Why OrthoPets is the Industry Leader!

Full Time Clinic

Qualified Staff

Certified Veterinarian

Distribution Centers World Wide

Full Time Clinic

OrthoPets is the only Animal Orthotic and Prosthetic Clinic that is open full time daily, Monday-Friday 9am to 5:00 pm in Denver, CO.

OrthoPets was founded by Amy & Martin Kaufmann in 2003 by integrating their combined experience in the fields of Human Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Adaptive Technology with Adult Distance Education into the animal healthcare industry.

OrthoPets is solely dedicated to our 4 legged friends! This allows our staff to focus on the needs and solutions our patients require to enjoy their quality of life.

We look forward to Supporting our Patients Quality of Life Through Innovative Prosthetic & Orthotic Solutions!

OrthoPets has Board Certified ABC Practitioners that see our Prosthetic & Orthotic patients in our Denver clinic.

OrthoPets is proud to welcome Patrice M. Mich DVM, MS Diplomate American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists to our team. Dvm. Mich began her veterinary career over 14 years ago as a Diplomate American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. These experiences lead her to expand her career to become a Board Certified Veterinary Anesthesiologist.

Patrice M. Mich Dvm, MS is the driving force behind OrthoPets Center for Animal Pain Management.

OrthoPets representatives are available for consultations with out of state and out of country clients via phone or video conferencing. OrthoPets custom made devices are: Stifle (ACL Knee), Carpus (wrist), Hock (ankle), and Elbow Braces. We also offer custom made prosthetics.

Martin Kaufmann, BSBA, Prosthetic/Orthotic Technologist, C-Ped, Owner & founder

Martin Kaufmann began his career as an Orthotic & Prosthetic Technologist after graduating from Century College. He enjoyed a rewarding 12 year career working with several companies including Tamarack Habilitations Technologies Inc, The Shriners Hospital (Intermountain Unit), & Winkley's Orthopedics designing, fabricating, fitting, and modifying custom Orthotic & Prosthetic devices. During his career, he graduated from Temple University Podiatric Department with a Pedorthotic Practitioner degree and the University of Phoenix with a Business Administration degree.

The combination of his clinical, technical, and business education has lead Martin to manage and direct multiple orthotic & prosthetic departments and companies before turning his time and talent to founding OrthoPets.

Martin lectures at many major universities, consults with hundreds of Veterinarians, has published works in the "North American Rehabilitation Guide", and continues to advance the new profession of Veterinary Orthotics & Prosthetics.

Amy Kaufmann Ms, Co-Owner & founder has a Masters level education in Adult Education and Distance Learning. This skill enables OrthoPets to provide our Referring Veterinarians and patient owners the information they need, when they need it, in a clear and effective manner. Amy is also the Practice Manager and Finance Director for both OrthoPets Veterinary Orthotics & Prosthetics and OrthoPets Center of Animal Pain Management and Mobility.

Patrice M. Mich DVM, MS Diplomate American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists

Patrice M. Mich DVM, MS began her veterinary career as a primary care practitioner in Arvada Colorado after graduating from Colorado State University. During her 14 years in general practice providing medical, surgical, and dental care to dogs and cats, she pursued advance training in veterinary medical acupuncture, minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, and pet loss and grief. In 2002 she became one of a handful of Colorado veterinarians to complete the rigorous process of becoming a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (www.ABVP.com). Her deep commitment to improving the quality of life of her patients brought her back to Colorado State University in 2005 where she completed a 3 year residency in anesthesia and a 2 year post doctoral fellowship in integrative pain medicine. She became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists (www.ACVA.org) in 2009.

Dr. Mich is the driving force behind OrthoPets Center of Animal Pain Management and Mobility, the first of its kind of practice dedicated to both advanced pain medicine and mobility, solutions for animals. She brings a unique blend of extensive experience as a general practitioner, advanced academic training in anesthesiology and pain medicine, and a strong commitment to innovation in the field of algology (pain science). Veterinary pain management is a new and rapidly developing specialty: current therapies include advanced pharmaceutical approaches, regenerative techniques (e.g. adult stem cell therapy) as well as physical modalities such as acupuncture and low-level of leaser therapy. Dr. Mich is actively involved in developing new therapeutic techniques.

Dr. Mich, a Colorado native, is always ready to snowboard, hike, cycle, and kayak. She enjoys speaking and teaching about veterinary anesthesia and pain medicine. Her interests in wildlife anesthesia allow her to pursue another hobby, travel. Recently she traveled to Chiloe, Chile to work with South American sea lions.

OrthoPets has established partnerships and qualified distribution centers across the United States and in England and Australia. We work with Major Universities and Industry leading Veterinary Clinics from around the world! We have trained OrthoPets' Technicians in many major cities across the United States!

OrthoPets California

Noah Arntson has raised and worked with pets his whole life. Being the son of a Veterinarian, his childhood memories consist of many surgeries and caring for rabbits, chameleons, hamsters, and even an English Bulldog. After working in the entertainment industry for over ten years, his art education in drawing and sculpting man and beast, was followed by working with Orthopets. Noah now encompasses his creative energies into sophisticated life castings of animals & is pleased to take on the role of OrthoPets' mold making artist. He is trained in making accurate impressions of orthopedic limbs to ensure a proper fitting device. He is available to travel to your home, a veterinary clinic, or meet outside in a relaxing park. Contact the main OrthoPets United office to schedule with Noah Arntson.

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OrthoPets Europe

Rod and Alison Hunt live in a rural setting a few miles from Bristol & Bath in the Southwest of England, and currently share their lives with six Labradors. They have a long term association with dogs, having had Labradors for over thirty years, some of which they have very successfully trained and worked as gundogs.

From leaving college, Alison’s business background was initially carved in the field of Customer Services. She ran the CS departments of several companies, before finally setting up and running her own successful Print Broking company for more than 14 years.

Rod comes from a technology & science direction, originally working in mineral research after leaving college. Swapping disciplines, Rod went on to forge a successful twenty one year career in IT.

In 2001 Alison and Rod founded Amberco Canine Hydrotherapy, one of Britain’s first Canine Rehabilitation Centers. Having helped rehab over 1,200 dogs to date, Amberco is still one of the country’s leading Hydrotherapy centers. Alison and Rod started OrthoPets’ Europe in January of 2009.

OrthoPets Australia

Michelle graduated as a human physiotherapist in 1996. She always had an interest in the application of physiotherapy principles to small animals and began providing physiotherapy for small animals in veterinary clinics in 2002. Michelle and her husband Greg opened ‘Dogs In Motion Canine Rehabilitation Centers’, the first physiotherapy and hydrotherapy centers for dogs in Australia in July 2002, complete with indoor heated pool. In 2003 she designed and installed the first underwater treadmill for dogs in Australia. As her business grew she installed a second underwater treadmill in a Veterinary Referral Practice in Melbourne in 2005.

In 2004 she completed her Masters of Animal Studies (Animal Physiotherapy) through the University of Queensland, with her research demonstrating the benefits of early post-operative physiotherapy following cruciate surgery, being published in the American Journal of Veterinary Research.

She currently has 6 staff working across 2 locations, delivering animal physiotherapy and hydrotherapy to dogs from all over Melbourne. Since opening the first centers in 2002, more than 35,000 dogs have swum in her pool and 10,000 dogs have exercised in her underwater treadmills, making Michelle the most experienced Aquatic Animal Physiotherapist in Australia.

She is actively involved in continuing education in the animal physiotherapy field and teaches courses to physiotherapists veterinarians and veterinary nurse both in Australia and overseas each year.

Her desire to provide the highest quality care to her animal patients led her to seek the services of Ortho Pets. This working relationship led to Michelle and Greg visiting the USA for training with Ortho Pets. They have now become distributors for OrthoPets in Australia.

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