Veterinary Care for Nevada County Animals

Save a life!  Join us in helping provide medical care for sick or injured animals at the Nevada County Animal Shelter, thus making them adoptable and helping them find new homes.  We also support other disadvantaged animals in our community who might otherwise be euthanized or sent to the shelter.

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Nevada County pet owners can get a certificate to reduce the cost of spaying and neutering their pets.  Save $60 for a female dog, $40 for a male dog, $30 for a female cat, and $15 for a male cat.

Certificates are available at the Nevada County Animal Shelter and are good at any vet.

Please be a responsible pet owner and save animals' lives by spaying or neutering your pet.

 

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FUNDS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED!  PLEASE HELP!

Sammie's Friends desperately needs your donations.  There are more animals than ever with serious problems that need help, and we are having a hard time finding the money that is needed.

Here are only a few of the animals who have desperately needed help just in a recent 12-day period:

  • 2 Puppies with parvo - without help they will die
  • Dog with over 100 foxtails embedded in its body
  • Cat with over 225 foxtails embedded in its body
  • Kitten run over by ATV
  • Cat with severe abscess pushing out eyeball
  • Dog needing osteochondritis dessicans surgery
  • Cat in kidney failure

Please help the animals of Nevada County by mailing a check to Sammie's Friends, 128 High Street, Grass Valley, CA 95945, or donate online through PayPal.  Anything you can contribute will be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

Animals Who Currently Need Our Help

This four-month-old puppy was tied up in her back yard.  Another dog attacked her while she was tied up and nearly killed her.  She is recovering thanks to the kind folks at Best Friends.

It is illegal to tie your dog up for more than three hours in a row.  It is also incredibly dangerous, because your dog cannot get away if it is attacked.  Please don't have your dog end up like this poor dear little puppy did.


 

Colie is a year-old Rott/Lab mix.  He has a growth the size of a marble under his left eye.  It is a tumor of some sort, and has been sent for a biopsy.  We are worried about Colie.  Donations would be welcome.



 

Luna is a three-year-old Great Dane.  She and her sister were left behind by their owner.  A kind person was willing to take them in.

Luna needed to be spayed and had a hard time with that.  Her recovery has been slow, but she will be fine.


Poor Hershey was a dog who lived with a sometimes homeless woman, and was abused by the woman's son.  Hershey was difficult to adopt because she was afraid of many things, and would snap at people when she was afraid or didn't like something.  Hershey was sent to Smiling Dog Farm Sanctuary in Texas.  She may eventually be adopted from there as she gets more socialized, or she may live out her life at the sanctuary.  The important thing is that without the help of Sammie's Friends, Hershey would have been a dead dog.

Donations to pay for her transportation to Texas and to pay for her keep are most welcome.


Dion is a very big kitty who came to the shelter with a very badly infected eye.  After several different kinds of antibiotics, his eye was still not well.  It was discovered that he had a worm in his eye, and is now being treated with gentamicin.  These worms come from gnats around the eyes.  The worms are removed by pulling them out and then putting the cat on antibiotics.  Hopefully this time his eye will heal.

Dion desperately needs a home.  He is at the Nevada County Animal Shelter.


This poor doggie has been through a lot.  Fortunately, he is owned by a very nice man who has been with him through thick and thin.  About nine months ago, Tonga was shot and a pellet lodged in his spinal cord.  He was given surgery by Dr. Kortz in Sacramento, and his owner paid around $4,000 for that surgery.  Tonga's owner continues to have to catheterize him to urinate, as he has never regained that function.

Tonga has fairly good use of one back leg, but was never able to regain the function of the right hind leg.  He dragged the leg until it was very infected and had edema, and the only alternative was to amputate the leg.  Fortunately, Dr. Strolle of Best Friends was able to perform this surgery at a discount to Sammie's Friends.  The owner had spent all the money he had to help his dog.  We are glad Sammie's Friends was here to help.  Donations are welcome.


Milo was picked up by Animal Control after being hit by a car.  Milo's pelvis was broken (more than one break), and that presented other complications of swelling and edema.  He is required to be absolutely stationary for six weeks, and must be picked up even to go outside for potty breaks.  Fortunately, we were able to find a great foster mom to care for him during this difficult time.  She reports he's a real love and is gaining weight.  He was very emaciated when we first got him.

Milo will need a femoral head ostectomy when his pelvis has healed.  Sammie's Friends could definitely use donations to help pay for this surgery, which could be as high as $1,000.  Milo will also be neutered when he has recovered, and will make an excellent pet for someone.


 

Kitty was a cat who belonged to an old man who wasn't taking very good care of him.  Thanks to a neighbor, he got to a vet.  Sammie's Friends helped this kitty, but he had such progressed kidney failure that he didn't make it.  This one was sad, because the family had the money but wouldn't spend it on the cat and neglected him.  Had he been helped sooner, he would have made it.  The nice neighbor was in tears, as were all of us.  Bless you, Kitty.  We love you.


 

 

Max was nearly killed by another dog.  He was so ripped up, you could hardly tell he was alive.  Dr. Dekker performed a miracle and put Max back together again.  He had so many stitches in him that he looked like a patchwork quilt.  In spite of his trials and tribulations, Max is a happy, friendly little dog and grateful to be alive.


 

This little guy (also named Max) had a lump on his hindquarters and was doing a lot of licking and chewing.  He was put on some antibiotics and his condition improved.  Max was one of the few that had a not-very-serious problem, therefore not costing a great deal to remedy. 


 

Nicki had somehow severely injured her right lower eyelid, and it was swollen, infected, and oozing.  It did not respond to topical treatment, and surgery had to be performed.  Nicki belongs to an older person on Social Security.  Sammie's Friends was able to help Nicki, and she is doing well.

Donations are welcome.


 

Bailey was sent to the Canine Communication Center in Los Angeles for behavioral rehabilitation.  Brandon Fouche, a very talented dog behaviorist, was able to work with her and help her regain her ability to be with other dogs, and then placed her in a home.  Sammie's Friends was glad to help.  This dog was going to be euthanized at the Nevada County Animal Shelter, and now she's living the good life.

Donations are welcome.



Sammie's Friends rescued three horses who were nearly starved to death.  They will eventually be available for adoption, but right now they need to get in better shape.  Donations would be greatly appreciated, as they all need veterinary care.  Donations can be made through Paypal or sent to Sammie's Friends, 128 High Street, Grass Valley, CA 95945.  For more information, please call Cheryl at (530) 272-8833.

WE NEED DONATIONS DESPERATELY FOR THESE STARVING HORSES!

Pictured above is Arial.  Below left is Mariah, and below right is Queenie.


Spunky is a spunky little rabbit who was purchased as a friend for another bunny.  Lo and behold, he and the other bunny turned out to be opposite-sex bunnies, and before you know it, there were six new bunnies.  Sammie's Friends paid to have Spunky neutered before there were even more bunnies.  Mama Bunny will be spayed as soon as the babies are weaned.  No more bunnies for this family.  Bunnies multiply very rapidly, so without neutering and spaying, an impending nightmare was in the making.  Sammie came to the rescue.  Yeah!


This precious kitty came to the shelter with a broken leg.  Dr. Strolle at Best Friends put Allistair back together again.  He then went to a foster home for awhile and now he is doing pretty well, just waiting to have his pins pulled out.

This cat possibly has the best personality of any cat I've ever met.  Anyone who meets him falls so in love.  He's funny, he's loving, he's engaging.  In the old days before Sammie's Friends, this cat would have been immediately euthanized because there would have been no money to fix his leg.  That would have been a great loss to us all.

When I meet a guy like Allistair, I am reminded of why Sammie's Friends was begun in the first place - to save these precious, precious lives.  Donations to help with Allistair's surgery would be so appreciated.


Abby is a lovely 5-year-old Labrador Retriever who was left (along with several other dogs) to try to make it on her own when her owner died.  Eventually a kind-hearted neighbor was able to catch the dogs and bring them to the shelter.  Abby had not been well cared for and has several medical conditions that are now being treated.  She is hypothyroid (low thyroid) and has a very bad skin condition that is being treated.  She also has a heart problem.

Dear Abby is now in a foster home where she is being well cared for.  Hopefully, her medical conditions, due to long-term neglect, will be resolved and she will make a very nice doggie for someone.  If you would like to help this dog, please make a donation to Sammie's Friends.  Sammie's Friends needs help, because more and more dogs and cats are being abandoned as Abby was.  Without Sammie's Friends there is no one to care for them.


 

Quinton is a kitty who came to the shelter sick with an upper respiratory infection and an eye that was shriveled up and non-functional.  The eye was oozing and infected.  Quinton has had his eye removed and is recovering from his URI and his infected eye.  He is in a foster home and doing well.  Donations are welcome to help Quinton.


Lupin is a service dog for a person who is permanently disabled with a traumatic brain injury and a seizure disorder.  With the help of Lupin her owner has a close-to-normal life.  Lupin is also an important member of the family.  She is invaluable.  As luck would have it, Lupin has severe skin allergies requiring special food and several medications daily.

This is a real financial strain on the family.  Sometimes it's a choice between feeding the children or medicating the dog.  Any donations that anyone can make would be so appreciated.  No donation is too small or too big.



Every penny of your donation to Sammie's Friends goes directly to help Nevada County Animals.  Please help by donating online through PayPal, or by mailing a check to the address below.

Sammie's Friends
a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation
128 High Street
Grass Valley, CA 95945
(530) 272-8833
info@sammiesfriends.org