After five vets and a year of a smelly, draining ear, we took our dog to Banfield. They were the FIRST ones to take a prolonged look at his ear and the first ones to take a sample of the nasty drainage to look at it for parasites, yeasts, or other signs of infection.
After being told by five vets that our dog had allergies, it was nice to finally find a vet who could see that our dog had a raging ear infection. They sedated him to get a better look and to clean out his ear. His ear is cleaner and the vet has found the source of the problem; after countless untreated infections, our dog's ear drum is completely gone.
We wish we'd gone there first. The staff took the time to look at the dog and to listen to us. He's got a long road to recovery, but we'll be headed back to Banfield for our care. Our dog is finally feeling better, but he will never hear out of that ear.
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