About Us

Staff at Arvada Flats Veterinary Hospital

Who We Are

Our team is committed to educating our clients in how to keep your pets healthy year-round, with good nutrition and exercise. Arvada Flats Veterinary Hospital stays on top of the latest advances in veterinarian technology and above all, remembers that all animals and pets need to be treated with loving care in every check-up, procedure, or surgery.

Meet Our Team

Arvada Flats Veterinary Hospital has been a veterinary clinic since 1985.

Founded by Dr. Lane Kinsey and currently owned since 2000 by Dr. Gretchen Bassett, Arvada Flats is a state- of – the art medical facility that values a team oriented approach to caring for this community’s pets and owners. Arvada Flats Veterinary Hospital is dedicated to honoring the human-animal bond by providing comprehensive, compassionate care for your pets.

In addition to offering state-of-the-art care for animals, Arvada Flats Veterinary Hospital seeks to educate its clients and provide them with complete information and compassionate support. Arvada Flats Veterinary Hospital strives to provide a supportive, friendly, challenging, team-oriented environment for its valued staff, in addition to playing an active role in the community.

Your Neighborhood Pet Care Experts

If you live in Arvada or the surrounding area and need a trusted veterinarian to care for your pets – look no further. Dr. Gretchen Bassett and her team of caring doctors are licensed CO veterinarian, who specialize in treating all breeds of dogs, cats as well as rabbits and other small mammals. Your pets’ health and well-being are very important to us, and we take every possible measure to give your animals the care they deserve.

Arvada Flats Veterinary Hospital is a full-service animal hospital and welcomes both emergency treatment cases as well as pet patients in need of routine medical, surgical, and dental care. Dr. Gretchen Bassett, Dr. Kelly Best, Dr. Sabrina Stone, and Dr. Valerie Bender, and Dr. Megan Emerick has years of experience treating serious conditions and offering regular pet wellness care. Beyond first-rate pet care, we make our clinic comfortable, kid-friendly, and calm, so your pet can relax in the waiting room and look forward to meeting our Arvada veterinarians. Please find comfort in knowing that we genuinely care for all of our client’s pets, including our nervous patients who may ‘less than love’ their doctor visits. It’s important to our entire team that each patient is treated kindly and gently, as if they were our own beloved family pets.

We are happy to offer a number of resources that enable you to learn about how to take better care of your pets. Please feel free to browse our site. The best veterinary care for animals is ongoing nutrition and problem prevention, so becoming knowledgeable about preventative pet care is essential to the ongoing success of your animal’s health. Our yearly wellness appointment visits are designed for you to engage as much or as little as you like with our team. We will do a comprehensive breed-based exam on your pet and discuss their health, as well as a preventive approach to aging that is specific for your pet’s breed/activity and lifestyle. If you have any questions, call (303) 467-9212 or contact us and we'll promptly get back to you. Our office is very easy to get to - just check out the map!

At Arvada Flats Veterinary Hospital, we treat your pets like the valued family members they are.

Pets We Serve

Because a large number of veterinarians practice at Arvada Flats Veterinary Hospital, we can care for many types of pets:

Dogs
Cats
Rabbits*
Pocket Pets*

*Select veterinarians only. Call us for more information.