There are a few signs of spring around here. The garden starts growing, the house gets dirtier from bringing all the outside in every day, and there starts to be a little color on everyone's cheeks with the introduction of beautiful fresh air. But there is one event that Will believes marks spring more than anything else I think -- it's the Texas A&M Vet School Open House.
Thanks to a kind co-worker who had a daughter graduate from the vet school, we discovered this gem of a Saturday adventure last year. It's the one day a year that A&M opens the doors to the vet school and display all it has to offer. It's amazing. There are jumping dogs and prancing horses, creepy crawlies and farm animals to get up close to, and demonstrations of all things vet. It's a little piece of heaven to our little guy!
This year we braved the ridiculously loooooooooong line to do the teddy bear surgery. Luckily while we waited they we got to watch the agility dogs (which has convinced Will that Georgia can be trained to jump obstacles and he wants to set her up in the backyard). You get to bring your own stuffed animal and perform surgery on it in the small animal hospital. No surprise, it is a huge draw for all the little ones. Here's Will's adventure --
Here he is getting suited up for surgery -- no going in to the room without the proper attire!
Surgery is serious business!
All ready to head in!
Here he is in consultation with the head surgeon. Will will be assisting in the procedure. It was determined that dog had a bad leg in need of a cast.
He was so serious the whole time, like he was really trying to take it all in and remember what to do.
The doctors hard at work. Surgery was a success!
After taking a walk through all the service dogs and checking out all the beautiful breeds of dogs we headed over to the reptile house. Yay.
Will was absolutely set on holding a snake. He got his wish immediately!
The snakes completely mesmerized Bellamy. She loved being near them until they started crawling on her. Then she came to her senses and wanted out of there. :)
Not this guy.
We are convinced she just thought it was a necklace until it started moving.
The girl does love a good accessory!
As Todd and I were still traumatized by the crazy long wait for the very short surgery experience Will came home and got right back to work on some animals that were in need of assistance.
I guess the wait was worth it after all.
I mean, you did get to keep your official gloves, mask, and head cover after all.
Such a good time! Ready to put next year's on the calendar! No surprise, Will already has our agenda decided to make sure we hit anything we missed this year...;)
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