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Mhm . This is the army

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today . If you're looking for a career

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working with animals every day , the

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army is probably not your first choice ,

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but that's exactly what Captain Katrina

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walk . Love it did . She's an army

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doctor who cares for soldiers , pets .

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Sergeant Matt Wimmer explains army

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Captain Katrina WACA wicket is not an

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ordinary doctor . It's the best job in

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the army I get to . I mean what other

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job do you get to play with puppies and

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kittens ? Not many . In fact , there

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are only about 200 board certified

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specialists in the whole field of army

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veterinarians . Captain walk a week

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works thoroughly for the care of her

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area for pets . I think a lot of my job

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is very meticulous . It's a lot of

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finding every things that you , so you

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have to know normal really well to

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recognize abnormal and so knowing

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exactly how a dog's heart should sound

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clues you into how something is going

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wrong when it sounds a little bit

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different . That seems difficult . But

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here's something easier for her talking

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about her favorite animal . I guess if

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I had to pick a favorite animal uh that

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I get to work with , it would

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definitely be the military working dogs .

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Those dogs put their lives on the line ,

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their handlers and those dogs have an

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amazing bond and it's so great to work

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with them . Veterinary medicine has

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always interested her whenever we had

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to bring animals to the vet for health

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concerns or just regular checkups . I

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was always eager to go and we had

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really great vets that answered all my

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questions and we're very supportive of

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me going into the field . And it was

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really observing them and seeing how

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well they took care of our animals and

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how compassionate and professional they

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were when it came to the end of life

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for some of our pets that really made

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me love the field Army sergeant Matt

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Way Meyer camp walker Korea and that's

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the army today .