Client Handouts
Keep pets safe and comfortable with these travel tips
Make sure your veterinary clients keep these often-forgotten points in mind to ensure their next family road trip is a good one.
Help veterinary clients get a handle on hot spots
It's important to warn pet owners that those unsightly wounds often signal an underlying issue-and getting to the root of the problem is critical.
25 ways to entice more cats to your clinic checklist
Team training tool: Disarm a Debbie Downer in your veterinary practice
Learn how to keep veterinary team conversations positive and on the right track.
Team handout: 7 steps to make your veterinary practice comfortable for pets in pain
Use these tips and ideas from the Windsor Veterinary Clinic in Windsor, Colo., to ease the pain and strain of a veterinary visit for pets.
Team training tool: How to handle pet owners who block your veterinary message
When pet owners block you, it can be difficult to convey important information about their pet's health. You can improve pet owners' compliance by practicing sample conversations to overcome blockers.
Feline heartworm disease: Why you should be screening for it
You may be surprised to find the incidence of this often-fatal disease is higher than you think-even in your practice.
Client handout: Parasite prevention for the indoor-only cat
Use this client handout to teach pet owners about the risks of parasites for indoor-only cats.
BizQuiz: Do you manage--or micromanage? (question 6)
Are you managing or micromanaging your veterinary team? Take this quiz to find out:
Feline heartworm disease: Why you should be screening for it in your veterinary practice
Team training tool: Sample veterinary technician expectation log
Customize expectation logs for each role in your practice to help train veterinary team members about your practice's expectations
2015 Veterinary Economics Hospital Design Competition Official Entry Form
10 pet owner communication strategies to avoid lawsuits
Use these 10 strategies to foster better relations with clients. Then when problems surface, pet owners may choose conversation instead of litigation.
Sample veterinary financial policy
Use this sample financial policy as the basis to discuss and write your own financial policy at your practice to ease the strain of difficult money talks with clients.
Sample veterinary employee review form
Use this sample employee review form as a basis to create your own veterinary team member review for your practice.
Form: Understanding your veterinary practice's financial health
It's important to understand the concepts that contribute to financial wellness. Use this quick guide to put your practice on the right path.
Form: Sample conversation tree: Responding to pet owners' comments about the 20/20 report
Consider some of the questions clients might ask after viewing the Nov. 22 20/20 segment, "Is Your Veterinarian Being Honest with You?" Then use these sample responses.
Tips to stay on top of pain in pets
Pets are masters of disguise when it comes to pain, so give your clients the tools to recognize and manage their pets' discomfort before it becomes a problem.
Recognizing pain in pets
Make sure your practice team is in the know when it comes to recognizing the signs of pain and discomfort in pets.
Form: Choose your CE
Use this form to choose your next CE opportunity and make the most of it.
Crossword: Common resume mistakes
Use this crossword to test your resume knowledge before you apply for a job at a veterinary practice.
Pitch preventive diagnostics to veterinary clients
Use this client handout to explain the importance of preventive diagnostic tests to your clients.
Help clients understand the importance of preventive diagnostics
These tests can be crucial to detecting underlying disease and seeing the big picture of a pet's health. Use this handout as a supplement to exam room talks to help clients understand the importance of diagnostics.
Promote weight loss by pointing out the perils of pet obesity
Seeing too many overweight pets in practice, but having a hard time getting clients on board with your weight reduction recommendations? Put some mass behind your message with this informational client handout.
Team tool: Sample veterinary coach/player agreement
An agreement between a veterinary coach and a player outlines your roles and creates specific shared goals.
Veterinary practice poster: Can you put your phone away?
Use this free poster to remind veterinary team members to put away their cell phones during work hours.
Team tool: Practice challenging veterinary client conversations
Use these practice cases to rehearse challenging client conversations.
Wanted: For disrupting your practice
Use these practice cases to rehearse challenging veterinary client conversations.
Review the risks of pet obesity with veterinary clients
Addressing pet obesity
Veterinary client disability assistance checklist
Use these steps to make your practice more friendly for veterinary clients with disabilities.