The stages of change
Whether you're trying to change something in your personal life or in your veterinary practice, be prepared to embrace these steps.

5 ways to manage change
As practice managers, we can help make our teams more adaptable and efficient.

The dogs of Otavalo
Veterinary professionals band together to help hundreds of street dogs in Ecuador in need of care.

Shred your patient’s fear-based aggression
Fixing behavioral problems in patients starts with removing inciting stimuli.

Your patients are bored to death
Use these 10 quick and easy pet enrichment tips to help your clients put the “play” bacK in pets’ “playtime.”

Why aren't you talking about feline heartworms?!
It'sbeen diagnosed in all 50 states, and it was important enough the AAFP crafted an entire campaign about it. So why don't veterinary technicians talk about preventive care as much as they could?

Champion pets’ chompers
If your veterinary practice’s current dental procedure marketing methods seem a bit long in the tooth, brush up on some new approaches.

Noms for pets with special needs
Bladder stones? Urinary stress? Urine luck. Dig in to these diets to tackle three conditions in your veterinary patients.

Get a paw up on your new job
Hey there. New here? Whether you’ve worked at a veterinary practice for 10 minutes or 10 years, a new position means it’s time to grow.

3 hacks for anesthesia
Some thoughts from an anesthesia super vet tech on making sure it's just another normal day in the surgery suite.

Top tech for techs
From head to toe to exam-room ready, here’s everything a veterinary tech needs to get through a day.

Client handout: Help! My dog is leaking!
Your clients have noticed their dog leaving wet spots behind. Here’s a handout to help explain what’s wrong and how you can help.

The top 10 funnies of 2017
Need a laugh? We scoured the fun center to bring you the top cartoons and articles of this year.

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TICK CONTROL TOOLKIT

> Raise your arachnid radar
Much less of an occasional blip and more of a perpetual ping, the tick invasion is already in your area. Help your clients batten down the hatches and protect their pets.

> Talking to pet owners about the “blue dot”
We can do better than, “Look, it doesn’t mean your dog has a tick-borne disease, but it doesn’t not mean that.”

> Tick myths
Sure, clients can get confused about vector transmission or a preventive’s method of action, but have you ever been fooled? Veterinary parasitologist Richard Gerhold dispels some common misconceptions.

> Lyme disease: Human cases
When discussing the dangers of tick-borne diseases like Lyme with your veterinary clients, it may be helpful to include human incidence rates too.

> Tick talks in practice
We know talking about ticks all day, every day can suck the blood—er, life—right out of you. Perhaps this data and some stories from your veterinary peers will have an idea or two worth latching onto.

> Up close and personal with 4 common ticks
A pictorial guide to these sickening suckers to help advise your veterinary clients.

> Tick-borne Powassan virus on the rise in humans
Powassan doesn't affect pets (at least that we know of yet), but the rest of us need to remain vigilant about ticks for our own sake, says CVC educator Dr. Richard Gerhold.

> 4 tips to manage parasiticide inventory
Oh no! The "brrrrr" is here! Is winter keeping veterinary clients away? Use your down time as a practice manager or practice owner for something not so fun but super useful: improving your drug inventory processes.