{"id":981,"date":"2014-09-17T08:10:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T14:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyomingextension.org\/agambassadors\/?p=981"},"modified":"2014-09-17T08:10:31","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T14:10:31","slug":"petting-a-bison-on-the-head-check-off-the-bucket-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/petting-a-bison-on-the-head-check-off-the-bucket-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Petting a Bison on the Head&#8211;Check off the Bucket List!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308\" style=\"width: 155px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-content\/uploads\/britton-emilee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-308\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-content\/uploads\/britton-emilee.jpg\" alt=\"Emilee Britton\" width=\"165\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emilee Britton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Howdy!<\/p>\n<p>I hope everyone is finding their rhythm again for the semester.\u00a0 The summer flew by and it can be hard to find motivation to get \u201cback to the grind\u201d of classes.<\/p>\n<p>Over the summer, I was blessed with an opportunity that rekindled my determination to do well in school.\u00a0 After talking to my advisor and my boss at the Wyoming State Vet Lab (WSVL), they helped me make connections for a summer internship.\u00a0 I worked with Dr. Tim Dawson in Cheyenne, WY for five weeks.\u00a0 Dr. Dawson is a large animal veterinarian and rancher, so I was basically doing my dream job.\u00a0 I helped with everything from planting trees for windbreaks to correcting prolapsed uteruses to Brucellosis testing bison.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, I had never had any experience working with bison.\u00a0 It was an eye opening experience to see how bison operations are run, as well as to witness first-hand the immense power packed into those animals.\u00a0 Let\u2019s just say that \u201ckicks like lightning\u201d is not an exaggeration!<\/p>\n<p>When you find yourself dragging as you tackle {insert hardest class ever here}, remember to take a step back, breathe, and refocus yourself on why you\u2019re here.\u00a0 The purpose of the college experience is not to keep you from living life, but to provide opportunities for living it to the fullest!<\/p>\n<p>Study hard and live life!\u200b<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-982\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-content\/uploads\/bison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-982\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-content\/uploads\/bison.jpg\" alt=\"Pet a bison--Check that off the bucket list!\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pet a bison&#8211;Check that off the bucket list!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howdy! I hope everyone is finding their rhythm again for the semester.\u00a0 The summer flew by and it can be hard to find motivation to get \u201cback to the grind\u201d of classes. Over the summer, I was blessed with an opportunity that rekindled my determination to do well in school.\u00a0 After talking to my advisor &#8230; <a title=\"Petting a Bison on the Head&#8211;Check off the Bucket List!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/petting-a-bison-on-the-head-check-off-the-bucket-list\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Petting a Bison on the Head&#8211;Check off the Bucket List!\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ag-ambassadors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Le20-fP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}