Dan Castillo recalls the unusual path he took to become a veterinarian in Barking Big.
It is written for the numerous family and friends, including his work family, who have lifted him during his journey and for his adopted hometown of Franklin, Massachusetts, and other surrounding communities..
This book is dedicated to his wife, Ellen, and two boys, Austin and Carter.
About author(s): Dan Castillo has been a small animal practitioner for more than thirty years.
Get an insider\'s look of what it takes to be a veterinarian from a practitioner who took a very unconventional path with this memoir.
Often, farmer families would greet him with gifts, and he\'d see farm kids with missing fingers because of accidents.
While studying, he worked with all types of animals: dogs, cats, cows, pigs, sheep, and whatever else came his way.
Eventually settling down in Franklin, Ma and raising two sons, Austin and Carter.
He also shares his love Story with Ellen, whom he met as an ICU technician at Tufts University along with their adventures living in four states.
They\'d wait for the vote count and hope no one had the stupidity to try to overthrow the government.
He lived through two elections in the Dominican Republic, where the entire family would stay up all night surrounded by armed guards.
It was there that he went to veterinarian school, where classes were taught in Spanish.
He recalls his early childhood as a wild youth growing up New York and explores his familial connections to the Dominican Republic, where he vacationed.
Dan Castillo recalls the unusual path he took to become a veterinarian in Barking Big
