Pet Care Now

Pet Care Now runs two South Florida locations, one on South Dixie Highway in Pinecrest and a second in Cutler Bay along Old Cutler Road, and describes itself directly on its own site as family owned, family operated, and family focused. That two-location footprint places it in an interesting middle ground for this directory: larger than a single solo veterinary office but still a modest, privately held operation rather than a corporate consolidator with dozens of branded hospitals across multiple states, the kind of distinction that matters when separating genuinely independent practices from chains wearing a local-sounding name.

The Pinecrest office is positioned around urgent and same-day veterinary care rather than solely scheduled wellness visits, offering exams, consultations, and surgical services with a stated emphasis on being available when a pet’s condition cannot wait for the next open wellness slot elsewhere. The practice is open seven days a week at the Pinecrest location, though specific hours vary by day and are best confirmed by phone before an urgent visit, which is a meaningful convenience for pet owners in a village where several other veterinary offices close entirely on weekends.

The doctors named at the practice include Dr. Williams and Dr. Torres, treating a general small animal caseload alongside urgent presentations such as injuries, sudden illness, and situations that fall short of requiring a full emergency specialty hospital but still need same-day attention. This middle tier of care, sometimes called urgent care in human medicine, has become more common in veterinary medicine over the past decade as traditional 24-hour emergency hospitals have become more expensive and more distant for many pet owners, and Pet Care Now appears to have built its Pinecrest location specifically around filling that gap.

The practice also offers online appointment booking and payment plan options along with pet insurance guidance, conveniences aimed at making urgent visits more manageable for owners facing an unplanned expense. Its address places it a short distance south of the Suniland shopping district, along the same general commercial stretch of South Dixie Highway where several other veterinary and pet-related businesses in Pinecrest are clustered, giving pet owners in this part of the village multiple options within a few blocks of each other. Prospective clients should call ahead to confirm same-day availability, since urgent care slots at any walk-in-style veterinary practice can fill quickly during peak afternoon hours. New clients should also ask in advance which of the two locations, Pinecrest or Cutler Bay, has capacity for a given day, since the two offices post separate schedules and one may have more urgent openings than the other on any given afternoon.