Where Your Pets Are Treated Like Family

A passionate team. Higher standards of medicine. A belief in treating your pet like our own. This is a special kind of veterinary hospital.

About The Clinic

Pet Care Clinic has been providing compassionate and quality veterinary care in London and surrounding communities since 1979. Each year our veterinary team attends over 150 hours of continuing education to provide your animals with the most current medical and surgical care.

We work to be the most trusted and respected pet care provider in our community by administering the best possible medical care to every patient and giving outstanding service to every pet owner.

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We invite you to enjoy our selection of images. Some are to laugh, others to cry, and others are in-between. They all show how much we love pets and the devotion of our team.

If we haven’t met in person, come by to see our premises and enjoy a lovely tea!

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Meet The Team

Dr. Emily
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Veterinarian

Dr. Dave
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Veterinarian

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About the Clinic

Pet Care Clinic has been providing compassionate and quality veterinary care in London and surrounding communities since 1979. Each year, our veterinary team attends over 150 hours of continuing education to provide your animals with the most current medical and surgical care.

We work to be the most trusted and respected pet care provider in our community by administering the best possible medical care to every patient and giving every pet owner outstanding service.  PET CARE CLINIC will take emergency as well as other medical, surgical, and dental cases. Beyond first class pet care, we provide a very calm environment so your pet can relax.

Our Services

We’re proud to provide exceptional veterinary and boarding services for your loved ones.

Preventative care helps pets stay healthy year after year. See what we have to offer to make that possible!

Vaccinating your pet gives them a high level of protection against illness and makes it harder for diseases to spread.

Your pet’s clean teeth and healthy gums won’t last long without regular dental care. Not sure where to start? Just talk to us.

If your pet needs to be spayed/neutered or has an existing problem that requires surgical care, our dedicated surgery suite can meet their needs.

Spaying and neutering can help pets live longer while also preventing unplanned animal pregnancies.

Company Accreditations

We are AAHA certified! How does that affect you? With over 1,900 different criteria covering medicine, surgery, diagnostics, and more, AAHA clinics are regularly evaluated to be sure that the standards set forth by AAHA are met and sustained. Therefore, you are provided with the highest level of care possible.

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Emergency Services

24/7/365

Call us If your pet needs immediate medical attention for illness or injury. PET CARE CLINIC is available for your pet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Whenever possible contact your regular pet care specialist. We accept patients on a walk-in basis. While no appointment is necessary, we do encourage you to call ahead for basic information and the time you expect to arrive. Pets with life threatening problems will be seen first.

We are pleased to offer you the highest quality veterinary care. We utilize the latest medical procedures and keep up with the newest medical advances in surgery.

Dr. Emily Feld

Veterinarian & Surgeon

Dr. Dara Hicks has always had a love for and ability to communicate with animals since she was a young girl. After graduating from veterinary school and moving from Ohio to London, she felt at home in the area but not in her profession. She was blessed with mentors as a new graduate who pushed her to practice detailed and advanced medicine, but she wasn’t happy with her quality of life.  So she set up Pet Care Clinic in 2013 to create a place where she could pay her bills and still love going to work. Little did she know this would create so much more!

Special Interests: General medicine and surgery, acupuncture, herbal and alternative medicine, orthopedics, cardiology

Education: The London University College of Veterinary Medicine

Pets: Cooper and Skippy (dogs), Kaya and Simon (cats)

What resulted was a place where EVERYONE liked coming to work—where people are free to develop their skills and talents in an encouraging and supportive environment. Being free to learn and try new treatments, her clients pushed her harder and harder to move beyond standard treatments that weren’t working to discover new medications that actually reversed the disease. As animals were healing permanently from chronic diseases, she joked that she was “the worse business owner in the world” because her patients were getting better and only needed to come back for yearly check-ups. She was wrong—her results brought her new clients from all over the state and, eventually, phone consults all over the United States, as well as Europe, Australia, and Asia.

In seeing mostly second opinions (or what we lovingly call “sixth opinions”), with a careful history, thorough physical exam, and subtle changes in lab work, she has identified a handful of triggers for animals’ common diseases. Her practice’s mainstay is “Food First,” where high-level nutrition is used first to improve the health and balance of the body. Any signs of toxins or disease triggers are treated with herbal or pharmaceutical medication. While she identifies herself as a holistic Veterinarian, she is willing to use whatever treatments give the best results, and so she still does surgery and chemotherapy when necessary. In the hospital, she will often use laser, ozone, PRP, and acupuncture to improve mobility and treatment outcomes.

After years of reversing chronic diseases that typically are considered irreversible, such as skin allergies, autoimmune disease, kidney failure, and paralysis, she has become convinced all diseases are treatable, including cancer. For example, she has successfully and fully treated her own dog’s heartworm disease with homeopathy, her cat’s kidney failure and hepatitis with herbal medicine, and her own autoimmune disease with herbs and meditation. This outlook on healing has greatly impacted the outlook of her clients and coworkers on their own health and the health of their animals. A common saying you will hear around here is, “Once you see it, you can never unsee it.”

Advanced Courses and Certifications:

  • Veterinary acupuncture
  • Chinese food therapy
  • Veterinary Chinese herbal medicine
  • Meridian autonomic testing (muscle testing)
  • Detoxification medicine
  • Tick- and vector-borne diseases
  • Abdominal and cardiac ultrasonography

Publications and Appearances:

  • Glycoflex National Commercial
  • VetriScience National Advisory Board
  • Veterinary Practice News
  • VetFolio Podcast
  • Fox News Rising
  • Charlotte Today

Dr. Dave Barden

Veterinarian & Surgeon

Dr. Dara Hicks has always had a love for and ability to communicate with animals since she was a young girl. After graduating from veterinary school and moving from Ohio to London, she felt at home in the area but not in her profession. She was blessed with mentors as a new graduate who pushed her to practice detailed and advanced medicine, but she wasn’t happy with her quality of life.  So she set up Pet Care Clinic in 2013 to create a place where she could pay her bills and still love going to work. Little did she know this would create so much more!

Special Interests: General medicine and surgery, acupuncture, herbal and alternative medicine, orthopedics, cardiology

Education: The London University College of Veterinary Medicine

Pets: Cooper and Skippy (dogs), Kaya and Simon (cats)

What resulted was a place where EVERYONE liked coming to work—where people are free to develop their skills and talents in an encouraging and supportive environment. Being free to learn and try new treatments, her clients pushed her harder and harder to move beyond standard treatments that weren’t working to discover new medications that actually reversed the disease. As animals were healing permanently from chronic diseases, she joked that she was “the worse business owner in the world” because her patients were getting better and only needed to come back for yearly check-ups. She was wrong—her results brought her new clients from all over the state and, eventually, phone consults all over the United States, as well as Europe, Australia, and Asia.

In seeing mostly second opinions (or what we lovingly call “sixth opinions”), with a careful history, thorough physical exam, and subtle changes in lab work, she has identified a handful of triggers for animals’ common diseases. Her practice’s mainstay is “Food First,” where high-level nutrition is used first to improve the health and balance of the body. Any signs of toxins or disease triggers are treated with herbal or pharmaceutical medication. While she identifies herself as a holistic Veterinarian, she is willing to use whatever treatments give the best results, and so she still does surgery and chemotherapy when necessary. In the hospital, she will often use laser, ozone, PRP, and acupuncture to improve mobility and treatment outcomes.

After years of reversing chronic diseases that typically are considered irreversible, such as skin allergies, autoimmune disease, kidney failure, and paralysis, she has become convinced all diseases are treatable, including cancer. For example, she has successfully and fully treated her own dog’s heartworm disease with homeopathy, her cat’s kidney failure and hepatitis with herbal medicine, and her own autoimmune disease with herbs and meditation. This outlook on healing has greatly impacted the outlook of her clients and coworkers on their own health and the health of their animals. A common saying you will hear around here is, “Once you see it, you can never unsee it.”

Advanced Courses and Certifications:

  • Veterinary acupuncture
  • Chinese food therapy
  • Veterinary Chinese herbal medicine
  • Meridian autonomic testing (muscle testing)
  • Detoxification medicine
  • Tick- and vector-borne diseases
  • Abdominal and cardiac ultrasonography

Publications and Appearances:

  • Glycoflex National Commercial
  • VetriScience National Advisory Board
  • Veterinary Practice News
  • VetFolio Podcast
  • Fox News Rising
  • Charlotte Today