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For Pet Lovers

“Veterinary clinics don’t care about animals anymore, they only care about making money.” People have been saying that a lot lately and it makes me upset because it simply is...

Adopt a Senior Pet Month: For the Love of Mable

When I was in my second year of my veterinary technician program, we received a new group of dogs from one of our shelter partners. To my surprise, in amongst all the loveable mutts...

What do Techs want for Vet Tech Week?

Vet Tech Week is arguably one of the best weeks of the year. It competes only with that one week in February where I trialed the “pizza for breakfast” diet. So what are...

Pet Owners, Just Let Us Do Our Job

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I recently had to use my stern voice. You know the one. It started with a “ma’am” because I feel like that sets the tone. Then I got my hand movements involved. A little bit...

Long ER Waiting Times Are Stressful. I Feel it, Too

It was a typical busy night in the ICU. Patients were coming in several at a time, procedures were piling up and multiple animals needed to be hospitalized for immediate treatments....

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For Vet Teams

Cone of Shame Episode 12: Bird Medicine Basics for People Afraid of Birds (HDYTT)

This week on the Cone… Dr. Andy Roark asks an amazing exotic animal veterinarian for help with a lethargic Cockatoo. When you don’t generally see birds and then...

What Do I Really Want From Vet Medicine?

I’ll admit it, I’m one of those people who wanted to be a veterinarian since I knew I had to have a “grown-up job.” I read James Herriot over and over as a kid and had high...

Cone of Shame Episode 11: Placebos For Pets: The Truth About Alternative Medicine in Animals

This week on the Cone of Shame Veterinary Podcast, Dr. Andy Roark interviews Brennen McKenzie, VMD, MSc of The SkeptVet. They’ll talk all about his new book, “Placebos...

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Your Veterinary Hospital

Okay, I admit it, I drank the Marie Kondo Kool-Aid and, like Colbert said on her Late Show appearance, given the chance, I would probably follow Marie Kondo to her cult compound and...

Cone of Shame Episode 10: There’s A Cat Who Is Destroying The Furniture – HDYTT?

This week on the Cone….. There’s a cat in exam room 3 who will NOT stop destroying furniture. The owner is about to give the cat up or find someone who will declaw...

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