Technicians

Empowered women empower women, especially in the veterinary world. Heres what they have to say.

Retail is not the reason for a veterinary hospital, but touches of fun and nonmedical pet items can invigorate your clients visits. Plus, check out three no duh! items you have right now to fix your hospitals retail space today.

Arthritis, so common in dogs. One of the last things veterinary clients want to see is their pooches in pain. Try these supplemental options to lend a hand.

It's a new day. This veterinarian has recommendations to keep feeling good.

Take a look around the entire veterinary practice to see all the places you could be incorporating Fear Free techniques.

After labor, inventory costs are the largest expense in a veterinary practice. Here are some tips that may make your inventory process a little more manageable. Plus, printable reorder tags!

Adequate nutrition is vital to getting critical patients back on their feet. Here are five pointers to help.

You know the scenarios and the characters, now just act them out using this framework

Have you had bad experiences trying to get your veterinary practice owner or manager or team lead to try something new? Youre not alone. See if any of these tips about organizing your pitch help in your next move to improve things at your veterinary hospital.

This toolkit delivers team training, free client handouts, exam room education strategies and more, all designed to make it as easy as possible for veterinarians and their teams to discuss heartworm disease with clients and promote year-round prevention in dogs and cats. (With an educational grant provided by Zoetis)

The veterinary staff at this practice get the job done just not the way theyd been trained to. In cases like this, training and re-training might not be the answer.

Is something rotten in this veterinary practice getting its latest hire? Whos to blame? What could they do about it? Turn a short, engaging, ambiguous story into a brainstorming tool for your next team meeting.

When it comes to providing optimal care for veterinary patients, sometimes the best action is no action at all.

Two veterinarians respectfully discuss their disagreements about the medical and societal need for early spays and neuters in America's pets.

Earning my business masters degree taught me many things. Becoming a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager brought me opportunities beyond even that. Here are my thoughts on each.

Insights on how to spot good candidates for rehab and where to get training so you can start improving mobility and comfort in all your patients.

When your canine patients just cant resist that tasty sock or half a tube of Gorilla Glue, its the veterinary team that comes to the rescue.

As veterinary technology soars ahead, pet owners are left with a lot of choices about diagnostics and treatment to sort through. And what if even we as veterinarians arent quite sure what the right thing to do is? Thats where four basic principles of clinical bioethics pioneered in human medicine can come to the rescue.

A new brochure from Trupanion debuted at VMX showcases common claims at different ages for 12 dog breeds and highlights the average cost, through claims data, of those illnesses and injuries.

Raise your hand if youve ever felt personally victimized by another woman in your clinic. Days in veterinary practice can sometimes feel like a scene out of Mean Girls. How do we change that?

Phone, email, textthese can be a minefield of possible faux pas for veterinary practices. Stacee Santi, DVM, shares some useful tips for communicating effectively (none of them inspired by her own digital missteps, obviously).

As pets get older, its important to keep them as pain free as possible. Here are three product ideas to keep pets comfortable and safe from injury.

These single pups are ready to mingle! Theyre sweet, sassy and smart, proving that theres a lot to love about these breeds.

The WVLDI crew demonstrates the game.

Pre-planning and basic diagnostics can take the stress out of anesthetizing cats with kidney problems in your veterinary practice.

Consider this your reminder postcard, folks. With new canine treatment guidelines out now, its a perfect time to revisit your protocols to make sure your veterinary practice is current on heartworm prevention and treatment for cats and dogs.

The clinical team in the exam room tells a veterinary client all about parasite preventives. But the client may ask anybody in the hospital, including receptionists, Do I really need to shell out money for this? Is everyone armed for the conversation?

If your veterinary clients have the questions about whether they really need to buy and administer heartworm preventives, this client handout can kick off a conversation.