Have You Always Had A Passion For Rescue Dogs And Shelter Animals? Want To Turn That Passion Into A Career?
Get a head start by tuning in to our on-demand session with Ross Vet Alumna and current faculty, Dr. Andrea Peda, and learn all about shelter medicine, including the basics of handling and treating canine patients! Watch this on-demand session for the opportunity to:
- See how to properly handle, examine, and check the vital signs in dogs
- Learn to identify common medical problems seen in stray and feral canines
- Hear more about pursuing shelter medicine as a veterinarian

Jump Start Your Veterinary Knowledge
Discover the veterinary profession like you never have before. Join Ross Vet alumni, faculty, and colleagues for on-demand webinars that can kick-start your knowledge of veterinary medicine. Explore our learning environments, veterinary specialties, procedures, and case studies before you even become a vet student!

Doctor Of Veterinary Medicine Degree
Earning your DVM from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine offers you much more than a path to animal practice. It unlocks a much larger world of far-reaching career opportunities in veterinary medicine, from companion and exotic animal care, to research that could affect animal and human health on a global scale. From general practitioners to researchers and more, there's a world of possibilities out there to explore.
About Ross Vet
Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education (AVMA-COE). Since its founding in 1982, RUSVM has graduated over 7,000 veterinarians, many practicing in every US state, in Canada and Puerto Rico, and abroad.