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When a veterinary team member messes up left and right, but is still looked upon through rose-colored glasses by doctors and managers, what can be done?

Your anti-vaxxer veterinary client might never change their minds, but you can try a few different approaches.

As a veterinary professional, you've probably witnessed poor training here, there, everywhere. Which is why you know that an experienced, qualified dog training professional is hugely valuable to dog owners and can make a world of difference for your canine patients. Use this tool to help lead veterinary clients in the right direction.

Veterinarians and veterinary students on Facebook told us long hours were a given to get into the profession. But are they good for practitioners, patients and the learning process?

Whether your veterinary practice is equine, mixed or small animal-only, you have a responsibility to recruit and retain an associate that meshes well with your clients, your team and, most importantly, your patients.

Your veterinary client is baring their teeth on social mediaor even in person. Heres the first thing to do in either case.

If you want more transparency in your veterinary hospitals design, plan ahead to avoid distracting patients.

If Gov. Cuomo signs the bill passed by the state Assembly, New York will impose a civil penalty of $1,000 on people who perform onychectomies, partial or complete phalangectomies, or tendonectomies on cats without a therapeutic purpose.

Practices are fighting to hire veterinary associates today. Could that lead to unsustainable salaries as we compete for hires?

Veterinary practice owners: Here are five things you or a trusted practice manager can watch regularly to make sure raising prices isnt the only way your practice survives.

You, dear veterinary professional, dont go out looking to be bitten or scratched, yet you probably have some sort of battle scar from a bad encounter. Heres how to prevent any more from happening in the future.

Every veterinary practice buyer has different needs and wants, but if you nail these 12 items, yours is a hospital anybodyd love to buy.

Many veterinary practices have seen their pharmacy sales for oral and topical drugs shrink. Have you explored all the injectables on the market?

Did you think youd be fielding this many nutrition questions in the veterinary clinic? Neither did your colleagues, according to the 2019 dvm360 Nutrition Study.

With 15 years at two previous strip-mall locations under his belt, Dr. Bradley Petersen turned Petersen Pet Hospital into the AAHA-certified, Fear Free practice of his dreams. His clients, patients and employees appreciate the Merit Award-winning hospital in this years 2019 dvm360 Hospital Design Competition.

I think that we well-meaning, hard-working veterinarians sabotage our own happiness, job satisfaction and personal health by doing these five things.

Some of us expect happiness to fall into our laps. Some expect it to never come. I think theres another way to think about being happy.

Its hard to take a vacation as a veterinary practice owner, but I wouldve missed the nicest folks, the prettiest nature and a snapshot of a funny Florida lady and a U.S. vice president if I hadnt taken time off.

After I shared my own story with the veterinary world regarding depression and suicidal thoughts, I learned how valuable it is to be there for that person and how an inch can, in fact, be a mile.

When this veterinary practice owner decides to extend his clinics hours to include Sundays, its met with doubt and concern.

Find out how often veterinarians discuss nutrition with clients, how often clients ask and the biggest prompt for discussion in this data from the 2019 dvm360 Nutrition Study.

Sit. Stay. Stress. Good boy! If youre suffering from chronic stress, your dogs feeling it too, a new study says. Here are the details veterinary professionals need to know.

How much of the local veterinary business is your practice capturing compared with your competitors? If you don't knowor if it's not a pretty picturethis AVMA tool can help you pin down a plan toward greater success.

Want to dig into your own personality or gather a fun (and perhaps useful) profile of your veterinary team? Here are some of the most popular personality tests floating around.

Mealtime and treats are a huge source of warm fuzzies for people and their pets—something veterinarians should recognize and celebrate. But there's danger lurking in the shadows: obesity, pancreatitis and other problems of overindulgence.

Veterinary clients often make the mistake of thinking cherry eye is medically irrelevant or simply a cosmetic issue to be ignored. Have them feast their eyes on this handoutthey might think twice.

If youre struggling in small-animal or equine practice to find associates, check out the results of my unscientific survey that reveal new and future veterinarians wants and needs for their workplace.

Use this equation to estimate general costs for your new building or leasehold.

Think about who you are and who youre looking for, then write a veterinary practice job ad for that. Job ads are sniper rifles, not shotguns, says the recruitment-minded Dr. Dave Nicol.

Brush up on your feline facts, veterinary team members, while you disabuse your well-meaning but ill-informed cat clients of some feline fallacies. Dont miss the client handout at the end!