10 tips for building a strong relationship with clients
Today’s pet parents want to feel they are taking a proactive role in how their companion animals will be cared for. Here’s how to treat…
Category: What’s New
Evidence-based Medicine For Animal Supplements – Part 1
When United States Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health Education Act (DSHEA) in 1994, they failed to consider the potential application and benefits of supplements…
Introduction to Reiki
Reiki is a safe and effective energetic healing modality that is backed up by promising preliminary research. Find out how you can use it to…
Put A Pin In It!
Acupuncture has been practiced in China for over 2,000 years, and spread to other Asian countries such as Japan and Korea about 1,500 years ago.…
The road to integrative healing
Why a renowned veterinarian changed his definition of healing and began incorporating integrative therapies into his practice. When I graduated from Colorado State University School…
Class IV Laser Therapy – The Hot Technology of 2011
Laser therapy uses electromagnetic energy interacting chemically and biologically with tissue to produce “photo-bio-stimulation” or “photo-bio-modulation”. Light interaction with tissue is not a novel concept:…
Green Cleaning
Green cleaners are wonderful, both for our health and the planet’s, but ingredients like baking soda just don’t cut it in a hospital setting, where…
Chinese herbs as a treatment for liver disease
Chinese herbs have been a medical modality for hundreds of years. Can this ancient remedy be used to treat liver disease in your veterinary practice?…
Learning Curve
You leave vet school with a degree, a brain full of detail, and lots of enthusiasm. Then, somewhere down the line, it hits you —…
Supportive Supplements & Fun Foods
Probiotics should be used regularly in many animals, and always during a food change or while using antibiotics. Lactobacillus sporogenes is often a good form…
Evidence-based Medicine For Animal Supplements – Part 2
Everyone remembers the issue with melamine contamination in pet food in 2007. It resulted in Senate hearings during which three areas of concern for pet…
Focus on acupressure
The intent of acupressure is to maintain or replenish a harmonious flow of blood and life-promoting energy called chi throughout the body. In accord with…
