The Purrfect Your Practice Podcast
Welcome to Purrfect Your Practice, a podcast series which provides veterinarians and their hospital teams with quick and easy tips and tricks from leading experts to improve cat visits and help make hospitals more cat-friendly! Hosted by Dr. Natalie Marks and brought to you by Zoetis in cooperation with the American Association of Feline Practitioners.
Episodes
17 episodes
A Deep Dive into Feline Leukemia
In this Purrfect Your Practice Podcast, Dr. Natalie Marks gets to sit down with Dr. Petra Cerna, a boarded internist and feline specialist at Colorado State University. This episode is all things Feline Leukemia. They cover the phases of the di...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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28:36
Advancements in Veterinary Anesthesiology with Dr. Tamara Grubb
While we continue to see advancements in veterinary anesthesiology around safety and efficacy, it remains an area in which many veterinary professionals carry some anxiety. But Dr. Tamara Grubb is here today to change all of that! D...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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22:33
Indoor Only Cats with Dr. Kelly St. Denis
Do you know what the most uncommon cat breed is today? It's the "indoor only" cat! Ok, not a true cat breed, but it's definitely a topic worth significant conversation as it affects how we ask history questions as well as how we dis...
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13:10
Building a Better Relationship with Feline Clients
The veterinary-client-patient relationship has been essential legally for decades but is more emotionally essential than ever before when we talk about veterinarians, cats, and cat caregivers. Dr. Ilona Rodan, frequent PYP guest and one o...
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14:45
You Can Be Cat Friendly On A Budget!
Do I have to remodel my whole practice to become Cat Friendly? This is one of the most common misconceptions hospitals have as they try to elevate their feline medicine and client service. We're fortunate to have back Dr. Elizabeth ...
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13:30
What Causes Purring?
Did you know that a cat that roars (and that's a big one), can't purr? The purr has long mystified scientists and is still being researched and explored. One of the biggest misconceptions of cat caregivers and veterinary teams alike is that cat...
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13:10
The Needs of Today's Cat Parent
While we love working with our feline patients, we know none of that is possible without developing trust with the cat caregiver in that exam room. As we look to the future of veterinary care, we must think about how the medical team for ...
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13:45
Giving Our Cats the Two C's: Choice and Control
Do you know the two most important "C" words when it comes to working with cats? Choice and Control. Keeping these two in mind will help reinforce why we do what we do with low stress handling and body language assessment in the exam room. ...
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13:45
Celebrating 10 Years of Cat Friendly Practices!
It's the tenth anniversary of Cat Friendly Practices and what a ten years it's been! It filled a much needed gap in education around the feline patient and feline parent and helped our veterinary teams feel more confident and secure in ou...
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13:15
Let's Learn More about Diabetes and Cats with Dr. Susan Little
It’s Diabetes Awareness Month - the best time for us to refresh and purrfect our diagnostics, treatment, and client communication! Joining me this week is Dr. Susan Little, superstar boarded veterinary feline practitioner and cat mom, to...
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11:20
The Cat Friendly Certificate Program
We're nearing the end of the year - does being Cat Friendly sound good but totally overwhelming? It doesn't have to be at all! Dr. Kelly St. Denis, past president of AAFP, is back with us to discuss the Cat Friendly Program. Cat Friendly Hospit...
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13:35
Why You Should Be "Cat Friendly"
You’re using towels and pheromones and giving tuna to all of your patients - isn’t that enough? It’s a wonderful start, but there’s so much more we can do to give our feline patients, cat parents, AND our veterinary team the best experience dur...
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13:00
Help for Our Painful Cats
This week’s podcast asks one of the most difficult questions for veterinarians and cat parents alike: Is my cat in pain? Dr. Tammy Grubb, boarded veterinary anesthesiologist and president elect of the international veterinary academy of pain ma...
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12:00
An Exam Is Enough of A Reason to See The Veterinarian!
Unfortunately, many of our cat parents have been trained to think that the ONLY reason to come to the veterinary office is that rabies vaccine reminder. Whether that’s our own fault or not, it’s not too late to change the focus of that ap...
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14:20
Battling the Cat Obesity Epidemic!
One of my most challenging patient scenarios has always been the obese cat in a multicat household - is it for you too? How do we find creative ways to exercise cats, feed separate diets, keep clients motivated (and avoid diabetes at the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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11:36