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At the Emergency Vet clinic where I take Tibbe when he is sick, one of the very excellent vets there said he used to work at the Banfields where I take Tibbe. I asked if he thought they were really trustworthy for the kinds of things Tibbe was having done there and he said something like Honestly? I really do. At that particular one I can say they have an excellent staff and in particular, Dr. So and So and that they were safe for dentals with anesthesia as any regular vet's clinic. So I don't know if he was just being nice, or professional where they never say a bad word about a confederate but he said more than I would have thought he would if he'd known they were quack vets. I'd have thought he'd say they were "fine" kind of abruptly with a bit of a look you know right into your eyes as they kind of pursed and twisted his lips or kind of rolled his eyes or something different than all of that. I love that there is no charge for all of the vet visits when I had to take Tibbe in a lot last June when his GI tract was upset for so long. They kept me sane during that time checking him when I was worried. It was $300.00 saved probably right there in just vet visits, not to mention the others through the year.

But I would be very cautious in using them with a very sick dog unless you know that Banfield vet or know his or her credentials or something like that. The other vet at Banfield misdiagnosed Tibbe when he had pneumonia in February but he did refer me right away to the ER vet clinic for overnight IH care for which I was grateful. He looked at the x-ray and saw an enlarged heart and the ER vet redid the films an hour later and saw early, focal pneumonia but, of course, to be sure, did a cardiac Doppler, which their cardiologist read as completely normal. Tibbe's labs and physical exam also confirmed pneumonia and nothing with the heart, the cardiologist said. But he did say that it the Banfield x-ray could have been read by any vet as an enlarged heart and the ER female internist vet there agreed. I wondered if they were just being professional and not wanting to say anything bad about the Banfield vet. But anyway, that is all I know about Banfield from here. Hope it helped some.