Banfield in St. Louis park is horrible. We took our 5 month old great dane in for a possible bladder infection. They told us we had to leave her there so they could take a sample (really, just wanted to charge us a ward fee). We picked her up 4 hours later and something was very wrong. Her rear legs were "cow hocked", her front legs were hyperextended so she was almost walking on her pasterns, she could hardly walk, sitting down, she almost fell over, she was drenched in her own urine (had been laying in it), and she was acting aloof and certainly not the happy, energetic puppy we brought in that morning. Of course, we made a huge deal out of it. They agreed to take xrays of her neck and spine to see if there was a possible injury. We observed the vet tech carrying her with one arm like a rag doll. This is a 60lb puppy, and you're about to take xrays for a possible spin injury. These people are just stupid. Still, have no resolution on what happened. We think someone dropped her on her
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