Just ask the customer whose dog needed an injection and was looking for some sound professional advice: as long as what she\u2019s doing is within state guidelines, Jan Gorham can wield a needle as professionally as any veterinarian. A registered California veterinary technician for the last 30 years, Gorham has picked up countless tricks of the trade from her schooling at Mesa College and from her bosses at several area animal hospitals. She\u2019s also been a groomer and has a network of friends among pet sitters and dog walkers, whose jobs she calls “very important to the animal’s health.”
\nAnd now that she\u2019s hung her shingle under the name Tech Pet Care, the Ocean Beach resident wants neighbors to know that there\u2019s a difference between the roles of a sitter or a groomer and that of a caretaker. It’s one thing to provide kennel and companionship and transport services for dogs and cats, she said (see techpetcare.com or call (619) 807-5376 for the particulars and prices) \u2014 but Gorham\u2019s technical expertise, which ranges from emergency hospital care to obedience training, raises the level of that care, perhaps revealing a medical issue that a veterinarian wouldn\u2019t otherwise see.
\n“There are a lot of people who still leave their animals with the vet when they go on vacation when they could leave them with me,” said Gorham, herself a dog owner. “And if the animals stay at my house, I can wash them and clean their teeth, but I\u2019m also more than just a pet-sitter. I can give sort of a cursory exam. I bring a stethoscope with me when I go to the owners\u2019 homes just so I can give them an idea of how the animal is doing. I can take a weight, inspect their mouths, their glands and I can encourage the owner. If they brush their animal\u2019s teeth, if they comb their hair, if they keep the fleas away, they\u2019re going to have a healthier animal” \u2014 and thus give the pet the best line of defense prior to an exam.
\nCalifornia’s registered veterinary technicians are required to complete a two-year associate\u2019s degree program at a college accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association or have accumulated 4,416 hours of practice in 24 months under a veterinarian\u2019s supervision. They must also pass a state-administered examination and submit to a criminal background check, at which time they\u2019re issued a license to practice, renewable every two years. Locally, Chula Vista\u2019s Pima Medical Institute offers the study program.
\nLas normas de la Junta M\u00e9dica Veterinaria de California establecen que los t\u00e9cnicos registrados no pueden diagnosticar, pronosticar, realizar cirug\u00edas, prescribir medicamentos o dispensar aparatos. Bajo supervisi\u00f3n indirecta, pueden tratar quemaduras, aplicar torniquetes, reanimar animales, realizar an\u00e1lisis de sangre y administrar sustancias controladas; bajo una supervisi\u00f3n m\u00e1s cercana, pueden inducir anestesia, insertar cat\u00e9teres, aplicar yesos y f\u00e9rulas y realizar extracciones dentales.
\nY como expertos en animales, pueden dar consejos pr\u00e1cticos que pueden escapar a la comunidad de cuidadores de mascotas. Los llamados deportes extremos para animales son un \u201cno-no\u201d expl\u00edcito a menos que el animal est\u00e9 acostumbrado o que el humano traiga un cochecito. Cada vez que un animal se muerde a s\u00ed mismo, puede estar introduciendo bacterias que causan enfermedades. \u201cMe pregunto\u201d, dijo Gorham, \u201ccu\u00e1nto de eso saben los cuidadores de mascotas\u201d.
\nMientras tanto, Gorham se contenta con dirigir una operaci\u00f3n de una sola persona como "un cuidador de mascotas glorificado", sintiendo la necesidad de servicios m\u00e9dicos auxiliares en lo que ella llama una excelente comunidad local de due\u00f1os de mascotas. San Diego cuenta con muchos recursos de cuidado aclamados, desde gigantes corporativos como PETCO hasta destacados especialistas en comportamiento de mascotas, la Sociedad Protectora de Animales de San Diego y el Centro de Animales Helen Woodward. El exceso provoca la nota de preocupaci\u00f3n de Gorham sobre la saturaci\u00f3n del mercado.
\n"Nunca sabes realmente", dijo sobre su empresa, "cu\u00e1ntas personas est\u00e1n haciendo lo que est\u00e1s haciendo hasta que comienzas a hacerlo". Pero en medio de la escasez cr\u00f3nica de veterinarios, es l\u00f3gico que los t\u00e9cnicos tambi\u00e9n escaseen, y eso hace que Tech Pet Care sea un activo comunitario potencialmente m\u00e1s valioso.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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