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May is Arthritis Awareness Month, which is a good time to review our approach to this common diagnosis in small animals.

Raising the standard: Arthritis awareness in veterinary practice

Pet Poison Helpline's recent installment of Toxin Tails shared the story of the Winters family, who all—including their 2 dogs—were diagnosed with ciguatera poisoning.

Toxin for one, toxin for all

From natural disasters to personal setbacks, veterinary professionals need to assess their financial risks, prepare strategically, and take control of their future with a plan that can weather any storm.

When it’s too late to prepare for the unknown and catastrophic

On this episode of The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, the Caring Pathways team joins Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, to talk all about end-of-life care 

Leveling up end-of-life care: Excellence, compassion, and the future of veterinary hospice

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Diet trials 101

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Renowned animal behaviorist Temple Grandin, PhD, joined “America's Veterinarian” Marty Becker, DVM, on stage to share how a Fear-Free approach can help give animals “a life worth living”

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Erica Brandt, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses her lecture on "kitties in crisis" that was presented at the 2025 Fetch dvm360 Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Providing emergency care for kittens

Erica Brandt, CVT, VTS (ECC), hospital director at WestVet in Meridian, Idaho, discusses her Fetch On-Demand lecture “

The Days of Our 9 Lives: Kitties in Crisis

interview. The session addresses initial care for a young cat in an emergency situation, and was also presented at the 2025 Fetch dvm360 Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The following is a transcript of the video:

: The “Days of Our Nine Lives: Kitties in Crisis” is one of my favorite presentations. I am definitely a cat lover, and being in emergency and critical care, I love taking care of cats in emergency setting.

In this presentation, we're really going to talk about not only recognizing emergencies in cats [and] how we treat them initially for those emergencies, but looking at presenting to the emergency hospital from the cat's point of view, and how we can help them have a better experience and we can ultimately treat them. If they get fearful and upset and we don't help with some of those behavior issues, it's very hard to treat them for an emergency.

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Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC talks about essentials that should be covered with clients during their first puppy appointment

Discussing key puppy care topics in first appointments

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Earlier this fall, Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC, sat down with 

 to talk about his lecture “Puppy Parenting: Fundamentals for Busy Practitioners” that he presented at the Fetch dvm360 conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the interview, Pachel talked about some of the things that should be discussed with the puppy owner during the puppy’s first appointment.

In another video, Pachel talks about the objectives of his lecture "Behavioral Euthanasia Considerations: Bringing the Conversation Out of the Shadows." Click 

So there's a lot that we need to cover within that appointment. And of course, when we're thinking about the behavioral aspects of puppy parenting, we're talking about things like puppy socialization and exposing them to an ever-expanding world view, while we're also trying to work through potty training and dealing with the very normal mouthing and biting issues that puppies naturally do, but we're also trying to balance that with everything else that we have to cover with vaccine series and overall health issues, and all of that information has to be balanced. So, how do we do that in a way that actually is heard by our clients without being overwhelming, and making sure that we're arming them with some of the resources for them to review after the appointment, as well as what we cover within that session?

Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC, talks about essentials that should be covered with clients during their first puppy appointment

Andrea Pace, CVT, VTS (ECC), describes clinical signs of dystocia and when to operate 

Andrea Pace on dystocia

, Andrea Pace, CVT, VTS (ECC), training mentor for the emergency department at Mount Laurel Animal Hospital in New Jersey, talked about dystocia, and when and why it can be critical to operate. She covered unexpected circumstances, like an unknown past injury that could impede the mother's labor, and why it's important to remain aware of these possibilities. 

In addition to dystocia, Pace discussed emergency surgery tips for technicians, specifically when faced with 

, in her session, "Emergency Surgeries: What a Vet Tech Needs to Know from the ER to the OR," at the recent Fetch 

 Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

 Sometimes we'll have [a] mom just getting very sick...and not being able to really continue with the labor process naturally. So, it can be a ton of different problems. Sometimes it's something that you're not even expecting, like, maybe there's some history of trauma, and she broke her pelvis 5 years ago, and now is trying to give birth and can't get the baby past whatever injury she may have had. 

So, any time that this labor is really prolonged, the babies start to get distressed, and once the babies get distressed, it really limits their ability to survive. So getting the babies out of mom and getting mom into surgery in a timely manner is really essential. Hopefully most people have had some prenatal care for their dogs. Mostly it's dogs, sometimes it is cats, but hopefully some prenatal care will give them that education to know what to look for and when to worry.

Littrell A. Emergency surgery for gastric dilatation volvulus. dvm360. October 17, 2024. Accessed October 21, 2024. https://www.dvm360.com/view/emergency-surgery-for-gastric-dilatation-volvulus

Andrea Pace, CVT, VTS (ECC), discussed clinical signs of dystocia in the emergency room in a post-session interview with dvm360.

Recognizing dystocia and the need for emergency surgery

This session at the dvm360 Fetch Coastal conference will help veterinarians better equip puppy owners with strategies for adequate socialization.

Puppy parenting essentials at upcoming conference 

, Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC, owner and lead clinician of Animal Behavior Clinic in Portland, Oregon, shared what his favorite lecture that he will be presenting at dvm360’s Fetch Coastal conference will be: 

Puppy Parenting: Fundamentals for Busy Practitioners

. In this preview of his lecture, Pachel emphasized the importance of proactive socialization for puppies.

Pachel will be presenting 6 other lectures on October 14. Topics will span canine noise phobia, behavioral euthanasia, neurologic vs behavioral conditions, therapeutic interventions for stress conditions in cats, and more.

Fetch Coastal will take place from October 14-16, 2024, at the Atlantic City Convention Center in New Jersey. Additional details and registration can be found 

The following is the interview transcript:

So I will say that one of my favorite sessions that I get the opportunity to present, actually this one's going to be at Fetch Coastal, is the

 roadmap, and actually looking at some of the proactive socialization strategies that we have, not only understanding sort of the implications of what happens when we don't provide adequate socialization, or we're little off the mark in terms of how we do that, but really trying to make it really practical and approachable for pet owners, so it's something that they can do and understand, knowing that when they bring in new puppies into their household, there's a lot of work that goes into raising those puppies into well-mannered adult dogs, and so really trying to equip our pet parents with as many of those skills in practical, tangible ways as possible. That's what we're going to be talking about with the puppy parenting session. And I think that one looks like it's on Monday the 14th of October at Fetch Coastal in Atlantic City.

This lecture at the dvm360 Fetch Coastal conference will help veterinarians better equip owners of young dogs with strategies for adequate socialization

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