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Good Medicine Is Not Negotiable

Veterinary medicine is a business to be sure. Just like any other businesses, veterinary hospitals need a healthy bottom line in order to afford payroll, inventory, mortgages, and all the other expenses that maintaining a hospital incurs. Unlike other businesses, however, veterinary medicine is held to a higher ethical standard that is predicated upon establishing the best...

The Dirty Truth About Online Pet Med Companies

Several months ago, our drug rep for Merial, a very prominent animal health care pharmaceutical, was in my hospital giving the staff a learning seminar about their flea and tick product, Frontline. What prompted Rob to come in educate the staff about Frontline, was the fact that I had mentioned to him on one of his visits that I was seeing an increased number of patients that...

“Her Daddy Done Got To Her”

Recently, on a day that I was bogged down with appointments, a client came in and asked the receptionist how much it would cost to pregnancy check her one year old American Bull Dog. As the receptionist was giving her the price for a pregnancy ultrasound, I was coming up to reception to get a file and over heard her say, “We really want to know because her daddy done got...

WebDVM’s Maiden Blog

Hello Pet Lovers Around the world! Although not quite yet complete, the WebDVM already has a substantial web presence that we could not hide from the major search engines. Believe me, I am not complaining. It is very encouraging that pet lovers around the world are already making use of our site with it still yet to be finished, as well as with our organization having yet to...