In my last post, I touched on how the veterinary shortage has affected the family I board my pony with. They’re new to the area haven’t been able to find a local vet accepting new clients. They rescued two huskies from euthanasia and weren’t able to get them into a vet quickly enough to get …
The veterinary shortage: A vicious 4-part cycle infographic Read More »
Last night, while browsing Twitter, I came across the following tweet by a veterinarian I follow and decided to create a new infographic on 4 things that are not your vet’s fault. Tired of feeling overwhelmed by the caseload, of bad prognoses, of so many sick pets but not enough staff to address them. This …
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After posting my previous blog post on Veterinarian Appreciation Day 2023, I decided the content at the end of that post could be made into an infographic on ways pet parents can show their appreciation for their veterinarians. 4 FREE ways to show appreciation for your veterinarian infographic #1 Be patient The COVID pandemic may …
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To veterinarians and support staff… On behalf of animals and pet owners around the world who can’t or won’t say it, to veterinarians everywhere—pet vets, farm vets, wildlife vets, zoo vets, and food animal vets—and their support staff who work day and night for the love of animals, I would just like to say “thank …
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As a follower of #VetTwitter, I am privy to the daily struggles of our veterinarians and their support staff, which are many. I decided to create an infographic highlighting just 4 of these struggles in the hopes that pet owners will understand and find it in themselves to try to make their vets’ jobs a …
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To follow up my video post on Twitter from last week, I made a graphic version of my “You would never say” message for sharing as image post on social media with a slight difference in (a couple more) occupations, which I left out of the video due to wanting to keep it under 30 …
At work, we are encouraged to set a profesesional goal each year. Mine is to learn to edit video, so I decided to try my hand at a video post for social media. Please check it out at and share with your friends and family: The video says: You would never say… “If they really …
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As with Veterinary Receptionist Week, I wanted to create something for World Veterinary Day that went beyond “Thank you, vets!” For World Veterinary Day, the British Veterinary Association released some statistics on the amount of online abuse experienced by veterinarians. A survey had found that: 90% veterinarians report receiving unfair online reviews 46% of those …
“Think before you type” infographic for World Veterinary Day 2022 Read More »
Newly available to download in both English and German is an infographic with statistics derived from a 2016 study on suicide risk, suicidal ideation, and depression in German veterinarians. To see if the same depression and suicide risks reported in other countries also afflicted German veterinarians, an online survey was conducted in 2016. The respondents …
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Over the past couple of years, whenever I’ve needed to look up an emergency or specialist vet hospital, I’ve noticed a steady increase in negative reviews by fellow pet owners angry about wait times. Many pet owners somehow interpret being made to wait as vets “not caring” about their patients when the opposite is true. …
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In the style of Facebook and Instagram stories, this visual story is a new way to share the message about the distressing rate of suicide and suicidal ideation among veterinarians and suggests 7 easy ways pet owners can help. This story introduces the topic with the 2018 CDC study on the prevalence of suicide in …
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A 2021 survey of 2,600 veterinarians in Norway found that 27% felt life wasn’t worth living over the past year. This number can undoubtedly be partly attributed to the added tolls brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic which led to pet owner behavior such as: Ranting at vet staff about safety protocols and the pandemic …
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