Animal Wellness Center

Taken 2007-03-29.

Animal Wellness Center provides an integrative approach to pet health; in addition to traditional veterinary care, they also provide veterinary acupuncture, chiropractic, and eastern/western herbs. Primary physicians are Dr. Alton Raymond and Dr. Kris Dailey.

Dr. Dailey is 1996 graduate of UC Davis with a special interest in reptiles, small mammals and alternative medicine. Her focus is on integrative care for animals and is certified in small animal chiropractic as well as veterinary acupuncture from the Chi Institute; she also uses herbal remedies and bioresonance therapy.

Taken 2007-4-11

Dr. Raymond is a graduate of Ohio State University and has been in practice for 24 years, establishing a chain of Sacramento area practices. A graduate of the Evergreen School of Herbal Medicine as well as the Chi Institute, Dr. Raymond is additionally certified in small animal chiropractic.

See our Veterinary Hospitals page for other vet services within Davis.

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2005-07-19 16:07:40   Very good staff and physicians. My dog has been treated well here. —MikeSiminitus

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2007-02-16 09:46:43   I was really excited to find an Integrative center in Davis, and was very impressed with the care of my dog and the doctor's awareness of current health issues and discussion. —BobbyGray

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2007-05-29 21:52:24   I was really turned off by all the products they were trying to sell, and they never really connected with my animal, they didn't seem to care. —DavisGirl

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2008-07-03 19:18:10   I had a terrible experience with this vet office recently. I had a situation with my dog the other day and when I called in to see if I should bring him in, the receptionist on the phone was completely rude and not at all helpful. She didn't seem to care about the questions I was asking, and rather than ask someone else she simply told me that it was my decision if I wanted to try to bring him in. She actually giggled at me when I asked her when the earliest appointment was so that I could have my dog checked out. Her behavior infuriated me to the point that I told her I would find another vet to go to. That's exactly what I did, and I never plan on going back to the Animal Wellness Center. The staff is unfit. —davis546

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2008-07-09 10:22:16   Dr. Raymond is the best vet I've had. He is competent, knowledgeable and compassionate than any other vet I've taken my dog to. —VisitorFromSac

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2008-11-29 08:24:10   All I have to say is that I will never take my pets here again. First time I took my rat here who was really sick and had to be put to sleep. They wouldln't let me stay with him. Then I took my dog here who I later found out had distemper, and they didn't even figure it out. I had to get a waiver for the shelter I got her at to delay her spay, and they wouldn't even give that to me since they said me taking her to the ER vet was considered getting her treatment somewhere else.

Never take your pets here. —Bri916

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2009-04-14 20:44:53   DO NOT TAKE YOUR PET THERE!!!!!!! The receptionist was rude. I was in the room for at least 45 mins before anyone remembered I was there. My pet ended up dying within 12 hours (i do not blame them for that) But when I called to let them know(cuz I thought they would care), the lady who answered the phone was RUDE and didn't seem to care that my pet had died. She hung up the phone BEFORE I was done talking. My friend used to work there and just told me HORRIBLE things about that place. DO NOT TAKE YOUR PET THERE!!!! —starshine128

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2009-08-20 17:34:31   We are new to Davis and read the reviews here and called around to other vets for pricing on a neuter for our 6mo old puppy. We called 2 other vets to gage the costs, the procedures, the well being of our dog and this was the 3rd place we called.

Acorn, though literally down the street from us wanted:
Required $45 vet visit ontop of the nueter at $235

Davis Animal Hospital
Required vet visit: $50
required blood work $80-$120 (depending on the size of the dog)
Neuter: $150-200 (depending on the size of the dog)

Animal Wellness was by far the best price with everything included (vet visit and neuter) at a normal price of $210 but happened to be running a special the month of August where all the normal optional items could be included for a price of $171.80 (optional items are things like the cone to prevent licking the stitches, blood work, pain meds). They shared with us the itemized list of where all the costs were going to be incured and talked us through what was needed and what he could live without.

They did not try to sell us any addtional products or procedures we didn't need.

We opted out of some of them and our total price came to $118!!

As for the negative reviews here - I have NO IDEA what you are talking about. Dr. Dailey did our little guy and she was sweet and caring to how scared and nervous he was!!She talked to him like we do, in a sweet soft voice. She noticed his nails were a little long, and his ears needed plucking and she said they would take care of that for us while he was asleep! (also - didn't charge us for that either!)

The receptionist(s) were very pleasant and nice, I dealt with one in the morning and one in the afternoon when I went to pick him up and either they fired the one you all reference here below, or she had an attitude adjustment because these ladies were very nice and helpful to deal with.

When I picked him up, the nurses carried him out and walked me through his post surgery care, asked if I had questions and everything done in a patient, caring manner.

For only being in Davis a few weeks, I can tell you that we were more than happy with this place and intend on going back with our puppy and our older dog as well.

Boo to you all nay sayers! —brynacorcoran

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2009-08-30 20:03:58   I took my dog here when I adopted her about 3 years ago, since they had a great deal on spays/neuters for rescue dogs. I don't remember anything about the receptionist or the techs except that one of them automatically thought she had to *convince* me to get pain pills for my dog - obviously I'm going to want to give my dog something after an invasive surgery like that! I guess they get a lot of people who refuse because they don't think it's necessary/don't want to pay or something. Anyway, I don't remember the name of the veterinarian, but she had tons of scars on her arms from bites it looked like. She was awesome!! My dog was really shy and a bit of crybaby, and the vet did great with her and gave me tons of information in answer to my questions. So that's my experience - as an aside, I haven't experienced this rude receptionist myself, but I would give her a bit of a break. Working in a vet hospital and dealing with clients who always think the vet is just after their money can be quite taxing, something I know from personal experience. And man, one of the most OBNOXIOUS things someone can do when they take their animal to the vet is say "well, I read this on the internet, so that's what I've been doing and that's what I'm going to keep doing" or try to diagnose the problem themselves.

Aside number 2 - lots of vets do not let the owner be present for a euthanasia. You may think you want to be there, but much, much more often than not the experience proves to be too upsetting and difficult and the vet wishes they had just not allowed the owner to be there to begin with. Plus, quite frequently the owner wants to "just be alone" with their dead pet for a bit and clinics just don't have time to give up the room for that. Don't take it personally. —dontworryaboutit

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2009-11-14 12:05:47   I like this place but only when Dr.Dailey is working. I have two kittens, one of which was just treated for a URI (upper respiratory infection) by Dr.Dailey. She was very comforting and knew exactly how to cure my kitten. Months before I had taken my other kitten in to be treated for an eye infection by Dr.Raymond who is a little older and not exactly very friendly with the animals. He has this look that is like "oh I've done this a million times" like hes bored mad and ready to retire. There rest of the staff there is great and i would defiantly go back with the request of Dr.Dailey. —mrskanaan