# Gentle Care Pet Clinic, Long Beach: a veterinarian in Long Beach (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/long-beach/gentle-care-pet-clinic-long-beach-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 10 sources. Updated 2026-09-03. Owner review: not yet. 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Its AI Score is 50 of 100, which is fair. Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Veterinarian | | Address | 8175 E Wardlow Rd, Long Beach, CA 90808, USA | | Hours | Mon to Thu 7 AM to 7 PM · Fri 8 AM to 6 PM · Sat 8 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sun | | Phone | (562) 594-9955 | | Medical director | Nothing found | | Rating | 4.7 across 489 reviews on Google | | Known for | Gentle Care Pet Clinic is best known for its friendly and compassionate veterinary services, particularly for dogs and cats, while also offering affordable care options. | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Nothing found | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | September 19, 2026, 1:06 PM | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 8175 E Wardlow Rd, Long Beach, CA 90808, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Location info | Description | Gentle Care Pet Clinic provides routine cat and dog health care as well as emergency and critical care for our patients. We are a well-established practice offering a wide array of veterinary medical services. More importantly, we strive to deliver quality service with a genuine, compassionate touch. If you’re seeking a veterinarian in this area that you can trust with the life-long care of your cherished companion, look no further. New clients and patients are always welcome! | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Sat 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Location info | Name | Gentle Care Pet Clinic | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (562) 594-9955 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Services | Service | Blogs | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 | | Services | Service | Deworming | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 | | Services | Service | Diagnostics imaging | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 | | Services | Service | Download app | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 | | Services | Service | Microchipping | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 | | Services | Service | Parasite prevention | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 | | Services | Service | Pet surgery | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 | | Services | Service | Pharmacy | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 | | Services | Service | Vaccinations | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 | | Links | Website | https://www.gentlecarepetclinic.com/?utm_source=gbp&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=local&utm_content=default&utm_term=Empty&clinic_id=ca-90808-gentlecarepetclinic&utm_region=west&source_platform=Empty | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | ## Services and prices These are the 9 services Gentle Care Pet offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Download app | | | | Confirmed | | Pet surgery | | | | Confirmed | | Pharmacy | | | | Confirmed | | Microchipping | | | | Confirmed | | Blogs | | | | Confirmed | | Vaccinations | | | | Confirmed | | Deworming | | | | Confirmed | | Diagnostics imaging | | | | Confirmed | | Parasite prevention | | | | Confirmed | ### Known for Gentle Care Pet Clinic is best known for its friendly and compassionate veterinary services, particularly for dogs and cats, while also offering affordable care options. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting Gentle Care Pet Address: 8175 E Wardlow Rd, Long Beach, CA 90808, USA. Phone: (562) 594-9955. Hours: Mon to Thu 7 AM to 7 PM · Fri 8 AM to 6 PM · Sat 8 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked September 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by Gentle Care Pet on its Google Business Profile: "Gentle Care Pet Clinic provides routine cat and dog health care as well as emergency and critical care for our patients. We are a well-established practice offering a wide array of veterinary medical services. More importantly, we strive to deliver quality service with a genuine, compassionate touch. If you’re seeking a veterinarian in this area that you can trust with the life-long care of your cherished companion, look no further. New clients and patients are always welcome!" ### When to go Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Twice Baked Gluten Free Baking Company | Bakery | 1 min walk | | Benley \| Vietnamese Kitchen | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk | | Taco Stand | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk | | Wardlow-Norwalk | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Crepas, churros y Tamales | Dessert shop | 2 min walk | | Mooney's Pizza Tavern | Pizza restaurant | 3 min walk | ## Reputation 4.7 average across 489 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read September 3, 2026.) While many appreciate the compassionate care, concerns about professionalism and recent changes have led some to seek alternatives. (AI guess, from 489 reviews.) ### What people like Nothing found ### What people do not like - Long waits past the appointment time - Unresponsive front desk staff - Perceived decline in quality since ownership change ### Press No press story about Gentle Care Pet found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from Gentle Care Pet Gentle Care Pet hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### opening hours here, what are they these days? No answer yet ### Gentle Care Pet, any chance to book in this week? No answer yet ### never been to Gentle Care Pet in Long Beach, how does it go? No answer yet ### anything I should sort out before a consult at Gentle Care Pet? No answer yet ### how rough is the follow up at Gentle Care Pet? No answer yet ### numbing here, do you have to ask for it? No answer yet ### Turning up at Gentle Care Pet for the first time, what happens? No answer yet ### best veterinarian in Long Beach No answer yet ### do they do payment plans at Gentle Care Pet? No answer yet ### last update from here was when? No answer yet ### prices round here, anyone got a number No answer yet ### anyone been on a Sunday, were they trading No answer yet ### are the injectors here nurses or doctors No answer yet ### torn between Gentle Care Pet and Lbc Vets? No answer yet ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? No answer yet ### the good stuff about Gentle Care Pet, what is it? No answer yet ### financing here, is there any? No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about Gentle Care Pet We ask ChatGPT about Gentle Care Pet. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 3, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 50 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Long Beach veterinarians run 25 to 50. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Gentle Care Pet scores 50, above the Long Beach average of 34. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Gentle Care Pet | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 100 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Good | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 42 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 0 of 1 answer that recommended anyone. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 91 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 54 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 33 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 77 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about a veterinarian When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google for a med spa, the AI does not visit each business. It reads what is already written about it: the business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp and RealSelf, news stories, licensing boards and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That is why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it is not, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that says "the nurse did half a syringe in my lips and it looks natural" is far more useful to an AI than one that says "great place." ## How to choose a veterinarian in California, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and matter more than any rating. This is general information, not medical advice. - Look up every injector. Doctors are listed by the California medical board, and nurses and nurse practitioners by its nursing board. Both lookups are free. - Ask who does the injections, and check that person's license. - Ask for the price per unit of Botox and per syringe of filler, not per area. - Read reviews that name a provider and a treatment. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Ask whether they dissolve filler and when they would tell you not to add more. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Gentle Care Pet if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Gentle Care Pet | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Gentle Care Pet Clinic | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.gentlecarepetclinic.com/?utm_source=gbp&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=local&utm_content=default&utm_term=Empty&clinic_id=ca-90808-gentlecarepetclinic&utm_region=west&source_platform=Empty | Subject of this page | | Long Beach, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City Gentle Care Pet is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the veterinarians in Long Beach, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best veterinarians in Long Beach: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/long-beach/veterinarian - Best businesses in Long Beach: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/long-beach ### Nearby - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own Gentle Care Pet Clinic. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJHzu5PXwu3YARQWrfrugCCLo (accessed Sep 3, 2026) - [2] gentlecarepetclinic.com, https://www.gentlecarepetclinic.com/blogs/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [3] gentlecarepetclinic.com, https://www.gentlecarepetclinic.com/services/deworming/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [4] gentlecarepetclinic.com, https://www.gentlecarepetclinic.com/services/diagnostics-imaging/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [5] gentlecarepetclinic.com, https://www.gentlecarepetclinic.com/download-app/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [6] gentlecarepetclinic.com, https://www.gentlecarepetclinic.com/services/microchipping/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [7] gentlecarepetclinic.com, https://www.gentlecarepetclinic.com/services/parasite-prevention/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [8] gentlecarepetclinic.com, https://www.gentlecarepetclinic.com/services/pet-surgery/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [9] gentlecarepetclinic.com, https://www.gentlecarepetclinic.com/services/pharmacy/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [10] gentlecarepetclinic.com, https://www.gentlecarepetclinic.com/services/vaccinations/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)