Question: What is your most favourite part of your job and if you had to describe this as a specific animal what would it be?

Melissa Upjohn answered on 25 Jan 2026: last edited 25 Jan 2026 16:37

What I like most about my job is talking to owners about their animals, their relationship with them and how this forms part of their life, so that I can better understand how to set up the vet related support that they need to improve things for both their animal and the owner/their family. When you apply to vet school, you’re likely to be asked ‘why do you want to be a vet rather than a doctor’ and it’s important NOT to say ‘because I like animals better than people’ because almost every animal comes with at least one person attached, so it’s important to be a people person as well as an animal person.
It’s difficult to describe it as a specific animal, but perhaps it could be a very curious young elephant (I love elephants!) who loves meeting people and animals and getting to know them.