Birch Veterinary Internal Medicine

01/07/2022

24/05/2022

UPDATE:
Dr. Brown is currently seeing patients out of VCA CAVES in Concord, NH. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Birch Veterinary is no longer associated with VESH in Brentwood, NH. If Dr. Brown has seen your pet in person, please reach out to Dr. Brown's team at CAVES at (603) 227-1199.

09/02/2022

Every single patient gets my empathy, encouragement, praise and some small talk! These are my favorite conversations of the day! ❤️🐈🦮🐈‍⬛🐕‍🦺❤️

Vets DO talk to the animals!

And a new paper has proved it!

Researchers recorded 55 veterinary consultations in the UK and USA and there were nearly 800 incidences of speech directed solely at the pet.

So the animals were spoken to an average of 15 times at each appointment, not bad going when the average consult is only 15 minutes long!

The authors identified 12 different categories of speech including Empathy "𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑂𝐾', 🤗 Encouragement "𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙. 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡!"💪🏻. Praise "𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒" 😄, Explanation "𝑂𝑘, 𝑠𝑜 𝐼'𝑚 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡" 🩺 and Small Talk "𝑂ℎ, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦!" 😍

There was not a single consultation where the pet was not included in the conversation.

I absolutely love this! I chat to my patients all the time and I know all my colleagues do too. First and foremost veterinary professionals are animal lovers, we wouldn't dream of ignoring them!

What are your favourite things to chat to your pets or patients about?!

The paper is behind a paywall unfortunately but if you have access, you can read it here; https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/vetr.1380

18/01/2022

I’m so proud that Birch Veterinary Internal Medicine can make these donations. 💗

18/10/2021

I have deep respect and gratitude to veterinary technicians everywhere. They are the most amazing people. Thank you to all the techs that have been part of my career - you have helped me become the veterinarian I am today and I wouldn’t be here without you! I miss working with you all! ❤️

26/08/2021

26/08/2021

26/08/2021

Happy National Dog Day! Birch Veterinary Internal Medicine is getting up and running, but I miss my patients! Post a photo of your dog to brighten everyone's day!

09/07/2021

Hello! Welcome to Birch Veterinary Internal Medicine, founded by Dr. Tonya Boyle Brown. We are so happy that you found us!
Birch Veterinary Internal Medicine is an online consulting service that partners with your veterinarian to ensure optimal patient care for the pets and families affected by difficult to manage medical conditions.
Due to contractual restrictions, we do not currently have a physical clinic and are not able to see patients directly at this time. Consequently, we are not able to provide veterinary advice directly to clients. We are, however, excited to be able to provide consultation services to your veterinarian to optimize patient care. Please ask your veterinarian to request a consultation.
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