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If you made a mistake with a pet owner, work to make it right. But if an online review crops up thats really a veterinary clients willful misunderstanding or issues, you cant always control that. Move on, veterinary professionals. Move on.

Im worried that todays corporate consolidators arent an answer for solo practices who cant find associates to buy them.

This happens in the contractor submittal process of your veterinary clinic redesign or new build, and its why you should keep your architectural team involved until the end of the project. Especially when it comes to installation of new products.

When the budget on your dream veterinary clinic project gets tight, here are some strong opinions from an architect and team with an award-winning hospital on how you can cut to still keep your design intact.

Veterinary technicians can make your day and save your case. Here are some of our favorite stories of techs in action.

77% of millennials favor veterinarians who discuss the benefits of the human-pet bond, according to speakers at last months AVMA Conference.

With opioids in short supply for use in the veterinary industry, consider some alternative analgesics to treat pain in your veterinary patients.

It serves an important purpose, but there are other things you can do to help your veterinary colleague who's considering suicide. Here are some ways to help.

Street Dog Coalition board member Jon Geller, DVM, DABVP, CVJ, shares a few tips for veterinarians interested in providing care for the pets of Americas indigent population.

One veterinary lender at HospitalDesign360 conference revealed some of the questions to ask before you lock in financing for that new remodel, renovation or new veterinary hospital building.

Practice owners, you dont need to be best friends with your veterinary associate, or share the same hobbies, or practice the exact same style of medicine. You just have to treat others as you want to be treated by being fair, honest and appreciative.

In veterinary school, the focus is what a case needs or doesnt neednot how the client will respond to the bill. A veterinarian and veterinary technician discuss what their education didnt prepare them for in practice.

This veterinary pain and bioethics expert has an issue with conventional terminology surrounding feline declaws.

Try this tip to engage veterinary clients and help them stick to their pets weight loss plan.

Do millennial veterinary associates have the same needs as any other associate you've hired in the past? Well, yes and no says Dr. Eva Evans.

Veterinary behaviorist Wayne Hunthausen, DVM, shared tricks for setting puppies up for success with their new owners at Fetch dvm360 conference in Kansas City.

Theres a lot of action in veterinary exam rooms and treatment areas. Some of it is fluid. Much of it is well intimate. Case in point: I am forever blood sisters with Rebecca the beagle!

Educators at the HospitalDesign360 conference in Kansas City shared some of the scariest moments in their veterinary architectural careers, but luckily things turned out OK.

When your veterinary hospital looks like a badly aging 1980s movie franchise, its time for the reboot: Take an honest look around and imagine what a little elbow grease and a few tweaks could do to get your place the audience (and clients) it deserves.

Look for the disconnect between your veterinary colleagues words and their nonverbal communication to find out when its time to ask for more information.

Have you ever set up, adequately explained and regularly monitored a bonus program that ties much closer to practice goals that benefit patients, practice owner and employees?

Are you covered by state law and your malpractice insurance when it comes to asking for or giving veterinary telemedicine advice?

The science is clear: Canine companionship offer great health benefits. So its not surprising that more and more companies are allowing dogs in the workplace.

When it comes to defusing potential arguments, this veterinary practice owner trusts the words of self-made millionaire and motivational speaker Jim Rohn: Focus on the solution, not on the problem.

Heartworm disease is accompanied by few, if any, clinical signs, so proper diagnostic testing is a must. Here's the 411 for veterinary professionals on which tests to use (and why), including the best tests for cats.

Selling to an associate shapes the future of the veterinary profession. In this era of corporate buyouts and growing multipractice chains, dont give up on selling to a smart millennial quite yet.

This path to new hires for my veterinary hospital guarantees effort on the part of an applicant, a chance to ask tough questions, and a path to feedback from the team members wholl be working, day in and day out, with the new hire.

The pet insurance carriers new Better World Initiative wants to go paperless with its new-customer certificates offered exclusively through practices like yours.