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The Other Side of the Exam Room: What Caring for Our Own Pets Can Teach Us About Client Perspective
As Veterinary professionals, we spend our days caring for other people's animals. We examine sick pets, discuss diagnostic results and treatment options, explain medications and demonstrate administration, review discharge instructions, and answer questions from...
Different Paths, One Purpose: The Power of Connection in Animal Welfare
There is something truly special about working in animal welfare. We are connected by a shared purpose and an almost immediate sense of camaraderie. Whether at a conference, visiting a shelter, or meeting someone new to the field, I am always struck by how quickly we...
From Click to Clinic: Turning Digital Marketing Leads into Booked—and Arrived—Veterinary Appointments
Before sending another thousand dollars into the digital wilderness to fetch new clients, it might be worth checking what happens when they call. You can have a handsome website, enthusiastic Google reviews and advertising that could charm a squirrel out of an oak...
What ‘AI Ready’ Really Means for Your Website
People keep saying websites need to be AI ready. The phrase shows up in headlines, sales pitches, and late night scroll sessions. It sounds technical. It sounds expensive. It sounds like a secret test you already failed. Here is the quieter truth. The fear is real...
Have We Reached Peak Compensation?
A few months ago, I was facilitating a practice owner discussion when the conversation turned to associate veterinarian compensation. That in itself was not unusual. If you get enough practice owners in a room, eventually the topics of recruiting, retention,...
The Career Decisions That Have the Biggest Financial Impact
When many veterinarians think about improving their financial situation, they naturally focus on financial decisions. They think about paying down student loans, increasing retirement contributions, refinancing a mortgage, or building investment accounts. All of those...
Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: What Will Be Your Turning Point?
We are heading into the giving season, a time when our attention naturally turns to other people. In Veterinary medicine, that instinct is hardly seasonal. Caring for others is what we do. But what about that thing you keep saying you are going to do for yourself? I...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Veterinary Medicine: Time to Apply the Brakes or the Accelerator or to Idle?
Doomsday Headlines and Quotes: “AI extinction warnings dominate headlines after anthropic employee’s viral post.” “AI could kill us all. The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us by the end of the decade. No other human activity poses this level...
Pride, Belonging, and the People in Our Corner
I recently had the opportunity to catch up with a good friend and entrepreneurial colleague the day after she returned from a 35-day international work trip. Her adventure took her to multiple Veterinary events across the globe, and as you might imagine, she was...
The Coming Workforce Gap: What a 6 Million Worker Shortage Means for the Animal Health Industry
Across the United States, a significant workforce challenge is quietly approaching. According to labor market analysis cited in a report highlighted by Bloomberg, the United States could face a shortage of approximately six million workers by 2032. This projected...
The End of the Veterinary Non-Compete? How State Laws Are Reshaping DVM Employment Contracts
For decades, the widely accepted non-compete clause has been a standard fixture in associate DVM contracts. Designed to protect a clinic’s goodwill and client base, these covenants traditionally barred departing veterinarians from practicing within a specific...
USDA to Airdrop Millions of Rabies Vaccine Doses Over These States
Source: 12 on your side The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to distribute millions of oral rabies vaccine baits across parts of the Southeast during October 2026. The annual program is designed to prevent raccoon rabies from spreading westward by creating a...
Rural Veterinary Task Force Marks Five Years of Progress
Source: Farm Talk News The Rural Veterinary Workforce Task Force is marking five years of efforts to strengthen the supply and retention of veterinarians serving rural Kansas. The coalition includes livestock, agriculture, Veterinary, and university organizations...
Local Veterinarians Warn of Deadly Virus Spreading Among Wichita Cats
Source: Kake Veterinarians in Wichita, Kansas, are warning cat owners about a cluster of Feline Panleukopenia Virus cases after at least 15 cats reportedly died from the highly contagious disease. Christy Fischer of the Wichita Animal Action League said the virus can...
What Are The Mental Health Benefits of Your Pet?
Source: Yahoo! Creators Pets can provide meaningful mental health benefits by creating routine, encouraging activity, reducing loneliness, and giving owners a sense of responsibility and purpose. Mental health professionals say caring for an animal can help people...
Remembering the Hero Search-and-Rescue Dogs of 9/11, 25 Years Later
Source: ABC News More than 300 search-and-rescue dogs served at ground zero following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, helping locate victims while providing comfort to first responders. NYPD K-9 officer Robert Schnelle and his dog Atlas arrived shortly after the...
APPA Report Reveals Gen Z, Cat Dads Are Leading Feline Ownership Cultural Boom
Source: Pet Age The American Pet Products Association’s 2026 Cat Report shows U.S. cat ownership continuing to expand, driven largely by Gen Z and male owners. In 2025, 53 million U.S. households owned cats, representing 39% of households and a 5% increase from 2024....
Rabies-Positive Bat Confirmed in Rapid City — First Pennington County Case of 2026
Source: KOTA Territory A bat found in Rapid City, South Dakota, tested positive for rabies after contact with a local cat, marking Pennington County’s first confirmed case of 2026. The vaccinated cat received a rabies booster and was placed under a 45-day quarantine....
CDC Warns of a Summer Spike in Rabies Exposures
Source: NBC News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned healthcare providers about an increase in human rabies exposures following a summer spike in animal cases across the United States. From July through August, the CDC received 17% more...
Texas Reports First Equine Infection of New World Screwworm on Ranch Horse
Source: The Guardian A working ranch horse in Presidio County, Texas, has been infected with New World screwworm, marking the first confirmed equine case in the United States during the current outbreak. The flesh-eating fly larvae infest open wounds and can cause...
NJ Veterinary School Begins Second Year Beset By Challenges
Source: VIN News Rowan University’s Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine is entering its second year facing financial and legal challenges. New Jersey lawmakers approved $6.2 million of the school’s $20 million funding request for 2026, continuing a two-year decline...
OSU Announces Sites for New Veterinary Hospital, Agronomy Center
Source: Oklahoma Voice Oklahoma State University has announced locations for two major construction projects in Stillwater: a $330 million Veterinary teaching hospital and a $50 million Agronomy Discovery Center. The 275,000-square-foot Veterinary hospital will be...
Solid Rock Community School Becomes First School in the World With a GFAS-Accredited Animal Sanctuary
Source: 24-7 Press Release Solid Rock Community School in Tarpon Springs, Florida, has become the first school worldwide to operate an animal sanctuary accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS). Sanctuary at Solid Rock provides lifelong,...
Horse Smuggling Exposes Cracks in US Defenses Against Screwworm
Source: US News Illegal horse smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border is raising concerns that animals bypassing Veterinary inspections could undermine efforts to control New World screwworm. Authorities recently intercepted six horses that had crossed the Rio Grande...
Rabid Seals Bite at Least 176 People as Fatal Disease Spreads, Threatening Other Species
Source: Daily Maverick A rabies outbreak among Cape fur seals along South Africa’s western and southern coasts has resulted in at least 176 recorded human bites, with researchers warning that attacks on people and dogs could increase. The disease is now considered...