have
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  Speaker 3: similar feelings or have had similar experiences, whether it's a
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  Speaker 3: similar case, similar time in their life. I think it's
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  Speaker 3: been really valuable to build those parts of my life
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  Speaker 3: and that network.
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  Speaker 4: Through organized veterinary medicine.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, at least in South Dakota, I've seen this
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  Speaker 3: where you know, the organized veterinary memberships seem to have
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  Speaker 3: a little bit of a lack of interest lately. And
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  Speaker 3: I think some of that, you know, is due to
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  Speaker 3: being able to do a lot of different CE and
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  Speaker 3: stuff online. I think there's a missing component there, though,
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  Speaker 3: where you're not getting that face-to-face time and meeting colleagues,
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  Speaker 3: forming that network, which for some people is hard. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: not all of us are extroverts, but trying to form
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  Speaker 3: those connections and form that network is valuable in your
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  Speaker 3: career and in your personal life.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I love hearing about both of those aspects of
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  Speaker 1: things you felt that were beneficial. Yes, it is great
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  Speaker 1: to have folks you can call to talk about cases,
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  Speaker 1: but also maybe the things about the profession that you
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  Speaker 1: might not feel comfortable talking about with your work colleagues
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  Speaker 1: or having someone to discuss a shared experience with.
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  Speaker 2: I really appreciate that highlight.
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  Speaker 1: I think it is an incredibly valuable benefit of getting
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  Speaker 1: connected and organized.
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  Speaker 2: VetMed is certainly one way to do that. But you're
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  Speaker 2: also making an.
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  Speaker 1: Impact on a local level with involvement in community outreach
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  Speaker 1: projects such as the Rosebud Equine Project. So I'd love
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  Speaker 1: to hear a little bit more about that, why you
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  Speaker 1: chose to get involved and what impact you hope to
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  Speaker 1: have on vet med more broadly in South Dakota and
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  Speaker 1: your community.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that has been a really awesome and
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  Speaker 3: fulfilling project for myself and for the local community. It's
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  Speaker 3: something that we have kind of carried on in conjunction
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  Speaker 3: with Iowa State when they do their Crow Creek rotation.
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  Speaker 1: Dr.
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  Speaker 3: Eric Jane was kind of a huge part of why
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  Speaker 3: that started. And the horses play such a large role
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  Speaker 3: in that culture and in that community where they're Some
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  Speaker 3: of these horses, this is their veterinary access for the year.
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  Speaker 3: You know, they come in, you know, we're not only
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  Speaker 3: doing wellnesses and castrations and preventative dental work. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we see it all when they come in. And so
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  Speaker 3: to provide that to the community and to have that
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  Speaker 3: continued relationship with colleagues and with, you know, being able
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  Speaker 3: to help educate students. With that as well, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I think it's an all around win for everybody. We're
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  Speaker 3: providing that service and making that impact within the community
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  Speaker 3: and also able to teach students who maybe haven't seen
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  Speaker 3: anything like that before. People who have horses or who
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  Speaker 3: work with horses can see, you know, the impact they
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  Speaker 3: make in their owners lives. And I think that's taken
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  Speaker 3: to the next level in a lot of the Native
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  Speaker 3: American communities. And so to be able to expose students
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  Speaker 3: to some of that culture and some of that differences
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  Speaker 3: in medicine there is a big part of it too.
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  Speaker 3: And so I think it goes beyond even making that
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  Speaker 3: local impact there, but it's definitely... a project that I
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  Speaker 3: hold near and dear and love to participate in yearly.
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  Speaker 4: And Dr.
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  Speaker 3: Callie Felster is one of my classmates who kind of
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  Speaker 3: heads up that whole thing. And so we'd be lost
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  Speaker 3: without some of our key players that we have that
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  Speaker 3: help with that. It's such an awesome thing to see
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  Speaker 3: that relationship and to see that community work with their
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  Speaker 3: horses and with their animals and be able to help
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  Speaker 3: them take care of those creatures that they care for.
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  Speaker 2: Amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. I love hearing about the broad ranging impact that
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  Speaker 1: that can have. So not only on the patients you're seeing,
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  Speaker 1: the people who are associated with those patients, whether they're
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  Speaker 1: owners or otherwise, but then also the students that are involved,
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  Speaker 1: the veterinarians that are involved. I think you said a
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  Speaker 1: win-win and I couldn't agree more. So I love hearing
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  Speaker 1: that Even as an early career veterinarian, you've chosen to
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  Speaker 1: make this a priority to work this into your balance
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  Speaker 1: of personal and professional and want to make an impact
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  Speaker 1: in that way with the skills that you've developed. So
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  Speaker 1: thank you for sharing that story with us and hopefully
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  Speaker 1: inspiring other early career vets that it's not too early
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  Speaker 1: to get involved in the community projects that are going
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  Speaker 1: on around you.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, get out.
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  Speaker 3: There and participate in projects that are already going on
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  Speaker 3: or don't be scared to reach out to other people
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  Speaker 3: to help you start your own. I mean, just because
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  Speaker 3: it doesn't exist doesn't mean that you can't make it.
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  Speaker 3: So and then find another way to help people, to
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  Speaker 3: help your colleagues, to help your patients. There's always more
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  Speaker 3: room for different projects and different organizations to help out.
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  Speaker 2: I love that. So Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Malk, as we come to the close of our time
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  Speaker 1: together here this week, if you could have listeners take
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  Speaker 1: one thing away from your career story thus far, what
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  Speaker 1: would you like.
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  Speaker 2: That to be?
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  Speaker 4: Just one thing.
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  Speaker 2: Just one thing.
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  Speaker 4: I would say don't get lost in your career.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, make sure that you take time for yourself,
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: take time for your friends and family, those that are
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: close to you. I mean, you can only offer up
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: so much of yourself. Make sure that while you're trying
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: to fill other people's buckets, take care of your patients,
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  Speaker 3: take care of your community, that you also take time
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  Speaker 3: to fill your own, whether that is doing a hobby
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  Speaker 3: that you enjoy or hanging out with friends, family, significant
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  Speaker 3: others that are important to you. Or, you know, like
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  Speaker 3: we discussed earlier, if you're like me, keeping busy and
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  Speaker 3: doing a couple of those things that fill your cup,
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  Speaker 3: I would say that the equine project is one of
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  Speaker 3: those things that fills my cup. So when you're looking
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  Speaker 3: to take care of others, don't get lost in not.
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  Speaker 4: Taking care of yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Fantastic advice. Well, thank you so much for your time
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  Speaker 1: today and sharing your story. I love hearing a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more about the experience in rural mixed animal practice
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  Speaker 1: and And the other things that fill up your bucket,
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: as you said, like getting involved in organized veterinary medicine
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: with SDVMA, being involved with AVMA and other community outreach
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: projects as well. A big congratulations to your upcoming expansion
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: of your family.
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  Speaker 2: We'll have to have a repeat.
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: Episode with how things are going post-birth as well.
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  Speaker 2: But lots of exciting things on the horizon for you, Dr.
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  Speaker 4: Mauck.
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  Speaker 2: So thank you so much.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you very much, Annie.
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  Speaker 3: I appreciate the opportunity to be on the podcast today.
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  Speaker 3: And thank you so much to all the listeners for
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  Speaker 3: tuning in.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: And yes, thank you so much to each of you
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