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When were caught between the family we love and the veterinary career we cherish, our fears and guilt can overwhelm us. Stop beating up on yourself, veterinarian moms.

A veterinary practice management consultant diagnoses your business problems, explains whats wrong and develops a business treatment plan to fix it. Coaching comes after, when you need the accountability, feedback and ongoing conversations to make sure you follow through like a compliant veterinary client.

Dont like online pharmacies competing with you for veterinary product sales? Dont penalize your clients for it, says a 2019 dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year finalist.

When a pet owner can't afford the highest standard of veterinary dental care, what choices do we have left?

Veterinary economist crunches the numbers to quantify the difference between open veterinary positions and DVMs seeking employment.

The good, the bad and the awesome lessons one veterinarian learned as a new practice owner.

When it became apparent that her growing practice needed more team leads, this dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year finalist set out to create a hiring process that would fit the already strong culture and demonstrate fairness and transparency.

Two smart data wonks in the animal health industry recently shared market information at an exclusive event in Kansas City. Heres the skinny on what they see coming down the pike for veterinary practices like yours.

Have a veterinary employee who cant seem to show up on the most stressful day of the week? This tried-and-true method will hold them accountableand show support for the rest of your team.

One recent study explores the effect of dysfunctional workplaces on veterinary team members, while another focused on the secondary stress involved in helping stressed pet owners, something called burden transfer."

One manager needs to know whats required in her veterinary practice safety plan, especially with her regions biggest risk of natural disaster.

If you made a mistake with a pet owner, work to make it right. But if an online review crops up thats really a veterinary clients willful misunderstanding or issues, you cant always control that. Move on, veterinary professionals. Move on.

Im worried that todays corporate consolidators arent an answer for solo practices who cant find associates to buy them.

This happens in the contractor submittal process of your veterinary clinic redesign or new build, and its why you should keep your architectural team involved until the end of the project. Especially when it comes to installation of new products.

When the budget on your dream veterinary clinic project gets tight, here are some strong opinions from an architect and team with an award-winning hospital on how you can cut to still keep your design intact.

Veterinary technicians can make your day and save your case. Here are some of our favorite stories of techs in action.

77% of millennials favor veterinarians who discuss the benefits of the human-pet bond, according to speakers at last months AVMA Conference.

With opioids in short supply for use in the veterinary industry, consider some alternative analgesics to treat pain in your veterinary patients.

It serves an important purpose, but there are other things you can do to help your veterinary colleague who's considering suicide. Here are some ways to help.

Street Dog Coalition board member Jon Geller, DVM, DABVP, CVJ, shares a few tips for veterinarians interested in providing care for the pets of Americas indigent population.

Heres how to empower front-desk staff to know whether a veterinary appointment is going to be by the book or if it will require some extra time for diagnostics or education.

One veterinary lender at HospitalDesign360 conference revealed some of the questions to ask before you lock in financing for that new remodel, renovation or new veterinary hospital building.

Practice owners, you dont need to be best friends with your veterinary associate, or share the same hobbies, or practice the exact same style of medicine. You just have to treat others as you want to be treated by being fair, honest and appreciative.

In veterinary school, the focus is what a case needs or doesnt neednot how the client will respond to the bill. A veterinarian and veterinary technician discuss what their education didnt prepare them for in practice.

This veterinary pain and bioethics expert has an issue with conventional terminology surrounding feline declaws.

Try this tip to engage veterinary clients and help them stick to their pets weight loss plan.

Do millennial veterinary associates have the same needs as any other associate you've hired in the past? Well, yes and no says Dr. Eva Evans.

Veterinary behaviorist Wayne Hunthausen, DVM, shared tricks for setting puppies up for success with their new owners at Fetch dvm360 conference in Kansas City.

Theres a lot of action in veterinary exam rooms and treatment areas. Some of it is fluid. Much of it is well intimate. Case in point: I am forever blood sisters with Rebecca the beagle!

Educators at the HospitalDesign360 conference in Kansas City shared some of the scariest moments in their veterinary architectural careers, but luckily things turned out OK.