VPN Plus+ ExclusiveDecember pet- and vet-related calendarNovember 10, 2025December is packed with celebrations big and small, serious and silly. Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa will take center stage for many, but don’t overlook the delightfully unexpected holidays sprinkled throughout the month. Festivus and Winter Solstice have you covered. And because National Ugly Sweater Day conveniently lands on a Friday, you can host a client-and-pet contest both in clinic and on socials!
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VPN Plus+ ExclusiveMust-have disaster preparedness tips for your patients and practiceNovember 6, 2025Why would floods, e.g., from heavy rain or snow melt or flash floods, be of great concern to veterinarians? Should it be? Veterinarians and the knowledge we possess provide a valuable key One Health asset in disaster preparedness and response plans to mitigate numerous animal-related hazards that arise due to flooding.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveFiber in Veterinary NutritionNovember 5, 2025In this session: Adam Rudinsky, DVM, MS, DACVIM, reviews the complicated arena of fiber and how to use it in practice. Dietary therapy is the foundation of all gastrointestinal disease management, and the most critical nutrient in a majority of cases is dietary fiber. Despite this importance, dietary fiber is a vexing area due to the complexity of what fiber is and does. This session covers how to assess fiber intake, strategically adjust dietary fiber supplementation, and implement it in practice. Dr. Rudinsky also reviews key concepts such as fermentability, viscosity, and solubility as well as the outcomes associated with these factors.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveObesity in Pets: A Practical Approach to Weight ManagementOctober 30, 2025In this session: Camille Torres-Henderson, DVM, DABVP, DACVIM (Nutrition), explores how obesity alters physiology, complicates comorbidities, and reduces lifespan—and how veterinarians and technicians can build effective partnerships with pet owners to reverse these effects. Using real cases, Dr. Torres examines the steps to create individualized diet plans, tackle begging behavior, and overcome common barriers in multi-pet households.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveDiagnosis is key to treating canine osteoarthritisOctober 28, 2025Neuromuscular issues, including degenerative nerve conditions, may mimic the symptoms of osteoarthritis, especially in older dogs. For example, an older Labrador retriever with neuromuscular disease and lameness or a weak back end may be misdiagnosed with osteoarthritis if X-rays are not taken.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveTech Talk: 90-day playbook to change your practiceOctober 23, 2025By Beckie Mossor, MPA, RVTKeep tests “small, reversible, and observable.” As teams become more flexible with change, it may be successful to run two micro-experiments to examine potential solutions. This also helps teams become critical of assessing what works as much as what does not.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveNutritional Management of PancreatitisOctober 22, 2025In this session: Kara Burns, MS, Med, LVT, VTS (Nutrition), VTS Hon (Internal Medicine) (Dentistry), focuses on the healthcare team’s role in identifying and managing pancreatitis and the key nutritional factors responsible for minimizing signs and symptoms associated with pancreatitis.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveYou may think you are 'just' an assistant, but you are a leaderOctober 14, 2025If you think your role is too small, too behind the scenes, too under the radar to matter, you are wrong. The people you serve don’t see your title. They feel your presence. The pets you handle don’t care about your name badge. They remember how you treated them. The teammates around you aren’t inspired by your job description. They’re inspired by your attitude.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveNovember pet- and vet-related calendarOctober 14, 2025Along with pumpkin pies and turkey (or tofurkey!), November also highlights animal shelters, senior pets, and cancer and diabetes awareness. See below for social media and email templates including partnering with a local shelter and reminding clients about Thanksgiving hazards + your recommended ER clinic just in case their pet needs to be seen on Thanksgiving.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveReptile basics 101: Tips and veterinary insightsOctober 9, 2025Quite often, a failure in nutrition, environmental conditions, or inadequate enrichment leads to health problems that bring these animals into the clinic. Sadly, routine annual care goes by the wayside, and we often only get to help these species when it may be too late. Knowing some basics and how to educate a new reptile pet owner out of the gate may help prevent numerous health problems down the line.
