Hi all.
Well for the last 5 years my friends in San Miguel de Allende have been begging us to move to SMA. We met when i came down to the FCI dog shows in Mexico D.F. as they have show Poodles and i have show Old English Sheepdogs.

We have spoken for the past years about what was needed, and we are considering opening a boarding kennel along with a veterinarian. SMA has a huge ExPat community of Dog Show people.

I'm wondering how feasable it might be to do this. Would it be enough to make a living off of first? To do a decent kennel here in the usa will be close to 1 mil if it is done RIGHT....... and i won't do anything half ass... and i cannot afford that frankly.

So basically i am asking do we have to have a Mexican as a partner to put in and run a business in Mexico? or can it be done w/out? My friend has told me some real horror stories about people that have come down to SMA and lost their shorts by getting mixed up with some other characters.

This is something my husband has wanted to do for a long time. He is currently working in Iraq and if this is something i can do to get us back together (4 years now) and have a chance of making a living at it, it will be worth it......

All i hear about is the FM3 problems, getting your furniture down there or other belongings etc. and then having someone take everything from you. So I'm a little concerned.

He's coming home on R&R next week and we are going down to SMA to meet with some Vet's there and discuss this but i would like to be well versed in what maybe to expect!

THANKS!!!
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