Modern Mobile Vet

02/19/2025

❄️🌨️Let it SNOW? 😬🫠😶‍🌫️ Well, normally we love the snow buuttttt NOT when we are trying to finish the mobile unit renovations and installations!! We gotta laugh or we’ll cry 😩🤦‍♀️
The timing of the return of the snow the day after we finally got the unit to Leadville was a little rough for this “What’s up Wednesday” progress update.
Challenges we have been facing since our last post include:
- The weather has made it unsafe/ not practical to be on the roof of the unit to install the Starlink internet satellite dish. This must be installed and functional for our computers, x-ray, and lab equipment to work.
- The weather has slowed the completion of the electrical work at the parking location from being completed. Until this is done and we can hook up to power, most of the equipment and supplies cannot be safely left inside the unit (or they may freeze/ break)
- The generator (that is brand new and we waited 4 months for 😬) stopped working the day after the unit arrived here. Paul brought it back to the mechanic in BV, it fired up, but seemed to have a faulty transfer switch. It had been running fine for several hours yesterday and then all of a sudden just stopped working. The mechanic is getting in touch with the manufacturer to see if we can trouble shoot this without having to get another one.
- The lab equipment training tech who should have come today said I 70 is a still a mess, and is hoping to get up here tomorrow instead.

Some things we were able to accomplish:
- Paul was able to fix an issue with the floor that had “buckled” and was preventing the door on surgery from closing properly. (This was known to us prior to purchase- this mobile unit had been in a “fender bender” with the previous owner). Then he prepped and placed new flooring and it’s already looking so much better!
- Paul installed the surgery light and dental table / procedure light- not so easy in an “RV”
- We are scrubbing the entire interior down and making sure the space is as clean and inviting as it can be! We can’t wait for you to see it!

Hang in there with us Leadville, it’s looking more like a March opening date, please stay tuned ♥️🐾🚐🏔️

02/13/2025

"What's Up Wednesday" (oops, a day late 😉🙃)
Thank you Finn McNally of the The Leadville Herald Democrat for this great write-up about Modern Mobile Vet, our family, and our hopes for what we can bring to the pets and people of the Leadville community. To read the digital version (for subscribers) click here: https://www.leadvilleherald.com/eedition/page_2f96c94f-e826-55e7-a94a-ab6ead958587.html

02/11/2025

🤗Proud parent post 🫶
Not technically MMV related, but we wanted to share this special family moment with all of you! This morning, our 5th grader, Ashley, became the Lake County School Spelling Bee Champ 2025! 🐝💛⭐️🏆🤗 We hope you’ll take a moment to congratulate her and all the fierce competitors at LCIS! Go Lake County Panthers! 💛🐾💜👏

02/06/2025

We are so pleased to share these photos from last weekend’s “Pardi Paws” event along with this week’s “What’s up Wednesday” update 🥰
- photo credit: https://www.lovesomephoto.com/
Thank you Planned Pethood Leadville for introducing us, we had a blast meeting everyone! Along with our partnership with The City of Leadville to assist the Animal Shelter, we are also excited to be partnering with Planned Pethood to provide some community outreach events such as Wellness/Vaccine clinics (stay-tuned for more on this!)

Progress updates this week:
- We are very pleased to say that as of today, the generator we have been waiting on for 4 months finally arrived at the mechanic’s! It should be installed later this week.
- The vehicle wrapping process didn’t go as smoothly as hoped, but we are told it will be completed by the end of this week.
Once the above items are finished, we will be able to bring the mobile unit to Leadville from BV. Then, we will need to get the interior setup and equipment installed. We will also need to wait until the electrical work at the stationary days site is complete before we can park there (the unit must be hooked up to power to prevent the materials and equipment on the inside from freezing).
- Our veterinary supplier of the majority of our inventory and equipment and supplies finally got our order straightened out and these items are beginning to arrive!
- Our practice management software training is almost complete and the online appointment booking tool will be ready to link to our website as soon as we have a better idea of our opening date.

Thank you all for following our journey! We are working hard to make this all come together and targeting a late Feb/early March opening.

02/01/2025

We hope you’ll join us at Freight tomorrow night and support the efforts of Planned Pethood Leadville to help the pets of our community! Scan the QR code or go to https://plannedpethoodleadville.org
We’ll be there and we are excited to meet you!

Well, we were planning to cut off ticket sales tonight, but we've heard from a number of folks today that they have been a bit busy lately and didn't realize that tomorrow is February 1 and Pardi Paws.

Fortunately, our caterer Sherry Randall of The Silver Llama is very understanding and does not want to turn anyone away, so we are able to extend the online ticket sales until 2:00 PM tomorrow. If we don't sell out by then, we will also sell any remaining tickets at the door (but we don't recommend waiting until then if you want to make sure you snag a ticket).

You can scan the QR Code in the flyer below, or go to https://plannedpethoodleadville.org to buy tickets.

We can't wait to celebrate Pardi Paws with you tomorrow!

01/29/2025

For this week's "What's up Wednesday", we are excited to share this photo of Dr. Jen and Dr. Paul with City Administrator Laurie Simonson and The Leadville/ Lake County Animal Shelter staff and Manager Caitlin Kuczko (and sweet "Nutter Butter" who is up for adoption!). We are so pleased we could get together for a quick photo and to chat with Finn McNally from the Herald Democrat about the partnership between The City of Leadville and Modern Mobile Vet becoming official as of this week!
You'll have to stay tuned for his write-up for all the details, but this is the first big step in our journey to opening up the mobile vet clinic. The City of Leadville will be providing us with a parking location for the mobile unit along with use of their electrical power and plowing of the site for us to offer "Stationary Days" appointments in town. This setup will allow us to see more patients per day than we could by only doing house calls and will help decrease visit costs for pet owners, since there will not be a travel fee involved. The "Stationary Days" location will be 117 West 10th Street, in the parking lot associated with the Community Center that is overlooking Ice Palace Park.
The other piece of this partnership is Modern Mobile Vet increasing the shelter's access to veterinary care locally and decreasing their expenses for services such as spays, neuters, and medical workups on sick patients. We are hopeful this will benefit both the animals the shelter cares for and the community as a whole.

For more on this, check out Finn's article coming out next week in the Herald Democrat! 📰🐾

01/23/2025

“What’s up Wednesday?” Progress Updates from MMV 🤓🚐🐾
As our equipment and supplies begin to arrive, we are excited to share with you some of our favorite things so far— one is very “high tech” and the other not so much, but sometimes you gotta celebrate the little things!
The first photo is our kitty Dwight helping demonstrate how the very “high tech” wireless/portable ultrasound probe from SonoVet makes it easy to do brief ultrasounds anywhere we have WiFi and the images beam right to an iPad! These brief or “P.O.C.U.S” (point of care ultrasounds) are great for doing a quick check for free fluid in the chest or abdomen, taking a peek at the bladder, and may be the first step in a work up for more serious internal organ disease. While it won’t replace the diagnostic capabilities of a full abdominal or cardiac ultrasound with a specialist, it allows us to get more information than radiographs (x-rays) alone and can easily be performed locally on the mobile unit! 🛜📲
The second photo shows our first set of MMV business cards and water bottle stickers (my personal favorite)! They both have a QR code that can be scanned with your phone’s camera and take you right to our website. We look forward to handing these out to all of you soon! 🤳💻
Other good news- the mobile unit is getting “wrapped” in BV and that should be completed next week. We are still waiting on the generator to arrive at the mechanic’s, but he told me today that the vendor promised it would arrive by Friday🤞😬
Some challenges we are still facing (besides the generator installation drama 🤦‍♀️) are back orders on products and medications we need to have on hand to be able to perform full veterinary services. There also continues to be a delay in the arrival of the x-ray unit and dental radiograph machine. We are hopeful these issues will be resolved in the coming weeks and we can still target opening in Feb, but this is not fully in our control at this time. Thanks for following us, spreading the word, and staying tuned! 🫶🐾

01/15/2025

👋Time for our “What’s up Wednesday?” update!

Check out the photo of our vehicle wrap “proof” from ridgelinesignsco in BV! We are excited about this and hoping the wrapping will be completed by the end of the month. 🚐🐾🏔️

The progress at the mechanic is not as exciting. Apparently the generator that was ordered has still not arrived and this is delay in installation is one of the key issues with our timeline. We are staying in touch with the mechanic and crossing our fingers the installation will be completed soon 🤞🚐

Supplies and equipment are beginning to arrive and we are continuing to work on the practice management software and website. Once we “go live”, you will be able to create a personalized Pet Portal for your pets via a link from the website. This tool will provide you the ability to schedule appointments online, request and order prescriptions in the online pharmacy and view your pet’s medical history (once we’ve examined them), and correspond with us via text/email. More to come on this later!

Stay warm out there Leadville and stay tuned! ❄️

01/08/2025

Happy New Year Everyone! We thought we’d take a moment to introduce our family and share some updates on Modern Mobile Vet’s count down to opening in what we’ll call a weekly “What’s up Wednesday” post! 🤓
Dr. Jen and Dr. Paul are working on finalizing plans with the City to secure a local parking location for the mobile unit. It is currently still down in BV at the mechanic waiting on its generator to be installed and then it will be getting a “vehicle wrap” before it is ready to be brought to Leadville. From there, we will be installing some interior updates, new equipment, and stocking supplies. We had initially targeted an opening for the end of January, but with some delays at the mechanic it is looking more realistic that we’ll shoot for opening in February (of course that may change, please stay tuned!). While we wait for the unit to be ready, we are setting up our computer system, finalizing our website, and lots of other little details. The website will be published soon and will provide more information on common service/procedure pricing, location, appointment booking, and our personal story. 🥰🐾
For now- Here’s a recent photo of us “hiking” the Mineral Belt Trail with our daughters, aged 11 and 2.5. We’ve lived in Florida for the last 15 years, so snow is new and exciting for all of us, but especially the kiddos. We currently have two very handsome kitties, named after characters from The Office- “Big Tuna” (left) and “Dwight” (right)

Looking forward to sharing more updates and meeting you and your pets soon!

12/22/2024

Hey all! 👋 Paul and I have been busy getting everything setup for Modern Mobile Vet to open— we are shooting for the end of Jan/early Feb 2025! I was waiting to make an official announcement until after the holidays but happy to provide a little more info now. ♥️🐾🚐
- We will be a full service veterinary hospital operating out of a 26ft RV (LaBoit speciality vehicle) based here in Leadville. The mobile unit will be fully equipped for small animal (dog and cat) medical care, surgery, dentistry, and on-site lab work. More details on our services and about us will be available on our website (stay tuned— publishing soon!)
- We are partnering with Leadville/Lake County Animal Shelter and Planned Pethood Leadville to increase access to care for the animals these groups represent in the community.
- We are working with the City to secure a location to park the mobile unit in town. We know that opening in the winter may mean weather conditions that are difficult to travel in, so we plan to offer “on site” appointments at this parking location. More details on this once it’s official!

Please “like” and follow our Facebook/ Instagram pages for more info! We are excited to be here in Leadville and look forward to meeting you and your pets soon!