Laura Collier 60% of practices spend less than 4% of revenue on equipment. Here's why that might be hurting practice success. Ask a practice owner why they haven't upgraded their fluid delivery setup and the answer is usually some version of "we can't afford it." Our 2026... Jul 31, 2026 News
Laura Collier Your pump wasn't built for a 1,200-pound patient, and it costs large animal vets a lot. Companion animal practices deal with finicky sensors and software alarms. Large animal practices deal with pumps that got kicked across a stall... Jul 15, 2026 News
Laura Collier Vet burnout scores haven't moved in two years. How do you combat it in your practice? If wellness programming worked the way we've been told it does, burnout scores should be falling. They aren't. Jul 1, 2026 News
Laura Collier Your practice runs three pump brands. Your new hire knows none of them. Walk through most companion animal practices and you'll find a hodgepodge of equipment brands from room to room... Jun 17, 2026 News
Laura Collier 42% of practices are turning patients away. Why? And how do you fix it? The demand is there. The clients are calling. The phone is ringing. You just don't have the people to serve them... Jun 1, 2026 News
Laura Collier Your revenue went up last year. Your practice might still be shrinking. More than half of companion animal practices in our 2026 survey reported revenue growth in 2025. That sounds like good news. But it might not be as promising as it appears... May 19, 2026 News
Laura Collier Is the four-day work week in vet med a retention tool or scheduling headache? Nearly half the practices in our 2026 survey reported that compressed schedules have worked for them as a retention strategy. One Detroit-area practice owner reported zero clinical staff turnover... May 12, 2026 News
Laura Collier The 30-year gap and why losing one vet tech costs more than you think Most practice owners estimate it costs $5,000 to $8,000 to replace a vet tech. That number misses the real damage. The vet tech shortage is structural... Apr 20, 2026 News
Laura Collier Half of vet practices still default to gravity drip. Here's why. Every veterinarian knows pump-controlled fluid delivery is more precise than gravity drip. That's not a debate. The debate is whether you can afford enough pumps... Apr 6, 2026 News
Laura Collier What's actually keeping vet staff from quitting? We asked 114 practices. You already know retention is a problem because you don't live under a rock. You've watched techs leave, had candidates accept an offer and decline it again a week later... Mar 25, 2026 News
Laura Collier When your equipment cries wolf: the cost of pump alarm fatigue Your pump screams. Your tech glances at it, sighs, walks over, silences the alarm, checks the line, sees nothing wrong, and goes back to what they were doing... Mar 9, 2026 News
Laura Collier Cost reduction strategies for VCA clinic managers - what's actually within your control Your Regional Operations Director controls the budget, approves equipment purchases, and sets staffing levels. You're evaluated on numbers you can't fully control... Feb 16, 2026 News