Thursday, November 20, 2008

A promise is a promise

So those of you that follow me on Twitter, (I know there are at least 5 of you) know that I promised to keep the blog more current, so here is a quick post to acknowledge that.

The ever popular media star, Brian Spar BVMSC has just been contacted by the Today Show and they are going to whisk him off in a limo on Monday morning for an interview. He has gotten quite a bit of attention since his marathon debut. Check out his blog at: www.dmbhealer.blogspot.com

I have been in contact with several cat rescue groups in the Whitestone Area of Queens. Now, we've been down the Trap, neuter, release (TNR) road before, but it seems that these particular organizations are doing a good job controlling the feral cat population and are in need of some professional help with their colonies. So, perhaps we can give them a hand. We'll see how that plays out. I'm sure that it will yield some interesting photo opportunities and hopefully I'll become technologically proficient enough to get them posted here for your education and or amusement.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Time to Get serious

OK. The races are over and now we have to get back to business. NO more excuses such as I have to run, ride, swim, lift. OR, I'm too tired, sore, busy... I need to focus on what is going on here at Crawford Dog and cat Hospital and try to keep everyone up to date as much as possible.

First things first, I'll post a detailed race entry later this week so that those that care (if anyone other than me) can read about the Ironman experience as I saw it.

For now, I have been busy trying to set up some networks so that I can stimulate some growth here at the practice. There are many things that I would like to do to help our patients but as with most expansion plans, they take money and money takes patient visits so ...

I have joined a business networking group, BNI. We meet
Thursday mornings and our goal is to help each other by referring potential contacts to each other. It is a novel idea for veterinarians as we rarely look outside of the animal industry for new business. So, I thought I would give it a chance. The web site for the national group is: www.bni.com and you should give it a look. I'll let you all know how it goes in the near future. For now, off to make a house call.