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Cat got your tongue? 4 tips to talk to cat ownersConfess: Do you stand behind the veterinary exam table and blah, blah, blah, hairball, blah, blah blah, litter box" at clients? Jane Brunt, DVM, CATalyst Council Executive Director, offers the purrfect words to connect with cat owners. (P.S. There are kittens here. Playing. Its really cute, we promise.)
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Rent or own?For most doctors, owning the facility offers the most benefits. Yet there are circumstances when renting may be smarter, especially if you're starting from scratch. Consider these issues to decide what's right for you.
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Creative weight loss techniques using environmental enrichment (Proceedings)We are reminded daily of the obesity problems facing Americans and we see how these issues are mirrored by the percentage of pets that are overweight.
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How to perform an anal sacculectomyDr. Matthew Keats provides a step-by-step demonstration of this procedure.
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How to handle weird client requestsDon't dismiss clients' requests-no matter how absurd they may be.
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Hook price shoppersDon't let that next phone call be the client who got away. Use these tips from Sally Hickey, a receptionist at Short Pump Animal Hospital in Richmond, Va.
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Prebiotics: A Consumer Guide for Making Smart Choices (Sponsored by Iams)Prebiotics: A Consumer Guide for Making Smart Choices
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What do we know about bromism in dogs?Bromide is considered an effective anticonvulsant drug for treating primary epilepsy in dogs.
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I survived: Managing a veterinary practice mergerWe experienced headaches, setbacks, and eventually practice success.
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The zen of cats: Maximizing the feline portion of your practice (Proceedings)The premise of this presentation is that feline medicine is good business. The keys to tapping into this market are several: understanding the significance of the feline market in your practice today and its future potential, understanding the psyche of the feline client and recognizing the different psychographic profile of cat vs. dog owners, using preventative medicine, specifically feline total parasite control, as a tool to practice better feline medicine, and, ultimately, realizing an increased feline average per client charge by practicing a higher quality feline medicine.
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Sample script: Sticky payment scenarioFollow these talking points when a client's pet insurance is denied.
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Special care for special clientsCaring for a sick pet isn't easy. So when the team at Animal Hospital of Ashwaubenon in Green Bay, Wis., noticed the special challenges their clients who owned cats with kidney disease shared, they decided to bring this community of clients together.
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Coping skills becoming shallow?Before burnout sends you off the deep end, consider a few creative ways to lessen your stress and help you enjoy your work again.
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Thinning their portly petsSure, Brownie's not as spry as she used to be," says your slightly indignant client, petting her basset hound's bowling ball stomach. "But that doesn't mean that she's not a healthy, happy dog, Doctor."
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Diagnostic cytology--the basics (Proceedings)Cells from normal tissues live harmoniously, maintaining an appropriate distance from each other without piling up. They divide only at the rate necessary for replacement of tissue which has died from aging or injury.
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Dental extractions: from anesthesia to send home (Proceedings)There are very few states that allow technicians to legally do dental extractions. The American Veterinary Dental College has a published position statement outlining the dental tasks that can be performed by the veterinary technician.
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Building, motivating, rewarding and coaching a team (Proceedings)Rule one: Find each team member's strength.
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How to perform a two-portal laparoscopic ovariectomyLearn more about this laparoscopic procedure.
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Getting the most from the histopathology (Proceedings)Biopsy and histopathology remains the gold standard diagnostic test for many conditions and for nearly all tumors and cancers. When performing this test, it is important to know what answers to look for, in order to obtain as much critical information as possible that may eventually impact the prognosis and the treatment planning.
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Diseases of the nasal planum (Proceedings)This condition affects dogs of any age or breed, although German shepherds are predisposed. It affects the mucocutaneous junctions (MCJs) of the nose and lips most frequently, but other MCJs can also be affected. This is a surface bacterial infection (usually S. pseudintermedius) wherein there is a "standoff" between the bacteria and the immune system at the MCJ.
