Six decades of caring for Fort Collins pets
Chappelle Small Animal Hospital has been part of this community for more than sixty years. Six doctors, twenty-plus team members, and one simple idea: treat every pet like our own, and every owner like a partner.
A neighborhood practice that grew up with Fort Collins
We opened our doors in 1961, back when Fort Collins was a much smaller town. The city has grown, veterinary medicine has transformed, and our hospital has grown with it - adding doctors, in-house diagnostics, surgery and gentle alternative therapies along the way.
What hasn't changed is the feeling when you walk in: that you're among neighbors who genuinely care about your animal. We're proud to be the highest-rated of Fort Collins' long-standing hospitals - but we're prouder of the families who keep coming back, generation after generation.
Six doctors and a team that knows your pet by name
Our veterinarians - Drs. Suto, Lewis, Sherrod, Womack, Nelson, Mataczynski and Zaloudek - bring a deep range of experience, from routine wellness to surgery, dentistry and acupuncture. Behind them stands a team of more than twenty technicians, assistants and client-care staff.
- Experience across every life stageFrom a wriggly first puppy visit to gentle, unhurried senior care.
- Familiar faces, visit after visitThe continuity that lets us notice when something's changed for your pet.
The values behind every visit
Gentle, low-stress care
We move at your pet's pace - calm handling, quiet rooms, and the patience that makes a vet visit something they can tolerate, not dread.
Everything in-house
Diagnostics, surgery, dentistry and recovery happen here, with doctors who know your pet's whole story - fewer referrals, faster answers.
Trusted for generations
Many of the families we see today came in as kids with their parents. Sixty-plus years in one community is a trust we don't take lightly.
Room to heal - and room to play
A calm, modern clinic just north of Fort Collins on US-287, with a public two-acre bark park out back.
Meet the team that's cared for Fort Collins pets since 1961
New clients are always welcome. We'd love to get to know you and your pet.