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Don't give up on a patientor a pet owner. Every exam room visit is an opportunity to cherish and optimize a patient's health with needed vaccines, recommended diagnostics and care for problems a pet owner didn't even know the pet was facing. Here's how Dr. Ernie Ward makes the most out of what looks like a cursory visit.

Behaviorist Dr. John Ciribassi says the backyard is no babysitter. Help your veterinary clients see that their dogs need emotional enrichment, not just space to run.

Do you live in a state with a terrible economy? We hope not. Find out whether where you're living has one of the best state economies or one of the worst.

If you’re in the market for a vacation home, congratulations! If you’d like to be but think you can’t afford it, you may want to think again. Here are 10 popular cities to explore that won’t break the bank.

Veterinary practice personnel don’t get much of a chance to take a load off during the day, but imagine if you could sit down whenever and wherever you wanted. Introducing the chairless chair.

Thinking about taking a road trip this summer? Then check out this list of the best states to visit.

From the smallest, most easy-going cat to the biggest, most rambunctious dogevery pet deserves a household that's fun, stimulating and encourages exercise.

To answer this question, lets look at investment costs, lifetime earnings and intangible benefits.

Every dying pet deserves a plan. Consider these inspiring case studies and tips for to illustrate the power you have in veterinary medicine to help pets live longerwith a better quality of lifefor days, week or months on their path to a peaceful death.

You know you must keep records each and every time a controlled substance changes hands or is used on a veterinary patient. CVC educator Mary Berg offers this advice to complete DEA form 222 flawlessly.

How you can play a vital role in helping owners make the right choice and ensure a lifelong bond.

You need to give an elevator speech to clients about your Fear Free certification. Let us do the talking for you.

Here are the most common conditions Lap of Love hospice veterinarians see in their mobile euthanasia practiceand pointers on how to ease clients and patients down this difficult path.

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Over and over again, we veterinarians hear it from our clients: Our pets die better than we do. In many cases, theyre right.

How much do you love your digital radiography system? Is it an obsession or just a fling? We asked survey-takers to share the opinions on what digital radiography does for their productivity in practice and what itll look like in the future.

When life in veterinary medicine gives you lemons, do you make lemonade ... or you get squished? Find out more about how you see the world with this quick quiz.

Believing you have some control over the events in your life is crucial to happiness and could make a huge difference in your personal life and veterinary career.

People with an internal "locus of control"who believe that they have control over their destinies and that their actions matterare happier and healthier. But making changes in your life isn't as easy for everybody, and we need to acknowledge that more than we do.

Do you pull the strings in your life and career? Or do you think luck, fate and other people are the deciding factor in your happiness and success?

We selected confessions from the Vet Confessionals Project that reflect the feelings of control (or lack thereof) that plague the profession.

Why the hit HBO show has something to teach those who lead in veterinary medicine. Are you Stark, Lannister, a Direwolf or one of those misfit leaders? (Hint: I'm down with Khaleesi.)

We asked, and dvm360 survey respondents answered. Heres what these veterinary professionals do when it comes to performing and examining fungal cultures in their practices.

Joining us in Kansas City Aug. 24 to 26? Get to know a little more about our design gurus who'll be running the show.

For us, veterinary medicine is a form of friendship, and caring for hospice and palliative-care patients is a team activity that asks for attention, care and skill from every single team member in our hospitals.

... where you inject them after researching some of the biggest names in microchip technology and their current veterinary products to get lost pets home faster.

Trying to determine the best healthcare benefits to offer your team can be a muddled mess (kinda like the future of healthcare itself). Try this thoughtful approach to choosing, communicating and analyzing plans. It isnt foolproof, but it adds some method to the medical madness.

When clients have questions about their pet's derm condition, help them out with this printable handout.

Reaching out to those around us can do more than turn their frowns upside downit can help them live longer. This island-dwelling veterinarian is on board.

From the first signs of pain to helping children and surviving pets who have lost their best friend, here are veterinary client handouts to help explain many important questions throughout.