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There’s a new online pet pharmacy in town, and it’s looking to take over a chunk of the pet medications industry. PetSmart Pharmacy now offers customers convenient ordering, filling and home delivery of pet prescriptions and over-the-counter medications.

Tools, tips and plans to inspire you to buy a veterinary practice, help you sell a practice or get your deal with the right buyer and sell through.

If practice owners held prices at or below inflation, wed all go broke, reader maintains.

Just about everyone has had something stolen from them at some point. That possibility becomes much greater for business owners, so it pays to heed a problem that is growing by the year — embezzlement.

If you shudder when you hear the word budget, you’re not alone. Creating — and sticking to —a budget is a daunting task, but the benefits outweigh the drawbacks by a mile. Here’s how to overcome the obstacles that may be in your way.

If youre an associate veterinarian, your new employment contract is worth a careful readso dont let the transition team pressure you into a quick turnaround.

Where you live can have a huge impact on your personal financial picture, and new tax data indicate that veterinarians should consider going west.

First, I thought the revenue problem was the new associate at my veterinary practice. Yeah, it wasn't.

Raising children today is an expensive proposition, with child-rearing costs absorbing a major share of the American household’s budget. Here’s how those costs break down.

Between the cost of education and opening and operating your own practice, borrowing money is a necessary evil for most veterinarians. If you find yourself overwhelmed by credit card debt, these tips and trends may help you ease the burden.

Warren Buffet has pledged to give more than 99 percent of his fortune to charity, which gives us a glimpse of the person behind the billions. Here’s a little more insight.

Time-consuming price matching and a less-than-stellar online store drove me to talk the practice owner into big changes when it came to product sales at her veterinary practice.

Need some veterinary hospital design inspiration and ideas? Here are five quick ideas and words of wisdom to use now or bank for your dream hospital in the future.

Despite efforts to repeal or replace, veterinarians still need to be aware of health insurance regulationsfor themselves and their employees.

We all want to be in that sweet spot of 700 when it comes to our credit score. But how can you make sure you’re doing everything right?

Smart design can keep stress low and patients at ease.

A bit of frugality mixed with hard work, determination and a few other very attainable ingredients could well put you on the path to making a million.

Some seemingly frugal choices made in the veterinary hospital actually end up costing you in the long run.

If it's too expensive to hire somebody like me (we're worth our weight in gold, come on), try seven other tweaks to get your veterinary practice inventory better managed and lower priced.

When veterinary clients pay an annual feeor monthly installmentsfor wellness services over the course of a year, will they be mad if they don't use them? Not if you remind them. (You ARE sending out regular reminders for everything, right?)

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.” This and more wisdom about achieving success from one of the country’s first self-help gurus.

Take control of your personal financial planning process with these money management tips.

Everyone could use a little more happiness in their lives, right? We present tips from a psychologist who says spending our money differently may make us feel eminently richer.

Whats a veterinarian to do with all that student debt?

We've been writing about wellness and preventive-care plans like crazy here for a while now. Here are a things we missed that we don't want you to miss.

In a four-part podcast series offered by Calico Financial, Dr. Peter Weinstein explores what veterinarians need to consider before taking the leap into practice ownership and what to do to be successful once you choose that path.

Think these service providers are taking a bite out of your bottom line? Denise Tumblin says to think againespecially when it comes to therapeutic diets. Heres why.

Whats your veterinary practice worth? Dr. Karen Felsted tells CVC attendees what to expectand how to get more.