How to build or buy a vet practice even when you don’t want to be a practice owner

The author's renovated lobby after she bought an existing practice. Courtesy of Patty Khuly.

The lobby before renovation. Courtesy of Patty Khuly.

In my last column, I promised to offer ideas on how to buy a veterinary practice when you’re the kind of person who never wanted to be a practice owner in the first place. In particular, I’m hoping this piece inspires those of you least interested in ownership with some off-the-beaten-path recommendations on how to make practice ownership work—even those of you who owe $200K-plus, and feel constitutionally ill-suited to ownership.

First, let me recap the many reasons why you might just want to rethink your assumptions about practice ownership—especially those that steered you away fr...