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		<title>Ten Signs It&#8217;s Time To Leave Your Veterinary Practice: Part II</title>
		<link>http://vmdiva.com/2011/07/ten-signs-its-time-to-leave-your-veterinary-practice-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten Signs It&#8217;s Time To Leave Your Veterinary Practice: Part I I&#8217;ve listed  the first 5 signs it&#8217;s time to leave your veterinary practice in Part 1. The remaining 5 signs below are equally important. Feel free to list more signs or relate personal experiences! 6. Compromised Patient Care Do patients sit in their filthy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Signs It&#8217;s Time To Leave Your Veterinary Practice: Part I</title>
		<link>http://vmdiva.com/2011/07/ten-signs-its-time-to-leave-your-veterinary-practice-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deciding to quit requires great consideration and, in many cases, should only occur following exhaustive attempts at improving your workplace. For tips on how to cope and avoid quitting, check out the first half of this article from US News and World Report!  If you think you are at the end of your rope, quitting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it broken? Nah, it&#8217;s just fractured.</title>
		<link>http://vmdiva.com/2011/04/is-it-broken-nah-its-just-fractured/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague&#8217;s recent appointment went hysterically awry when the owner misunderstood the explanation of the dog&#8217;s illness.  Upon presenting to our clinic with a &#8220;swollen nipple&#8221;, my colleague diagnosed the dog with mastitis, a painful infection of mammary tissue.  Her owners recounted the treatment plan, consented to labwork, and waited while the diagnostics were performed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Dog Ate What? The Top Eats of 2010</title>
		<link>http://vmdiva.com/2011/01/your-dog-ate-what-the-top-eats-of-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dietary indiscretion can make for some good blog fodder. This year&#8217;s more memorable consumptions weren&#8217;t too hard to remember. I&#8217;ve left out the non-descript fetid balls of fabric, the shredded toys, bones, and rawhides due to their predictability and opted to let you in on some of the more ludicrous, dangerous, and enormous meals my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VMD vs. MD: How Far Apart Are We?</title>
		<link>http://vmdiva.com/2010/09/vmd-vs-md-how-far-apart-are-we/</link>
		<comments>http://vmdiva.com/2010/09/vmd-vs-md-how-far-apart-are-we/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received one of the best compliments of my professional career this week when a client said he &#8220;wished his doctor was as good&#8221; as me. Wow.  His comment got me thinking: What makes me so different from his MD? Did his MD fail to engage him, encourage him to speak, make eye contact? I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shortest Distance Between Two Owners Is a Straight Talk</title>
		<link>http://vmdiva.com/2010/06/the-shortest-distance-between-two-owners-is-a-straight-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The diversity of my appointment schedule never ceases to amaze me. From the blissfully smooth to the guilt-inducing no-money client, I fluctuate between joy and stress throughout my day. One hair-pulling situation involves the disabled pet owner of two small fluffy dogs who routinely appoints her caregiver the task of bringing the aging beasts to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Crutch: Internships vs. Employment for New Veterinary Graduates</title>
		<link>http://vmdiva.com/2010/06/the-crutch-internships-vs-employment-for-new-veterinary-graduates/</link>
		<comments>http://vmdiva.com/2010/06/the-crutch-internships-vs-employment-for-new-veterinary-graduates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s internship season which always makes me wonder: Is life after an internship so radically different from spending your first year in private practice? I decided to forgo an internship, mostly for financial and marital reasons. Kudos to my husband who tolerated my indebtedness for four years of vet school. This year&#8217;s new veterinary graduates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Line of Duty</title>
		<link>http://vmdiva.com/2010/04/in-the-line-of-duty/</link>
		<comments>http://vmdiva.com/2010/04/in-the-line-of-duty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You certainly don&#8217;t think of the veterinary profession as one where performance of duties risks loss of life. Police, fireman, and men and women in our armed forces certainly face the prospect of death daily, but veterinarians rarely need to worry. Sadly, a small animal veterinary colleague died this month after she was struck by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope for Cats with Snots, Snuffles, and Snorks</title>
		<link>http://vmdiva.com/2010/04/hope-for-cats-with-snots-snuffles-and-snorks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you remove dried snot from painted walls without damaging the paint? You can&#8217;t. At least that&#8217;s my experience with my chronic snotting, snuffling, sneezing, snorking cat. Winston has successfully plastered my walls with copious amounts of mucous with a holding power rivaling the largest tube of gorilla glue. If you have one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Were You Thinking?!?</title>
		<link>http://vmdiva.com/2010/02/what-were-you-thinking/</link>
		<comments>http://vmdiva.com/2010/02/what-were-you-thinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a call the other night from a distraught pet owner who sheepishly approached our conversation about his 5lb puppy. &#8220;I did something really stupid.&#8221; Uh-oh. I have heard a lot of crazy things so I was prepared for just about anything he was going to tell me. His voice cracked as he slowly [...]]]></description>
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