When Loyalty Comes With Luggage: Handling Difficult, Longtime Clients Every veterinary practice has that client. You know the one. They’ve been with the clinic longer than half your staff. They bring every new puppy, every senior cat, and sometimes the...
What We Wish We Could Say: Vet Med Myth Edition If you’ve worked in vet med for more than 5 minutes, you’ve probably heard a client say something so wildly off-base that you briefly questioned reality. “Can’t I just give Tylenol?”...
“I’m Fine” & Other Lies we Tell Ourselves Recognizing Compassion Fatigue in Vet Med You love this field. You love the animals. You care deeply about your team. You believe in the medicine, the mission, and the power of helping others. So why does...
Things Our Clients Say That Would be Weird Anywhere Else Vet med is full of strange moments…but nothing is stranger than the things clients say with total sincerity. Things that, if uttered in literally any other setting, would earn at least a raised eyebrow (if...
The Sock-Eating Lab: A Never-Ending Saga Every veterinary clinic has one. Not a microscope. Not a stethoscope. Not even a haunted centrifuge that makes that noise. No…we’re talking about The Sock-Eating Lab. Chapter 1: The First Sock It...