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Open Door was featured in AAHA Trends Magazine article “More Options Equals Better Care”
“We often talk about ‘cost,’ but the actual barrier is often a lack of financing options for paying the cost.“ ~ Aimee St. Arnaud, founder of Open Door Veterinary Collective READ ARTICLE
Supporting Human-Animal Relationships as Protective Factors Against Suicide Post
By Janet Hoy-Gerlach, PhD, LISW-S, LCSW As a young clinician doing suicide risk assessments, a standard question I asked people experiencing suicidality was “what’s stopped you up until now from acting?”. It is not a question I came up with, it is a standard question in risk assessment that helps to elicit what are referred to as “protective factors” in … read more Supporting Human-Animal Relationships as Protective Factors Against Suicide Post
Read how we are making Veterinary care more accessible
Veterinary care is expensive, and can be hard to access—leading to pets going without needed treatments, and being given up to shelters by their families, who believe this is the only way for a loved pet to get the care they need. The Open Door Veterinary Collective is working to change that. This nonprofit, founded in 2021, is developing a business model … read more Read how we are making Veterinary care more accessible
Listen to us on Blunt Dissection Podcast
Ep 69: Change-Makers – Getting Real About the Toxic Impact of Gold Standard “Care”- Dr. Sara Pizano On today’s episode of Blunt Dissection, we are doing something a little bit different. For the last six years, I have been interviewing people who are doing remarkable things in veterinary medicine. But this year I feel like getting curious about what different … read more Listen to us on Blunt Dissection Podcast
Listen to us on Veterinary Innovation Podcast
Making Veterinary Care Affordable Millennials are now the largest pet-owning population, and 70% of them living paycheque to paycheque means that they can’t afford to spend hundreds of dollars at the point of service for veterinary care. How can we ensure their pets are treated and sent home without needing to give services away? This week on the Veterinary Innovation … read more Listen to us on Veterinary Innovation Podcast