Chomping at the Bit: How I Became a Horse Vet (Against All Common Sense)
Autor Matt Evansen Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 oct 2026
Matt Evans, thanks to reading too much James Herriot as a child, had a dream—to become a veterinarian. That dream changed along the way to specifically becoming a horse vet. The only problem with his new dream was that Matt was not raised around horses. And, if you are not raised around horses, that makes for an uphill battle of overcoming ineptitude, imposter syndrome, and a load of doubters.
Thankfully for Matt, it also comes with a lot of laughs.
Chomping at the Bit follows Matt into and out of veterinary school and through his first job as an equine veterinarian. With the amusing acuity of David Sedaris, he faces every new challenge with humility and humor. We meet memorable horses, clients he loves, clients he wishes he could forget, and a cast of colleagues both supportive and—shall we say, less so—as Matt struggles to find his way in the dream job that he is uniquely unqualified for.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9798895655955
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Permuted Press
Colecția Permuted Press
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Permuted Press
Colecția Permuted Press
Notă biografică
Matt Evans, DVM, is an equine veterinarian who graduated from Texas A&M University and now practices outside of Austin, Texas. In addition to being a horse doctor, Matt is also a stand-up comedian who performs shows all around Austin and beyond. He is married to his wife of over twenty-five years (!) and they have two daughters (all of them better than Matt deserves). Matt also paints oil landscapes and horse portraits, but he is a way better writer and comic than a painter, so read this book or catch a comedy show before you look into his art.
Recenzii
“Sometimes clever is the motif… Sometimes clever is the plot…. Sometimes clever is unexpected….but sometimes the person that wrote the book is brilliantly clever and this makes the entire experience a joy.
Read this book. It will make you smile and make you wonder ‘what was that guy thinking!!’
Perspective is the master of the narrative, and Dr. Matt has the most unique perspective I have known and he has a way of putting it into words.”
“Chomping at the Bit is a great story for animal lovers! But animals aside, Matt’s journey in becoming a vet is one of the best and most humorous books I’ve ever read.”
“This book should be required reading for every veterinary student, medical student—or any front row sitting, gold star seeking, high achiever who’s ever experienced imposter syndrome. Matt’s comical and self-deprecating journey through his early veterinary career will not only make you laugh—it will leave you thinking ‘If he can do it—so can I!’”
“Dr Evans is a humorous and engaging storyteller. Chomping at the Bit has echoes of James Herriot in all the right ways. I would not be surprised if he inspires a new generation of readers to enter the profession.”
“A book I had zero business enjoying this much. Imposter syndrome. I’m familiar. But Matt Evans made me rethink the whole premise. Maybe nobody actually knows what they’re doing. Maybe the vets, the authors, the politicians, we’re all just faking it. Maybe we’re all idiots. That’s oddly comforting. Also, I learned that if a horse is sick, it’s probably colic.”
“This isn’t another polished, inspirational veterinary memoir written by someone who grew up in the barn and always knew. It’s the opposite. It’s 270 pages of watching someone catch up in real time, badly at first, occasionally on fire, and eventually, against genuinely long odds, competently....[Chomping at the Bit] doesn’t offer easy reassurance. It offers something better: proof that someone else felt exactly this unqualified, kept showing up anyway, and eventually wrote a very funny book about it.”
Read this book. It will make you smile and make you wonder ‘what was that guy thinking!!’
Perspective is the master of the narrative, and Dr. Matt has the most unique perspective I have known and he has a way of putting it into words.”
“Chomping at the Bit is a great story for animal lovers! But animals aside, Matt’s journey in becoming a vet is one of the best and most humorous books I’ve ever read.”
“This book should be required reading for every veterinary student, medical student—or any front row sitting, gold star seeking, high achiever who’s ever experienced imposter syndrome. Matt’s comical and self-deprecating journey through his early veterinary career will not only make you laugh—it will leave you thinking ‘If he can do it—so can I!’”
“Dr Evans is a humorous and engaging storyteller. Chomping at the Bit has echoes of James Herriot in all the right ways. I would not be surprised if he inspires a new generation of readers to enter the profession.”
“A book I had zero business enjoying this much. Imposter syndrome. I’m familiar. But Matt Evans made me rethink the whole premise. Maybe nobody actually knows what they’re doing. Maybe the vets, the authors, the politicians, we’re all just faking it. Maybe we’re all idiots. That’s oddly comforting. Also, I learned that if a horse is sick, it’s probably colic.”
“This isn’t another polished, inspirational veterinary memoir written by someone who grew up in the barn and always knew. It’s the opposite. It’s 270 pages of watching someone catch up in real time, badly at first, occasionally on fire, and eventually, against genuinely long odds, competently....[Chomping at the Bit] doesn’t offer easy reassurance. It offers something better: proof that someone else felt exactly this unqualified, kept showing up anyway, and eventually wrote a very funny book about it.”
Descriere
The story of how a young man who knows nothing about horses stumbles through becoming a horse veterinarian.