Soquel Creek Animal Hospital

Dr. Miller and staff have been awesome in helping me take care of my beloved elderly cat who has cancer. Dr. Miller is sensitive to the needs of pets and their human companion, especially when considering the best option for all concerned.

Found them on Unilocal and was very happy with my kittys care. The Vet was very kind and comprehensive and the staff and assistants treated our kitty well! I would highly recommend this office!

Yay! Thank goodness I discovered Soquel Creek Animal Hospital. My cat Nella is thankful too! She had a dental cleaning here recently and it all went swimmingly well. Everyone here is great, from the front desk to Meg and Dr. Miller! I have been recommending them to all my pet owner friends :) Meow.

these guys want your wallet and check book. All they wanted to do is feed my dog meds! My last in depth review was taken down. hmmm. Too but honest I guess. Worst experience besides east lake. seems other honest posts have been taken down as well. Good job folks.

Dr. Miller and his staff are by far the best vets I’ve come to know. My dog Jersey loved Dr Miller ans she was picky.
Jersey was a large red nosed pit bull and I’ve always been aware of how people look at that breed. Dr. Miller, his tech Meg and the entire staff at Soauel Creek never gave me a moments pause about how they’d treat my girl. Dr. Miller’s knowledge of Veterinarian medicine is extensive he often knew what was going on with herj ust by looking at her. One time when Jersey decided she wasn’t getting out of the car to go into the office, Meg and Dr. Miller came out and did the exam in the front seat of my truck. I don’t know of any vet that would to those lengths to take care of their patients as Dr. Miller and his staff.
All vet’s are expensive in this area, but at Soquel Creek, I always got an estimate of the costs up front, if I was having a hardship they would work with me so Jersey could get what she needed, i was never turned away because of inability to pay. If you want the best Vet care for your pet, go see. Dr. Miller, after my son saw how he was with Jersey, he immediately switched his dog’s care to Soquel creek. My girl was worth the best care I could find for her, Dr. Miller is truly the best.

I’ve been going here for years. I took my dog Riley here when we first moved to SC and I have never thought to change. I found out about Dr. Miller through larger animals he helped with at a farm I volunteered at. He’s a natural with animals. He and Dr. Sugar and the rest of the staff are always polite and kind. I appreciate how honest they are about what is needed and what can be done later/​paid for later with my dog. And she is no easy dog. She hates stepping on the scale and gets very anxious in a vets office. The staff’s calm and friendly demeanor really helps her to ease up when she is there. I would recommend this place for anyone with a pet they love. :)

Don’t take your puppy here. I signed up for the puppy pack and it was a total rip off. It comes with deworming and the vaccines and exams. The exams are a JOKE. The doctor came in for less than 5 minutes each time and never asked if I had any questions which I did. He and the whole staff continuously got my dog’s age wrong and I was always having to correct them. The one time the vet even gave a care about my puppy is when he asked the technician to push heart worm product on me! I was outraged! Even the technician was confused. Plus, the staff is unprofessional and came running and put their faces in my dog’s face without even asking. When we decided to take her to the minute clinic to get her final shot, for financial reasons as well, their office refused to settle with us and demanded payment for the whole damn puppy pack. Do not go here with your puppy unless you want subpar treatment and a confused veterinarian staff. The vet at the minute clinic answered more of our questions than their vet ever did in 2 visits. Good luck.

Dr. Miller is great, and his staff is stellar! I really appreciate that I sign off on all procedures including cost for anything recommended. I don’t ever sense they’re attempting to upsell, but If I don’t want something done I simply say «not at this time». That way when it’s time to leave… no surprises! My buddy Levi (dog), is quite special to me, and I feel he is in very capable hands at Soquel Creek Animal Hospital.

My two black cats have had all of their routine maintenance performed at Soquel Creek vet hospital.
Our older black cat, Picasso, developed a large tumor on its foot. The tumor was successfully removed, under a best case scenario. Other vet hospital suggested that the Lakewood have to be removed, and SoQuel Creek vet hospital was able to just remove the toes. Six follow up appointments kept him in good health. No additional charges other than the surgery itself and the medications were required.
Although the vet hospital save the cats leg, it cost a leg. ;) — soquel creek vet hospital runs a $ 25 diagnostic coupon in the good times every other week or so, keep an eye open for it to save some money on the visit.
The veterinarian, and the staff, are the most gentle and compassionate people I’ve ever met in an animal hospital!

Our dog Zev loves going to Soquel Creek Animal Hospital. The staff fusses over him the minute he walks through the door. We bought the puppy package and it served us well. Very friendly and compassionate team!

I have lived in Santa Cruz 30 years and have been to many vets over the years and rate Soquel Creek Animal Hospital the highest. Dr. Miller and his staff are very skillful and obviously care very deeply about the furry patients they see. I’m very impressed with how friendly and intelligent the staff is. The office itself is calming and pretty with an aquarium that my pet enjoys watching and a nice shade filled parking lot located in a pretty part of town. I will be bringing the next animal I adopt here for all of its shots and treatments.

Horrible experience. Our dog was spayed with what looks like not enough pain medication. At pickup, she was crying & heaving with pain at every breath. I was repeatedly refused any pain Meds to take home for the night. She suffered all night long – & the vet was unreachable.

I want to start off by saying that I tend to be skeptical of bad reviews and never write any. However I really felt it important to give people a real and rational idea of what this veterinary hospital is like. The staff was very friendly and I can tell they love to care for animals. However, I had to wait quite a while for the doctor. I could hear a lot of noise in the back of the hospital, it seemed like there was something chaotic going on. When the doctor came in, he was friendly and knowledgable. However I do not feel like he was listening to me, my thoughts, and opinions on what was going on (after doing some of my own research and talking to another veterinarian). When he left the room, two of his assistants came with a list of various meds/​treatments that would have cost a total of $ 200. And we had previously just discussed how I only wanted to do one of those 4 things on the list. I felt pressured to elect to do it all, pay for it all, so I decided to just pay the visit fee and find another veterinarian. While everyone there was nice, I did not appreciate not being listened to by the doctor and being pressured to spend so much money.

Great customer service, staff and vet (Dr Miller). I took my dog there for the first time and I was so impressed with how friendly everyone was.
They work with you on what services you can afford and really need which I appreciated. Everyone was so kind & gentle with my older dog, she felt very comfortable.
I’m new to area so I needed a new vet, I’m very happy I found them!

Dr Miller and the staff are amazing! You could tell they truely cared about my Ripples well being!

I’ll agree with everyone here that says the staff is kind and friendly. I couldnt ask for a better and nicer welcome. But I truly believe that the nice welcome was aimed at my wallet — not my dog. I went in for a single shot — and then next thing I knew I was presented with an estimate for nearly $ 600 worth of services — most of which were not needed. When I declined and asked for only what I had come in for — those service prices went WAY UP. In addition — services were recommended that I now understand were NOT necessary. Even tho I said I didnt think my pup needed them — the doctor’s assistant was unbelievably insistent… mentioning potential death if I didnt do what they suggested. So I did it — and today after doing research and chatting with 2 vet friends from other states — I find out it was all bogus. BAH.
Too bad the friendly service cant come with something besides a fast grab for money. I am appalled and beyond. And today my puppy is so sore he cant move… thanks to extra shots and tests that were just plain BOGUS.
Buyer beware… I wont be coming back.

We take our dog here and we have always received excellent service. Dr. Miller was very thorough and explained everything in detail. I did notice that they tend to offer «extra» services on their estimates, but after working in a vet’s office I understand why. There are many things that your pet may not need, but some of the items offered would be beneficial for older or sick animals. Dr. Miller took the time to really go over the additional charges with me and we both agreed on what our dog did and didn’t need.
Overall, I think the staff was really helpful and Dr. Miller was a great vet to work with and I would trust him with all our animals.

I’ve been bringing our dog and cats here for years. Jason and his vet techs are consistently knowledgeable, kind, and patient. The staff — the best!
Once I went to 800PetMeds for flea meds and guess what — they said they’d supply those to me at PetMed prices. Same with vaccines. They don’t want people going to discount shot-​in-​a-​box clinics because those animals won’t get the care of a real vet. Dr. Jason told me that he used to work at a place like that and some of the kittens especially were in such poor health that the last thing they needed was a vaccine, they needed a real vet.

I am really disappointed with my experience here. About six months ago, my cat started licking herself until she was bald, red, and scabbing. Her mood changed drastically and she was obviously feeling very anxious. I took her to two different vets, trying to find out what was wrong and why she had suddenly become so ill.
When we saw the vet at Soquel Creek, I felt like he wasn’t listening to me. I had done extensive research on what could possibly be going on with my cat, and I told him the things I had tried. Right off the bat he told me that she MUST have a flea allergy. I told him that wasn’t the case, she got flea medicine regularly and I had already considered that possibility and quarantined her inside for a couple of months. That hadn’t helped, I knew she was not allergic to fleas, not to mention she did not even HAVE fleas. He continued to insist that it was a flea allergy, and told me that if it wasn’t a flea allergy, it was a mood problem and she would have to be on medication for the rest of her life. He told me that she was so intensely allergic to the fleas that she would need a shot of steroids that day to help her feel more at ease. He then proceeded to sell me a very expensive, brand new oral flea medication that kills the fleas within 10 minutes or something of them landing on the animal. I failed to understand how this would help my cat, as she would still be getting bitten, which would supposedly cause the reaction right away. When I asked him this, he didn’t seem to have an answer, instead insisting that at least they would die quicker.
I realized later that the new flea medication had just come out and he was basically just pushing his products on me with little to no consideration for the welfare and comfort of my animal. He was trying to sell me something, something I did not need, something my cat did not need, and something that absolutely did not work. It was expensive, the shot he gave her was painful and uncomfortable for her, and he only talked to us for maybe 10 minutes. After the traumatizing experience of having to force feed my cat the oral flea medication that never worked, I’m glad I didn’t go back to this vet to get yet another prescription for the mood medication he told me she would need for the rest of her life.
I ended up talking to some people at my local pet store who told me to try grain free food, they swore by it. I switched her food to grain free and she was 100% better within two months. How did this vet not suggest this to me when I went to see him? He immediately went to sell me expensive and superfluous drugs, rather than actually try to help me. I will never go back and I will tell others not to go here.

Dr. Miller and his staff are fantastic. Kind patient people, very reasonable, and I was more than thrilled with how fair their pricing is. We have been driving to the Mountain Vet because the pricing in Santa Cruz county is so outrageous at some of the other Vets. It is such a refreshing thing to finally have a local vet who wants to work with you and keep your business, not make you go bankrupt because your animal gets sick.
We will be returning on a regular basis!