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News briefs from across the industry and beyond. This month’s articles include:

• $175K donation supports diversity, inclusion in vet med
• Cats can “read the room”
• Greenhill Recognized with PrideVMC 2021 Leadership Award

and more!

AAHA Board Director Will Draper, DVM, discusses efforts to improve diversity in the profession. Also in Inside AAHA, results from some recent member surveys, and Dear AAHA addresses how to deal with angry clients.

Just before Christmas last year, when Cole started showing less interest in his food, I chalked it up to one of his normal periods of inappetence. But when he didn’t bounce back in a day or two, and I noticed I was filling his water bowl at an alarming rate, I knew something was wrong.

This article defines how emotional constructs create dramas in the workplace. It shares where they come from: self-esteem issues, early life experiences, and family and cultural beliefs and stories. It also shows the reader how to begin to change a story, and emotional construct via a simple, four-step process.

A 24 kg female spayed four-year-old standard poodle presented for a second opinion to see if anything could be done to save the left maxillary canine affected by advanced periodontal disease.

Meet Adam Hechko, DVM, AAHA’s new president, who took the reins as the veterinary industry began navigating its second pandemic year.

The best microchip in the world won’t do much good if pet owners don’t do their part.

Staff shortages mean long hours and frustrated clients. Here are some creative solutions you can implement to boost morale and thwart burnout.

An 8-year-old male neutered Tibetan terrier, 17 kg, was presented to the family veterinarian for lethargy and ataxia for the past two days. Harley had previously seen another vet when his owners were at their cottage, who prescribed meloxicam and gabapentin, unknown dosages. His owner reported that Harley had not had a bowel movement in two days.

Melita Pinkston started out as a technician assistant, but worked her way up to Technician Manager at The Village Vets in Decatur, Georgia.