What a lovely day today is.
The weather was perfect, and my team and I are off after a long two
weeks. The other team headed by Dr.
Waters was on self-quarantine for 14 days, but today they are back, almost at
full strength. My team is off today and
then we have a long weekend after one day back tomorrow. Working with a reduced staff has been a real challenge
for everyone, but I am happy to say that the Crawford team pulled together and
we were able to take care of all essential health issues for our patients.
Going forward, we are getting ready for the
changes that Governor Cuomo will propose next week and we will see how that
impacts the services that we can offer.
We are hoping that we can start to once again offer routine preventive
care in addition to essential veterinary services so that we can keep our furry
friends healthy going forward. While we
do not see an imminent end to social distancing and curbside check ins, we are working
on plans to improve on the efficiency of our processes and the effectiveness of
our client communications so that we can serve the owners and pets of our community.
But back to today.
After a morning of errands, always stressful in this environment, Bella
and I returned home. I left her and I
went for a run in the neighborhood. It
is easier to maintain distance here than many of the places that I like to
run. Not ¼ mile from my house I came
upon a little Yorkie jogging towards me down the middle of the street. Fortunately, there were no cars. Also, fortunately, he was friendly and had
tags with his name and phone number. I
called his owners and indeed, he had escaped when grand mom had come to help
take care of the kids and left the door open.
I tucked him under my arm, continued on my run and dropped him off at
home. This just emphasizes the
importance of watching out for our pets while our regular routines are
disrupted. It also shows the importance
of proper ID for our pets in case they do get out. Tags and microchips are the best combination
for pet identification. Maybe once restrictions
are lifted, we can offer reduced pricing on microchips to pets that are not
identified in this way.
In the meantime.
Enjoy
this weather and stay safe.
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