First of all let me start by thanking Urban Leash and Treat for the wonderful write up on their blog. Nixon is a wonderful, well behaved patient and joy to work with and her family over at UL&T are so knowledgeable and involved in her care. We had a great time sharing info on biodegradable doggie clean up bags and hypoallergenic locally made treats as well as how to keep sweet Nixon healthy.

We've been getting ready for the Grand Opening Celebration - our mailer went out on friday featuring the greatest picture of Wrigley (Our friends Dan and Barb's dog) when he was a puppy. He is still really that silly and we hope, just like in person, his picture will warmly invite people into our clinic (without the jumping up and muddy paws). If you live within a mile of the clinic, you will receive one of our cards. If you subscribe to this post you will be getting an email version of the invite and if you don't fit either criteria you can view it here (so you can see Wrigley's smiling face). 

In preparation for our big day, Michael's dad, Jim, has used his artist's skills to paint the back wall of the treatment room.  When we built out the clinic with all of the exposed ductwork and pipes we didn't consider what to do with the back plywood covered wall in the treatment area before attaching the pipes to the plywood. Michael, ever the problem solver, came up with this cool built out drywall box idea to leave spaces between the "boxes" for the attached equipment. I primed the whole wall and painted the background plywood in one of those late night painting sessions. Michael and I chose the colors (which were already used in the practice) and arranged them using our paint chips in multiple configurations until we found the perfect combination. And then everything stopped while we worked on other projects and the "boxes" remained white until one day Jim decided to take on the project. He painted all of the fronts first which brought a lot of color to the space but the difficult sides were still white. Michael found this cool roller edged flat sponge to do the sides and Jim came back and proudly finished his work. Thank you, Jim...it looks great!

We've also had help from my parents Ev and Kathy from 1000 miles away in California. Mom and Dad set up a sewing factory to make all of our fleece pads for the clinic. These pads offer a soft surface for the pets to rest on while they are examined or recovering from surgery. I found the perfect fleece pattern but had to do some crazy moves to get all of the yardage from different stores sent to the Jo-Anne's by my parents house. The fleece arrived and my parents took their factory on the road as they visited my brother and the grandkids (including the new baby Kiera Lee) in Phoenix. They sewed away and it sounds like even the dogs were helping. Our first order arrived on Friday and they look great! Thanks Mom and Dad!

Want to see the multicolored treatment room wall or the beautiful fleece pads? Come to the Grand Opening Celebration June 14th! Public Open House 3-6pm, Private Industry and Friends and Family 6-8pm. All pets and people welcome.