Expert Interviews

A pet owner coddles her kitty ... to the point of hysteria.

A fight-or-flight response can leave convalescent pets in the lurch

Mary Berg, RVT, RLATG, VTS (Dentistry), demonstrates her preferred method of obtaining these images.

Technician utilization and Fear Free are in the spotlight in this installment.

Companies can get burned online when employees accidentally post personal comments on company accounts or on company websites or accidentally expose customer information. Here's a tip to keep your work social media device free and clear.

Camala Bailey, CPA, CVA, at Camala C. Bailey, CPA, PC, discusses the importance of managing your smartphone and gives some advice on how to do just that.

Personality clash isn't the only source of bad vibes in veterinary practice.

Camala Bailey, CPA, CVA, at Camala C. Bailey, CPA, PC, gives a few email tricks you should use to better manage your time at work.

Camala Bailey, CPA, CVA, at Camala C. Bailey, CPA, PC, discusses why having the bookkeeping and accounting done when you start a practice is imperative.

Camala Bailey, CPA, CVA, at Camala C. Bailey, CPA, PC, explains how your practice can be considered both an LLC and a corporation.

Camala Bailey, CPA, CVA, at Camala C. Bailey, CPA, PC, explains what you should do when choosing the entity of your practice.

Karl Salzsieder, DVM, JD, CVA, owner of Salzsieder & Associates, TPSG, LLC / DBA Total Practice Solutions—­Northwest, gives his pros and cons about whether to sell a practice privately or corporately.

Karl Salzsieder, DVM, JD, CVA, owner of Salzsieder & Associates, TPSG, LLC / DBA Total Practice Solutions—­Northwest, discusses the importance of hiring a financial consultant as soon as you purchase a veterinary practice.

Species separation: Pets like it, clients want it.

Karl Salzsieder, DVM, JD, CVA, owner of Salzsieder & Associates, TPSG, LLC / DBA Total Practice Solutions—­Northwest, says divesting a veterinary practice over time is a great strategy for an owner.

We think Dale Carnegie would love this application of his philosophy to dermatologic disease in veterinary patients.

Karl Salzsieder, DVM, JD, CVA, owner of Salzsieder & Associates, TPSG, LLC / DBA Total Practice Solutions—­Northwest, explains what to consider when deciding when to sell your practice.

Karl Salzsieder, DVM, JD, CVA, owner of Salzsieder & Associates, TPSG, LLC / DBA Total Practice Solutions—­Northwest, advises practice owners on how to earn money after semi- or fully retiring.

Karl Salzsieder, DVM, JD, CVA, owner of Salzsieder & Associates, TPSG, LLC / DBA Total Practice Solutions—­Northwest, says your income can potentially double if you’re a practice owner.

Karl Salzsieder, DVM, JD, CVA, Owner of Salzsieder & Associates, TPSG, LLC / DBA Total Practice Solutions—­Northwest, explains the risks that can be associated with buying or selling a mobile practice.

Karl Salzsieder, DVM, JD, CVA, Owner of Salzsieder & Associates, TPSG, LLC / DBA Total Practice Solutions—­Northwest, discusses why it’s better to buy existing veterinary practices rather than starting a new one.

Ray Ramirez, DVM, owner and speaker of Ramirezdvm.com, explains how to start using humor in the veterinary practice.

Ray Ramirez, DVM, owner and speaker of Ramirezdvm.com, explains when it’s inappropriate to use humor in the veterinary practice.

Ray Ramirez, DVM, owner and speaker of Ramirezdvm.com, discusses what usually goes wrong when a joke doesn’t work.

​Ray Ramirez, DVM, owner and speaker of Ramirezdvm.com, explains how humor can help create a bond between a veterinarian and their client.

Karl Salzsieder, DVM, JD, CVA, Owner of Salzsieder & Associates, TPSG, LLC / DBA Total Practice Solutions—Northwest, discusses why fewer veterinarians are buying into or starting their own veterinary practices.

Karl Salzsieder, DVM, JD, CVA, Owner of Salzsieder & Associates, TPSG, LLC / DBA Total Practice Solutions—Northwest, gives advice to young veterinarians who are looking to buy a practice.

David Liss, RVT, VTS, CVPM, program director at Platt College, discusses the changing role of the veterinary technician.

Some of us want attention when we're hurting. Clients should know their pets tend to bury the fact.

David Liss, RVT, VTS, CVPM, program director at Platt College, discusses the need for critical thinking in clinical pathology.