Baby Badger wearing a Dick Vet final year jacket Amy turned into a dog coat for a friend, once we graduated

In this episode we chat about our struggles navigating NHS prescription services and how they translate to pet owners. Plus the pros and cons of uniforms in the workplace, inspired by an Instagram post by Lou the Vet Nurse.

Amy wearing the old-school dentist-style consulting top in a previous job. Fi and Amy both agree that we don't enjoy this type of uniform!

Amy also shares her exciting plans for her 40th birthday - she’s off to the Chelsea Flower Show (the most middle class way to enter midlife? Who’s to say?)

Do you have strong feelings on workplace uniform? Same coloured scrubs for all, or different uniforms for clinical vs. non clinical team members? Should vets and nurses wear different things? Hit reply to this email to send us your thoughts, or join in the conversation over on Instagram!

Hello hello! Thanks so much for joining us for episode 13 of That Vet Podcast!

Fi is back from skiing, with some hair-raising tales to tell. Amy is overwhelmed with domestic tasks (relatable content for many of us I’m sure) and needs a pep talk. There’s always more on the to do list.

Amy in her natural habitat

In this episode, we discuss some tips to save your clients’ money, whilst prioritising patient care and practicing a good standard of medicine. This feels particularly pertinent, with the final report published recently from the Competition & Markets Authority investigation into the veterinary industry.

Fi found a dog up a mountain! Was he also at Ski School?

Amy watering her new raised bed, in her jammy-jams after a night shift nappy-nap

Some links from this episode:

• Fi’s No. 7 Future Renew sunscreen range

• Renovation Husbands Instagram account

• KC Davis AKA Domestic Blisters on TikTok & Struggle Care on Instagram plus her book How to Keep House While Drowning

• Time Boxing by Marc Zao-Sanders

Fi very kindly bought Amy this book, after listening to me moan about my domestic overwhelm in this episode

Do we need a That Vet Podcast book club?! Comment or email if that’s something you would like!

Hello hello! Thanks so much for joining us for episode 12 of That Vet Podcast! Spring has sprung and the warmer days and longer evenings are definitely making us both feel more positive and joyful. The daffodils are up in Amy’s garden, and Fi is away on a family trip for the Easter holidays.

Amy baked a cake for Easter, which was eaten by family so sadly none of it made it to work! Baking for your work mates is a lovely way to boost moral, if you don’t have a hoard of gannets at home to feed.

Below is a list of the wellbeing boosters we chat about in this episode.

• Taking flowers into work - reduced to clear daffodils, or flowers grown in your garden

• Sharing your home baking

• A ‘Little Free Library’ or ‘Swap Corner’ for books and other knick-knacks (ours includes puzzles and gift bags, from when clients bring in chocolates and biscuits)

• Asking about your colleagues’ personal lives e.g. remembering they have kids, or asking about their holidays

• Empathising with stressful or sad moments in their lives, in a way that makes them feel seen. Try to judge this in a way that won’t upset someone, or feel intrusive - perhaps an email might be better than an in-person discussion for some people

• Noticing little things that can help improve someone’s life - a broken watch strap you can replace for example

• Buying communal milk

• Offering to make tea and coffee

• Picking up someone’s work or caseload when they’re away, so they don’t come back from sickness or holiday to a mountain of work to catch up

Feel free to click ‘reply’ to let us know yours!

Hello hello! Thanks so much for joining us for episode 11 of That Vet Podcast. It’s a bit of an emotional subject we’re discussing today, around euthanasia when you disagree that it’s the best outcome for the pet.

Some links we mention in the episode:

• Blue Cross Pet Loss Support - “here to take your hand when they let go”. For anyone involved in pet loss, from clinical staff to bereaved families. They have specific support for children experiencing pet loss.

• Vetlife - Independent, confidential and free help for everyone in the veterinary community including veterinary nurses, students and non-clinical staff.

Baby Fi with a baby sheep

Hello hello! Thanks for joining us for another episode of That Vet Podcast! We’re very excited to have made it to episode 10 (double digits!) and over 1000 subscribers on Instagram!

In this episode we chat about work related footwear (are you team Crocs or not?) and share our pathways to vet school. Enjoy these slightly pixelated pictures from circa 2008, of us both in our first year at the Dick Vet!

Please enjoy Amy’s mullet-adjacent hair

Amy with an elephant’s tooth (so cool!)

Fi & Gleny on graduation day!

We’re planning on turning this theme into a recurring segment on the podcast, where we hope to interview or chat with people in the process of applying, folks who didn’t get in (what did you do instead?) or people involved in the admissions process, like school teachers and university professors. If any of that strikes a chord with you, hit reply to this email and let us know!

Fi’s Cozy Fit Pullover from this week's knitting update

You may have noticed we took a week off posting, Fi had a nasty cold and we decided to prioritise rest and recuperation. Relatable content for this time of year I think. We want to keep a regular schedule, so you all know when to expect us in your feeds, but we want to do it in a sustainable way, that gives us flexibility when life happens. Thanks for understanding buds, we knew you would get it ❤️

In this episode we chat about parking tickets (Amy got her first one in Inverness, boo) and give a knitting update. We talk about the anxieties of calling in sick to work and how to prepare for a consult when you have limited time to read the notes in advance.

Amy’s current knitting work in progress - the Seaglass sweater for her mum

Some links from this episode:

• Seaglass sweater by Wool & Pine

• Cozy Fit Pullover by Cleome Smith

Thanks for being here!

Fi is a cardiology certificate holder and works in referral practice in the south west of England. Amy is an emergency and critical care vet and works in a busy out of hours clinic in the Highlands. We both share a love of crafts, nature and adding joy to our lives where we can. We’re very happy you chose to join us!

Amy and her morning stories

In this episode we chat about our morning routines (Amy eats a lard ball for breakfast apparently) and our approach to consuming the news. Our clinical discussion topic is how to handle money discussions in emotional situations.

Peanut butter ‘lard’ ball

Some links from this episode:

• The News Agents podcast

• Guardian First Edition morning newsletter

Have you got any tips or techniques for handling emotional money chat in the consult room? Hit reply to this email to let us know, we would love to hear from you!

Fi’s incredible handmade birthday kaftan - one of her proudest craft moments of 2025

In this episode Fi and Amy discuss their vet life, craft life, and real life achievements for 2025 and look forward to 2026. We chat about how to set manageable goals and the mistakes we both repeatedly make when setting intentions and starting projects.

Amy’s Hobbit Robe on the long arm quilting machine. Finishing this project is on the 2026 list!

Here are some links from the episode:

• Elise Joy and her amazing downloadable planning and goal setting printables (available to paid subscribers of her newsletter)

• 12 Week Year by Brian P Moran

• Goblin Tools

• SMART goals

• Cecilia Blomdahl - life on Svalbard

• Merchant & Mills

• Fabric Godmother

• BoBo DuDs

• Ivy the Sewlo Artist

• Dastardly Line

• Sew DIY Tasi Robe

• Minimalist Machinist

• Modern Sewing Company Darcy Coat

You can read and listen to more about Amy’s Hobbit Robe here:

Craft & Thrift

The Hobbit Robe journey to date

Those who have been following my blog for a few years (love you!) will have heard me talk about the Hobbit Robe. I’ve mentioned it on and off in various newsletters and Instagram posts, but I’m finally on the home straight. The end is in sight and I’m so excited about the first morning I get to wake up, don my wool quilted Hobbit robe and take a turn ab…

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a year ago · 7 likes · Amy

Craft & Thrift

Hobbit robe

Years ago I stumbled across Ivy, otherwise known as the Sewlo Artist on Instagram. Ivy is an incredibly talented sewist, who makes and wears historical clothing. The specific piece that caught my eye is her Hobbit robe, inspired by the dressing gown worn by Bilbo at the start of the Hobbit films. You can see her version at the…

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2 years ago · 10 likes · Amy

Hello hello! Welcome to Episode 6 of That Vet Podcast. We love having you here. And happy holidays to you all!

In this episode Fi discusses her time at London Vet show, including how to conserve your energy at a conference. Amy updates us on her renovation woes and we get excited over having a leaflet (they don’t give them out to anyone, you know). Our clinical discussion is about tiredness versus burnout, and how to tell the difference, as described by two self-proclaimed idiots bumbling through life.

Some links for this episode:

• Mental Health UK’s definition of burnout

• Vetlife - independent, confidential and free help for everyone in the veterinary community including veterinary nurses, students and non-clinical staff

• Vet Empowered

• Katie Ford

• London Vet Show

• PetiteKnit Oslo hat

If you’re interested in Amy’s knitting project from this week, you can read about it here:

Craft & Thrift

A knitting fail

Whilst I was in London recently, visiting my bestie, we went to the knitting shop Beautiful Knitters in Pimlico. An adorable, cosy little yarn store, tucked away on a side street but with warmth and ambience spilling out of the windows and onto the pavement. It was the gloaming, with the night drawing in and the Christmas lights through people’s windows…

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6 months ago · 12 likes · 4 comments · Amy

And Fi mentions how helpful journaling has been for helping her decide what is or isn’t important when she’s feeling overwhelmed. You can read about Amy’s journey through The Artist’s Way (spoiler alert: I only made it to week 7 of 12 but I’m planning on picking this back up over Christmas!) here:

Craft & Thrift

Bonus content! Bare Minimum Artist's Way

We’re hanging in there with the Artist’s Way. I’m over halfway through now, and although Internet People have now finished, this doughty pit pony is determined to continue. If you like gardening, sewing & knitting, Craft & Thrift is for you…

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a year ago · 8 likes · 1 comment · Amy

Hello hello! Welcome to episode 5 of That Vet Podcast.

In this episode Fi is preparing for the London Vet Show and Amy is just back from the big smoke, visiting her bestie from school. We both share knitting updates and commiserate over the stress of home renovation.

In the clinical section we debate the pros and cons of independent versus corporate practices, as a place to work.

Some links and pics from this episode:

Amy’s Sophie Scarf by PetiteKnit, anxiety-knit on a plane

You can read about the OG anxiety-knit Sophie Scarf here:

Craft & Thrift

Anxiety knitting the PetiteKnit Sophie scarf

Earlier in the summer, when I was travelling to Italy for my brother's wedding, I was searching for a knitting project to take with me. I had specific requirements I wouldn't normally use to filter patterns; it had to be small and portable, simple but not boring, and not require me to travel with multiple needle options. Ideally a single needle, in a si…

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3 years ago · 3 likes · Amy

London doing an excellent job of being autumnal

One of dozens of dump trips Badger has overseen

I think this just about sums up mine and Fiona’s feelings about renovation.

Thanks for listening, see you in two weeks!

In this episode we chat seasonal vibes & back to school feelings. Amy shares about her foot fetish (TMI?) and updates us on her knitting project. Fi procrastinates buying her kid school clothes and goes on an epic foraging adventure.

In the clinical section, we muse on whether veterinary colleagues receive the same standards of care as members of the public.

The original enormous hand knit sweater, and it’s current iteration (Sweater No. 18 by My Favourite Things Knitwear)

A knitted mushroom hat made by Fi using Katie Green’s pattern

Fi’s epic foraging haul and cosy, tasty results

We both love this time of year!

Hawthorne ketchup recipe

Autumnal crochet garland by Emmylou Crochet

In this episode, we discuss style and clothing as we age, including how learning to sew has helped us both learn more about our sartorial preferences.

Fi gives an update on her summer childcare and camping trips and our clinical discussion is about how to stay calm in the face of complicated or overwhelming cases.

Amy wearing hand made jeans and over shirt, plus a hand knit vest top

Some links from this episode:

• Eweleaze Farm for middle class, middle aged cult camping. See also: Shortlake Farm

• Katie Ford - imposter syndrome

• Vet Empowered

• Manual of Small Animal Surgery AKA Fossum (Amy’s foot stool of choice) - one of the Goodreads reviews is two stars “by semester one I hated you”. Relatable

• BSAVA Manual of Canine & Feline Emergency and Critical Care

• Bryony Hannah Yoga

• Yoga Like Water

• Amy’s ‘Style’ Pinterest board

• Calm app

• Amy’s free 30 day referral link for Headspace

In this show we’re talking about Fi’s summer holiday planning spreadsheet, Amy’s garden update, and Fi has bought a new tent. We share our new grad mistakes to make us both (and you!) feel better about being an idiot sometimes, and chat knitting projects.

A couple of pics to accompany this episode:

Gourdon, the latest member of the Dyce family

In-progress shot of Amy’s Sweater No. 18 by My Favourite Things knitwear

Thanks for listening, see you next week!

We’re so glad you’re here and we’re so excited to be here!

For those who are new to us and the podcast, there’s a short introduction post here:

We are two pals from vet school, who met at the Dick Vet in Edinburgh. Amy is currently working as an OOH vet, and Fi is a referral cardiologist.

Fiona in her natural environment of greenery and handknits

In our real lives away from work, we are both heavily into crafting, specifically knitting and sewing. We both love to make our own clothes, and then talk about it. Sewing animals and sewing clothes. And thus, this podcast was born!

Amy wearing a favourite handmade jacket, that I now can’t remember why I donated

In this episode we chat about car snacks, sewing projects and our clinical discussion is about how to handle ‘difficult’ clients, including why Fi doesn’t like the term ‘difficult’.

Here are some links and pics from this episode:

• Fi’s blueberry oat loaf, with high structural integrity for car breakfasts

Amy filling holes in her renovation project house:

And some links to things we mention:

• The Great British Sewing Bee

• Amber Butchart

• Vets in Practice

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Fi & Amy are two mates from vet school, who between us have nearly 30 years of experience. We started That Vet Podcast to be your approachable, relatable, internet vet pal. Over the years since we qualified, the vet profession has seen some considerable changes, but the one thing that remains the same is the camaraderie. It’s those between-consults, tea room chats that keep us all going through the day. That’s what we aim to capture in this podcast and bring to your daily lives!

Amy - wearing a handknit cardigan that felt like more of an achievement than a splenectomy (no one died for a start)

Fi - master of both the echo and the hand knit mushroom hat (and scarf and hand sewn dungarees)

Our aim is to produce a twice monthly podcast episode, featuring chat about our daily working lives (favourite snacks, funny anecdotes, updates on our hobbies and non-vet lives) and discussion about a clinical case or ethical dilemma. We want this podcast to create a sense of community and joy, to remind us of that camaraderie and shared passion that exists between us all.

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We would love it if you could email your clinical questions or suggested discussion points to thatvetpodcast@gmail.com, for us to feature in a future episode! You can be a named person with a shout out in the episode, or remain anonymous, just let us know your preference in the email.