Care Animal Center

Highly recommend. Dr. Clark is god sent. I am forever grateful on moving here and finding this whole clinic. I have 6 pets and they do nothing but go over and beyond for each one of them! They techs always love them to the moon and back and I never feel nervous or leave questioning the visit or my animals health.

Excellent staff! Have her vet 3 miles from my home, but will take loads to Dothan, which is over 300 miles from my home, just to take my baby girl there. The vet is great, answers all questions and is very personable. Highly recommend Care Animal Center

I love Care Animal Center! The girls In the front are so friendly and always try to help if you have an emergency with a sick animal! And, The Vet techs are so sweet and handle my pets as if they were their own! And most importantly the veterinarians ALWAYS give the best possible veterinarian medicine and make your pet's health their highest priority! I highly recommend Care Animal Center!

Great, friendly atmosphere! I love it and more importantly, my dog loves it! My Laela had to have hernia surgery and Dr. Clark and staff did an amazing job! My Laela is now healthy and vibrant, and full of energy! I recommend Care Animal Center if you want the very best care for your pet!

This veterinarian is the absolute best. Unfortunately, I had to take my sick ferret in to be seen. Sadly, he died in my wife's arms. Nonetheless, the doctor was extremely supportive and ensured my animal was in no pain and helped my wife through the process. After my ferrets passing, they sent us a card in the mail that showed they were sorry for our loss. I know a ferret isn't a dog or a cat but he was part of our family for over 6 years and I am happy that he was able to be professionally seen by this clinic. Thank you guys!

Care Animal center staff is always so friendly and the all the Vets are great with our babies. When we are out of town I don't worry as much about my girls. They always take great care of my girls. Highly recommend!

Best place ever. everyone is so polite and professional. Doctors are great. Dr. Holland called me to discuss in detail my pet's condition, treatments, and how he might act at home indicating signs of stress or discomort in he future.

Dr. Martin is the absolute best Vet! From the front staff, the techs and doctors. I travel from Albany GA which is 100 miles to have my fur babies seen at the most knowledgeable and caring vet office I have EVER been to. I highly recommend Care Animal Center in Dothan AL. Pricing is also affordable. If you are not receiving your pet care at Care Animal, you need to!

Charlee receives excellent care each and every time she visits her vet. All personnel are warm and professional. When Charlee was sick and had to stay for three days, I received calls several times a day to keep me informed on her updates! I would highly recommend!

I'm giving this review in order to possibly receive a response! I'm looking for a good veterinarian for my three guinea pigs! They are in good health right now, But for the near future. I would like to have a good veterinarian that sees exotic pets on stand by as needed! so I'm currently searching for one! Thank you

I believe this is the best animal clinic in the area. My dachshund was ailing at the same time I needed surgery in Tampa. Dr Martin and his staff healed her bad back while I was recovering from surgery. Dr Martin kept me informed while I was incapacitated. The heat treatments he has used on my doxie's spine have allowed her to live a happy life avoiding surgery. I think these folks are terrific.

We brought our rotty that had a dislocated hip. After 2 surgerys, thousands of dollars, and leaving her there for a week so they could care for her she ended up with a perforated intestine because they just pumped her full of pain meds.

Doctor Duke was very professional. His staff was very helpful and friendly. The technician actually got a zip tie out of her truck to help us fix the carrier back to get Ozzie home safely. The charge for this visit was very reasonable as well. We will def be back to see Dr. Duke with our cockatoo.

If you have a rodent or other exotic pet, steer clear of Will Duke. Two years ago, I went to Care for my one year old rat to have a mammary tumor removed. Mammary tumors are common in unsprayed female rats, and since they're non-invasive and my rat Clementine was a healthy one-year old with no prior health issues, it should've been just a routine procedure. Clementine's tumor was under her arm and was a little smaller than a golf ball.

Nothing out of the ordinary for a mammary tumor. First off, Duke insisted that we go ahead and spay her during the same surgery to remove her tumor. I could agree with this. Everything else that followed was a complete nightmare. He insisted I fast her for 12 hours prior to surgery. For those of you not familiar with rats - they can't throw up, so aspiration is impossible, but the real problem is that fasting a rat will cause their body temperature to drop and hypothermia will set in, potentially killing them.

Will Duke said that was untrue and I "shouldn't believe everything I read on the internet" and reiterated that he was the expert and had experience with rats. Although wary, I went ahead and scheduled surgery for the next day because he was still the only "exotic" vet we could find in the area (and that's after driving an hour). I gave the front desk my card number and requested that they charge the procedure fees so I wouldn't have to deal with that after the surgery - they told me that was fine.

That night, I called my family vet (who does not treat exotics and had referred me to Care) and asked for advice, to which I was told it was most likely just nerves and to trust the doctor. The next day, I brought Clementine to the vet along with two jars of baby food and a small ziplock bag of solid food. I requested with the front desk AND with Duke himself that she be fed prior to surgery and explained my concerns about her body temperature.

He brushed me off and took Clementine's carrier with the food inside. About an hour after I dropped her off, Duke called himself to tell me Clementine died during surgery. Completely devastated, I went in there demanding to know what happened. He couldn't tell me what happened exactly - he said that the tumor removal went fine, but during the spaying, she simply stopped breathing and couldn't be resuscitated.

The spew that came out of his mouth next still infuriates me to this day. Without me bringing it up, he said he couldn't find anything indicating that fasting rats prior to surgery is dangerous (completely untrue - I can't even find one source online that *doesn't* talk about the dangers of fasting rats before surgery). He referred to her tumor several times as "cancer" (it wasn't cancerous - it was benign), and then blamed her death on doing two procedures at once because she was "under anesthesia for too long." Even if that were the case (and it's not - doing tumor removal and spaying in one go is a routine procedure and there is no one hour time limit if you're administering anesthesia and monitoring their levels correctly), HE IS THE ONE WHO INSISTED I SPAY HER TOO.

If there was an added risk due to the amount of time she would be under anesthesia for two procedures, I should've been made aware, but instead, this is the first time I was hearing about this bogus time limit under anesthesia. Not once did he apologize or seem sincerely sorry for my loss. When he brought her out so I could have alone time with her, I was horrified at how ridiculously large and gnarly her spay incision was, which leads me to believe he didn't have the proper rat-sized equipment and used tools that were much too large on her.

The food I had brought was left untouched. To add insult to injury, even though I didn't have the credit card on hand due to our arrangement made previously, I had to stand at the desk crying for about 10 minutes with my dead rat in her carrier to sort out the charges (removing the post-surgery meds that had already been added - we were still charged for everything else).

I then had to make the hour-long drive home with my dead rat next to me. The next day, I received a heartfelt card/letter from my family vet, who was torn up about hearing what happened. A few days later, I received a generic "sorry for your loss" card that was just signed by Will Duke. I continued to receive emails prompting me for a customer experience survey, which were upsetting.

I had to call and demand they take my email address off whatever list they were using. If you have exotics, please don't let this man touch them. He is arrogant, rude, cold as ice, and he lacks even the most basic knowledge about them. He's the type of faux "exotic" vet you're warned about when you get an exotic pet. He misrepresented himself and his knowledge/experience. Clementine was not practice, she was my beloved pet. I have since heard that he treats all the rodents at the local Petsmart. No wonder they're all constantly sick and in such bad shape.

This is by far the best experience that I've had at any veterinary clinic. Dr. Clark was very thorough and helpful and went out of his way to help us.

This vet practice is excellent. Dr. Martin saved my cat's life once after a terrible boarding experience elsewhere. I also boarded my dog at Care many, many times with no complaints. The staff are professional and friendly.