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How much you work, how much you earn and how much you pay in taxes all depend on which quadrant of the workforce you’re in. Here, a financial expert’s advice on how to take control of your financial future.

Everyone struggles with debt, whether it be from student loans, business purchases or everyday expenditures. According to financial website NerdWallet, the average U.S. household has $137,063 in debt (including all types of debt). Here are five tips to help you become debt-free — and stay that way!

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.

How much money must one save to provide for a satisfactory retirement lifestyle? This vast question is one that many busy veterinarians tend to ignore.

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.

Cats have needs beyond food and shelter. And the better you and your veterinary clients understand these needs, the closer the kitties in your clinic will come to reaching their full potential.

Now a feature for the Fetch exhibit hall, the Veterinary Confessionals Project is expanding into other avenues to bring the profession together.

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

Offer your clients pet-friendly advice to safety manage a range of pests, from fleas and mosquitoes to rodents and other creepy-crawlies.

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.

Promote a happy, healthy foster experience with this advice for foster families and shelters.

Are you caught up on the latest veterinary developments for managing ringworm? (Hint: Theres a new diagnostic test and new drug at your dermatophytosis-demolishing disposal.)

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

If you dont consider the balance sheet along with your income statement, you really have no idea if your business is healthy.

Ever wondered, "How can my coworker afford THAT?" or thought, "I don't know how anyone lives on what she makes?" Here's your chance to see how other veterinary professionals are managing their money.

Online pharmacy Vetsource has been named on this year’s Inc. 5000 list as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States.

There’s a new online pet pharmacy in town, and it’s looking to take over a chunk of the pet medications industry. PetSmart Pharmacy now offers customers convenient ordering, filling and home delivery of pet prescriptions and over-the-counter medications.

Tools, tips and plans to inspire you to buy a veterinary practice, help you sell a practice or get your deal with the right buyer and sell through.

Your clients probably dont know about low thyroid hormones, even thought they could be seeing the signs. These social media posts can help.

This electronic marketing whiz goes outside the veterinary market for a spark.

If practice owners held prices at or below inflation, wed all go broke, reader maintains.

Dr. Greenskin presents her veterinary staffing plan to her boss with much trepidation. His response leaves her jaw on the floor.

Just about everyone has had something stolen from them at some point. That possibility becomes much greater for business owners, so it pays to heed a problem that is growing by the year — embezzlement.

The facilitated approach shakes up the old hour-long lecture approach and gives veterinary professionals a way to stay engaged and make their learning count beyond checking a box.

This veterinary team helped a client adopt a homeless catand then got slapped with a lawsuit. Heres what happened.

If you shudder when you hear the word budget, you’re not alone. Creating — and sticking to —a budget is a daunting task, but the benefits outweigh the drawbacks by a mile. Here’s how to overcome the obstacles that may be in your way.

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.