“I think every day we wake up and say, ‘Is this for real?’” she said. Because the show has been so much fun, they’re willing to run with it as long as the producers and viewers are interested. When they took over Ben’s father’s practice a few years ago, Ben and Erin never envisioned this, it just happened. “They’re only shooting a small portion of what we’re seeing,” Erin said. The Schroeders, often with help from Charlie and Chase, treat livestock, cats and dogs, exotic animals and wildlife, so there is no shortage of material. If a client doesn’t want to be filmed, he or she isn’t. The 12-hour days of shooting can be grueling, Ben said, but seeing the end result is fun for them and their clients, many of whom have been good sports about being interviewed on camera or entering and leaving the clinic 10 times so the film crew can get a desired angle. The fall and winter filming will allow viewers to follow cases different from those seen in the spring and summer months of season one. Before season one ever aired, the channel signed on for a second season, and filming ran from August through March. They shot season one last year from March to June. Nat Geo Wild was interested in their story, and just before Christmas 2018, the Schroeders were told the show was a go. Glass Entertainment, which produces other home remodeling shows and “The Vet Life” on Animal Planet, convinced them their interest was legitimate. I thought I was being scammed,” Erin said. They just have an eight-member TV crew following them around some of the time.Ī newspaper story about their restoration work a couple years ago caught the eyes of television producers, who began calling to gauge their interest in starring in their own show. The couple, who gained notoriety for restoring a couple of historic buildings in town, are community members, parents and coaches like everyone else. It was cool to be recognized from the show, he said, but even cooler knowing that someone living in the nation’s biggest city enjoyed watching a show about vets in rural Nebraska.īack home in Hartington, it’s business as usual, though the Schroeders do get approached at basketball games by kids who want to have their picture taken with them. “Later that night he said, ‘I love your show,’” Ben said. The message seems to be resonating, at least a little.ĭuring a trip to New York City to promote the show, Ben said a hotel bellhop studied him closely when they checked in. “We hope to tell these beautiful stories about the Midwest.” “This is really just sharing a slice of life from rural America,” Erin said. That realism and emotion is reflected by the pet owners and farmers who call on the Schroeders, who hope the show portrays a way of life viewers from big cities can appreciate. It kind of tugs at your heartstrings,” Erin said, adding that tears still well up in her eyes when rewatching those season-one scenes.
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