How can i start my own vet clinic

i'm thinking about going to school to be a veternary technician,but i don't want to work for nobody want to start my own clinic or animal shelter when i finish school.if you work for somebody ,you'll will only make like $8.50-$14/hr.the only way you'll make alot of money being a vet tech is opening up you own clinic and buing the equipment to do work on the animals.i thinking maybe go to school for a year or 2 to get my certificate or associates degree and then go back 1 more year to get my certicate in business management.can any one give me some advice/tips?

It is very illegal I am currently a vet medicine student You MUST attend school for 8+ years and do all of the required work to get the pay you desire. Vet's go through alot of schooling to get to their goals a tech cannot expect to do the same...

Do not listen to them. It is a negative statement to say that Vets go through a lot of schooling to get to their goals. Other people do not work hard inside and outside of school for their dreams?? Typical, egotistical doctor mentality. And guess what... vet's do not make SH*T because they have so much DEBT to pay off. So the joke it on them! My own vet told me to forgo vet school and just own a practice.

Check you local laws. There are states that allow ANYONE to own a veterinary practice. Obviously they must employ a licensed veterinarian in order to give medical care and order prescriptions. Just check your local laws. Here in FL I know Drug Reps and Technicians that own their own clinics. It is one of my own personal goals.

There are doctors out there that are more then willing to work 9-5 and go home. They do not want to own a practice because it is HARD WORK! They want to focus their lives on practicing good medicine instead of having to worry about hiring, firing, payroll, ect. Instead you deal with all that.

Good Luck and NEVER give up on your dream!!

Note, I am in the same state that he is in. And in fact, I have some experience with this as I was in the first clinic that VCA bought in Texas. VCA isn't owned by veterinarians so they couldn't actually purchase the veterinary practices. They own the facilities, but the practice is owned by a veterinary corporation here in Texas run by an old boss of mine.

" (a) The professional services of a veterinarian may not be controlled or exploited by a person who:
(1) is not a veterinarian; and
(2) intervenes between the veterinarian and the veterinarian's client.
(b) A veterinarian may not:
(1) allow a person who does not hold a license issued under this chapter to interfere with or intervene in the
veterinarian's practice of veterinary medicine; or
(2) submit to interference or intervention by a person who does not hold a license issued under this chapter."

"(a) The practice of a veterinarian who leases space from a mercantile establishment and practices veterinary medicine
on the premises of the mercantile establishment must be owned by a veterinarian. The practice and the leased space
must be under the exclusive control of a veterinarian."

PROHIBITED PRACTICES RELATING TO CERTAIN ENTITIES.
(a) A sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation may not engage in veterinary medicine unless the owner, each
partner, or each shareholder, as appropriate, holds a license issued under this chapter.
(b) A corporation, organization, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or other legal entity not owned
exclusively by one or more persons licensed under this chapter may not engage in veterinary medicine.
(c) A veterinarian may not form or continue a partnership with a member of another profession or a person who is not
a member of a profession if a part of the partnership employment consists of the practice of veterinary medicine.

All from the Texas Veterinary Practice Act:
www.tbvme.state.tx.us/documents/vetact/Vet%20Act.pd

Posting the Texas law was very helpful. That is why I said to check the laws.

If someone wants their dreams enough, they will do whatever it takes to make them come true. This includes moving to a state that allows non-veterinary ownership.