If your pet needs care suddenly, Urban Animal is here. Fast action, skilled hands, and compassionate care – when your pet needs it most.
Many of our doctors are internship-trained or are experienced in emergency and critical care. We believe this to be an important qualifier to provide the best care when you need it most. We can diagnose and treat many illnesses same day.
Urban Animal is fully equipped with the needed diagnostic tools and at the ready surgical suites. On staff we have a board-certified internist, a board-certified critical care specialist plus facilitated weekly consults with a cardiologist. We are not your everyday urgent care practice.
Our Capitol Hill and White Center locations accept urgent care and same day walk-in needs. Urban Animal is a great alternative to an expensive ER visit or can be that last-minute vaccine update you forgot to schedule!
Urban Animal’s veterinarians are educated, trained, and experienced professionals whose resumes include experience in emergency rooms, premier referral centers, and internships. They are not only able to diagnose, but also capable of resolving many urgent situations by conducting surgical procedures. In an emergency such as when an animal is unable to breath or has massive trauma such as excessive bleeding – our veterinarians can recommend or refer a practice focusing on emergency care.
Although Urban Animal is not a critical care facility nor do we offer 24-hour care, we are uniquely qualified to help in urgent and some emergency situations with your pet particularly when cost may be a significant factor versus going to an emergency practice. By providing an initial diagnosis and stabilization, Urban Animal may be able to help identify a care plan for some emergency situations within certain parameters for those clients with financial constraints.
Our urgent care offerings are available at our walk-in locations at Capitol Hill and White Center. Depending on the level of urgency, there may be limited availability at our Downtown by appointment locations.
In the fall of 2023, Urban Animal embarks on something truly different – in the veterinary industry and the U.S. – a workers’ cooperative. In the last decade, there has been an insane influx of private equity and venture capital into the industry which has drastically changed the trajectory of how veterinary medicine is delivered and what it costs.
As a workers’ cooperative, Urban Animal is poised to keep how veterinary medicine is practiced and who influences how the industry evolves in the hands of those on the frontlines – veterinary professionals not a faceless cadre focused solely on the bottom line. Urban Animal Cooperative strives to be sustainable and transparent with a democratically-governed organization where employees have a voice in how the company grows, keeping pets, people and profits in harmony. Learn more about Urban Animal’s Cooperative.
How Urban Animal delivers veterinary care is by embracing convenience, in its multifarious definition and subjective interpretation. First, convenience in our walk-in model promotes a fast-paced environment, respectful self-advocacy, and economically-priced services with the flexibility of same day service. Secondly, convenience also thrives in our appointment model which promotes an opportunity to schedule dedicated time with enhanced conversations in a more relaxed space when more time with the veterinary team is desired and financial resources are more fluid.
Regardless of model, Urban Animal’s veterinary team provide compassionate, option-based veterinary care by professionals with extensive experience in the field of veterinary medicine. We are passionate about providing accurate information regarding your pet’s health, while also presenting a range of treatment options. Currently with three convenient locations in Capitol Hill, Downtown Seattle, and White Center – with FREE PARKING – Urban Animal is not your everyday veterinary practice and you’ll sense the difference the moment you step through our front door.
We provide options and discuss calculated risks (evidence-based medicine + experience) so you can make the best decisions for you and your pet.
Clinical experience and empathy. Urban Animal veterinarians have the needed experience and bedside manner to be a great GP and are not incentivized by you spending more money on your pet’s care. Our veterinarians are paid a salary and not compensated based on your bill.
No one size fits all and wellness plans were created by profiteers selling you things you won’t use or don’t need. We take each individual pet’s needs and risk factors into consideration when making any decisions around your pet’s care.
Appointments are now available which makes getting the basics done easier. We want your pet to be happy and that means finding a balance of care that fits their needs and yours. No one size fits all wellness plans here – and zero upsell.
