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Today's guest on Vet Life Reimagined is Charlotte Weir, who is passionate about helping veterinary businesses grow in a way that’s smart, sustainable, and meaningful. With more than a decade of experience in roles like Advisor, VP, and Founder, she’s built her career on creating thoughtful business plans and growth strategies that work in the real world.

She was employee #1 at Petwell Partners, leading operations and integrations, growing a modest setup into a family of 52 practices known for quality veterinary care. 

Charlotte then co-founded, with the same founders of Petwell, Roo, a Texas-based venture providing a central platform for relief work.

Charlotte is also a hands-on founder and co-owner of 2525 Sunset Veterinarians, where she’s dedicated to making every visit a positive experience for pets and their people. In this episode, Charlotte shares her career journey as well as 

•  amazing tips for understanding the DNA of your team and practice, 
• the best-in-class way to successfully bring in relief veterinarians and technicians to enhance your practice, and 
• how as a leader you can bring support and fun to your team. 

Resources:

• Episode on YouTube
• Roo website
• 2525 Sunset Veterinarians practice website

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Turning ECC Into a Career You Love – with Dr. Brooke Clark, DVM, DACVECC

Emergency & critical care is often seen as a path to burnout, but Dr. Brooke Clark proves it can be a lifelong, passion-driven career. From launching Texas A&M’s first ER service to mentoring future veterinarians as BluePearl’s vet student liaison, Dr. Brooke shares how collaboration, adaptability, and curiosity helped her build a thriving veterinary career.

✅ How to make ECC sustainable
✅ The power of mentorship, teamwork, and a collaborative culture
✅ Advice for vet students exploring career paths

A must-listen for anyone in vet med who wants more than just survival. Dr. Brooke, who is also a vet mom of 5, shares how to build a career that truly fits your life.

Resources:

Episode on YouTube

Early in your veterinary career? Don't go it alone. 

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Vet Life Reimagined guest is Dr. Tarron Herring. Less than 2% of veterinarians are black, and Dr. Herring has overcome many obstacles to achieve his childhood dream of becoming a veterinarian. His passion for preventative medicine took him to Banfield after vet school at Tuskegee. He has been recognized as one of the best veterinarians across Banfield Pet Hospital’s 900 locations nationwide, achieving “Top 10” doctors of veterinary medicine several times. He is currently a veterinary practice owner of PetVet365. 

Resources: 

• Video episode on YouTube
• Tarron's book, You Are Powerful: God Will Restore Your Marriage
• Tarron's book, 

Early in your veterinary career? Don't go it alone. 

Ready, Vet, Go is a 7-month practical mentorship program with a supportive community to help you build skills and confidence. 

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As an emergency veterinarian for the last seven years, Vet Life Reimagined guest, Dr. Robert Parkins, has seen the need for more options for financial support for pet families. From that need, myBalto and myBalto Foundation were created with his brother, Nathan. When not working to improve the lives of our pets, Dr. Robert spends time with his one-eyed husky, Loki, in the beautiful city of San Diego.

Resources: 

• MyBalto Foundation website 
• Episode on YouTube

Early in your veterinary career? Don't go it alone. 

Ready, Vet, Go is a 7-month practical mentorship program with a supportive community to help you build skills and confidence. 

Enrollment for the October cohort closes Friday, September 12, 2025. Use code SPRINKLE for 10% off at readyvetgo.co  

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More Vet Life Reimagined? 💡 Find us on YouTube and check out our website.
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The Vet Life Reimagined podcast is proud to welcome guest Dr. Eddie Robinson. A 1983 veterinary graduate from Tuskegee. Eddie recently retired but was a practice owner for several decades, leading teams and growing loyalty from generations of pet clients. Dr. Eddie continues to mentor veterinarians in Ready, Vet, Go programs. Dr. Eddie discusses how to successfully work with multiple generations under one practice as well as how to find time for family despite a time-intensive career.

Early in your veterinary career? Don't go it alone. 

Ready, Vet, Go is a 7-month practical mentorship program with a supportive community to help you build skills and confidence. 

Enrollment for the October cohort closes Friday, September 12, 2025. Use code SPRINKLE for 10% off at readyvetgo.co  

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This is an episode from the People of Animal Health Podcast, hosted by Stacy Pursell, Founder and CEO of the VET Recruiter. 

Stacy interviews the host of Vet Life Reimagined. Dr. Megan Sprinkle, a board certified veterinary nutritionist, entrepreneur, podcast host, and self-proclaimed odd veterinarian. From caring for orphaned elephants in Zambia to leading scientific communication for pet nutrition brands, Dr. Sprinkle has built an unconventional career outside of the traditional clinic. She’s the founder of the Vet Life Reimagined Podcast, president of the American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition and co-founder of Rise 3D Printing. Passionate about innovation, storytelling and reimagining veterinary possibilities. Dr. Sprinkle brings curiosity, creativity, and compassion to everything she does. Let’s dive into her incredible journey. 

Resources:

• Episode on The People of Animal Health podcast
• The VET Recruiter website

Early in your veterinary career? Don't go it alone. 

Ready, Vet, Go is a 7-month practical mentorship program with a supportive community to help you build skills and confidence. 

Enrollment for the October cohort closes Friday, September 12, 2025. Use code SPRINKLE for 10% off at readyvetgo.co  

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Vet Life Reimagined guest, Dr. Linda Black, is a veterinarian & PhD in Cell Biology. She is currently the CEO of Gallant, a veterinary stem cell therapeutics company revolutionizing pet therapy.

Dr. Linda Black is a mom and a leader in vet med who has had an evolving career journey and her passion for regenerative medicine is evident.

In this episode, you will hear about
- Embracing change in your career
- Leadership and women empowerment
- Creating meaningful change
- And how there is a different way to do business.

Resources
- Gallant
- Gallant Therapeutics
- More about Dr. Black

Early in your veterinary career? Don't go it alone. 

Ready, Vet, Go is a 7-month practical mentorship program with a supportive community to help you build skills and confidence. 

Enrollment for the October cohort closes Friday, September 12, 2025. Use code SPRINKLE for 10% off at readyvetgo.co  

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In this episode, you will hear the inside scoop from a third-year veterinary student at Michigan State University. Veterinary medicine was a longtime love, but a second career for Jessica Woo,d who is also a mother and photographer. Jessica also shares 

• her tips for other veterinary students and for those interested in vet school, 
• why she decided to go to vet school despite hearing discouragement from veterinarians,
• and her hopes and vision for the future of veterinary medicine. 

Early in your veterinary career? Don't go it alone. 

Ready, Vet, Go is a 7-month practical mentorship program with a supportive community to help you build skills and confidence. 

Enrollment for the October cohort closes Friday, September 12, 2025. Use code SPRINKLE for 10% off at readyvetgo.co  

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About the Guest:

Dr. Jeff Klemens is an Ready, Vet, Go mentor and superfan, relief vet and business owner, and a person with a variety of fun interests (think everything from gaming to craft beer, basically anything that would be a good time!)

He is a small animal veterinarian and a 2005 graduate from the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine. His first eight years of clinical experience were spent in two different multi-doctor practices in northern Indiana. The next four years, he worked at a 24-hr emergency and critical care center in the same area. He began doing relief work in 2013, providing long and short-term relief coverage at several small animal practices. During his time as a relief veterinarian, he has worked in clinics that range from single-doctor to multi-doctor specialty practices, in both rural and urban settings, with clientele from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds.

Join a Ready, Vet, Go mentorship cohort. Use code SPRINKLE for 10% off registration!

Early in your veterinary career? Don't go it alone. 

Ready, Vet, Go is a 7-month practical mentorship program with a supportive community to help you build skills and confidence. 

Enrollment for the October cohort closes Friday, September 12, 2025. Use code SPRINKLE for 10% off at readyvetgo.co  

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More Vet Life Reimagined? 💡 Find us on YouTube and check out our website.
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Dr. Melanie Goble is a relief veterinarian, a Ready Vet Go mentor, a cofounder of Not One More Vet (NOMV), and an international traveler from Mongolia to Canada! Melanie has some wild stories she has shared with her mentees, and they absolutely adore her. 

Resources:

• Not One More Vet website
• Ready, Vet, Go website
• Episode with Dr. Taylor Miller
• Episode with Dr. Brian B.

Early in your veterinary career? Don't go it alone. 

Ready, Vet, Go is a 7-month practical mentorship program with a supportive community to help you build skills and confidence. 

Enrollment for the October cohort closes Friday, September 12, 2025. Use code SPRINKLE for 10% off at readyvetgo.co  

Support the show

More Vet Life Reimagined? 💡 Find us on YouTube and check out our website.
Connect with Dr. Megan Sprinkle on LinkedIn

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Make sure you are following the podcast to catch each weekly episode. Here are ways to support the podcast:
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