Call the Vet

Name: Call the Vet
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Bruce Fogle
ISBN: 9780008424343

Author: Bruce Fogle

Narrator: Bruce Fogle

Unabridged: 9 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 10/29/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Medical, Veterinary Medicine, Pets

Synopsis

Arriving in 1970s’ London as a fresh-faced Canadian, Bruce Fogle assumed that because he knew the language, he would understand the English. As a graduate of the world’s best veterinary school, he also thought his profession would come naturally to him. He quickly learned not to make assumptions… Bruce began his career at the prestigious Woodrow & Singleton surgery in the heart of the Knightsbridge. Frequented by Britain’s most distinguished pet owners, from Duchesses and Sultans to Paul McCartney and Elizabeth Taylor, it also cared for the exotic inhabitants of the Harrods’ ‘Zoo Department.’ Over the next few years, an arc of clients would cross Bruce’s table, from cats and dogs to alligators, pumas and even a capuchin monkey. Each adventure taught Bruce far more than any textbook ever could, while skilful veterinary nurses provided the greatest lessons of all. Call the Vet

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ellie

Rounded up from 3.5 ⭐️ I’m not usually the biggest fan of non-fiction books. However, I really enjoyed this memoir! Call the vet follows Bruce back to his life in the early 1970s. Where he has recently qualified as a vet and moved to England from Canada. Along the way we get insights into his patien......more

Goodreads review by Miriam

Canadian Bruce Fogle arrived in London in the 1970’s as a graduate of the world’s best veterinary school. He began his career in Knightsbridge and his clients included the likes of Paul McCartney, Elizabeth Taylor to name a few and even including Duchesses and Sultans. He also cared for the exotic i......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives

A truly wonderful, inspiring and heartwarming memoir with animals and their welfare at its centre, Call the Vet details Fogle's trials and tribulations in becoming a veterinarian as well being absolutely replete with fascinating anecdotes about a range of different species and their owners whom he c......more