Sunshine Holistic Veterinary Services

Mobile, Holistic Veterinary Care Your Pet Deserves! Dr. Todd Metcalf, the friendly mobile vet at Sunshine Holistic Veterinary Services, offers loving personalized & holistic veterinary care for your companion animal. Dr. Metcalf serves patients in San Luis Obispo & Northern Santa Barbara counties. Dr. Metcalf applies the combination of acupuncture, chiropractic, herbs, and nutritional treatments which he perceived would have the deepest effect on improving your animal’s health

I attended veterinary school at the University of California at Davis, graduated in 1980, and practiced conventional veterinary medicine and surgery for nearly 20 years. I developed an interest in natural health care because of my own natural care following an illness I acquired while in the Peace Corps. My illness was not responding to conventional medical treatment, yet it resolved after attending a holistic treatment program in Phoenix, Arizona in 1985. From there, my interest in natural therapies—of a wide variety—multiplied. I had the good fortune of meeting a human acupuncturist that brought me his dog for a routine checkup. He began explaining to me some of the principles of this art and science, and showed me how he had treated his own animals with good results. I began veterinary acupuncture training and began seeing amazing and unexpected responses in my patients, including some that had unexplained conditions, or conditions for which we had no good treatment options. These experiences led me to seek further training in veterinary acupuncture, osteopathic manipulation, and herbs. I am always learning and growing in the role of a holistic veterinarian, and as a person to offer the best holistic veterinary treatment and advice to nourish your animal companion