About Us

Dr. Chey Bernal and Dr. Laura Bernal are a husband and wife team of emergency veterinarians with over 25 years combined experience in veterinary emergency care.  They founded AUC Rocklin after years of treating many urgent care cases in the ER.  They hope that AUC can fill 3 major needs in the community:

• The need for overloaded and overworked ER clinics to be able to refer non-emergency cases that still need urgent care.
• The need for family vet practices to have a convenient place to send trusted clients after hours.
• The need for pet owners to avoid waiting extended hours while critically ill patients (justifiably) get triaged ahead of them in the ER!

We fill the gap between your family vet and the emergency room, and are privately and locally owned!

Our Core Values

Compassion

We are empathetic to our clients and patients in urgent care scenarios and understand there is a built in higher level of stress and anxiety for all involved.

Care

Our high standards of medicine combined with our personal approach to customer service provide a consistently exceptional experience for patients and pet parents.

Transparency

We believe in transparency and honesty, fostering trust and accountability with both clients and team members.

Team

We recognize that our success is dependent on our entire veterinary team, and strive to collaborate and educate; we continually reevaluate our practice to benefit patients, clients, and AUC team members, while improving our outcomes and advancing our personal and company goals.