Dr. Julie Liu is a cat-friendly and Fear Free freelancer, speaker, and general practice vet based in Austin. She has been a frequent contributor to Fear Free, serves on the Fear Free speakers bureau, volunteers on the AAFP Cat-Friendly Practice committee, and acts as the vice president of the Relief Veterinary Medical Association. In late 2023, she started My Family Cat, a cat behavior house call practice supporting the felines of the Austin area. In her free time, she enjoys backyard birding, finding great food places, and spending time with her partner Brian and their 17-year-old cat, Puff.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Overcoming obstacles and embracing the benefits of starting a house call veterinary practice
• Specializing in feline behavior for a more tailored practice
• Combining relief work with house calls for a balanced career
• Building connections and finding support in the veterinary community

Links & Resources:

• Visit the My Family Cat website to learn more about Dr. Julie
• Visit the Flux Vet website to learn more about education, training, consulting, and relief support for compassionate vet clinics and their staff
• Find Dr. Julie on LinkedIn
• Find Dr. Julie on Instagram

The House Call Vet Academy Resources:

• Download Dr. Eve’s FREE House Call & Mobile Vet Biz Plan!
• Find out about The House Call Vet Academy online CE course
• Learn more about Dr. Eve Harrison
• Learn more about 1-to-1 coaching for current & prospective house call & mobile vets.
• Get House Call Vet swag!
• Find out about the next House Call & Mobile Vet Virtual Conference

Music:

In loving memory of Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Intro and outro guitar music was written, performed, and recorded by house call veterinarian Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Thank you to our sponsors!

• Chronos
• O3 Vets
• Rekindling w/ Julie Squires
  

This podcast is also available in video on our House Call Vet Cafe YouTube channel

Dr. Lauren Forsythe is an Assistant Professor at the University of Findlay College of Pharmacy. She is also a diplomat of the International College of Veterinary Pharmacists. Dr. Forsythe graduated from the University of Findlay, College of Pharmacy in 2015 and completed her veterinary pharmacy residency at Purdue’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital. She earned her MBA in 2024 from the University of Illinois. Following completion of her residency, Dr. Forsythe spent three years at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital as a Clinical Pharmacist followed by four years at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy and the Pharmacy Service Head. In addition to her teaching position, Dr. Forsythe is a co-author of the book Drug Compounding for Veterinary Professionals and provides consulting services to veterinary practices through her company Foresight Pharma Solutions. Her services are based on pharmacy-related needs such as controlled substance regulatory compliance, compounding, hazardous drug handling, and medication error prevention.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Dr. Forsythe's journey to veterinary pharmacy
• The importance of compounding in veterinary medicine
• Transdermal medications for cats
• Regulatory insights for house call vets
• Navigating online pharmacies and prescriptions

Links & Resources:

• Learn more about Dr. Lauren by visiting the Foresight Pharma Solutions website
• Find Dr. Lauren on LinkedIn

The House Call Vet Academy Resources:

• Download Dr. Eve’s FREE House Call & Mobile Vet Biz Plan!
• Find out about The House Call Vet Academy online CE course
• Learn more about Dr. Eve Harrison
• Learn more about 1-to-1 coaching for current & prospective house call & mobile vets.
• Get House Call Vet swag!
• Find out about the next House Call & Mobile Vet Virtual Conference

Music:

In loving memory of Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Intro and outro guitar music was written, performed, and recorded by house call veterinarian Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Thank you to our sponsors!

• Chronos
• O3 Vets
• Rekindling w/ Julie Squires

This podcast is also available in video on our House Call Vet Cafe YouTube channel

Chantal Celindano BVSc(Hons) MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) ISFM AdvCert FB has dedicated her 20 years in practice to feline medicine, working at cat hospitals in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and London. She has obtained postgraduate qualifications in Feline Medicine and is an ISFM Advanced Practitioner and ANZCVS mentor. Chantal also runs a house-call clinic exclusively for cats called Feline Fine Mobile Vet in Brisbane Australia. Her passion is addressing the cat as a whole, within its environment as well as preventative medicine to give cats the highest quality of life possible, as every cat deserves.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Dr. Chantal’s journey to becoming a feline-only house call vet
• The challenges and rewards of house call practice
• The value of personalized vet care
• Essential tools for in-home veterinary cat care
• Finding work-life balance

Links & Resources:

• Learn more about Dr. Chantal by visiting the Feline Fine Mobile Vet website
• Find Feline Fine Mobile Vet on Facebook
• Find Feline Fine Mobile Vet on Instagram

The House Call Vet Academy Resources:

• Download Dr. Eve’s FREE House Call & Mobile Vet Biz Plan!
• Find out about The House Call Vet Academy online CE course
• Learn more about Dr. Eve Harrison
• Learn more about 1-to-1 coaching for current & prospective house call & mobile vets.
• Get House Call Vet swag!
• Find out about the next House Call & Mobile Vet Virtual Conference

Music:

In loving memory of Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Intro and outro guitar music was written, performed, and recorded by house call veterinarian Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Thank you to our sponsors!

• Chronos
• O3 Vets
• Rekindling w/ Julie Squires

This podcast is also available in video on our House Call Vet Cafe YouTube channel

Dr. Amy Grimm is a veterinarian, certified life coach, anti-burnout advocate, founder of Daring DVM Coaching, and host of the Daring DVM Podcast. She coaches busy, burned-out professionals and helps them transform and fall in love with their lives and careers again. Dr. Amy is on a mission to reshape mental health in the veterinary field by inspiring others, teaching them how to create a healthy mindset, heal from their past experiences, and transform their challenges into stepping stones for success.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Dr. Amy's journey from South Africa to veterinary medicine & coaching in the U.S.
• Burnout & veterinary professionals
• Understanding Polyvagal Theory
• Advice for burnout and how to get unstuck
• The value of giving back to your community

Links & Resources:

• Learn more about Dr. Amy by visiting the Daring DVM Coaching
• Find the Daring DVM on LinkedIn
• Find the Daring DVM on Instagram
• Free resource on building a resilient, burnout-free life
• Learn more about PolyVagal Theory

The House Call Vet Academy Resources:

• Download Dr. Eve’s FREE House Call & Mobile Vet Biz Plan!
• Find out about The House Call Vet Academy online CE course
• Learn more about Dr. Eve Harrison
• Learn more about 1-to-1 coaching for current & prospective house call & mobile vets.
• Get House Call Vet swag!
• Find out about the next House Call & Mobile Vet Virtual Conference

Music:

In loving memory of Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Intro and outro guitar music was written, performed, and recorded by house call veterinarian Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Thank you to our sponsors!

• Chronos
• O3 Vets
• Rekindling w/ Julie Squires

This podcast is also available in video on our House Call Vet Cafe YouTube channel

Jamie Keane founded Be Spotted and the NYC dog community, Dog Spotted. Through her experience growing Dog Spotted to over 10.8k followers of pet parents, she has taken that experience to teach fellow pet entrepreneurs how they can do the same.

She finds it important that pet entrepreneurs are empowered to market themselves as their unique voice, personality, and messaging are what will help stand them out from the pack.

In addition, she helps pet entrepreneurs with email marketing resulting in deeper connections and increased sales, AND how to create online products resulting in money made in your sleep!

She has been featured in Nasdaq, Time Out NY, Thrillist, Bustle and more! She is based in NYC with her husband Pat and her beloved mutt, Lucy.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Practical social media tips for mobile veterinarians
• The importance of SEO
• Avoiding vanity metrics like buying followers
• The role of personal branding in building trust with clients
• The significance of market research

Links & Resources:

• Visit the Be Spotted website to learn more!
• Find Be Spotted on Instagram
• Book A Free Discovery Call with Jamie
• Purchase the marketing research book mentioned in this podcast, The Mom Test, by Rob Fitzpatrick
• Use this tutorial to gain access to the full Instagram Music Library here

The House Call Vet Academy Resources:

• Download Dr. Eve’s FREE House Call & Mobile Vet Biz Plan!
• Find out about The House Call Vet Academy online CE course
• Learn more about Dr. Eve Harrison
• Learn more about 1-to-1 coaching for current & prospective house call & mobile vets.
• Get House Call Vet swag!
• Find out about the next House Call & Mobile Vet Virtual Conference

Music:

In loving memory of Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Intro and outro guitar music was written, performed, and recorded by house call veterinarian Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Thank you to our sponsors!

• Chronos
• O3 Vets
• Rekindling w/ Julie Squires

This podcast is also available in video on our House Call Vet Cafe YouTube channel

Dr. Caroline Murray, aka, The Wilderness Vet, was born in Australia, brought up in England, and has lived in New Zealand for nearly 20 years, so she is a professional wanderer and explorer. She feels happiest on top of a horse and/or on a mountain in the remote wilderness somewhere hot and has worked, traveled, and volunteered extensively in the UK, Africa, Asia, Australasia, and South America. Antarctica is on her long bucket list. She is also a human first responder, search and rescue, and civil defense volunteer in NZ, has trained in NLP (neurolinguistic programming), and loves helping animals as well as coaching other people to help themselves. Currently, she is doing a mixture of locum and mobile work in NZ, whilst participating in disaster rescue training and has a dream of establishing a drone network to deliver emergency aid during natural disasters such as bushfires and floods.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Veterinary challenges in developing countries
• Out-of-the-box solutions in veterinary care
• The importance of self-care and boundaries
• Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and communication

Links & Resources:

• Contact or learn more about Dr. Caroline Murray
• Find Dr. Caroline on Facebook
• Find Dr. Caroline on Instagram
• Find Dr. Caroline on LinkedIn

The House Call Vet Academy Resources:

• Download Dr. Eve’s FREE House Call & Mobile Vet Biz Plan!
• Find out about The House Call Vet Academy online CE course
• Learn more about Dr. Eve Harrison
• Learn more about 1-to-1 coaching for current & prospective house call & mobile vets.
• Get House Call Vet swag!
• Find out about the next House Call & Mobile Vet Virtual Conference

Music:

In loving memory of Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Intro and outro guitar music was written, performed, and recorded by house call veterinarian Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Thank you to our sponsors!

• Chronos
• O3 Vets
• Rekindling w/ Julie Squires

This podcast is also available in video on our House Call Vet Cafe YouTube channel

Dr. Caroline Murray, aka, The Wilderness Vet, was born in Australia, brought up in England, and has lived in New Zealand for nearly 20 years, so she is a professional wanderer and explorer. She feels happiest on top of a horse and/or on a mountain in the remote wilderness somewhere hot and has worked, traveled, and volunteered extensively in the UK, Africa, Asia, Australasia, and South America. Antarctica is on her long bucket list. She is also a human first responder, search and rescue, and civil defense volunteer in NZ, has trained in NLP (neurolinguistic programming), and loves helping animals as well as coaching other people to help themselves. Currently, she is doing a mixture of locum and mobile work in NZ, whilst participating in disaster rescue training and has a dream of establishing a drone network to deliver emergency aid during natural disasters such as bushfires and floods.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Life as a mobile and locum vet in New Zealand
• Adventurous veterinary care
• Regulatory challenges in New Zealand

Links & Resources:

• Contact or learn more about Dr. Caroline Murray
• Find Dr. Caroline on Facebook
• Find Dr. Caroline on Instagram
• Find Dr. Caroline on LinkedIn

The House Call Vet Academy Resources:

• Download Dr. Eve’s FREE House Call & Mobile Vet Biz Plan!
• Find out about The House Call Vet Academy online CE course
• Learn more about Dr. Eve Harrison
• Learn more about 1-to-1 coaching for current & prospective house call & mobile vets.
• Get House Call Vet swag!
• Find out about the next House Call & Mobile Vet Virtual Conference

Music:

In loving memory of Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Intro and outro guitar music was written, performed, and recorded by house call veterinarian Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Thank you to our sponsors!

• Chronos
• O3 Vets
• Rekindling w/ Julie Squires

This podcast is also available in video on our House Call Vet Cafe YouTube channel

Dr. Barr Hadar is Kumba's Co-founder and Chief Veterinary Officer, a scheduling and routing tool for mobile vets. He has previously had an independent house call practice out of his car in Hawaii, focusing on end of life in care and general practice. Dr. Barr is currently actively engaged in the intersection of technology and veterinary medicine. He is an epidemiology PhD candidate at the Ontario Veterinary College and part of a unique research lab focusing on health informatics, digital health, and emerging technologies in animal healthcare.

Eyal Zukovsky is the co-founder & Chief Executive Officer at Kumba. Eyal lives in Israel with his wife, their two kids, and another on the way. He is also a proud dad to Bella, a half Border Collie and Belgian Shepherd. With several years of experience in the Israeli high-tech ecosystem, he has worked in various roles across different companies. When COVID-19 started, Eyal founded Kumba, a scheduling and routing tool for mobile vets.

Topics covered in this episode:

• The story behind Kumba
• Challenges and solutions for mobile vets
• Global & cultural perspectives on house call practices
• Personal experiences during the war

Links & Resources:

• Learn more about Kumba
• Find Kumba on Facebook
• Find Kumba on Instagram
• Find The Power of When, by Michael Breus, PhD to discover your chronotype

The House Call Vet Academy Resources:

• Download Dr. Eve’s FREE House Call & Mobile Vet Biz Plan!
• Find out about The House Call Vet Academy online CE course
• Learn more about Dr. Eve Harrison
• Learn more about 1-to-1 coaching for current & prospective house call & mobile vets.
• Get House Call Vet swag!
• Find out about the next House Call & Mobile Vet Virtual Conference

Music:

In loving memory of Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Intro and outro guitar music was written, performed, and recorded by house call veterinarian Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Thank you to our sponsors!

• Chronos
• O3 Vets
• Rekindling w/ Julie Squires

This podcast is also available in video on our House Call Vet Cafe YouTube channel