You’re intrigued, but still cautious. AI is making its way into veterinary medicine, and you’re not quite sure what to learn first or how to prepare. The truth is, most clinics aren’t using AI daily, but the shift is happening quietly in pockets of the profession. A practice down the road is testing voice scribes. A referral hospital is running AI-assisted radiology review in the background. Vet schools are weaving AI into their curriculum.

The gap between “that’s interesting” and “I should probably know how this works” is closing faster than you think. If you remember when practice management software first arrived, this feels similar. Initially awkward, eventually essential. This isn’t about becoming a tech expert or changing how you practice medicine. It’s about building comfort with tools that will feel normal in a year or two, so as your practice begins to sensibly embrace AI, you’re curious instead of resistant, confident instead of overwhelmed. Here’s what to focus on now…

The practices that keep their best people aren’t necessarily paying the most. They’re doing something more strategic. They’ve figured out that retention starts long before someone considers leaving, it’s built into everyday systems that make talented professionals think “I don’t want to work anywhere else.”

Strategies that create that kind of loyalty are often not overly complex. We asked practices in the Veterinary Jobs Marketplace network to share their go-to retention tactics that work whether you’re running a two-person clinic or managing multiple locations. Here’s what actually keeps your team in their fur-ever home…

Your technicians are asking about it. Your associates saw it at the conference. The practice down the street just rolled one out. The scribe app conversation isn’t theoretical anymore, it’s happening everywhere. With 25+ options fighting for your attention and monthly fees stacking up fast, how do you choose without burning months and thousands of dollars testing the wrong ones?

The good news? You don’t need to demo every option or decode marketing claims to find your answer. Five specific questions will tell you which scribe app fits your actual workflow, not just your wishlist. Here’s how to evaluate scribe apps the way practices who successfully adopted them wish they had from day one…

You’re succeeding in your practice. You’ve built genuine expertise, handled complex cases, made the hard calls, and earned the respect of your team and clients. You know how to work under pressure and deliver outcomes that matter. But somewhere in your professional journey, you’ve started to wonder: what if there’s more? What if the skills you’re honing could be applied at the frontier of animal health innovation, where the problems are different and the impact is exponentially larger?

The truth is, your clinical expertise is far more valuable and portable than you might think. A vibrant ecosystem of innovative startups is actively building the future of animal health, and they’re looking for people like you who understand that future from the inside. These aren’t peripheral advisory roles. They’re central positions in companies that are reshaping diagnostics, treatment, and care. If you’ve ever been curious about what it would look like to work at the forefront of veterinary innovation, explore these vibrant startup options for your next career move…

You’ve built a successful practice, but you know that staying ahead means continuously sharpening your strategic edge. While some owners are focused on simply maintaining the status quo, top-performing practice leaders are looking ahead, turning today’s market shifts into tomorrow’s growth opportunities.

The good news is you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Your peers have already forged proven, systems-based tactics that deliver measurable results. These are the strategies that practice leaders just like you are using to drive genuine business growth and build even more resilient, profitable practices. Here’s what they’re doing…

The best veterinary professionals aren’t just clinically sharp. They’re the ones who can walk into a tense consultation and leave with a client who actually follows through on treatment. They’re the ones whose teams want to show up for them. They’re the ones building careers they don’t want to escape from. The difference? They’ve mastered communication. It’s not a bonus skill anymore. It’s what separates people who are good at their jobs from people who love their jobs and get ahead.

You’ve already put in the work to become a solid clinician. You know your medicine. You care about your patients. Now here’s what most vets don’t realize: adding five specific communication skills to what you already do changes everything. Better client outcomes. A team that actually communicates instead of just existing in the same space. And for your career, doors start opening that you didn’t even know were there. None of this requires you to become a different person. It’s about being intentional with the skills you’re already using every single day…

Most practice owners are focused on optimizing the practice they have, but what if the real strategic advantage lies in understanding the practice you could build? The veterinary landscape is shifting, and adapting an inherited model may no longer be enough to secure future growth.

The de novo trend offers powerful lessons for any practice owner, not just those starting from scratch. It provides a blueprint for intentional control over culture, efficiency, and long-term value in response to evolving market demands. Here are the key insights you can apply, whether you’re building anew or refining an established practice…

If 2025 had a highlight reel, this would be it. These are the 12 articles our community returned to most this year, the ones you saved, shared, and sent to a teammate with a quiet “read this when you get a sec.”

Maybe you will open one between consults the next time the roster changes again. Maybe you will save this page for when the kids are finally asleep and you get five quiet minutes to think like a human. Or maybe you will fire one straight into the group chat with pure vet-world energy… “6 7,” and no further explanation needed…

Growth in a veterinary practice should feel intentional, not reactive. Before you sign a new lease, invest in another piece of equipment, or start sketching a second location, you need a simple way to test whether this move will make your operations smoother, your client experience better, and your profit more predictable, or whether it will quietly increase stress for everyone. Think of it as a 3-question test you run with your leadership team. If you can answer those questions with clear, honest confidence, you are likely on the path to smart, sustainable growth. If you cannot, you may still grow, just in a different way and on a different timeline. Here is how to run that test before you expand, so you can grow smart instead of growing stressed…