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While shining a light on the many different areas of the field of veterinary technology, we aim to have thought provoking discussions about the issues facing veterinary technicians and nurses with the leaders in our field.
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Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Caffeinators, can you believe it's time to kick off Year 7 of the Vet Tech Cafe?! And you know what that means, our annual check in with Liz Hughston! This is an important one, as she's "retiring" from vet med. She'll still be active in some areas, but has already began scaling back in many others, and will continue to do so. So we talked about retirement from vet med and what that looks like, and also the dissolution of the National Veterinary Professionals Union, and the difficulty there. She thinks this might be her last episode with us, but we'll try to convince her to come back next year to see how retirement is actually going!
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If you would like to help us cover our podcast expenses, we'd appreciate any support you give through Patreon. We do this podcast and our YouTube channel content to support the veterinary technicians out there and do not expect anything in return! We thank you for all you do. 🐾
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Sunday Oct 12, 2025
Sunday Oct 12, 2025
Welcome to the Taproom! Today's topics: Jeff is back to work! And we tackle the topic of Vet Tech Week. Thank you all for your feedback on National Vet Tech Week. We tried to go through all your comments and comment on them with our thoughts. Let's keep the conversation going as we move in to Vet Tech Week.
Our Links:
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Our website: https://www.vettechcafe.com/
Vet Tech Cafe Merch: https://www.vettechcafe.com/merch
If you would like to help us cover our podcast expenses, we'd appreciate any support you give through Patreon. We do this podcast and our YouTube channel content to support the veterinary technicians out there and do not expect anything in return! We thank you for all you do. 🐾
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vettechcafe
Sunday Oct 05, 2025
Sunday Oct 05, 2025
Caffeinators, you know we love to talk about veterinary technicians doing awesome things, and this episode with Sara Hunt is no different! We talk about her VTS in Diagnostic Imaging and how she's using that to perform ultrasounds! She actually started long before the VTS(DI) existed, but is now putting her title to good use! She takes us through training academies to perform ultrasounds, the inception of her Academy, and how she utilizes her training in her role. It's a fascinating discussion we know you'll enjoy!
Show Links:
https://avtdi.org/
Our Links:
Check out our sponsor https://betterhelp.com/vettechcafe for 10% off your first month of therapy
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Our website: https://www.vettechcafe.com/
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If you would like to help us cover our podcast expenses, we'd appreciate any support you give through Patreon. We do this podcast and our YouTube channel content to support the veterinary technicians out there and do not expect anything in return! We thank you for all you do. 🐾
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vettechcafe
Sunday Sep 21, 2025
Sunday Sep 21, 2025
Caffeinators, we are going to the South Side of Chicago to Fly the W for this episode and talk about all things shelter medicine. Carla Hubbs is the supervising veterinary technician of animal care and control in a very large, open intake municipal animal care and control facility. We talked about unique challenges and perceptions of shelter medicine she wishes her non-shelter colleagues were aware of, some of the unique situations she's worked with, and of course public perception as well. We covered A LOT of really important shelter medicine ground in this one, as well as Carla's committee work to help get title protection in the State of Illinois. Don't miss it!
Our Links:
Check out our sponsor https://betterhelp.com/vettechcafe for 10% off your first month of therapy
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Our website: https://www.vettechcafe.com/
Vet Tech Cafe Merch: https://www.vettechcafe.com/merch
If you would like to help us cover our podcast expenses, we'd appreciate any support you give through Patreon. We do this podcast and our YouTube channel content to support the veterinary technicians out there and do not expect anything in return! We thank you for all you do. 🐾
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vettechcafe
Sunday Sep 14, 2025
Sunday Sep 14, 2025
Caffeinators, you know we talk about mental health. A lot. For this episode, Dr. Marie Holowaychuk reached out to us to talk about her book and mental health and well being in our space and this episode is not to be missed. We must say it comes with a trigger warning that we do discuss, albeit very briefly, suicide, so if you are struggling please reach out via *988 or another resource. Through this episode, we spend a lot of time looking at mental health and research among the veterinary technician community and burnout specifically, and how do we start to turn these ever-important conversations into actions that can generate results. A lot to unpack in this one!
Show Links:
https://acompassionatecalling.com/
Our Links:
Check out our sponsor https://betterhelp.com/vettechcafe for 10% off your first month of therapy
Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vettechcafe
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Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vet-tech-cafe
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Our website: https://www.vettechcafe.com/
Vet Tech Cafe Merch: https://www.vettechcafe.com/merch
If you would like to help us cover our podcast expenses, we'd appreciate any support you give through Patreon. We do this podcast and our YouTube channel content to support the veterinary technicians out there and do not expect anything in return! We thank you for all you do. 🐾
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vettechcafe
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Dave and Jeff at IVECCS in San Diego! Recap of our conference experience. We loved seeing all our caffeinators... too many to mention. We've got some great guests lined up from networking this past week that we're very excited to talk to. Were you at IVECCS? We'd love to hear how your experience was!
Our Links:
Check out our sponsor https://betterhelp.com/vettechcafe for 10% off your first month of therapy
Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vettechcafe
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vettechcafepodcast
Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vet-tech-cafe
Like and Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMDTKdfOaqSW0Mv3Uoi33qg
Our website: https://www.vettechcafe.com/
Vet Tech Cafe Merch: https://www.vettechcafe.com/merch
If you would like to help us cover our podcast expenses, we'd appreciate any support you give through Patreon. We do this podcast and our YouTube channel content to support the veterinary technicians out there and do not expect anything in return! We thank you for all you do. 🐾
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vettechcafe
Sunday Aug 31, 2025
Sunday Aug 31, 2025
Caffeinators, do you like cats? That's a dumb question! This episode is all cats, all the time! Caitlin Dutcher-Lundy reached out to us a while back and this turned in to an awesome episode! Caitlin is THE FIRST VTS-CP(Feline) to have successfully applied and passed the examination, and we talked about the process and pathway, and also all the cool things her hospital does-SPOILER ALERT, her hospital sees dogs but that whole area is separate from the cats to keep stress to a minimum. This was a fascinating discussion that brought up a lot to think about when it comes to hospital logistics!
Show Links:
Our Links:
Check out our sponsor https://betterhelp.com/vettechcafe for 10% off your first month of therapy
Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vettechcafe
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vettechcafepodcast
Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vet-tech-cafe
Like and Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMDTKdfOaqSW0Mv3Uoi33qg
Our website: https://www.vettechcafe.com/
Vet Tech Cafe Merch: https://www.vettechcafe.com/merch
If you would like to help us cover our podcast expenses, we'd appreciate any support you give through Patreon. We do this podcast and our YouTube channel content to support the veterinary technicians out there and do not expect anything in return! We thank you for all you do. 🐾
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vettechcafe
Sunday Aug 24, 2025
Sunday Aug 24, 2025
As Dave and Jeff prepare for IVECCS they had one final Taproom before heading to San Diego! What are your thoughts on Space vs. Ocean? Which is scarier?
We've got a lot of great guests coming up in the next couple months!
HiVE Anaheim: https://navc.com/hive/vet-nurse-and-tech/
Illinois Veterinary Technicians: https://www.isvma.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ISVMA-Title-Infographic-7.25-10.pdf
Union organization shutdown: https://news.vin.com/default.aspx?pid=210&catId=617&Id=12798538
Sunday Aug 10, 2025
Sunday Aug 10, 2025
Caffeinators, are you ready to laugh and hear cool stories?! We recently had Chelsey Vanetten over at the Vet Tech Cafe, and she is a VTS in Anesthesia and Analgesia. She told us all about anesthetizing fish, researching large mouth bass, and how she utilizes her knowledge and expertise to elevate anesthesia in veterinary practices in which she provides relief services, and training and education. This is an incredibly fun episode you don't want to miss!
Our Links:
Check out our sponsor https://betterhelp.com/vettechcafe for 10% off your first month of therapy
Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vettechcafe
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vettechcafepodcast
Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vet-tech-cafe
Like and Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMDTKdfOaqSW0Mv3Uoi33qg
Our website: https://www.vettechcafe.com/
Vet Tech Cafe Merch: https://www.vettechcafe.com/merch
If you would like to help us cover our podcast expenses, we'd appreciate any support you give through Patreon. We do this podcast and our YouTube channel content to support the veterinary technicians out there and do not expect anything in return! We thank you for all you do. 🐾
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vettechcafe
Sunday Aug 03, 2025
Sunday Aug 03, 2025
Been a while since we had a taproom! We're retiring our "state of the profession" quiestion for all our guests, but we had to let it go out with one last hurrah. We talk about respect, patient:tech ratios, and surviving in the field.