We're strengthening the veterinary field by empowering the relief sector.
07/03/2025
Vet med is tough but the people in it are tougher.
You show up every day with skill compassion and a commitment that keeps this profession moving forward. Whether you’re in the clinic the field or working relief your impact is real and it matters. Take a second today to recognize that because without you vet med wouldn’t be the same. If no one has told you yet you are appreciated and the work you do makes a difference
04/03/2025
🚀 At WVC? Don’t Miss This Must-Attend Session! 🐾✨
🎤 Navigating the Veterinary Staffing Landscape: A Roadmap to Success
Staffing challenges in veterinary medicine are real—but you don’t have to navigate them alone. Join Dr. Cindy Trice, CVO and moderator Deena Bicknell from for a deep dive into recruiting, retaining, and optimizing your team. 🏥
✅ Find & onboard top talent 🔍
✅ Maximize relief vet & tech efficiency 🏆
✅ Reduce turnover & build a positive workplace 💙
✅ Understand how staff changes impact morale & workflow 🤝
Let’s rethink vet staffing together—because a stronger team means better care. See you there! 👏
Hound is heading to WVC 2025, and we want to see YOU there!
Swing by to get personally booped by Lucy or Meaghan (yes, it's a thing), and find out why 30,000 job seekers and 8,000 practices trust Hound to make vet med work better.
See you in Vegas!
20/02/2025
Happy 2nd Hound-aversary to our resident mobile app wizard, Luz! 🎉🐾
We hope you byte into just how much we app-reciate you—because without you, our app might just be held together by duct tape and good intentions. 😅💻
Thank you for building, debugging, and making Hound better every day. Here’s to another year of pushing updates and keeping us all running smoothly! 🚀🐶
17/02/2025
🚨 Going Live This Week: Cardiac Emergencies in Vet Med! 🚨
When seconds matter, knowing how to triage and stabilize cardiac emergencies can save lives. In this 50-minute webinar, Dr. Rebecca Saunders, DACVIM (Cardiology), breaks down life-saving treatments for heart failure, pericardial effusion, ATE, and caval syndrome.
🚨 Vet Med Pros: Would You Know What to Do in a Cardiac Emergency? 🚨
When seconds matter, your knowledge can be the difference between life and loss. This Cardiac Emergencies in Veterinary Patients course gives you the confidence to triage and stabilize critical cardiac cases—from congestive heart failure to pericardial effusion, aortic thromboembolism, and caval syndrome.
Led by Dr. Rebecca Saunders, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology), this 50-minute deep dive covers:
✅ Immediate treatments to stabilize cardiac patients
✅ How to recognize heart failure, pericardial effusion, and ATE
✅ Key stabilization techniques for life-saving intervention
Don't let the next cardiac emergency catch you off guard. Sign up now and be ready when it counts. 🩺💙
Join Dr. Céline Leheurteux, DMV, and receive practical guidance on euthanasia for exotic mammals in a general practice setting and learn:
❓ What are the preferred ways of injection for exotic mammals?
❓ What are some Euthanasia and pre-euthanasia sedation tips and protocols for rabbits, ferrets and rodents?
Join us next week for the "Exotic Mammal Euthanasia for the General Practitioner".
Presented by Dr. Céline Leheurteux, DMV, this session provides practical guidance on euthanasia for exotic mammals in a general practice setting. Attendees will explore preferred injection techniques and learn pre-euthanasia sedation tips and protocols tailored for rabbits, ferrets, and rodents. Gain confidence in delivering compassionate care during this sensitive process.
You will learn:
✅ Preferred ways of injection for exotic mammals
✅ Euthanasia and pre-euthanasia sedation tips and protocols for rabbits
✅ Euthanasia and pre-euthanasia sedation protocols for ferrets
✅ Euthanasia and pre-euthanasia sedation and protocols for rodents
Dr. Trice is excited to be a speaker at the Veterinary Business Institute's Annual Summit on January 31, 2025! 🐾💡
The theme, "Building the Veterinary Practice of Tomorrow," is all about strategies to drive financial health, operational excellence, client engagement, and technological advancement. 🚀
🌟 What You’ll Gain:
-Learn the latest in veterinary marketing, financial management, and technology trends.
-Get actionable tips to improve patient care and client satisfaction.
-Hear from some of the brightest minds in veterinary business and innovation.
27/01/2025
If you are at , join us today to hear Cindy present "Navigating the Veterinary Staffing Landscape: A Roadmap to Success."
In this session, Cindy will tackle the complex challenges of staffing veterinary practices, focusing on three key areas: finding, utilizing, and retaining skilled personnel.
She will share strategies for effective recruitment and onboarding, optimizing the use of relief veterinarians and technicians, and fostering a positive work environment to boost retention. The presentation will also address the ripple effects of staff turnover, including its impact on stress levels, workflow, and team morale.
By taking a holistic approach, this talk will provide veterinary practice owners and managers with practical tools to meet staffing demands, support employee well-being, and elevate the quality of care.
When: Monday, January 27, 2025, 2:30 PM–3:20 PM EST
Where: OCCC ExpoHall, West Learning Theater, Booth #300
Have you ever struggled to connect or collaborate effectively with team members from different generations?
In the diverse landscape of in-person, virtual and hybrid teams, multi-generational teams and clients bring unique perspectives, communication styles, and expectations. This presentation explores strategies for effectively navigating this generational diversity by fostering collaboration, understanding and enhancing connections.
Throughout this workshop, participants will learn the differences of each current and future generation in the workforce. By the end of the session, participants will have gained an understanding of how we can be different and still cohesive when working alongside people of other generations.
In this webinar, we will discuss:
1. Understanding Generational Dynamics
2. Building Bridges Across Generations
3. Tailoring Engagement
Struggling to find a way to take control of your student debt as a veterinary professional?
Join Dr. Meredith Jones DVM, CSLP®, AFC® and David Aizuss CSLP® next week on Thursday the 9th to discuss:
❓Which factors should you consider when deciding on a student debt repayment strategy?
❓What are the differences between student loan repayment plans
❓What's is debt consolidation and when it makes sense to pursue?
📣 Join us and Donna Krochak from Boehringer Ingelheim this week to covert he most recent ACVIM Cardiology Guidelines.
This one-hour presentation covers the most recent ACVIM Guidelines for canine MMVD (myxomatous mitral valve disease), including:
-The four stages of MMVD
-The importance of and diagnostics for differentiating stage B1 MMVD from B2 MMVD
-Best practices for treatment of MMVD
This one-hour presentation covers the most recent ACVIM Guidelines for canine MMVD (myxomatous mitral valve disease), including:
-The four stages of MMVD
-The importance of and diagnostics for differentiating stage B1 MMVD from B2 MMVD
-Best practices for treatment of MMVD
TOMORROW: Join Relief Rover and Dr. Donita McCants live for Relief Vet, Business Owner, or Both? This lecture will delve into how relief work can support business ownership by supplementing income during the early stages; or becoming a consistent avenue for financial stability throughout the practice ownership journey. (Sponsored by Plumb's) Register here: https://buff.ly/4cayAj9
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…ready for it? the new version of relief rover is now LIVE! 🎉
head over to reliefrover.com to see the new site and find full-time, part-time, and relief shifts all in one place on hound ❤️
Side note: can we talk about Cindy Trice’s acting skills?!
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Relief Rover: We’re Here to Help
For Relief Veterinarians
Relief Rover is a service created by relief vets for relief vets. We recognized the need for a one stop shop for all of your relief vet needs, and we’ve streamlined the process to make it as simple and intuitive as possible.
While relief work isn’t for everyone, it can be a great way to gain valuable experience from a wide variety of positions. Relief work can be supplemental for your current practice, or a way to travel the globe while working.
Whatever kind of relief work you’re looking for, we are here to help you find it. We hope you will sign up today, and find what you’re looking for on Relief Rover. Best of all, it’s completely free for relief vets!
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For Veterinary Practices
Changes in the veterinary industry have led to a huge need for relief vet services for all types of veterinary practices. While the demand for relief vets has grown, no easy solution has emerged for practice owners to find relief vets…that is, until now.
Relief Rover streamlines the process of finding relief veterinarians by allowing you to:
Perform very detailed searches of our member resumes. You can search by location, qualifications, experience, and much more. Once you narrow down a candidate, you can contact them directly.
Post detailed job listings that will immediately get sent out to our members.
Have your position listed on our “Relief Vet Opportunities Map”
And that’s only a sample of what you get when you sign up for Relief Rover as a veterinary practice.