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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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How You Can Help Nevada County Animals Local Animal Welfare
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Animals Who Currently Need Our Help |
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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.
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.
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 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.
WE NEED DONATIONS DESPERATELY FOR THESE STARVING HORSES! Pictured above is Arial. Below left is Mariah, and below right is Queenie.
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.
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.
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. |
Sammie's Friends
a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation
128 High Street
Grass Valley, CA 95945
(530) 272-8833
info@sammiesfriends.org
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 
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.
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.
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.