What is her longer-term plan? There is a ladder of veterinary options:
- Kennel assistant - clean and care for animals staying on-site
- Veterinary assistant - helps the technicians and doctors with tasks that aren’t highly skilled (some assistants are every bit as good as a good technician)
- Veterinary technician - comparable to an RN but very generalized
- Veterinary technician with technician specialty certification - specialized in dentistry, emergency, etc.
- Veterinarian
- Veterinarian specialist
The first two require no schooling. A technician has an Associates Degree. A technician specialist has additional schooling, maybe Bachelor’s level. A veterinarian has 4 years of undergrad (usually pre-vet, but can be a related field) plus 4 years of veterinary college. A specialist has even more.
First study people who succeed in their jobs because they work hard, learn their tasks, and perform them reliably. Then learn people skills. Then consider anything in the sciences - it’s the way you learn to think, identifying possibilities from known facts, ruling out options, and narrowing down your course of action.