Animal Hospital of Salinas

Amazing staff and dr.‘s the best in the central coast!!! Hey are always patient and kind with out kids
Katie at the front desk is superb

We’ve been going to animal hospital of salinas for 2 years since we got our puppy. All the doctors are knowledgeable and dog lovers. Staff are great too. Kind, informative:) we board our dog when we travel and they take care of him well.

We love Dr. Amaral and we found out she joined the animal hospital, we had to go see her! She is gentle, attentive and clearly knows her stuff! This was our first visit to the Animal Hospital and we found the staff nice and friendly. Our puppy was nervous, but we knew she was in kind hands. Thanks!

Everyone at Animal Hospital of Salinas does a great job helping me take care of my 5 dogs and 2 cats! All of the doctors take their time with my pets and take time to explain all options to me. The rest of the staff is just as courteous, professional and compassionate. I’ve had animals all of my life and and have visited quite a few vet clinics. Animal Hospital of Salinas is professional, caring and very reasonably priced. I would highly recommend them.

Excellent place. I just moved to I like that there is a separate entrance for cats/​birds and dogs. Keeps things quiet for thé smaller ones so they don’t go into a new place with big dog noises coming from behind the door.
And the asian Dougie howser dr. Chan is a really good doctor. Very informative, attentive, and talks you through the tests and variables and details — he doesn’t just act like a yes/​no machine.
All the front staff are super helpful and all seem very well informed on subjects and clients. No «huh?» responses.
Overall best place I’ve found so far in monterey county.

I have not had any kind of pet since I was a teenager. My husband & I decided it was time to «extend our family» & get a dog. We got our little border terrier 2 years ago at 6 weeks old & have never brought her anywhere else. Dr. Chan & his staff are an amazing, pet friendly group. Everytime i walk in the office, the staff greets me & then comes around to greet our little dog. Everytime Dr. Chan walks in, he immediately gets down to her level on the floor & plays with her for a couple of minutes before he does any kind of exam. He also seems like a very knowledgable doctor. At our first visit, when Penny was just 6 weeks old, Dr. Chan thought he detected a slight heart murmur. He wanted to be sure so had one of the other doctors come in & listen. They both reassured me that they didn’t think it was anything serious & have made it a point to address it and follow up on it at every exam. I would never take my dog anywhere else.

my excellent rock star wife and i have taken our kids here for more than a decade. there is no greater love than the love that she has for our kids.
doctor stro, the other doctors, and the outstanding front office staff always treated my excellent wife, our kids, and me, extremely well. our lives were enriched by the association.
their hearts broke with ours over the years when the nine lives of our kids ran out.
i am certain that the high quality of animal care has not diminished.
the front office is staffed by rock stars. we love the way they love our kids. we love katie and would like to adopt her.
something has changed at animal hospital of salinas. our love for our kids — and our our history — are not acknowledged by doctor chan. my excellent wife’s written instructions on how to treat us when we are anguished — are ignored by this doctor. this has increased our anguish, and it could potentially prolong the suffering of our remaining kids when they are near their final day (s).
it is my job to protect my wife and kids, so the likelihood of our continued association with animal hospital of salinas appears to be slim.

I was very pleased with our first visit to Animal Hospital of Salinas. The staff were all nice and friendly and allowed me to do a walk in appointment on a Saturday. Dr. Chan had a great personality and didn’t make us feel rushed at all. He welcomed us to Salinas and also asked many questions about our dog which I wasn’t used to. You could tell that he really cared versus just looking to just bill us for many services. I look forward to continuing to go to Dr. Chan in the future.

We are so happy we took our new Puppy Charley here. We bought their Puppy Package and found it to be a good deal.
Very kind, caring staff and we had a great experience. They spent a lot of time with us, at the last visit they even showed us how to clip his nails and ended up doing it with us.

Great experience. The staff are friendly and helpful. They went out of there way to help my puppy. This is the best vet ive been to.

I brought my dog Andrea here for the first time in 09÷07÷06.
She has been seen by Dr. Stroshine and Dr. Kennedy .
I have had nothing but excellent service from them all!
Andrea was diagnosed with Cancer and had to be put to sleep on 02/​17/​2011,
Dr Kennedy was the one who put her to sleep… I was a mess and he and the staff were very kind to me.
It took me a long time to get over Andrea, but in Jan of 2014 I was blessed with a Service Dog from Canine Companions For Independence.
I took my new dog Theresa to the Animal Hospital of Salinas without any hesitation, they have always been there when I needed them, for all my pets needs and mine.
The staff and Doctors care about the pet parent as well as the pet!
I highly recommend Animal Hospital of Salinas!
A very satisfied customer!
Update: My new dog Theresa and I were seen by Dr. Chan, I really liked him.
He didn’t mind all the questions I asked and also asked questions about Theresa.
I will be returning with Theresa

I have been taking my cats here for the last 2 years and I couldn’t be happier. Dr. Chan, Dr. Sage and their staff are the best! Dr. Sage & Dr. Chan are great at what they do. Unlike the other vet’s I have gone too, they have always diagnosed my cats quickly and without a bunch of expensive testing. Every other vet wants to run a bunch of tests and says well it could be this or that but we won’t know without doing $ 500 worth of bloodwork! Not so with Dr. Chan & Dr. Sage. They were both able to tell me what was going on with my cats prior to any testing. They never rush things, they are compassionate and are more than willing to answer any questions. They understand that veterinary costs can be expensive and they are willing to come up with a care plan that works for you.
Their staff is amazing! They are always cheerful and helpful, I pick up food & medication several times a month and they always greet me with smile! Overall I am really happy with the service I’ve received. I highly recommend Animal Hospital of Salinas.

I love these guys! We started going here a little over a year ago with our golden retriever. They are very accommodating and very practical. As opposed to other vets we had been to over the years, they were more reasonable and we did not feel they over treated. Then, about a year ago we adopted a Frenchie puppy, who has been seeing Dr. Chan since we got him. Dr. Chan has always been great with him and always manages to get him in for emergencies right away. The puppy needed a gastrectomy at 6 mo. for swallowing an apricot pit and that went very well and the puppy was well cared for. Dr. Chan always explains his diagnoses and treatment thoroughly and spends a lot of time for each appointment.

Dr. Kennedy and his staff are great! Our cat has an ongoing medical problem and he is always kind, caring and patient. He always throughly answers all of my questions. He does recommend dewormers and flea control, but you are more than welcome to decline them. I have and he has never tried to guilt me into any pet treatment that I do not want.

I took my dog to another veterinarian and what he had on his eye and face was not cancer like this vet seems to state. It was just a non cancerous growth. My dog was on his best behavior with this new vet, maybe because he felt more at ease and with old vet he could feel his anxiety, anger, or whatever this guys problem was.