We've been thinking about this one for a while. You already know us for the cartoons, the articles, the socks. But there was something else we wanted to make — something for the moments that don't happen at work. The moments after. The drive home. The front door. The five minutes you take before you go inside and become a person again. So we made you a candle. After Hours White Sage and Lavender. It's calm. It's grounding. It smells like the shift is actually over. We named i

The University of Melbourne handed its teaching hospital to Greencross. I have questions. I want to be careful here. I want to be fair. I want to acknowledge that the University of Melbourne was in a genuinely difficult position — a reduced caseload, staff shortages, falling revenue, a hospital that had become financially unsustainable. These are real problems and they don't have easy solutions. But I also want to be honest about what I think happened, and what it means for t

We Made Grass Seed Socks. You're Welcome They can't migrate if they're on your feet. For everyone who has ever spent twenty minutes with forceps and a very unimpressed patient. If you work in veterinary practice in Australia or New Zealand, grass seeds are not a seasonal inconvenience. They are a way of life. From September through to March, barely a day goes by without at least one presentation that starts with "he's been licking his paw" and ends with a triumphant extractio

Euthanasia is one of the most profound things we do in veterinary practice. Here's how to carry it — for new graduates, experienced vets, and the nurses who hold the room together. There is a moment, somewhere in your first year of practice, when you realise that euthanasia is not something you will do occasionally. It is something you will do regularly. Perhaps weekly. Perhaps more. Nobody fully prepares you for that. Vet school covers the technique. It covers the drugs and