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It's not easy to leave veterinary medicine-especially when the economy steps in.

It isn't easy to give up your career as a practice owner, but here are ways to smooth the transition before you ride off into the sunset.

The Five looks at new flea-product labeling, a shark-wrestling veterinarian, and expert advice on marketing and client communication.

Women whose husbands work 60 hours or more per week are 42 percent more likely to leave their jobs than those whose husbands don't burn the candle at both ends.

Lafayette, Colo. - Sometimes controversy comes in small packages.

Work is a place where people go to get a job done. Hopefully, they like it. Jobs don't exist (primarily) for personal growth, although good employers provide a positive environment for employee development. Smart employers invest in the development of their employees - - the team. That includes honoring diversity. Employers also must keep the business healthy; their employees are hired to do a job. How can employers do both?

Many of us face challenges such as poor health, financial need, or difficult personal or professional relationships. Or we have a good life, but something is missing. We just don't feel fulfilled.

Professional communications (marketing) in the examination room has become an important part of successful veterinary practices. Marketing as discussed here is "the communication of professional services and goods".

Choosing the correct structure for your veterinary practice is an important decision with consequences reaching far into the future. Selecting your practice structure is definitely not a "do it yourself" project. Substantial tax, legal and accounting expertise is required. Veterinarians nevertheless need to stay active in the process to ensure the experts' narrow technical proposals get folded into a coherent plan that reflects your needs and goals.

Terry has been the lead technician for your practice for the past 5 years. Amber has been with you less than a year. Terry suspects that Amber has a drug problem.

Competition between veterinarians and veterinary practices has never been more intense, nor have so many opportunities been available to become successful. That may seem like a paradox but many practices are becoming more successful in the face of more and more competition. More 2 person practices are able to reach the $1,500,000 level than ever before.

Making your practice more profitable and positioning it for continued success isn't about luck. You don't roll the dice and hope to meet your medical and financial goals for the year. Being profitable is about playing the right hand at the right moment and making changes in your practice that maximize your strengths. So use these five critical steps to ensure your practice will be flush with success.

To understand the scientific basis for energy medicine, we have to take a brief lesson in Newtonian and quantum physics. Lets start with Newtonian physics, which describes the motion of hard, indestructible substances in space caused by their mutual attraction. Gravity, motion, and acceleration are all examples of constructs described by Isaac Newton.

What makes a leader? Is leadership an inherited quality, or can it be created through education, experience, and example? There's no doubt that a few select individuals seem to be naturally endowed with those qualities necessary to become a great leader. However, for the rest of us, is there any hope of becoming an effective leader?

If you think that client relationships are built solely on successful diagnoses and treatments, think again! New research from the emerging field of neuroscience is yielding deeper understanding about the way people really think and the dominant role that emotions play in all human interactions, including the ones that play out in your practice.

The average U.S. company loses 7% of its annual revenue to fraud, with the median fraud loss for all businesses at $175,000, and the median fraud loss for small businesses at $200,000. In fact, private companies have the highest incidence of fraud (39.1%), with public companies coming in at second (28.4%), according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners' (ACFE) 2008 Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and Abuse.

Nikola Tesla was a brilliant inventor who studied wave theory. Along with many other contributions to science, he invented alternating current, the radio, motors that power appliances and ignition switches, and the Tesla coil, which creates a magnetic field. His theories allowed the discovery of MRI, which is based on magnetic field technology.

The program will focus on smart marketing strategies and ideas to help you make careful, considered choices to attract new clients and work better with the ones you already have.

When puppies and kittens are born, they do not normally require assistance or resuscitation to survive. However, when neonates are stressed during parturition and the periparturient period, morbidity and mortality increase. Timely, effective intervention is required to successfully resuscitate a stressed neonate.

Sound is an important part of an animal's surroundings, and should be considered when taking a history on an anxious or reactive pet. Many owners don't realize the significance of sound in their homes, and most veterinarians are not cognizant of the sonic environment their hospitalized patients are exposed to.

Typically, veterinary teams describe value in terms of veterinarian time or the equipment or technology used. In contrast, clients think of value in terms of the health of the pet. In this session you will learn and practice new ways to describe the value of your recommendation in ways that are more meaningful to clients.

Veterinarians who are planning the sale of their practice often ask, "What is my client list worth?" When it comes to practice value, the short answer is nothing.

Co-ownership issues often arise when veterinary practitioners enter into a partnership with other owners, or when two or more associates jointly venture into practice acquisition. In most aspects co-ownership of a veterinary practice is akin to marriage, and it is vitally important to agree on the principal terms governing the relationship before getting hitched.

Inanimate objects are made of energy, just as living beings are. In fact, everything in life is energy -- thoughts, emotions, intentions and even businesses and communities. The energetic state of a business is set by the founders, and continued by those in control.

In the mid 1970's, the National economy started to slow down while the number of veterinarians continued to increase. Concerns were expressed that too many veterinarians would be produced by the year 2000.

What motivates individuals to perform, and how can you improve their responses to a request to do more? Attendees will explore facets of motivation and evaluate how they may unwittingly shut down enthusiasm.

What's fair when it comes to associate compensation? Owners and associates want to know, and too often each party's understanding of what's fair lies at opposite ends of the spectrum.

There are numerous studies indicating the positive benefits of rehabilitation therapy following CCL surgery. In summary, rehabilitation therapy has been shown to improve muscle mass and attenuate muscle atrophy that occurs in the post-operative period, increase stifle joint ROM, especially extension, improve weight-bearing as measured by force plate analysis, and reduce the progression of osteoarthritis.

Buying or selling a veterinary practice generally is a long and arduous process. Preparation and a good lawyer are key to smoothing the bumps along the way.

Recent studies consistently report that 75 - 80% of pet owners think of their pets as children.