I like the 5 Corners for emergencies better than the Emerald Clinic on Stone Way in Wallingford, althought that is the only other 24 hour care facility that I know of in this area.

I have to rave about my vet’s office – Burien Veterinary Hospital. They don’t offer 24 hour emergency care, but the whole staff is amazing.

Lien is great!! They took care of my chocolate scarfing dog initially and then called ahead to VCA in Burien for me when their closing time was approaching and he needed more attention. VCA was quick and competent and both places called the next day to check up on our dog.

Lien does have someone on-call at least some of the off-hours. We dealt with a chocolate incident over the phone one time, didn’t need to go to an emergency facility. (Stupid dogs!)(and stupid us who leave chocolate around, sigh)

Our pets are often our children; or a close facsimilie. Probably for every song of praise you will read, you will conversely read about a bad experience. When we are in a traumatic situation we (including myself) are probably not very good judges of what’s good or bad service; and of course there will be exceptions to what I just said. We have had to use Five Corners once and had some unpleasant memories of the way we were treated. Wearing other lenses, were those really gross errors? Not sure. I would tend to shy away from a vet/emergency service if I only read bad reviews; but with Five Corners being the closest, I would likely go there first. I love Lien; and prior to going there have gone for years to Burien Vet. Hosp. But at 9:00 p.m. on a Saturday night they are not available and I am thankful for Five Corners.

We used 5 Corners in Burien also when our dog needed urgent surgery from a stomach/intestinal blockage and they were wonderful & their expert care saved her life. Our lab had eaten enough grass to form a solid mass the size of a bowling ball…not good. Also, not in West Seattle, but all the vets at Elliott Bay Animal Hospital are outstanding.

We went to 5 corners for a while-we have 2 dogs and 2 cats. But in the past couple years things have gone south there-on different occasions they lost test results, forgot to call with results (and return calls), told me the doctor was out of town and I would have to wait a week or so for results (when cat was very ill and peeing everywhere), and the really fun one was when they told us that one dog had giardia but were quite sure the other didn’t, then after 3 rounds of treatment realized that they had misplaced the other dog’s results and he did indeed have giardia and was reinfecting the other one the whole time. It then took a couple pissed off phone calls and an email to the head office to get the next round of treatment for both dogs for free and some reimbursement for all the medicine and testing. And the saddest part is we got off easy. Our friends took their dog there after it was hit by a car. They kept telling the vet the dog had lost a great deal of blood, but the vet insisted the dog was fine-the dog didn’t make it through the night.

The only way I would go back is if it was the middle of the night and my pet was so critical that I couldn’t make it to the clinic on Stone Way. And then I would watch everything they did and not let my pet out of sight.

We now go to the Burien Vet Hospital and are very happy with them.