Once you get a pet and really start caring about him or her, whenever he or she should get sick you want them to get the best case possible. As you do not want to go to a doctor who is not on top of his game, then why should your little furry friends do so? Therefore, education is not only important to real doctors, but also to veterinaries.
The animal doctors usually go to veterinary schools that are actually quite similar to real medical schools. They study all of the specialities of different animals and the diseases they can get, in addition to how to heal the animal as soon as possible. Veterinary schools usually also have some kind of internship programs so the wannabe doctors could see how already experienced veterinaries practice medicine on real live animals. So if a new doctor goes to work it would not be the first time they touch and see an animal suffering.
Although it might seem that it is not very difficult to become a doctor, actually it takes a lot of effort to go through veterinary school and to be able to start treating animals. In addition, as not only the studying is tough, it is even harder to see an animal suffering and realise that there is nothing you can do to help that sometimes happens. Thus, veterinaries should be hard working as well as mentally strong.