The animal clinic is now up and running. Thank you god and Junie Kovacs. However not without some serious hiccups. The Muslim community, our neighbours, do not want dogs in the close vicinity of their homes. They do not appreciate neither the sight nor sound of dogs. If it were up to them, we would simply close down.
Needless to say, this is not an option, we have worked too hard and invested too much money into the new clinic. What we have done to try and resolve the situaution so far, is to move the majority of the dogs back to their old small pens in the back of Time for Lime. This way we have control over the noise levels at the new location. The few staff we have now have to use valuable time shuttling between the clinic and Time for Lime to care for the animals. We are in dialogue with our architects to find ways of soundproofing the building, and with the local council to come to a solution that is fair on both our parties.
How long this will take is difficult to say. But the fact is that until an agreement is in place, we can only keep 6 dogs on the premises. The opening of the boarding home therefore has to be postponed until that time. We are very sorry about this.
