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What invention would make your life easier in practice? An informal poll.

Sometimes pet owners need just a little more time with their pets before they can let go. Our hospital built a hospice care and euthanasia program to meet all of our clients' needs during this time of transition.

Handling the chaos created by change within a veterinary clinic is something that requires virtue, and Shawn McVey tells it on the mountain to practice manager at CVC Kansas City.

"It's not you, it's me." ... Well, OK, maybe it is you, says Bash Halow, LVT, CVPM. In this episode, he pulls back the curtain on veterinary consultancy. Are YOU the problem in your practice?

Or stuff they didn't teach you in veterinary school.

From teensy tweaks to projects for the home improvement weekend warrior, these tricks will boost your clients' experience at your practice.

It's time for your veterinary team to dump these really bad service gems.

Yes, it's a thing. Here's a handout to help your veterinary clients understand more about stress-related compulsions in dogs.

We asked you for hacks gone wrong, and boy, did you deliver. Check out this compilation of brilliant ideas gone wrongway wrong.

When a fearful patient comes in, these veterinary team members consider whether a Thundershirt fitting is in order.

VHMA members spill their best kept secrets for better patient care.

We talk to the force behind veterinary medicine's most powerful human interest project yet (and yes, you read that right). Meet the Vet Confessionals Project founder and find out how the project grew into a nationwide phenomenon.

Shhhh ... your secret's safe with us.

Veterinary medicine's Great Scot (by way of Australia) shares thoughts on success, his ability to connect with clients, his entrepreneurial spirit and Dr. Who. It's a good time.

Live from CVC Virginia Beach, Brendan Howard, Business Channel Director, shares his observations about reaching across the communication divide.

Because everyone deserves a break from veterinary practice now and then.

Veterinarians are reinventing themselves to serve pet owners in a new way and carve out careers no one could have anticipated.

Were not trying to say Gotcha! but do your own pets receive the level of dental care you recommend to veterinary clients?

Dogs are so complex, man.

Use these ideas to help your feline friends stay calm (and safe, and even sane) when they stay with you. Some of them dont cost a dime or require any changes to your housing. And some require a little more. Dare to dream!

Help veterinary clients know what to expect during this potentially stressful time by prepping them for their referral appointment.

This interactive map collects the most current information from the AVMA on laws governing nonveterinarians owning or partly owning veterinary practices as relatively traditional corporations. Remember that laws are always changing, some attorneys have new ways to allow nonveterinary ownership, and your success will be based on the appropriate practice agreement you craft with your own lawyer. Now dive in!

Every pet deserves to be pain-free. So how do your peers handle their pain management protocols? Weve got the data that points to some (slightly?) painful realities.

How do you reach pet owners who are new to your area?

Here's a new tool to solve your rabies vaccination questions and conundrums.

Coloring isn't for kids anymoreit's a real-deal stress-reliever. Don't believe us? Give these veterinary-themed coloring pages a try.

Yup, were talking about millennials. (Oh, calm down.) How they decide. What theyre really like. And how to tip the scale in favor of pet health.