Safe and sound

I'm sitting in a cute little coffee shop in Old Town, Fort Collins, enjoying a day off of clinics since the doctor I'm externing with doesn't see patients on Tuesdays. Yesterday was exciting- I got to:

• help with a research project examining chronic lameness in dogs via force plate analysis
• learn how to objectively assess chronic pain in animals via CSU's nifty chronic pain scoring chart
• place my very first acupuncture needles (super exciting when I felt a slight tug of the surrounding tissue, telling me I hit the right point)
• meet a darling corgi
• tour CSU's gorgeous clinic and hospital
• study for boards a little (note to self: review anatomy)
• see some pelicans swimming in the little pond outside the vet hospital
  

The weather is lovely, despite Colorado getting hit with a blizzard the day before I arrived. The Denver airport had just a hint of snow left, and temperatures are in the 70's today. I'm off to explore Old Town...