# VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital, Long Beach: a veterinarian in Long Beach (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/long-beach/vca-los-altos-animal-hospital-long-beach-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 2 sources. Updated 2026-09-03. Owner review: not yet. 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Its AI Score is 25 of 100, which is poor. 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 | 3080 Woodruff Ave Ste B, Long Beach, CA 90808, USA | | Hours | Mon to Thu 7 AM to 7 PM · Fri 7 AM to 6 PM · Sat 7 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sun | | Phone | (562) 421-3749 | | Medical director | Nothing found | | Rating | 4.6 across 218 reviews on Google | | Known for | VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital is best known for their specialized care in managing canine allergies and effective flea treatments for cats. Their comprehensive approach ensures pets receive tailored care and attention. | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Saturday | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | September 19, 2026, 1:16 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 | 3080 Woodruff Ave Ste B, Long Beach, CA 90808, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Location info | Description | "VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital is a well-established hospital with an ever growing client base located in East Long Beach. We were most recently recognized by our local paper, The Beachcomber, as the "Best Animal Hospital" in Long Beach in 2023 to and we are proud to say that we have won this award for the past 14 years in a row! We are committed to providing you and your pet with great customer service just as we have always done for the community for over 45 years. After all, we are a strong and committed team with the experience and know-how to skillfully care for your beloved pet from their first puppy and kitten visits with us through their golden years." | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM · Fri 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Sat 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Location info | Name | VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (562) 421-3749 | 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 | 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | 7:00 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 | Pet dental care | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Pet diagnostics | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Pet surgery | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Pet vaccinations | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Pet wellness exams | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Puppy and kitten care | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Senior pet care | AI guess | Nothing found | | Links | Website | https://vcahospitals.com/los-altos?utm_source=maps&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=AU_502 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | ## Services and prices Services not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Known for VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital is best known for their specialized care in managing canine allergies and effective flea treatments for cats. Their comprehensive approach ensures pets receive tailored care and attention. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital Address: 3080 Woodruff Ave Ste B, Long Beach, CA 90808, USA. Phone: (562) 421-3749. Hours: Mon to Thu 7 AM to 7 PM · Fri 7 AM to 6 PM · Sat 7 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked September 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital on its Google Business Profile: ""VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital is a well-established hospital with an ever growing client base located in East Long Beach. We were most recently recognized by our local paper, The Beachcomber, as the "Best Animal Hospital" in Long Beach in 2023 – and we are proud to say that we have won this award for the past 14 years in a row! We are committed to providing you and your pet with great customer service just as we have always done for the community for over 45 years. After all, we are a strong and committed team with the experience and know-how to skillfully care for your beloved pet from their first puppy and kitten visits with us through their golden years."" ### When to go Quietest day: Saturday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Woodruff & Los Coyotes NE | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Sushiology LLC | Takeout restaurant | 2 min walk | | ZENSHI Handcrafted Sushi | Restaurant | 2 min walk | | Woodruff & Los Coyotes NW | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Memento Coffee Works® | Coffee shop | 2 min walk | | Panda Express | Chinese restaurant | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 4.6 average across 218 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read September 3, 2026.) VCA Los Altos is known for its compassionate care, especially in emergencies, but faces criticism for high prices and customer service issues. (AI guess, from 218 reviews.) ### What people like - In-house emergency services - Follow-up care for pets ### What people do not like - High prices compared to other vets - Customer service complaints - Long waits for appointments ### Press No press story about VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### anything people actually moan about here? No answer yet ### what do I actually do when I get here? No answer yet ### where exactly is this place? No answer yet ### torn between this place and Gentle Care Pet? No answer yet ### medical staff at VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital, or is it techs? No answer yet ### Do they post anywhere? No answer yet ### is VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital open on a Sunday No answer yet ### recovery after VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital, what do people actually say? No answer yet ### Turning up at VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital in Long Beach for the first time, what happens? No answer yet ### can I ask for numbing at VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital without it being weird? No answer yet ### Are the hours on Google right for VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital? No answer yet ### best veterinarian in Long Beach No answer yet ### anyone tell me what a consult here involves No answer yet ### prices round here, anyone got a number No answer yet ### payment plans here, is that a thing? No answer yet ### worth it or not, what do the regulars say No answer yet ### quietest day to hit VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital? No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital We ask ChatGPT about VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital. 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: 25 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. VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital scores 25, below the Long Beach average of 34. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | 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. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | 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 | 85 | 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 | 69 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 36 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | Not read yet | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | No reading has come back for this signal yet. | 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 VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital 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 VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://vcahospitals.com/los-altos?utm_source=maps&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=AU_502 | Subject of this page | | Long Beach, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital 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 VCA Los Altos Animal Hospital. 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:ChIJr8L1h_8x3YAREArYjHY7oMk (accessed Sep 3, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 3, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)