
What will Dr. Seasoned do when faced with a cash-strapped, long-time client and a patient who can be (expensively) saved? The corporate medical directors not going to be happy ...
Dr. Jeremy Campfield lives near Sacramento with his family, including an aging mini Aussie and an obstreperous pitbull mix that some mistake for a chocolate Lab (to the delight of her owners). When the family is not getting their hands dirty in the garden, Dr. Campfield indulges in his love for the outdoors with hiking, kitesurfing and climbing aboard any two-wheeled contraption. Please remember: Watch for cyclists, share the road, and pass them like you love them!
What will Dr. Seasoned do when faced with a cash-strapped, long-time client and a patient who can be (expensively) saved? The corporate medical directors not going to be happy ...
Wedding bells are ringing for Dr. Greenskin! What does her growing family mean for her career ambitions?
The regime change is leaving a sour taste in the mouths of Dr. Codgers clients. And Dr. Greenskin is a little bit glad shes not taking the blame.
Our favorite veterinary associate finally decides she wants to buy her boss out, so she makes an offer Dr. Codger cant refuse or can he?
That is the question thats been driving Dr. Greenskin mad for months. But now that she knows Dr. Codger is considering a corporate buyout if she backs out, her muddled musings have become more focused (though no more decided).
When the threat of a corporation buying the practice from Dr. Codger is impending, will Dr. Greenskin fish or cut bait?
Delving into the innermost thoughts of Drs. Codger and Greenskin sheds new light on both sides. Time to learn about the meaning behind their motives.
When Dr. Codger invites Dr. Greenskin to a morning meeting, the young associate fears shell get eaten for breakfast for dismissing the bully technician the old-timer cant live without.
Bullies beware. Time away from the veterinary hospital has given Dr. Greenskin some gumption, and shes not afraid to use it.
While Dr. Greenskin takes a mental break and does a little Netflix binge-watching, a relief vet comes in and wows everyone in the clinic, including Dr. Codger. Is a practice shake-up in the offing?
Dr. Codger wants to help, so he cuts prices for his veterinary clients. Dr. Greenskin wants to do top-quality medicine and charge appropriately. Are the two medical cases in this story going to be the straw that breaks the camel's back?
In the latest installment of "Old School, New School," we ask the question: Where's the line between appropriately righteous indignation about pet owners' choices and getting really judgy about those choices? Dr. Codger and Dr. Greenskin seem to differ. Where do you fall?
The associate veterinarian is newly confident. The practice owner is suddenly insecure. An outburst is about to turn everybody's day upside-down.
Dr. Greenskin presents her veterinary staffing plan to her boss with much trepidation. His response leaves her jaw on the floor.
Without Dr. Codger breathing down her neck, Dr. Greenskin is able to grow her confidencebut can she convince her boss that they need to grow their veterinary team?
An abrasive senior technician is leaving distressed team members and neglected patients in her domineering wake. Dr. Greenskin thinks that if she owned the hospital, she wouldnt put up with such behaviorwould she?
For young associate Dr. Greenskin, the biggest choice of her life in buying the practice from old Dr. Codger feels like a question of time: Time for family and personal life or time traded for money and career fulfillment. Which will she choose?
Dr. Codger dreams and schemes about how to hand off his responsibilities at his veterinary practiceand perhaps still receive a paycheck. But will Greenskin bite?
Dr. Greenskin drags her boss into a boxing match of wit and wisdom. But did she underestimate the crusty old veterinarian?
Drs. Codger and Greenskin face a crossroads, with both of their futures hanging in the balance.
Dr. Greenskin is finally ready to set Dr. Codger straight on what she really thinks about some of the ways he does business in his veterinary clinic. Nothing can hold her back nowexcept for the intercom.
In which Dr. Greenskin wonders if she will ever attain the mythical status of her employer and mentor.
A survey of the sundry eccentricities between two practitioners trying to function harmoniously in one veterinary practice.
After an unexpected conversation with Dr. Codger, Dr. Greenskin has an important decision to make about her future at the veterinary clinic. Will she fish or cut bait?
Dr. Greenskin's morning quickly switches from Pokemon GO to an impromptu discussion on her investment in the practice with Dr. Codger.
On a much-needed day off, Drs. Greenskin and Deerin Headlights compare life as new grads in small animal and equine veterinary practice.
The conclusion of our tale of a new veterinary associate's startling encounter over an estimate with a long-standing veterinary client.
Join me and imagine, if you will, a fantasy practice that doesn't follow the rulesa practice that everyone owns, the pay is great and slacking isn't tolerated.
With Dr. Codger on vacation, Dr. Greenskin must face a client who belittles her abilities and refuses treatment for a puppy in need.
Can Dr. Greenskin convince her scrimping superior that investing in an ultrasound machine is prudent for both their patients and their pocketbooks?
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