Animal Hospital of Soquel

Karen Ruhleder

A friend recommended me to a specific vet at AHS, Dr. Elizabeth Barton, who has since left AHS to open her own practice. I stayed with them for a while, but there was a lot of turnover in their veterinary staff, and now they don't even list their veterinarians on their website (I believe Dr. Craig Evans still owns the practice, but I don't know who else is there). I was overall happy with the veterinary care, but the staff are unprofessional. I have my cat's medication compounded at Lauden Pharmacy in Capitola. On two occasions, Lauden left multiple messages for them that they didn't return. The first time, it was because Lauden was calling about a refill. I asked why they didn't return their call and they said they no longer do refills over the phone. It turns out that this policy change was mentioned in one of their newsletters (I never got any newsletters from them), so they didn't see that it was their business to get back to the pharmacy. If you think this logic is crazy, yep. I switched to Chanticleer Veterinary Hospital, co-owned by Dr. Barton, because I wanted a practice where my cat could have a stable, long-term relationship with a veterinary team AND because I won't stay with a practice whose staff doesn't bother to return calls from a pharmacy. When I went back to ask the staff for Dr. Evans' email address so that I could contact him privately about some of my concerns, one of them actually went to the back to ask him for his email address while he was in surgery. Then she misspelled his name when writing it down for me, even after three tries. Glad I'm done with them.

Feb 19, 2026

Monique G

Our vet tech was so caring and described all of the options perfectly. I like that this veterinary practices open longer hours and has Saturday appointments. They also have quite a bit of testing equipment on site so many of the testing procedures can be done in office. They have a wide variety of specialist if they team up with as well.

Nov 5, 2025

Jessica Howard

Dr. Evans has been my vet since the late 1990's and I cannot recommend him enough. His down to earth, thoughtful approach to animal care is frankly unparalleled in our community. Animal Hospital of Soquel is always friendly, clean and helpful. Five stars across the board.

Mar 5, 2026

Michael Manzo

We switched to Animal Hospital of Soquel from a different local vet clinic. The reason we switched was that our prior vet clinic invested in some major office upgrades. No doubt the new facility was beautiful and had all of the latest veterinarian equipment. But I noticed that after those upgrades, each visit felt as if I were being engaged by salespeople versus animal medical personnel and the bill for routine checkups and shots for two dogs was... exciting. My son and I brought our 12-year-old lab to Animal Hospital of Soquel for a routine checkup. The staff was friendly and helpful, the veterinarian was compassionate and qualified, and the price was fair. The vet even advised us against vaccinations that we thought were needed, but are not for a dog of her age. Might seem insignificant, but having a vet advise against treatment that would cause no harm even if unnecessary was... refreshing. Like most pet owners, I tend to do what my vet recommends and I'm not thrilled if by the appearance that some vet offices appear as motivated by the number of line items they can add to an invoice as they are about caring for animals. My impression is that Animal Hospital of Soquel is ONLY interested in caring for animals.

Dec 19, 2025

John Hanley

We had a pleasure of meeting Dr. Martinez For the first time today. what a caring, compassionate And coupled with outstanding clinical expertise.. Granted, our dog was in for what could’ve been a simple ear infection but turned out to be a grooming issue. Many thanks to Dr. Martinez and.Alandra At the front desk for taking such good care of our older pooch. We look forward to having her as our permanent vet moving forward.

Nov 5, 2025