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To be a Veterinarian or Veterinary Doctor, you must have a strong aptitude for science, since your training will consist mostly of coursework in this subject. If science isn't your strength, you can still find a career working with animals if that is what you desire, but it will have to be in another occupation.
In addition to scientific aptitude, there are other qualities, know as soft skills, you must have. Aside from the obvious—compassion, sensitivity to others' feelings and a love of animals—you must have very good listening, speaking, critical thinking and problem solving skills. You must possess the ability to reason, meaning that you have to be able to draw conclusions by piecing together strands of information that may not seem related to one another.
