Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #57725 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-11
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Melanie Reid in The Herald, October 24, 2006
A quite wicked little book of veterinarian cynicism...a blackly
humorous account of life as an animal doctor...

Veterinary Times, November 13, 2006
A vet breaking ranks... The type of story that is rarely aired in
the public domain...

Melanie Reid in The Herald, October 24, 2006
A quite wicked little book of veterinarian cynicism... a blackly
humorous account of life as an animal doctor.

Customer Reviews

Perfectly beastly......
As my father's a vet and I've been brought up surrounded by animals, I don't know a life without them. Pet Hates is certainly different in that it takes a somewhat cynical though humorous angle on the animal-anecdote style of story telling famously crafted by James Herriot. You have to connect to Josh Artmeier's way of writing to like the book and maybe I'm a bit old-fashioned but I prefer the delicious, punning humour of another vet author,Malcolm Welshman, with his novel Pets in Prospect. I think this is the current jewel in the crown of vet stories though Pet Hates will still bring a twinkle to the eye of many. Both carry their stories with aplomb. And both are worth a read.

amazing
I have always wanted to be a vet and I recomend this book to all who are in my situation. It has certainly shocked me but not put me off. It is fantastically writain and everyone who loves/works with animals should read it!

An Insider's view of "Pet Hates"
James Heriot wrote books filled with tales and anecdotes which were mild and humerous to a pubic which knew nothing of the reality of a vet's life.Artmeir has opened Pandora's Box and out has popped the harsh realities of what happens to a vet day after day and week after week.These realities are what has made the profession the top one for suicide by a long way.There is plenty of humour in this book, albeit most of it rather black.Josh may be accused, with some justification, of writing with a "burnt stick"; nonetheless it is all true even though the unpleasant events and disasters may not always happen in an unmitigated stream.The alphabetical approach to chapters/topics is unusual but works.
If you have or used to have a pet then read "Pet Hates". If you are thinking of studying veterinary medicine then read it two or three times!
By:Another member of the profession