I am very honored that I have been invited to speak at a Women's Veterinary Retreat in Bend this weekend. I will be discussing the topic of starting up a practice with two friends, Dr. Tracy Thompson of East Padden Animal Hospital (open) and Dr. Nancy Curran of Two Rivers Veterinary Clinic (opening this summer). It's going to be an exciting event. I actually attended a similar retreat 3 years ago and found it to be an amazing connection between women veterinary practice owners and associates who may someday want to be practice owners. And lnow here I am going back to speak as a practice owner! I will be out of town for the weekend and have my wonderful friend, and very skilled relief veterinarian, Dr. Alison Lord watching the practice for me Friday May 30th and Saturday May 31st. Daniela and Katie will be there too, of course, to answer any of your questions, schedule appointments and help Dr. Lord with any pets that need our assistance. I will be back in the office for a normal work week on Tuesday, June 2nd at 10am.

Smith Rock near Bend, Oregon

Open House June 14th! We are very excited to invite all of you to our open house so you can see the fruits of all of the hard work that you've been reading about here on Ready, Vet, Go! Come check out the chandelier. Or maybe your favorite story was about the vessel sink that we aquired last minute for inspection when our original red one was without certification! Or how about those carpet tiles - are they really tiles? Our public Open House is from 3-6pm and we are having a private Industry Party from 6-8pm. I hope you can attend - it will be so great to see you all and meet those of you in person that have been following our progress. All pets and people are welcome!

We've been blogged about! Check out the posting from Cheryl Janis about her visit to our clinic with her sweet kitty, Baby on her site Planet Pink n Green.