Am I too old to follow my dreams...and become a Veterinarian 

Starting at 27 wish me luck friends

Thank you, I needed this. I'm 35, been so nervous about starting now. So thank you again 🐩🐢🐈🐦💛

Thank you for this video. I always think to myself I’m too old but this was a pick me up. You are amazing!! I wish I could shadow you!

Thank you so much Doctor, this helped me a lot! I’m 26 atm and going to pursue

I’m 24 and I feel like I’m too old, don’t have ANY experience and I have NOT took any classes. Gosh! You really made me push and now I’m really excited! Can’t wait now 💓

You're an inspiration. The beauty of your spirit shines right through this simple RU-vid video!

People around me and especially my family keeps saying that I'm too old to start again (I'm 26 years old),and always keeps telling me that I need to get married and have kids since people at my age already have their own families but I really wanna be a veteran This makes me sad and depressed all the time when I hear my parents saying all this every day . 😢

She’s right. The worst thing is looking back with regrets. Time flies so do it. If you don’t like it do something else. It’s that easy.

Hi Dr.! greeting from Myanmar. Thank you so much for your inspirational talk. Fortunately, I found it before I gave up. I am 35 and dreamt of to become a vet in foreign countries. Thank you so much!

Your advice about listening to your voce really resonated...beyond the too old advice...thank you. And I am 57 b-t-w and still making it work...

Hello Dr. Shanelle, my name is Kayla. I thought this video was inspirational. I used to confused whether I should be veterinarian or be a nurse, but I realized this the career for me because I notice I keep going back to it. My therapist told me , I couldn't do it and I needed a plan B. Veterinary medicine always been a dream for me. I am always eager to find out how to diagnosis and treat animals. Thank you for the encouraging words.💜

I'm 28 years old and have been a LVN/LPN for 6 years and have been trying to pursue my RN for 5 years in a field that I honestly don't even like and not to mention the difficulties of getting into an RN program and the sad reality of the lack of respect for the profession. When people ask me what I wanted to be when I was a kid I say with a smile "a vet!!" I love animals! I'm seriously wanting to persue the career now. I'm so over nursing.

Nearly in tears....I felt all of this and the video isn't even over yet. "I am never too old to become, what I have always dreamt of becoming" #Inspirational # PositiveSelfTalk

very inspirational!! in a way that wasnt cheesy at all. thank youu! i am a 4th year psychology student and it took me four years of undergrad to realize Vetmed is something i REALLY want to do

Thank you for this. I love all of your videos. Once I finish Undergrad school and achieve my BA, I’m moving to Tallahassee and applying to shadow you! You have rekindled a spark in my dream career again❤️ I use to always think of myself as being too old. I’m 22 and although I’ll be in my mid 30’s, I’ll have the job I’ve always wanted since I was 5..thanks to you❤️❤️

Thank you so much ❤❤❤ I'll be starting my veterinary medicine in September..i am so excited 😢😢 animals are my life ,there s nothing in life that makes me more happier than being around animals..

Thanks very much for the encouragement. Sometimes I also think that I'm too old to become who I want to be that is becoming a vetenerian which is my dream. Your talks really inspired me.

Darling, thank you for this! I'm so trapped with the relativity of time, how it's passing by and how i often feel stuck. I was almost in my second year of college when I decided that I was going to pursue veterinary medicine. The process of reclassifying and meeting with the requirements for the change in majors has taken a long time. It's a difficult and frustrating process and sometimes I feel that the clock is ticking, and I put in perspective the idea of having a family, children and travelling and it feels like it may take too long for me to achieve anything. Your message, and the videos I'm finding on your channel are putting everything into perspective and helping me reorganize myself, and renewing my energies to follow my dreams.Time is relative, and I will have the time to achieve all of my goals. Hugs from your new suscriber.

I just turned 32. I started college later in life (28) and I am about to complete my bachelor's in social work. I am a single mother of a 6-year-old and I just applied to pre-vet because my dream and my passion have always been to work with animals. I am mad at myself for not following my dream from the beginning but I feel as if I would seriously regret it if I don't try. I have some of the prerequisites for Vet school from my current undergrad (biology, social sciences, statistics) but I am missing quite a few which is why I am applying to pre-vet. I feel slightly defeated though because I am essentially going for a second bachelor's degree!!! Your video was very inspiring because I do feel a little old considering my circumstances but I don't want to be unhappy for the rest of my life pursuing a career that would feel like work. "Do what you love but call it work" simplified everything for me, and is why I have decided to make the switch.

38 and looking into this woohoo

Recently stumbled upon your videos and they are amazing. I'm an undergrad senior year student pursuing a bachelors in animal science prevet. I'm about to graduate but dont have much clinical experience as in shadowing. And thought I should take a year for that but was feeling discouraged because of the time it takes but you definitely encouraged and inspired me to keep going❤❤❤

just found this video and thank you for making it! just graduated with a degree in finance and got a job but i just don’t think it’s what i’m truly passionate about. thinking about going back to school but i’d have to take all the prerequisites before even applying to vet schools. but you motivated me!!

I’m about to be 27 next month & I have always had a passion for animals & our environment. When I was little I wanted to be a vet but I used to cry when I saw dead animals hit by cars or what have you. I still foster & volunteer for the ASPCA but I think I would love to just be a vet. Either wildlife, marine or emergency!

I am NEVER to old to become what I’ve ALWAYS dreamt of becoming!!!! .....and even though this video was posted 2 years ago, its message is NOT to old to still have the same impact! Divine Spirit lead me to this video. I’ve been called to be a Vet at the age of 29. Thinking of the time it would take to complete school does make you feel a bit discouraged at my age, especially because we live in a popcorn age where everyone expects things to happen fast! However watching this video reassured me what my grandma use to say all the time, “Honey, don’t nothing get old but clothes, and when they get old we change them out”. I never quite understood what she meant all those year but some how it make a ton of sense now. Thank you queen for this beautiful, inspiring video, I know I don’t know you personally but I love you ❤️🙏🏾✨

Thank you so much

Thank you , I needed this 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊🙏

Needed this today I'm 23 and never been to college so nervous about starting but I want to so bad. Thank you

Thank you for all the positive vibes

Awesome message. Thank you.

you have a beautiful spirit. thank you for being you. ♥️✨

This makes me want to cry. Thank you for this

There's no age limit for school. I know a lawyer who graduated lawschool at 70.

I JUST LOVE YOU!!!!! Keep up with the videos :) I’ll be 30 in November....... never went to college, I’m a mother, caregiver to my mother and newly married. I’ve been at my job for 8 years........ and wonder if it my time to Channel my energy to my dream ;)

Thanks for your inspiration!! You are the best! 🙏🏻

Exactly what I needed to hear today

You are an inspiration. Lots of love 💖

Thank you for making this video. 💕

Thankyou for this!

Ty! Love u!

Hi Dr. Shanelle! I am a college junior who just switched from pre-med to pre-vet. I don't have a strong gpa at 2.7 and don't have much experience with animals in clinics. However, growing up my family and I have always had a pet ranging from bird, bunnies, cats, and dogs. I have fostered about 3-4 litters of kittens in the past but don't have that experience with vet clinic and vets. I def want to want raise my gpa and get more experience. Do you think being a vet is an attainable goal?

Hello Jasmine..how old were u when u started in vet school and how old are u now.

hey mam im a stranger facebook, im starting premed in December i need to talk about related to that, my situation is that when im 17 yr old i complete my high school fromm Boston in us and then i decide to go to premed but recently i got a call from hospital that my family-dad, mom and a brother are died in car accident, im in Boston im alone bcoz of that im too depressed and i dont know how to focus on my studies im losing my hope, plz can we talk

So 8 years ??? Not that bad I guess

If I become a RVT will I still need to go back to undergrad to become a Vet?

Hahaha and of course the cognitive function... i like that one