I'm a Vet Tech and most of us work in clinical areas, working directly with animals, which is great!
That is awesome, I recently got a MaltiPoo so I have a newfound appreciation for what you do!
Part of my vocational education that prepared me was to work on small and large dogs, including Maltipoos!
That is awesome, is it rewarding? I wanted to do that but I was heartbroken at the thought of putting down animals
yes it's really hard - we techs can be specialized in treating specific groups of animals or different medical issues like surgery, internal medicine.  That's the hardest having to put down the animals.