Relationships Create Understanding.
Knowing you and your pet is key to recognizing subtle health changes, making tailored recommendations, and providing care designed just for them.
About Us
About Healing Haven
Relationships lead to exceptional medicine.
Relationships First
When It Comes to Your Pet’s Health, You Want to Feel Heard and Understood.
Because the more we understand, the better we can care for them together. That’s why Healing Haven was founded on a simple belief: relationships lead to exceptional medicine.
And it’s one of the ways We Vet Better.
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I believe being a veterinarian is a profession. I am in service to both the client and the patient.Chrysa Dunser, DVM · Founder & Medical Director
Our Story
A Clinic That Stays True to the Heart of Veterinary Medicine.
For more than 20 years, Dr. Chrysa Dunser provided veterinary care in a place where she expected to spend her entire career. When the practice transitioned to corporate ownership, she realized preserving the care she believed in would require founding Healing Haven Animal Clinic.
- Where trust is built on knowing pet and client.
- Where care is personal and purposeful.
- Where veterinarians and families reach decisions together.
- Where pets live better lives, supported for a lifetime.
What Guides Us
The Beliefs Behind Every Visit
Every Patient Deserves Their Own Plan.
From tablets or liquid medication to surgery or conservative management, every step is informed by your pet — not a protocol.
More Options Support Better Outcomes.
Integrating conventional medicine with complementary therapies like acupuncture and chiropractic care supports a better quality of life for many pets.
Curiosity Is an Act of Caring.
When answers aren’t obvious, we dig deeper, ask more questions, learn new skills, and never stop asking “Why?”
Every Interaction Matters.
Low Stress Handling® to earn a nervous pet’s trust, time for your questions, a shared laugh, and support through difficult decisions.
Better Care Serves a Better Life.
We ask what we can do to make tomorrow better — helping pets stay active, comfortable, and part of the family for as long as possible.
Proud to Be Part of South Tampa
“This Is a Community Where Everyone’s Connected.”
“We’re proud to be part of it. We’ve lived here. We’ve raised our family here. It’s just part of who we are.”
Healing Haven may be new, but our commitment to the community runs deep. For over two decades, Dr. Dunser has cared for South Tampa’s pets and families as a veterinarian and a neighbor — building on relationships, personalized care, and trust earned over time.
— Dr. Chrysa Dunser
Tampa Bay resident since 2001
Right here at home