The Animal Hospital of Salinas teams up with our clients to provide informed, compassionate care to their pets. We continually strive to improve our knowledge, skills, and facility while maintaining a warm connection between staff, clients, and patients. We welcome you to the Animal Hospital of Salinas and thank you for choosing us for your pet's veterinary care.Your pet is an important part of your family and we understand the special bond you share with your animal companion. We are a full-service hospital that will provide excellent veterinary medicine to our patients and compassionate service to our clients.
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We are committed to providing quality Veterinary medicine along with friendly, compassionate service. Our pets are a part of our family, and every responsible owner wants to ensure that their pets are in the very best of health. The majority of conditions that animals are susceptible to have no obvious symptoms early on.
Dr. Al Chan obtained his Veterinary Medicine degree from UC Davis in 2002. After practicing in the Los Angeles area for 3 years, he and his wife decided to move up to the Monterey Peninsula, where he has been establishing a steady clientele in Salinas ever since. He loves adding a personal touch to his practice style in treating his patients and communicating with his clients.
I took my dog in for dental work and the prices were lower than most other places. I had a concern about my dog's paw that was swollen and the doctor wasn't quick to do surgery as I thought might happen and instead, he was very honest and said, let's try an antibiotic first before jumping into surgery.
Our pets are a part of our family, and every responsible owner wants to ensure that their pets are in the very best of health. The majority of conditions that animals are susceptible to have no obvious symptoms early on. Once they do present themselves, many pets may already be suffering and may then require extensive medical assistance.
Reviews (9)
Andrew Bear
Jun 10, 2022
Our family is new to Salinas, and we initiated service with AHS for our two dogs. The care and customer service was excellent. However, today one of my dogs has a concerning symptom, and I was told that there are no openings, even for emergencies, for the rest of the month (at least the next 2 1/2 weeks). The emergency vets in the area are also full. My experience, therefore, is that AHS is good for routine, scheduled care, but is not able to provide care when emergencies come up.
Renee Oli
Apr 25, 2022
Kathi Pierce
Mar 10, 2022
Jean Femister
Feb 04, 2022
Craig Schnagl
Dec 13, 2021
Was a 5 star worthy a few years ago. Now over booked(3+ weeks out on multiple occasions), pain to get on the phone and just to pick up a prescription can be a headache. I'd like to keep my 15 year old dog here to have a familiar setting until the end. But really debating switching. I have a new puppy, I went with services at another vet. I wouldn't recommend this vet office anymore.
Michelle Spicer
Feb 17, 2021
This facility is ran in complete total chaos, poor communication, lack of communication, zero efficiency, and when I brought my dogs in for what should have been a very quick evaluation turned into a 2 hour ordeal. The vet was great and called me almost immediately to discuss thoughts and more than an hour later the dogs had not been brought back to me.
I had to complain to get them to finish up with my dogs. Maybe the staff needs to learn to not run around in a million circles, but not actually accomplishing anything, focus and figure put how to be efficient and learn to communicate this facility might not be too bad. Until then stay away.
I had to complain to get them to finish up with my dogs. Maybe the staff needs to learn to not run around in a million circles, but not actually accomplishing anything, focus and figure put how to be efficient and learn to communicate this facility might not be too bad. Until then stay away.
Andrea Marble
Dec 17, 2020
Animal Hospital of Salinas has the BEST customer service I have encountered pretty much out of any business. In Sep 2018, my brother's dog had a skin infection due to fleas and rubbed the hair off his back due to excessive scratching (as a result from an encounter with a dead? raccoon). I tried taking him to Los Coches in Soledad because our dog had originally received his shots there.
No one was answering the phone even though it was 30 minutes after their open time on a weekday. We still drove to Los Coches from Gonzales, but they were not able to attend us at all and stated they only had a vet there half the day. We must've called 3 other places and Animal Hospital was by far the friendliest and most helpful. They were able to see our dog the same day.
They even tried to get past information for our dog from Los Coches, but they were not helpful AT ALL! So much for professional courtesy. At Animal Hospital of Salinas, they shaved the hair from our dog's back where it was most infected and gave us the proper ointments, meds and instructions to take care of him. While we were there, we also got him all caught up with his shots and flea meds, etc.
Fast forward about a year and a half - our dog is doing great and living his best life! All the staff at AHS are great (soooo nice, helpful and are quick to have his next round of monthly flea meds when I request a refill)! Can't say enough great things about them!
No one was answering the phone even though it was 30 minutes after their open time on a weekday. We still drove to Los Coches from Gonzales, but they were not able to attend us at all and stated they only had a vet there half the day. We must've called 3 other places and Animal Hospital was by far the friendliest and most helpful. They were able to see our dog the same day.
They even tried to get past information for our dog from Los Coches, but they were not helpful AT ALL! So much for professional courtesy. At Animal Hospital of Salinas, they shaved the hair from our dog's back where it was most infected and gave us the proper ointments, meds and instructions to take care of him. While we were there, we also got him all caught up with his shots and flea meds, etc.
Fast forward about a year and a half - our dog is doing great and living his best life! All the staff at AHS are great (soooo nice, helpful and are quick to have his next round of monthly flea meds when I request a refill)! Can't say enough great things about them!
Xime GoC
Apr 05, 2020
Angelina Nunez
Nov 03, 2019
