WE'RE GONNA FIX 'EM ALL!
August 2, 2017 10:43 AM Subscribe
Vet Ranch is a YouTube Channel created by Dr. Matt Carriker in 2014. Our goal is to spread awareness of the many homeless animals in need of medical attention. It all started when he received an after hours call to euthanize a stray dog that had been hit by a car. After picking up the dying pup from a dark road and taking it to the clinic, Dr. Matt saw a glimmer of life in her eyes and made the decision to try to save her rather than euthanizing. He pulled out his trusty iphone and began to film the process of bringing the sweet black lab back to life [graphic injuries].
You may remember Dr. Matt from such YouTube videos as Dog versus Deer ORIGINAL, Dog Vs Deer - REMATCH and Dog vs Deer, Update.
Other Vet Ranch stories (all pretty graphic albeit with happy endings):
Paralyzed Kitten Finally Walks!!!
The Happiest Suffering Dog I've Ever Seen
Transformation: Street Dog to Couch Potato
[h/t MeFi's Own blogger extraordinaire Miss Cellania]
Me, I only want happy dogs and kitties in my youtube stream.
I've had to unfollow people on Twitter who routinely posted graphic animal horror stories. I just can't.
I'm glad this ends well, but I don't think my heart can take watching it.
posted by sutt at 11:13 AM on August 2, 2017 [2 favorites]
I've had to unfollow people on Twitter who routinely posted graphic animal horror stories. I just can't.
I'm glad this ends well, but I don't think my heart can take watching it.
posted by sutt at 11:13 AM on August 2, 2017 [2 favorites]
Yep. People tend to think of the career as "all puppies", but my SO is a vet, and most days has to tell people that their loved one needs to be put down and then has to do it as compassionately as she can. She finds it very stressful and wearing.
posted by idb at 12:17 PM on August 2, 2017
posted by idb at 12:17 PM on August 2, 2017
I like this channel! It's really educational. Bizarrely, his other channel is all about shooting things and blowing stuff up (he is in Texas).
posted by Bee'sWing at 12:21 PM on August 2, 2017
posted by Bee'sWing at 12:21 PM on August 2, 2017
I watch Vet Ranch as quickly as they come out (and Hope for Paws). VR seem to only tell stories that are successful (although sometimes they will tell you they lost one of a pair of rescues after the introduction).
And yeah, Dr. Matt is definitely a crazy gun guy but Demo Ranch gave him the platform to vault VR up high.
Can't imagine the stress level of dealing with the constant death and the grief. There's one vet here who the only thing she does is at home euthanasia. She's amazing but I can't imagine the hit to the soul she takes being in that role and offering the empathy and compassion she does.
posted by drewbage1847 at 12:24 PM on August 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
And yeah, Dr. Matt is definitely a crazy gun guy but Demo Ranch gave him the platform to vault VR up high.
Can't imagine the stress level of dealing with the constant death and the grief. There's one vet here who the only thing she does is at home euthanasia. She's amazing but I can't imagine the hit to the soul she takes being in that role and offering the empathy and compassion she does.
posted by drewbage1847 at 12:24 PM on August 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
I'm glad this ends well, but I don't think my heart can take watching it.
You do what's best for you, but know that in this case you're depriving yourself of a little ray of sunshine. Janie is a sweet old gal and her enthusiasm is infectious.
posted by Atom Eyes at 12:26 PM on August 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
You do what's best for you, but know that in this case you're depriving yourself of a little ray of sunshine. Janie is a sweet old gal and her enthusiasm is infectious.
posted by Atom Eyes at 12:26 PM on August 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
Yep. People tend to think of the career as "all puppies", but my SO is a vet, and most days has to tell people that their loved one needs to be put down and then has to do it as compassionately as she can. She finds it very stressful and wearing.
What I find interesting is that when it's my dog, I'm better able to handle the tough moments. Now, I've never had a dog in the kind of state that tends to show up on this channel, but I've taken them for emergency vet appointments for injuries and also when they've needed to be put down. It's hard, but there's a difference there that relates to my personal connection, I guess, because watching other people's pets in those situations I can't deal.
Hats off to your SO; I've been very lucky to have been around compassionate, caring vets when the time to put a dog down has come and their support is appreciated.
posted by nubs at 12:29 PM on August 2, 2017
What I find interesting is that when it's my dog, I'm better able to handle the tough moments. Now, I've never had a dog in the kind of state that tends to show up on this channel, but I've taken them for emergency vet appointments for injuries and also when they've needed to be put down. It's hard, but there's a difference there that relates to my personal connection, I guess, because watching other people's pets in those situations I can't deal.
Hats off to your SO; I've been very lucky to have been around compassionate, caring vets when the time to put a dog down has come and their support is appreciated.
posted by nubs at 12:29 PM on August 2, 2017
If anyone is wondering if they fell through a wormhole in spacetime: Yes, that's the same guy with the Demolition Ranch channel, which usually involves shooting things with ridiculously large guns. The first time I saw or heard about Vet Ranch it was a real WTF moment.
posted by loquacious at 12:30 PM on August 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by loquacious at 12:30 PM on August 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
In conclusion, Dr. Matt is a land of contrasts.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 1:21 PM on August 2, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 1:21 PM on August 2, 2017 [2 favorites]
I generally can't handle it; I only want to see the happy endings and have my wife tell me what they saved the poor animal from without all the graphic bits
I can't handle watching this sort of thing, but I do occasionally follow the more icky vet updates about the foster kitten cam I watch. And I really, really, really, really appreciate this kind of thing exists, because you know what? Some people are going to watch this and learn more about what vets really go through and how hard that is, and that's good for people to have respect for the profession. And some other people, with any luck, will see this sort of thing and think: I could do that. This is exactly the sort of career where it's previously been very hard to understand what goes into it before you actually do it, and it doesn't do anybody a lot of favors to make it seem less gross than it really is.
posted by Sequence at 1:37 PM on August 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
I can't handle watching this sort of thing, but I do occasionally follow the more icky vet updates about the foster kitten cam I watch. And I really, really, really, really appreciate this kind of thing exists, because you know what? Some people are going to watch this and learn more about what vets really go through and how hard that is, and that's good for people to have respect for the profession. And some other people, with any luck, will see this sort of thing and think: I could do that. This is exactly the sort of career where it's previously been very hard to understand what goes into it before you actually do it, and it doesn't do anybody a lot of favors to make it seem less gross than it really is.
posted by Sequence at 1:37 PM on August 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
My 5 year old is nuts for Vet Ranch. She loves watching Doctors Matt and Kari do their surgical thing. She's actually scared of dogs in real life, but she seems to take a lot of satisfaction watching the dogs romp around after their recovery, ready to go home with their forever families. And shout out to YouTube for NOT displaying anything about Demolition Ranch to us.
posted by stowaway at 2:49 PM on August 2, 2017
posted by stowaway at 2:49 PM on August 2, 2017
oh my goodness her waggity tail at the end, wheeeeee, her whole butt's going happy
posted by cadge at 2:50 PM on August 2, 2017
posted by cadge at 2:50 PM on August 2, 2017
Our goal is to spread awareness of the many homeless animals in need of medical attention.
Having encountered an ungodly number of street folks having psychotic breakdowns this week, this sentence hit me and made me wish they were as redeemeable and cared after.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 3:12 PM on August 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
Having encountered an ungodly number of street folks having psychotic breakdowns this week, this sentence hit me and made me wish they were as redeemeable and cared after.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 3:12 PM on August 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
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Me, I only want happy dogs and kitties in my youtube stream.
posted by nubs at 11:10 AM on August 2, 2017