Technicians

Our veterinary specialty and emergency hospital was calling in technicians for work they weren't ready for, work that didn't need to be urgently done, and after proverbial fires were already out. My protocol helped fix it.

Techniciansdoctors need your help in detecting osteoarthritis in your veterinary patients. Heres how to become an OA advocate in your clinic.

Everyone loves on vet techs during National Veterinary Technician Week, but the rest of the year many of them don't get the recognition and respect they deserve. Here are veterinary technician and doctor confessions on the special abilitiesand sad situationof the talented certified technician.

A breakdown of next steps to take when clients call concerned about their cat.

According to experts like Dr. Bruyette, hypothyroidism is the most overdiagnosed endocrine disorder in dogs. Heres how you can stop the hyper-perscription to hypothyroidism.

Spring a high cost on a client they weren't expecting, you get grief. So, when you see an important but nonurgent procedure in the veterinary exam room that needs to be done soon but not now, give them a heads-up.

Yawn ... you already know about hypothyroidism treatment in dogs. What's the big deal? A LOT! Including the fact that you may be oversupplementing that levothyroxine. Dr. Bruyette talks the latest and greatest in the realm of canine hypothyroidism.

Give your veterinary clients these (fun)gal facts about ringworm and educate them on how you can partner together to eliminate this itchy infection.

Use these 10 quick and easy pet enrichment tips to help your clients put the play back in pets playtime.

Team members complained about my veterinary practice's meetings before I came on board. Here's how I fixed them.

Fear is a powerful emotion, so when clients refuse your recommendations, start with empathy.

Some practices have been doing it for more than 10 years. Others still don't. Every client loves seeing their pet's photo, so why doesn't it show up on every written piece from your hospital?

Help pet owners walk a mile in their furry friend's paws with this handout from a dog's perspective on pain.

Pet owners with questions about pain from cancer get some questions answered from this PDF clientand are urged to talk to their veterinarian.

Sometimes pet owners need more than medical helpsometimes they need a reason to remember how much fun they can have with their loved ones again.

As people, we can anticipate relief for the physical pain we feel. Animals dont have this luxury. Heres how to deal with pain coupled with fear, and how pet owners help you heal the hurt.

Veterinary practice managers and team members also benefit from more friendly, more informative referrals to and from emergency and specialists and the general practitioners who manage patients through their lives. Compassion-First Pet Hospitals hired liaisons and built a process to inform referring general practice veterinarians when patients visit, how they're doing and what happened.

Side by side in your anesthetic monitoring arena, these parameters are the tops for this anesthesia technician.

Human winners have worked with shelter and special needs animals; canines have apprehended drug suspects and detected military threats.

Yes, price and income affect the demand for veterinary services. But in the case of nutrition, education may be just as important.

This pet has been treated multiple times for similar findings, can you figure out whats going on with the beagle mix?

Fetch is bringing you interactive elements make your conference experience mean more than just CE.

When a pet owner says the word V-E-T, a cat hears D-I-E. But you can fix that.

If it's too expensive to hire somebody like me (we're worth our weight in gold, come on), try seven other tweaks to get your veterinary practice inventory better managed and lower priced.

If your team can't give clients a clear message there's little hope of compliance (and pet wellness).

Many practices are finding it difficult to hireand keepcredentialed veterinary technicians. Learn why are there so few of these elusive creatures and what can we do to help them flourish.

Go ahead and ask pet-owning clients on Facebook or elsewhere this question. They loved it at my New Jersey veterinary hospital.

Get an uber-tech's take on the national credential initiative, career development in the veterinary field and what it's like to spend childhood as a mechanical robot hero.