Monarch Veterinary Hospital

GLENN CRAFT DVM, KELLY ALCALA DVM, AND ALICIA BONKE DVM

Monarch Veterinary Hospital is now celebrating 21 years at Clubhouse Plaza on Niguel Road, snuggled in the hills of South Laguna Niguel. This coastal community loves their pets, and offers great places to walk the dogs, too, whether the canyons or the Harbor or Salt Creek. We play a key role in keeping them healthy and strong. The team at MVH has earned a sweet reputation for exceptional pet healthcare as well as nurtured trusting relationships with clients and their pets, and has created a culture that it is peaceful, welcoming, efficient, and roomy enough that many pets truly enjoy visiting. 

A major remodel and expansion in 2019 has doubled its footprint, assuring its practice culture for the future. The hospital has four large exam rooms, a very spacious front lobby, as well as a well-equipped bathing suite. While the hospital doesn’t offer grooming, it does offer bathing services which is overseen by the technical staff. 

Dr. Glenn Craft and his wife, Lisa, envisioned MVH when they returned home to California in 2002. The couple had spent four years serving in Thailand with Christian Veterinary Mission, a community development NGO that operates in the poorest parts of the world — where livestock is the main key to the local economy. Once returning home, they established a veterinary practice that balances compassionate, personal touch with exceptional high-tech veterinary medicine. Their goal is to exceed a client’s expectations, each and every time. 

The hospital continues to offer the full range of veterinary professional services from wellness checks, immunizations, general surgery, dental care, therapeutic laser, bathing, and ultrasound, to digital radiography with STAT radiology consults available. The staff at MVH is experienced and provides a level of expertise you can trust. 

With the COVID pandemic mostly behind us, curbside service is still available for those not yet comfortable to be seen inside the hospital. Because the facility is so spacious and is implementing a variety of safety precautions, most clients are being accommodated inside. Multiple air purifiers, which are also anti-viral, are located throughout the hospital. 

Joining Dr. Craft on staff is Dr. Kelly Alcala, a part time Associate who brings an impressive reputation for highly competent and compassionate care. She worked part-time at the practice prior to becoming an Associate, earning the respect and appreciation of both clients and staff. Just this past summer, the hospital welcomed Dr. Alicia Bonke as a full time Associate. The doctors have established strong relationships with carefully chosen specialists at facilities in South Orange County, including mobile cardiologist Dr. Fred Brewer, who comes to the practice whenever he is needed, and mobile surgeon Dr. Zachary Smith, who teams with MVH staff for specialty surgical procedures as well as offering mobile CT-scanning services. 

MVH has enjoyed consistently positive reviews, which confirm its commitment to delivering the quality care it promises, and the staff takes pride in providing the best customer service possible. 

Monarch Veterinary Hospital
31271 Niguel Road, Suite E
Laguna Niguel
949.443.1466
MonarchVet.com