Veterinary Services

Dr. Sofia Kalkstein was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved to Staten Island as a young child. She moved to Colorado to complete her undergraduate studies in Biology and received her DVM from Colorado State University in 1995. After graduation she returned to the East Coast, but the mountains called her back to Colorado where she lived and practiced in the Front Range for many years. In 2019, she left Colorado again and returned east to be with family, but again, the mountains called her back, and she is now residing in Boulder with her two daughters and son as well as a Chihuahua named Gordy, (a parvo survivor) and her cat Willow, who is a bottle-fed baby found with her umbilical cord still attached.

In her years as a veterinarian, she has owned her own practice, worked as an emergency room doctor in a specialty hospital and did a residency in Pathology. Her interests include preventative and geriatric care, anesthesia, dentistry, challenging internal medicine and dermatology cases, as well as behavior, surgery, and exotic medicine.

Away from the hospital, Dr. Sofia enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, and enjoying the outdoors. She is so excited to be a part of the Boulder community and is looking forward to meeting you and your pet babies soon.

Dr. Kait Knerr was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. She received her bachelor's of science from the University of Arizona, and her DVM from Colorado State University in 2019. After graduating from veterinary school, Dr. Knerr moved to Phoenix, Arizona where she practiced small animal medicine and acupuncture at a private practice for 3.5 years. During this time, she knew that one day she would return to Colorado but didn’t realize how soon that would be! Dr. Knerr joined Dr. Sofia and the team at The Pet Spot in the Spring of 2023. Her primary interests include pain management, geriatric and hospice care, preventative care, feline medicine, internal medicine, dentistry, and a little bit of everything else! She loves a challenging medicine case where she can focus on making the pet feel better while solving the underlying issue. She has a special spot in her heart for old pets of all sizes and the feisty kitties. Dr. Knerr loves to integrate acupuncture in pain management protocols, as well as other illnesses when indicated. In her free time, Dr. Knerr enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter, and menagerie of pets including Olive (golden retriever), Winston (maltipoo), Finn (domestic short hair), Sawyer (Siamese), and Bertha (bearded dragon). When she isn’t busy being a mom and veterinarian, she greatly enjoys cuddling up with a good book, yoga, and Pilates. She is so excited to be living in Colorado and to start fostering long term relationships with her clients and their pets.