Denver is well covered for emergencies, with round-the-clock hospitals inside the city and two major referral centres a short drive out. Note that 911 is for people only: for an animal you call the hospital directly and drive in. Three local hazards send visiting dogs to these doors more than anything else, and none of them is obvious to a European or coastal visitor: cannabis, which is legal and sold across Colorado and whose edibles are a leading cause of poisoning calls, altitude and dry air on top of intense sun, and cheatgrass or foxtail seed heads that lodge in paws, ears and noses from June onwards.
Flora House Denver
★★★★★ 9.7
Four Seasons Hotel Denver
★★★★★ 9.4
The Crawford Hotel
★★★★★ 9.2
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The closest round-the-clock emergency room to central Denver, on East Colfax at Harrison Street with the entrance facing Colfax. It is a walk-in model where owners stay with the animal through treatment.
💡 It is about ten minutes by car from City Park and Cherry Creek North, which covers most of the central hotels.
A large referral hospital 15 minutes north-west of downtown with emergency and critical care alongside surgery, neurology, cardiology, oncology and imaging. Its own site notes it runs the only 24-hour veterinary blood bank in metro Denver.
💡 This is the address to head for if the problem is serious rather than simply urgent, because the specialists are on site.
The main emergency and specialty hospital for the southern metro, at Englewood just off Santa Fe Drive. Critical care specialists are on duty around the clock.
💡 It is the logical stop on the way back from Chatfield or the foothills, both of which are south-west of the city.
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Flora House Denver
★★★★★ · 9.7/10
€120/night
Four Seasons Hotel Denver
★★★★★ · 9.4/10
€120/night
The Crawford Hotel
★★★★★ · 9.2/10
€120/night
