VPN Plus+ ExclusiveCaring for guide dogsNovember 24, 2025At Guiding Eyes, we operate two full-service veterinary hospitals: one on our main campus in Yorktown Heights, New York, and another at our Canine Development Center in Patterson, New York. Both facilities are staffed by veterinarians, licensed veterinary technicians, and administrative staff who manage medical care for dogs across the breeding, puppy, and training programs.
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VPN Plus+ ExclusiveTech Talk: The healing power of hobbiesNovember 20, 2025By Beckie Mossor, RVTThe industry discusses “work-life balance,” but maybe that is not the right metaphor. Balance implies equal weight, a delicate scale constantly tipping. What if instead the goal was integration, bringing one’s whole self to work and life outside of it?
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveGuiding Choices: The GP Role in Pet Cancer Treatment and Palliative CareNovember 19, 2025In this session: Rachel Venable, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Oncology), covers how to discuss cancer with pet owners and explain the differences in treatments between animals and people, types of treatments, and goals with therapy. Pet owners often have lots of questions for the primary veterinarian prior to referral and Dr. Venable walks through commonly asked questions.
VPN Plus+ Exclusive'How' (not 'will') AI replaces veterinariansNovember 12, 2025By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBAMuch virtual ink has been spilled on the subject of AI’s threat to our professions. Whether we’re discussing computer engineering, accounting, or the allied medical professions, the promise of change is upon us. Artificial intelligence has substantially changed us already. The question is: Will it merely alter our job descriptions…or pull the rug out from under us altogether?
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!
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.
