At-home pet care, one story at a time

Guides, research, and updates from the Homelove team on bringing veterinary care home.

• A Free New Resource Aims to Ease Feline Visit Stress

  The hardest part of a cat visit was never the exam room. A new free tool says practices have been fixing the wrong end of the problem.

• What a Disney Vet's AVMA Keynote Reveals About Trust-Based Care

  A Disney vet's AVMA Convention keynote showed what becomes possible when animals trust their caregivers, and what that means for fear-free care.

• How Much More Likely Is a Microchipped Pet to Come Home?

  A collar can slip off in seconds. What happens to a lost pet's odds after that says a lot about why vets keep pushing microchips.

• Fear, Stress, and Your Cat: Why the Clinic Visit Is the Problem

  Cats are the most stressed veterinary patients and the least likely to get regular care. Here is what the alternative to the clinic model looks like.

• Skipping the Vet Trip for Solensia, Librela, or Cytopoint

  Solensia, Librela, and Cytopoint all mean going back to the vet every month, or they used to. Here's the code that changes that.

• What Tractor Supply's Mobile Vet Care Acquisition Means for Pet Owners

  Tractor Supply just bought the country's largest mobile vet care provider. The reason it gave says more about pet owners than about the company.

• Taking Vet Care Home: How Mobile Visits Are Changing Pet Healthcare

  Mobile and in-home veterinary care is growing fast. Here is what is driving the shift and what it means for pet owners and the practices they serve.

• House-Call Vet Care Is Growing, and That's Good for Everyone

  Mobile and house-call veterinary services are expanding across the U.S. The implications for pet health, practice capacity, and careers are significant.

• What Zoetis's Falling Sales Reveal About Pet Owners Skipping the Vet

  One of the biggest names in animal health just missed its own forecast. The reason it gave says more about pet owners than it does about the company.

• Why Feline Diabetes Care Is Shifting from the Hospital to the Home

  New diabetes guidelines just told vets to stop doing something they've done for decades. Cats are the ones benefiting.

• Why Minnesota's New Law Legalizing Pet Medication Donation Matters

  Minnesota just became the fourth state to legalize pet medication donation. The real story is the data that landed the same week.

• CVS Pharmacy Just Made Pet Prescriptions a Lot Easier

  CVS just quietly removed one of the biggest friction points in pet prescriptions.

• Vet Schools Are Sending Students Door to Door for Pet Care

  Vet students are discovering mobile clinics and door-to-door wellness visits. The profession is redefining what access to care actually means.

• Cost Keeps Getting Between Pet Owners and the Care They Want to Give

  46% of pet owners delayed care last year due to cost. A new Rhode Island law making first-visit telehealth legal points toward a different future.

• Your Senior Patients' Pain Plans Are Falling Behind

  Osteoarthritis affects one in five dogs. Feline OA is even more widespread, and even more underdiagnosed.

• One Shot, Two Diseases: A Vaccine Closing the Preventive Care Gap

  Two vaccines used to mean two shots. A single-dose combination just changed that math for every practice running annual boosters.

• Wildfire Smoke and Your Pet: What the Warning Signs Look Like

  Wildfire smoke is moving pets indoors. Whether you know what to watch for before it becomes an emergency is a different question.

• New Science of Aging Dogs, and the Programs Keeping Them Home

  An aging dog's front-leg stride may reveal what's happening in its brain, and a Grand Rapids program is making sure senior owners can actually act on that information.

• New Science Can Finally Detect the Pain Cats Have Been Hiding

  Cats are biologically wired to hide pain from every caretaker in the room, including the vet. A newly validated tool is built to work around that.

• Vet Med Is Rethinking What Care Access Actually Means

  The AVMA Convention's programming just revealed where the profession's collective attention is shifting.

• FDA's New At-Home Cancer Pill Signals a Bigger Shift in Vet Care

  The FDA just approved an at-home cancer pill for dogs. The bigger story is what it signals about where veterinary care delivery is heading.

• When the Goodbye Happens at Home, the Grief Is Still the Same

  New research on pet grief shows what it means for vet practices, and how at-home care changes the end-of-life experience for families.

• Dog Bite Risk Starts at Home, Not the Clinic

  New research from the University of Lincoln argues that bite risk assessment must move beyond kennel tests to the home environment and context.

• Most Pets Are One Vet Bill Away from No Care at All

  New NAPHIA data shows only 4.27% of U.S. pets are insured despite record growth. The protection gap is reshaping how families access vet care.

• Feline Hospice Care: Supporting Cats at Home

  As cats live longer with chronic illness, demand for veterinary hospice is growing. Here is how to set up home hospice and reduce feline fear.

• Vet Visits Are Declining through 2035

  A CATalyst Council report forecasts below-average veterinary visits through 2035. Here is what practice leaders need to know now to prepare.

• New Surveys Prove Pets Are Family, Not a Luxury Expense

  Pet owners are cutting back everywhere else before they touch the vet budget, and two new surveys finally put numbers on it.

• 91% of Dogs Show Fear or Anxiety

  Pet Anxiety Awareness Month just turned 10, and a massive new dataset backs up what every exam room already suspected about dogs.

• Senior Pets Deserve Senior Care: What At-Home Vet Services Mean for Aging Animals

  Older pets need more frequent care and handle clinic stress worse than younger animals. At-home vet visits offer a better model for aging pets.

• Why Your Pet Hates the Vet (and What In-Home Care Does Differently)

  Most pets show signs of fear or stress at the vet clinic. In-home vet care removes the triggers that cause it, and the difference is real.