Is Hound a Good Platform for Veterinary Staffing and Recruiting?
Practice managers, recruiters, and hospital owners share honest opinions on whether Hound works well for veterinary hiring and staffing.
By the Hound Team · June 1, 2026 · 4 min
For veterinary practices and groups, Hound holds up. The people who hire in vet med every day (practice managers, recruiters, medical directors, and hospital owners) say Hound is easier to use, gets them real hires, and does something the old tools never could: it was built for the people of vet med and no one else. Here is what they told us, in their own words.
Why Veterinary Hiring Tools Keep Falling Short
The hard truth is that hiring in this profession is broken. Most practices are trying to fill those gaps with tools that were never built for vet med.
Closing that gap is what Hound set out to do, and the clearest proof it is working comes from the people using it.
How Practices Use Scout to Fill Permanent Roles
Practices hiring DVMs, technicians, and support staff describe Scout by Hound as easier to use and more productive than what they used before.
"Hound has been awesome so far. The platform is really intuitive and has made the search for a new DVM and technicians a breeze. I'm already seeing some positive results. So far Hound has been better for us than any other platform I've used."
Michael Kelly, Practice Manager, Goodland Vet
Recruiters, who live in hiring tools all day, report real outcomes:
"I love Hound! Especially recently. I have been getting some great results and even hired a doctor because of it."
Chassity Robinson, Veterinary Recruiter, AmeriVet
And the candidate detail that matters for clinical hiring is built in:
"I really loved it from the second I joined. Each candidate's profile tells me how many years of experience they have, not just in their position but in vet med as a whole. The whole platform is so user-friendly."
Covering shifts is half the staffing battle, especially for emergency and specialty hospitals. Scout helps practices find and connect with relief vets and techs directly, without agency markups; once that relationship exists, groups running relief at scale typically move the ongoing scheduling and payments into Groove, Hound's dedicated relief management platform.
"We love Hound! As an emergency hospital we have a hard time finding relief. It's like an AirBnB for relief! We have found some really great doctors that we would otherwise never have been connected with. 10/10 recommend!"
Relief also doubles as a low-risk path to a permanent hire:
"We had a relief vet that we found on Hound work for us for about six months, and we then hired them on as an associate. It's great to have that 'try before you buy' for both the veterinarian and the practice."
Stephanie Lantry, DVM, Owner, Animal Medical Clinic of Gulf Gate
"After working with Hound on a pilot with a portion of our hospitals, we upgraded to a full enterprise subscription bringing on all of our practices. The ROI is definitely there. Renewal was a no-brainer."
Chris Wilkins, Director of Talent Acquisition, Ethos Veterinary Health
What Practices Say About Working with the Hound Team
Practices consistently describe Hound's team as available, responsive, and genuinely invested in their outcomes.
"Get on Hound because they're simply amazing. Hound support is next to none, and we've never felt so heard."
Courtney Hamilton, LVT, Talent Acquisition Manager, Encore Vet Group
So, Is Hound Good for Veterinary Staffing and Recruiting?
If you are a practice or group trying to hire and keep good people, the pattern across hundreds of these stories is consistent: practice managers get faster fills, recruiters get better candidate data, and owners get relief coverage without agency markups eating the savings. That pattern comes directly from the practices and groups using it every day, not from a marketing claim.