Technicians
Client handout: Choose your own (Fear Free) adventure
For every FAS (fear, anxiety stress) problem, there could be a solution in your exam room, in this handout and the book, or in a veterinary behaviorist's practice. Let's do this.
Dont let the bastards grind you down
Its a phrase I often find myself repeating when clients and pets both snap their fangs at the veterinary professionals that serve them. Here are other healthy ways of coping.
The finer points: Injecting common sense into your regional anesthesia strategy
Fetch dvm360 educators Mike Barletta, Tasha McNerney and Oriana Scislowicz take a full-circle approach to maximizing the effectiveness of local nerve blocks in veterinary practice.
Pet insurance comparison chart
What should veterinary professionals and pet owners care about in considering pet insurance plans? Here's the latest information from some of the nation's top pet insurance providers.
Client handout: The kitten kibble conundrum
New owners of kittens need help navigating all those kitten chow choices. Help them with vetted advice from this veterinary nutritionist in this handy client handout.
How to: Enter an exam room
Veterinary teamthere's more to it than "open door, walk through." Learn the benefits of the nonverbal messages you could be sending.
The usual suspects: Top 10 toxins poisonous to pets
These bad-boys of the toxicology world are dangerous to pets. Heres how to handle these cases.
Sample script: Talk rabies vaccinations with cat owners
The my cat doesnt go outside excuse wont cut it anymore. Heres how to convert those resistant veterinary clients.
Bad online review got you down? 4 steps to right a cyber wrong
You can't control what a veterinary client says about you, your team members or your practice online, but you can manage the damage. Here's how.
Can that lawn service replace the use of flea and tick preventives?
Companies heavily advertise their flea- and tick-repelling sprays this time of year. Are your clients buying the hype?
When clients trust you enough to drop trou
Have you heard the one about the veterinary client who pantsed herself in the waiting room? Heres how it happened.
Old School, New School: Dishing deep dark secrets
Delving into the innermost thoughts of Drs. Codger and Greenskin sheds new light on both sides. Time to learn about the meaning behind their motives.
Ask Katie: Cant work with them, cant find a replacement
When veterinary team members are shirking their duties and there isnt exactly a line of applicants willing to replace them, what are you to do? Our practice management expert Katie Adams, CVPM, has answers.
Journal Scan: Is tramadol the new placebo?
A recent study challenges the use of tramadol for canine osteoarthritis.
Want to usher in Fear Free veterinary practice? Change yourself first
Just one team member can spark a full on conversion in the clinic.
Veterinary professionals deal with haters and internet trolls
Insults! Defamation! Bullying! Pet owners and animal activists can misbehave on social media with the best of them.
Equine vet techs deserve a seat
Before the day starts, on the way to every visit, and wowing horse owners: The equine veterinary technician is a must-have passenger (or driver) for great mobile equine practice today.
When pet owners and rescues ATTACK
Ever had folks enlist small armies of online commenters and reviewers to spam your social media channels? Yeah. Youre not alone. Two veterinary hospital managers share stories of freak-outs they faced.
Help veterinary clients face a noisy Fourth
Pet Anxiety Awareness Week kicks off right before a real fear-inducing holiday, Independence Day, with its fireworks, crowds and food hazards everywhere. Here are learning resources for your team and your veterinary clients.
Q&A: A vet tech with heart
Ed Durham, author of a new veterinary cardiology textbook for technicians, has a passion for his specialty, for education and for empowering his peers to do more.
A personal stress test straight outta Fetch
Were these veterinary conference attendees feeling compassion fatigue, burnout or secondary traumatic stress? Are you? Find out here.
Veterinary clients, hospitals not together on parasitology
A survey of veterinary teams and their clients yielded some buggy data. Namely, there was difference between what veterinary teams thought pet owners learned and valued, and what pet owners thought and valued. Is this you?
Handle concerns about the price of heartworm prevention
Money makes the world go round. Its also a large reason your veterinary clients wont give their pets the prevention they need for heartworms. Here are some tips from the experts.
Meet the mutt-ley crew of bad dog behaviors
Lets learn what Elvis Presley, Steppenwolf and George Thorogood can teach us to coach pet owners through their precocious pooches bad manners.
Buy now! Kittens make great consumers
Youve got the medical essentials for a new kitten on lock. But what about recommendations for a home life that will make for a happier, healthier cat in the long run? Dr. Kathryn Primm recommends starting them early on three products.
Client handout: Your pet suffered a cruciate ligament injury. Now what?
Use this printable handout to help veterinary clients understand what's happening with their pet's joint, and how it can be repaired.
Take a deep breath at Fetch dvm360 conference
Torry Chamberlayne, RVT brings yoga to the veterinary CE conference experience.
Ask Katie: What to do about a toxic tech?
Warnings wont cut it, says resident CVPM advice guru Katie Adams. Creating an improvement plan with coaching sessions is crucial if youre not ready to fire the toxic veterinary team member.
9 free tips from the Fetch dvm360 conference
You missed it? You didn't write these veterinary practice management and medicine down? I got you covered.
How to: Get great veterinary video in 4 easy steps
Up your internet game with these multimedia moves.