The Sam Simon Foundation's Mobile Veterinary Clinic

18/10/2023

Please note that this event is not connected to The Sam Simon Foundation, and that we won’t be there. But we wanted to share about it because it’s a wonderful opportunity for people whose pets are in need of these services. (Follow for more of these events throughout the City of LA!)

To reserve a spot for your pet, please go here:

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11/01/2023

For people who are not in our field, it might be difficult to understand how painful it can be sometimes, and why many of us struggle with mental health.

A dog’s gestation period is typically just over two months. However, somebody brought a dog to us today who has been pregnant for THREE months! That’s like a woman being pregnant for 13.5 months!!

This dog was only three years old, and this was already her third litter. She presented to us with a huge belly, while the rest of her was just skin and bones.

How this poor baby must have suffered…

When we opened her up, we found that her uterus had ruptured. One of her puppies was still in the uterus, but two more were just floating around in her abdomen, decomposing and slowly killing her. Her abdomen was full of random bones and fur. It was a total mess.

We wound up having to euthanize the poor mama. It’s been an emotional day for us all.

Yet another reminder that people should not breed dogs when they have no understanding of genetics and no ability to pay for prenatal care. (Or, really… just don’t even breed them at all. PLEASE!!)

We can’t say for sure, but it’s possible that her own son from a previous litter fathered this doomed litter that killed them all.

** You can see the babies scattered about in her belly in the x-ray below. **

To view more graphic pictures from the actual surgery, visit our Instagram page.

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09/09/2022

SNPLA in San Pedro, CA is currently offering FREE Spay/Neuter for Pit Bulls! 🐶

Own a pit bull dog? SNPLA is now offering free spay/neuter for pit bull dogs/pit bull mixes. Made possible by a generous grant from .

Visit them at https://snpla.org/request-appointment-san-pedro/ or call 310-574-5555.

If you don't have a pit bull to fix, consider instead making a contribution to pedropetpals.com/

(*Restrictions apply. Families with household income under $40k/year must provide proof to qualify. Valid at SNPLA San Pedro location only. Offer good while supplies last.)

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24/04/2022

The problem with hiring only the bestest, most nicest people in the world is that everyone becomes friends.

The problem with everyone becoming friends is that they then all attend their friend/colleague’s wedding.

The problem with them attending their friend/colleague’s wedding is that they are then all in Mexico at the same time.

And the problem with them being in Mexico at the same time is that we had to shut down the clinic on Friday because we didn’t have enough people to run it! 😱😂

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Wanna see something crazy?

Look at that swelling in Max’s inguinal area.

What do you think that is?

Anyone…? Anyone…?

That’s right. It’s his TESTICLE!! 🏀

😲😳

When male dogs are born, their testicles are still developing in their abdomen. By the time a puppy is 2-4 months old, they are sufficiently developed and ready to be introduced to the world. To get there, they are supposed to move through the inguinal canal and drop into the sc***um. However, this doesn’t always happen.

Sometimes they just get too dang lazy to make that journey.

Instead of traveling to their ultimate destination, which - obviously - is between the dog’s legs, one or both testicles may choose to either remain in the abdomen, or may choose to travel only partway to their destination before giving up and deciding to live in the inguinal canal.

If you have a male dog that you know for sure has not been surgically neutered, and you’re only seeing one testicle or no testicles, then you have a dog that is cryptorchid.

And if you do, it’s very, very important to get him neutered as soon as possible.

In cryptorchidism, the testicles are being held inside the body, so they are living in an environment that holds steady at around 101.5°. And you know what? This is an ideal temperature for the DNA in cells to mutate and become cancerous.

Dogs who are cryptorchid are over 10 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP TESTICULAR CANCER.

So, back to Max: The reason that Max‘s testicle suddenly became so large is that it had become - you guessed it! - cancerous. And at only 6 years old.

So that’s what you’re seeing in the picture. Testicular cancer.

And you’re seeing it right there in his lower belly.

Crazy, right? 😂

Fortunately, Max’s family brought him to us to get him neutered and to get rid of all that yucky cancer inside of him. And we were so happy that we got it out before it had a chance to spread.

Yay, Max! 🎉🥳 We look forward to you having a long and healthy life with your loving family.

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09/03/2022

Are you as in love with Gunner as we are?? 😍😍😍

Gunner came in for a mass removal yesterday, and to say he was a hit with the ladies of SSF is an understatement. Our staff couldn’t get enough of him. Despite his boyish looks, he is actually a 75-pound pitbull, and loves to give hugs. Unfortunately, some of us weren’t at the clinic yesterday, and were sad we didn’t get any of them.

Fortunately, he still needs to come back for a suture removal, so we’re all going to be sure to be there to get our much-needed pibble (what Sir Patrick Stewart says instead of pit bull) hugs!

Because, if we’re being totally honest: Nothing‘s better! 🤗🤗🤗

05/03/2022

Papo came in this week for a cherry eye repair and neuter. 🍒👀

We’re so happy we were able to get him in and all fixed up from head to toe. (Well, from head to groin! 😂)

05/03/2022

Meet little Maggie. Can’t you just eat her up?? 🤗🤗🤗

Maggie’s mom brought her to us for an inguinal hernia repair. Mom was terrified of losing her little girl. (I mean, who wouldn’t be afraid to lose this little cutie-pie?) She’d been watching the hernia grow and grow with each heat cycle, but didn’t have the money to go to a regular veterinary clinic. 🥺

But finally, thankfully, she found us! 🥳🍾🎊

That big swelling you see is an inguinal hernia, and happened because she wasn’t spayed. 😔 Inguinal hernias can can range in size from baaaarely visible mounds in the groin area to enormous spherical protuberances. We’ve seen many that are even bigger than Maggie’s, and drag on the ground when the poor pup walks. 😢

The problem with inguinal hernias is that they can absolutely be deadly, and be deadly in a very short time. Even when they’re tiny, an intestinal loop can get caught in the hernia and strangulate. We’ve also seen hernias in which the bladder or uterus has become trapped. Sadly, we’ve had many young and otherwise healthy pets die while waiting for surgery. We try to get inguinal hernias in for surgery very quickly, but for an unfortunate few, it was sadly not quickly enough.

Luckily, we were able to correct Maggie‘s hernia in time. We also found a mammary mass (also due to her not being spayed) and removed it, AND we spayed her. We did all of this in one fell swoop. So, thankfully it was a happy ending for sweet Maggie. 😁😁

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04/03/2022

Samus had a large, hard mass taken off of her upper chest today. (It was such an intrusive mass that we had to send her home with drains in place. 😟) The dang thing had been troubling her for over a year, so she was especially happy to have it removed.

However, we’re sure she was even happier that Laura served as her personal heating pad and chair while she was in our clinic. 🪑🤔

Laura: Not just a receptionist… not just a tech assistant… no way, man! We keep her small and limber so that she can also fit in the cages with the patients when they’re scared or recovering from surgery.

In this little clip, we especially love the moment that Samus suddenly seems to notice someone’s in there with her. 😂😂

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03/03/2022

Wanna see yet ANOTHER reason to spay your dog?

Scroll this post to see what happened to little Nova when her uterus essentially FELL OUT! 😳😱

We call this a pr*****ed uterus. This results from the surge of estrogen during the pet has during her heat cycle. The best way to prevent this -you guessed it- is to SPAY YOUR PET!

Nova is lucky; her mom loves her and brought her in right away. But we have seen many cases where people leave their pet outside, delay treatment and the tissue becomes necrotic and dies. ☠️☠️ This can be deadly for the pet, and it will be a miserable death for her. 😭

If this happens to your dog (and we know it won’t, because your dog is spayed, right? 😉) here’s what you need to do until you can get her in for surgery:

1. Put an E collar, or cone, on her right away so that she can’t lick the pr*****ed tissue. (On that note, you never want to let a dog lick a wound.)

2. Cover the pr*****ed tissue with sugar. Yes, just regular sugar that we put in our food. This will help draw out the fluids that are causing it to swell.

3. Apply any kind of triple antibiotic ointment, like Neosporin, several times a day to keep the tissue moist. It must be OINTMENT, not cream.

4. Keep her indoors. You don’t want that extremely tender and delicate tissue to get scratched up by concrete, gravel, or anything else. It needs to be kept clean and safe.

Thankfully, Nova is doing really well now. When her mom brought her in, we also spayed her (of course), so this will never happen to her again. 🥰🥰

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28/02/2022

This is a wonderful opportunity for people who need non-surgical attention for their pets.

*This event is not sponsored, or in any way related, to The Sam Simon Foundation. *