3 Best Veterinary Clinics in Berkeley, CA

Been having issues with my cat, Piglet for the past few days that got scary tonight. Called the hospital, mistaking it for one I took her to a year ago. When I was on the phone I was warned that the wait could be long. I was balling my eyes out already as my baby showed signs of a seizure. By the time I arrived at the office, I was informed that the wait would be at least six hours. But the angels that worked at Berkeley Dog & Cat Hospital had called ahead to other emergency clinics in the area to see which one had the shortest wait times. They found me a great one in San Rafael. When I informed them I was almost out of gas, they pointed me in the direction of the cheapest and safest gas station in the area. This is a clinic that understands what we need in an emergency for our babies. Another woman was in the same waiting room and got the same results and I later saw her at the same ER, both thankful for being redirected and saving our babies lives. This clinic didn’t need to do this but they did. The workers need hugs and more recognition because they could’ve easily just left me in the waiting room. Definitely good people who are doing it for the animals and the people who love them.

Words can hardly capture how grateful we are to have found this vet clinic! Dr. Shimura saved our cat's life by performing an emergency surgery — she is an excellent surgeon and a compassionate doctor. She even checked up on our cat on her days off to ensure he was healing properly. Dr. Kassie gave the initial x-ray and ultrasound and was equally kind and professional. They both laid out all the options for us and helped us arrive at the best care plan for our cat. The whole staff was so supportive and accommodating throughout the multi-day process, and every employee we interacted with was willing to help how they could. The front desk kept us entertained with heartfelt conversation whenever we had to wait. A visit to the vet is rarely fun for people or pets, but Berkeley Dog & Cat made the process as seamless as possible. This is top-of-the-line care and we are so appreciative of this staff for their compassion!

Our dog was in a very bad state. He ate some plastic that was lodged in his intestines. He wasn’t eating, was occasionally yelping, and couldn’t sit still. We took him to Berkeley Dog and Cat Hospital in the middle of the night and they saved his life. He had emergency surgery and the veterinarians kept us up to speed on all they did. The vet techs, reception were all so kind, caring, and understanding of how frightened we were. Dr Shimura had to cut dead parts of his intestines. There were so many people involved in saving our dogs life. We are so thankful to the staff here. It was very expensive unfortunately, but we had some help with insurance. Again, So much appreciation and thankfulness to the staff at Berkeley Dog and Cat.

Wow the vet is really caring and answered all my questions I had during my visit. The reason I left my previous vet for Campus Veterinary Clinic is because the previous vet just rushed us all the time and didn't feel like they really cared about the issues at hand. We have to do fluid therapy and they provided all of our options. We decided to do it ourselves and they gave us a tutorial on how to do it at home to save money. Great experience so far and glad I found Campus Veterinary Clinic

I have been to Campus Veterinary Clinic twice so far, and both times have been positive (for me at least, my cat was treated very well but he tends not to enjoy vet visits at all!). I haven't needed had any major issues yet, so I couldn't speak to their capabilities there, but everything we have required has been well met and handled by the friendly vets and techs. The prices seem reasonable for the area and level of care as well.

The folks at Campus Vet have been very kind and helpful. We have seen Dr. Bess for the first time, and she was lovely with Monty, and followed up promptly with info and advice. The tech assistants are also great with him. He is scheduled for a dental cleaning and potential multiple extractions. I hope they do only what is absolutely necessary, since we had a bad experience with my previous vet.