There are many different types of relationships that people have with animals -- from employees to surrogate children -- and a good clinical vet will respect them all. And if you can relate to clients in a way that will get them to relax and trust you, regardless of their relationship with their animals/your patients, you'll have more broad based success. By that I mean there will be clinics that specialize in treating their patients like the surrogate children their clients believe they are, and there are clinics that don't foster that feeling and treat animals more as companions or employees - but if you can be flexible in your presentation, you can handle both. If you can't handle both, it will be harder to find a well-fitting job, but it's hardly the end of the world.
(By being flexible in behaviour, I don't mean lying or being false as much as I mean being charming and indulging others' expectations - the same way someone might comment on the hairstyle of someone they know to be a little vain, ask someone about their business if they know that person is a workaholic, or comment to a grandmother that she must be proud of her grandson's school achievement.)
As others have said, you have to care about the health and well-being of your patients. You do not have to love your patients, and you shouldn't care more about them than your clients do. You also don't have to coo and cuddle.
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Doubts about Vet Med
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