Things are looking up... literally!

Last weekend, NMDR's kennel received something a lot of us may take for granted... a roof over our heads.

The middle room of the kennel holds the special needs dogs.  It's usually a little warmer and a little quieter in there.  Post-surgery dogs and those that need careful attention reside in the middle room.  Up until Saturday, this room didn't have a ceiling, just the tall tin roof above it.  NMDR is proud to announce that we now have a sturdy ceiling over the special needs pup's heads.  This will keep the room much warmer in the winter, cooler in the summer and save NMDR hundreds, if not thousands, annually on utility bills.  Hooray!

Photos of the hard working crew on Saturday:

 

Special thanks to The Colorado Four Wheelers.  Members of the Colorado Four Wheelers volunteered several days worth of time and effort at the kennel to put up the ceiling.  Thank you to Brad Cook, Bob Zupan, Gary Alvino, Dan Stevens, Carlos Sanchez, Gina Iken, Michael Iken and Stephanie Iken.

Huge thanks to dedicated volunteers Marcy McReynolds and Tom Johns for coordinating this project and just getting it done.  Tom, we all know you spent A LOT of hours on this one!

And, last but not least, you know we couldn't have a blog post with out photos of dogs.  :-)

Despite all the construction noise, the resident Iggys slept through the whole thing....

The kennel keeps improving, in little ways, every day.  The entire organization of NMDR could not be more proud of our clean, efficient, heavily utilized facility.  Thank you to all who donate, volunteer and take pride in caring for dogs the way we do.