FAD: Free Animal Doctor

06/04/2026

❤-- Help More Dogs in Urgent Situations Like Luna! --🐾

Luna had a condition called pyometra, an infection of the uterus. The infection causes the uterus to swell, and eventually burst, which results in death from septic shock: the body cannot handle the sudden internal flood of the viral infection.
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There is only one solution: surgery to remove the uterus. And if the swelling is as bad as it is here, that needs to happen NOW.

Her owner Anthony took her to an ER vet, and they told him it would cost over $10,000 an amount he did not have, and did not have any way to raise. Also, a ridiculous price! This surgery is often done in the range of $2000-$4000.

Fortunately, in desperation, Anthony found us on Thursday. We were able to get him an appointment two hours from his home that evening, for around $2000. He pawned everything he had that could be pawned, with friends chipping in, and drove to west Los Angeles.
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Here you can see Luna on the surgery table that evening. The doctor squeezed her into his busy Thursday schedule because he recognized the emergency. Even then, it was worse that he expected.

Below you can see what looks like sausage around a orange-ish mass. That sausage shape is the uterus, at least 10x larger than it should be. Where the green arrows point are two particularly swollen areas the doctor said he was afraid to touch. They were so hard and swollen he though they might burst at any time.

The entire uterus was carefully removed. Luna was stitched up, and late the evening she was already awake!

The doctor kept her all day Friday, but by late afternoon she was released back to Anthony, able to walk out of the clinic! Today (Sunday) she is doing great at home!!
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She is eating and drinking normally, and back to being a happy dog! (Yes there are some pain meds that might be helping, but the point is she is making a full recovery).

One thing we do daily at FAD is give people recommendations and useful information on vet care. Many people simply need direction to more affordable options. And sometimes we can help with emergency cases, like Luna's.

Help us with this work by making a donation to Free Animal Doctor directly. Click any of the ORANGE buttons to make a donation right now. We appreciate it, and it will be used to make all the difference to more dogs like Luna in the future!
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“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.”
— Charles Dickens

06/04/2026

Who agrees?

06/02/2026

Akitra is a senior pup with bad teeth. His owner is almost 80 years old, fixed income. Her vet used to take payments but no longer does.

We at FAD went and met her in person and Akitra, and did the photos. He's a deserving dog, and a deserving owner (she got Akitra from the animal shelter 4 years ago). Let's make this pup's Summer and get him healthy!

Help with a donation here:

Akitra is an 11-year-old male Maltese/Terrier mix who needs urgent dental care. Tanya has noticed worsening bad breath over the last 2–3 months, and the concern is that Akitra has advanced dental d…

06/02/2026

Daisy: A visible breast tumor has been growing for months, needs surgery to remove a mammary tumor and be spayed.

Daisy is an 8-year-old female Shih Tzu who has been diagnosed with a mammary (breast) tumor and needs surgery to remove the mass and have it tested. Because Daisy is not spayed, the veterinarian ha…

05/31/2026

Look at those eyes! ❤🐾
Little Mylo is a young boy, and totally tore up his knee. Can't walk on it all. Let's help him get the surgery he needs
Click Mylo's picture to see video of him walking and help:

Mylo is a 6-year-old male Poodle/Shih Tzu mix who has torn the ligaments in his right back leg and needs orthopedic surgery to stabilize the joint. Nidia was told the injury is severe. Both key lig…

05/29/2026

The hospital said "put him down", the family that rescued him said NO! ❤🐾

Chance needs our help. His family maxed out their credit on him, and now he needs another round of care. Help this puppy! Click his image below to see the full story and donate:

Chance is a 5-month-old male Lab mix puppy who is still fighting to get fully healthy after a terrifying medical crisis and an extremely expensive misdiagnosis. Some days he seems brighter and eats…

05/29/2026

Dedicated owner pawned everything he could and then drove over 2 hours to the vet we recommended. Very urgent case for this poor girl!
Help here: https://freeanimaldoctor.org/campaigns/luna-14/

05/28/2026

This beautiful cat was stray!
Maybe he was abandoned because of health issues? He shakes his head when eating, and was very skinny. Only 2 years old he has stomatitis, which is correctable with full dental extractions.

Jon Snow is now safe, but the lady who adopted him cannot afford the full cost of the surgery he needs, so Jon needs our help to get healed and neutered. Donate to him directly, click his picture:

Jon Snow is a 2-year-old male Maine C**n who needs full-mouth extractions for stomatitis, plus a neuter surgery that will be more complex because he has an undescended testicle (which can require a…

05/26/2026

URGENT!
At risk of death by septic shock, pyrometra
Lucy's owner is disabled, and not able to take good pictures, but this poor baby needs help right away. It's not her fault.
Donate to Lucy and we will get her help ASAP:

This poor dog needs pyometra surgery right away. This is a serious infection of the uterus, that can lead to a rupture and then death from septic shock. Her owner is Salvatore, and he is disabled w…

05/25/2026

---Happy Memorial Day!---
Do you know the story of Smoky from WWII?

Smoky was a four pound, purebred Yorkshire Terrier found in an abandoned foxhole in New Guinea during fighting there in 1944.

The soldier who found her sold her shortly thereafter for poker money, two Australian dollars, to Corporal Bill Wynne, who was serving with the US Army Air Forces' 5th Air Force. Bill kept her throughout the rest of the war, returning to the USA with her where she died in Cleveland in 1957, 13 years later.

Her story is unbelievable, yet true!

The short version:
She served in 12 combat missions, and received eight battle stars as a participant in combat.

Corporal Wynne credits her with saving his life by alerting him to incoming shell fire.

In the Luzon campaign Smoky helped in construction of a runway by running cable through small tunnels, which almost certainly saved numerous lives.

She lived off C-rations from fellow troops, whom she entertained.

Perhaps most importantly, she is credited with being the first medical therapy dog. While Wynne was hospitalized with dengue fever at the 233rd Station Hospital in New Guinea one of the physicians was Dr. Charles Mayo of the Mayo Clinic.

Dr. Mayo allowed Smoky to stay with Wynne in his hospital bed, and she became a hit with the wounded and ill soldiers at the hospital, and was noted for boosting moral. She continued this work for the rest of her life, starting off the use of dogs for therapy, which is now a well accepted and proven concept in medical care.

The mystery of Smoky
In the 1940s Yorkshire Terriers were almost unknown in America, and it was actually Smoky that popularized them in the post war years as she became a celebrity of sorts. How a four pound dog survived a battle to be found in an abandoned foxhole is itself a bit of a mystery, but how it was a purebred Yorkie on a remote island known mostly for it's isolated tribes is mind blowing.

Numerous theories have been presented, including that she might have been the property of a Japanese officer. But she was tested with a Japanese translater and knew no Japanese langauge commands. When found she was dirty, but otherwise recently groomed and in good health.

Wynne himself sincerely said that she was sent to him as a guardian angel, and he believed whole-heartedly that she saved his life. Probably no dog has made both more of a contribution during war AND after than Smoky, especially if you count it pound-by-pound!

A great article in the Cleveland Magazine, from 2007:
https://clevelandmagazine.com/articles/smoky-the-wonder-dog

Smoky's official webpage:
https://www.smokywardog.com/

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“Many and various animals were employed to support British and Allied Forces in wars and campaigns over the centuries and as a result millions died. From the pigeon to the elephant they all played a vital role in every region of the world in the cause of human freedom. Their contribution must never be forgotten.”
— Inscription of the Animals in War Memorial, Hyde Park, London.