Spay/Neuter/Adoption
Universities Go Mobile: Mobile veterinary clinics help train future veterinarians
When it comes to studying any form of medical practice, hands-on training is a must. And that goes for veterinary students, too. While general practice veterinary students aren’t required to perform a lengthy residency in the same way medical students are, veterinary schools still require hands-on exam and surgical experience. This is most typically accomplished…
Read MoreFido Fixers Celebrates Their 10th Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinic!
We can’t believe it’s been 13 years since we built the first mobile spay and neuter clinic for Fido Fixers. Just this week, they took delivery of their ninth clinic, with the tenth sitting in our facility waiting for pickup. Fido Fixers was founded by Susan Maounis, Lisa Wysocki and Suzanne Steinberg in 2011 as…
Read MoreLa Boit Now Offers the Peterbilt 536 Chassis
La Boit Specialty Vehicles now offers the Peterbilt 536 Chassis as an option on all our larger vehicles. Peterbilt has a reputation in the market for quality, reliability, and ease of repairs. It’s one of the main reasons that we chose them after an exhaustive search for a new chassis option to offer our clients.…
Read MoreMeet Your La Boit Team: Amra Osburn, Sales Consultant
Amra Osburn is a seasoned sales professional at La Boit Specialty Vehicles, where she focuses on helping veterinarians and animal advocates design state-of-the-art mobile clinics. Her work isn’t just a career—it’s a continuation of a family legacy. Amra proudly stepped into her role following in the footsteps of her mother, who dedicated 27 years to…
Read MoreService Your La Boit Vehicle by Sealing It!
You may have heard the saying, “Water seeks its own level.” In a way, it’s kind of a comforting thought. All over the earth, all water is essentially trying to find its way back to the sea. Even the rain that falls on your specialty vehicle is just trying to go home. Unfortunately, that might…
Read MoreThe Celtic Cat
We’re not afraid to admit when we made a mistake. A couple months ago, we wrote a blog for our website on NOMAD, Inc., a cat-only spay neuter clinic out of Ohio. At the time, we wrote that NOMAD was the only La Boit-built spay/neuter clinic for cats that was run by a private practitioner…
Read MoreNOMAD, Inc.
Laura Miller, DVM, works hard for cats. Like really hard. “I’m on the road five days a week, sometimes six,” she explains. “I spay or neuter about 30 cats a day.” Dr. Laura Miller is owner and operator of NOMAD, Inc., a cat-only spay and neuter clinic serving most of the state of Ohio. While…
Read MoreBAARK! (The Bahamas Alliance for Animal Rights and Kindness)
For years, The Bahamas Alliance for Animal Rights and Kindness (BAARK!) has fought in earnest to ease the burden of the abundance of unwanted companion animals on the islands. Since their founding in 2009, they have sterilized around 18,000 animals. The organization says that these efforts have helped hold the population explosion in check, but…
Read MoreLa Boit Engineers with Safety in Mind
At La Boit Specialty Vehicles, we talk a lot about the difference between a custom built specialty vehicle and a converted RV, bus, or box truck. But even though we talk about it a lot, it might not be immediately clear to our customers what exactly that means. Our customers aren’t experts in mobile clinic…
Read MoreFriends of the Alameda Animal Shelter
They call the City of Alameda “the Island City.” Situated in the San Francisco Bay just between Oakland and San Francisco, the city itself spans across two islands, a small part of the mainland, and some minor islands. Referred to simply as “the island” by locals, the city has just under 80,000 residents. It’s those…
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