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Kansas City Canine Orthopedics

Sports Medicine • Shawnee, KS

About

Kansas City Canine Orthopedics in Shawnee, KS serves Shawnee and surrounding areas including Overland Park, Kansas City, Lenexa, Bonner Springs, Leawood, Mission, and Prairie Village. The clinic specializes in canine orthopedics and sports medicine, offering services including fracture repair, shoulder disorder treatment, tendon injury repair, gait analysis, advanced imaging with 3D printing, and canine orthobiologics such as platelet-rich plasma and bone marrow aspirate concentrate.

Clinic Type

Sports Medicine

Address

Shawnee, KS (serving Shawnee and surrounding areas including Overland Park, Kansas City, Lenexa, Bonner Springs, Leawood, Mission, Prairie Village)

Phone

(913) 912-2450

Email

info@kck9ortho.com

Opening Hours

Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.

Services Offered

  • Sports medicine
  • Orthopedics
  • Canine fracture repair
  • Shoulder disorders in dogs
  • Tendon injury repair
  • Advanced imaging
  • 3D printing
  • Virtual surgical planning
  • Gait analysis
  • Musculoskeletal assessment
  • Non-surgical treatment for athletic performance
  • Canine orthobiologics (platelet-rich plasma, stromal vascular fraction, bone marrow aspirate concentrate, autologous protein solution)

Technology & Equipment

  • Diagnostic nano-arthroscopy
  • 3D Printing
  • Virtual Surgical Planning
  • Minimally Invasive Orthopedic Surgery (fellowship)

Team

  • Samuel P. Franklin, Board Certified Veterinary Surgeon; Board Certified Canine Sports Medicine Specialist — DVM, PhD, DACVS, DACVSMR

Insurance & Payment

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Insurance/payment options page

Languages Spoken

  • English

Social Media

Photos

What Patients Say

Overall sentiment across review platforms: positive

  • Various veterinary directory sites (e.g., VetClinicFinder, BrothersPets): 5.0/5.0 stars (Approximately 111–130 reviews mentioned across different platforms)

Patients praise

  • Highly skilled veterinary surgeons and expertise in orthopedic procedures like TPLO
  • Thorough communication and support pre- and post-surgery
  • Professional and caring staff who prioritize patient well-being
  • Transparency regarding surgery risks and honest medical advice over profit motives

Common complaints

  • Dissatisfaction with Dr. Franklin regarding bedside manner and communication regarding surgery scheduling/necessity

"I definitely felt as though the Doctor and entire staff held my dogs well being as their priority. ... The clinic itself was clean and I appreciated that Dr. Franklin showed us pictures and videos to understand what was going on."

— LocalityBiz customer review

"It is a very rare quality in a Dr to be so honest and care more about his patients, than the money he can make off of them."

— BrothersPets customer review

"Dr. Franklin is a major @$$hole. I am not from the KC area, and had to drive over 3 hours to get there. And when I asked if my pet could undergo surgery ..."

— Yelp review snippet

Synthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].

Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.

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