Round-the-clock emergency veterinary care in Chula Vista runs through Pet Emergency & Specialty Center–South County on Canarios Court in the Rancho del Rey area of the 91910 ZIP. The facility functions as the after-hours referral destination for primary-care practices throughout South County, including Telegraph Canyon Animal Medical Center on the Telegraph Canyon corridor, which routes critical cases once its doors close. Part of the Thrive Pet Healthcare network, the hospital staffs board-eligible emergency clinicians around the clock and maintains a veterinary pharmacy on-site for immediate dispensing. Emergency capabilities span trauma stabilization, toxin ingestion management, foreign-body surgical extraction, and critical-care monitoring with IV fluid therapy and oxygen support. Post-discharge recovery plans for surgical patients incorporate structured walks coordinated through Tails 2 Trails to rebuild stamina under controlled conditions. The highest-acuity intervention is emergency exploratory laparotomy for gastric dilatation-volvulus, requiring rapid anesthesia induction, gastric decompression, surgical derotation of the stomach, and gastropexy to prevent recurrence — a time-critical procedure measured in minutes from intake to incision.