L and L Animal Urgent Care

L and L Animal Urgent Care was founded in 2021 by Dr. Stephanie Stoegbauer, DVM, a highly qualified doctor with over 15 years of experience practicing in both emergency medicine and general practice. Over the past decade, Dr. Stoegbauer has successfully operated her own veterinary consulting relief business, providing support to over 25 general practice hospitals in the greater Seattle area.

Through Covid and the unprecedented increase in pet ownership, emergency hospitals were overwhelmed with unstable and critically ill pets, leaving many sick or injured pets and their owners without options, when their regular veterinarians were fully booked. Frustrated by the gap in the system and experiencing the negative impact this has on pets, their owners, and veterinary staff, Dr. Stoegbauer was compelled to open her own animal urgent care hospital. A trusted place where pet owners could bring their animals for quality care and urgently needed attention, without waiting days for an appointment.

L and L Animal Urgent Care, named for Dr. Stoegbauer’s two dogs, Lady (her rescued Greyhound) and Loki (her rescued Samoyed), has since become a reality. Dr. Stoegbauer has devoted her energy to creating a facility that would meet the needs of both animals and their owners. The hospital has been built from the ground up with state-of-the-art technology, including an in-house lab for timely results, x-ray machine, and anesthesia/sedation capabilities for injured pets. L and L Animal Urgent Care is a female-owned business and is staffed with a team of highly trained and compassionate veterinary professionals, including Dr. Stoegbauer herself. Opening in March of 2023, Dr. Stoegbauer and her team are excited to begin the journey of “helping pets and supporting vets” in the greater Seattle area.