Vicki Shepherd

Wiltshire-based farm animal vet, fitness addict

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

@bbcnews what do you think of purposefully misleading customers to pretend other meat is as high health and welfare standards as British meat? @asda relying on the hard work of British farmers to sell products and ensuring they don't even benefit from their efforts

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

@asda advertising non-British, lower welfare meat as British, red-tractor approved on the shelves today. Shocking purposeful misleading of customers, and short-changing British farmers with the best welfare in the world. Do you treat your farmers better @sainsburys @Tesco

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

Underhanded tactics to pretend lower-welfare, non-British meat is more likely picked up by customers. Shameful @asda

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

@hah_insights well you've done it again - let me down AGAIN with no medications and each customer service rep passing the buck to the next....

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

@hah_insights a cancelled delivery with no explanation, a week of daily phone calls (30mins+ holding time) to try and resolve, and yet I was still on the phone in tears tonight being told my drugs will be a week late. Now comes a week of joint pain and swelling.... #failure

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

@hah_insights Yet again letting me down on my delivery. Just abandoned with excuses, no medication, and another late injection looming.... Hate having to depend on a delivery company's incompetency for medications for a disease which has life-altering consequences....

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

The results are in! Triathlon done, and the final count is a HUGE £749.98! Thank you all!
#sendacow #xlvets #teampenbode #overthemoon

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

Peru exploring...... because baby Alpacas need a vet too!! #peru #sister #alpaca #vet

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

Well done team!!! And our star Rosie! #teampenbode #xlvets #anatomycow #RoyalCornwallShow

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

#BlenheimTri complete!!! Epic day, and for an epic cause @SendaCow 1hr 50mins, and prosecco at the finish line! #xlvets #sendacow

[Ripple Effect @RippleEffectNGO]

Good luck to @vickisheps from @XLVets from us all at @SendaCow on your @BlenheimTri swim, cycle and run this weekend #BlenheimTri

[BCVA @theBCVA]

Also a big Thank You to everyone who helped or joined in with the LEJOG cycle along the way. #BCVA50 @SendaCow

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

Success! Conquered many miles, and many hills today!!! All in aid of 'Send a cow'. Cracking day ☀️️🚴🚴‍♀️ #teampenbode #jellylegs #hilly

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

Beasting those Cornish hills.... another training done #triathlon #practicemakesperfect #xlvets #sendacow https://t.co/ESmcYOp0Lm

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

Squeezing in sprints between lambings and swimming before routines.... #sendacow #triathlon #teampenbode https://t.co/ESmcYOp0Lm

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

@Ryanair

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

Months of training, and 1.38hours of giving it everything.... First triathlon complete #jellylegs #feeltheburn #bude

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

@PhilFarmVet @MeadowsFarmVets @FarmAVS We've got new grad clinical club - mentoring from colleagues and other experienced vets. Works well!!

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

@FarmAVS @PhilFarmVet Varied, and lots of it! From individual sick animals to herd-level, like shadowing routines before tackling them solo

[Vicki Shepherd @vickisheps]

@MeadowsFarmVets @FarmAVS @PhilFarmVet Definitely... Give your potential future employer an equal grilling at interview day!The fit matters.