Yeah I've admired the design of their logo for quite some time. I do normally shop at PetSmart more than Petco though. I just generally find more what I need for my cats there.
I bought two "male" mice from petco once, I asked if they were male for sure and they said of course we don't put males and females together...long story short I now have 10 little baby mice running around.
I was a Petco this one time and i was looking at the dog treats and one of the workers there just grabs a dog treat and eats it saying its edible and tasty and ask if we wanted to try some. It was a fun experience :)
I’ve realized it’s mostly biased on managers. I have 2 Petsmart’s near me and 2 Petco’s. The two stores of each company give off completely different vibes. No two stores are the same from what I’ve seen lol
Frfr I work at a recently built Petco and in the 2 years it has been open we are reading better stats than any of the other dozens of locations we have scattered around the city that have been their for years, even celebrated high milestones that corporate paid for a small party
I feel like Petco is more of a specialty store -- if I want a sweater for my boa constrictor I go there. If, however, I need bulk food for my dog, I go to PetsMart.
I've also notice that Petco has a larger variety of exotic pets. Most notably they sell a nice variety of salt water fish. Where as Petsmart and most other pet shops mainly just sell fresh water fish.
@@MaryC861 Personally in my town as well Petco is the only place (besides the specialty reptile store) that sells feeder mice. Both of the Petsmarts in my city sell hamsters, 'fancy' mice, and other rodents, but not regular feeder mice, which I think is really interesting
Petco i find to be friendlier and more helpful. Also, the store seems brighter with more lighting. Petsmart is always more dim. Just an observation. I prefer Petco
I avoid getting animals at either but I would say petco takes WAY better care of their animals. There is definitely room for improvement, but they are better than petsmart
Alex Barnes petco is way more brighter and friendlier they also hold a lot of pet costume parties that raise money at least in my town they do but they also have more chic and fancier toys and pet wearables
I think Petco is better. Once I was at Petco and they were actually feeding their reptiles and even birds fruits and veggies. Also the one near me takes really good care of their fish.
Haha, yes. But all the small cages are the WORST no room for the animals to explore. We got one, because our hamsters were small at the time, until we realized how BIG hamsters could get. Now, my family resorts the cutting holes in storage bin, stick tubes through, etc. We realized pet stores were absolutely trash.
Petco has far more supplies for “alternative pets”(I.e. not cats and dogs!)...I own Guinea Pigs and generally can ONLY find a decent variety of products for them at Petco
I work at petco currently and went into a petsmart recently for the first time and I was blown away by how much nicer everything was in comparison to petco, and I bought my dog a new bowl there, I felt so dirty 😆😆😆
Petco just recently banned artificial foods so that alone secured me as a customer. But overall they just have a better aesthetic, and I like their rewards program, and discounts that they offer
PetSmart has a similar rewards program but you can redeem at the register instead of activating them online or whatever. They also pricematch to Co and Chewy
For me, we use Petco for our dogs. However for my lizard (got him at a petco) we buy his stuff from the PetSmart near me because they are hooked up with an exotic vet (literally an office connected to their building). And that veterinarian does everything for all the reptiles and animals there, the one that I go to. She helped so much when my beardy was ill. Buy some propane.
I work at Petco, we get minimum wage, our hours slashed, AND we're expected to learn about animal nutrition on our own time. This makes it almost impossible to keep employees and we end up training new people into positions like dog trainer and groomer WAY faster than we should. I see Petco collapsing first, tbh.
Rey Luellen I work at petco too as a trainer and I think that your stores success is all based on partners. Your hours get cut if you are meeting sales and you only make minimum if you have no plans on moving up in the company. At my store we all work together to learn the nutrition and we work hard to make sales so we are good if you aren’t doing that then it’s not the overall company
Our dog trainer is excellent and makes 40 cents above minimum wage and has been working there for three years, coorprate keeps denying any attempted raises. We make the 2nd most in our district. The only people we have are the people who would endure ANYTHING to work with animals. We ARE a passionate bunch, which is why it's devastating for us to only have 2 employees on shift and leave customers waiting or unattended. They want us to be constantly trying to engage and educate to boost sales, but where are we supposed to do that when one employee is working the register while the other is doing the hourly animal walk?
Pet supplies plus gives you on the clock training courses on pet nutrition, they have for years. I liked that it’s completely unbiased too, from what I could remember it let you pick a few brands of your choice off the shelf and compare the GA and ingredients yourself. I don’t generally like these major retail pet chains but I could definitely see the big 2 crumbling eventually.
well, you can always try to get a job at PetSmart. You have experience, so I'm sure they'll take you. also, trainers and groomers at petsmart make decent money from what i've heard.
Honestly it varies from store to store. I've been to PetSmarts that have great costumer service and great animal care, and I've been to one (my local one) that has okay customer service and shitty animal care. Petcos are the same, but I believe Petco has tried to be more ethical by not selling wild caught animals anymore such as hermit crabs. I think animal treatment should always come first in my opinion.
I personally don’t like Petsmart, from a bad experience with them a few years ago. One day, I brought my dog to get groomed at Petsmart, and when I got back to get him, he was scratching at his eye, clearly something was wrong. I later found out that one of the groomers literally cut his eye with their grooming scissors, and never told us. Now whenever we go to get him groomed, he has serious anxiety and stress from that event, and I feel so bad for him. Still to this day I’m super upset with whoever groomed him for not telling us about it. 😔 Edit: just to be clear, we stopped going to Petsmart for their grooming and other services afterwards, and now go to Petcoach for grooming, and I’ve noticed Petco is a lot better about pet nutrition, and stopped using artificial stuff in there food, which shows how much they actually care about our pets. 😊
Zelda Collins, Yes, I totally agree. I'm just so glad that the injury didn't make him completely blind, as far as I know, he can still see pretty well in that eye, but there's a possibility he could be partially blind, but no real serious injury in the eye thank gosh.
Yeah and at least the petco I go to you can see big cages for hamsters even thought there are critter trail’s I see none that have been bought which shows you how much the employees there care about your little pet or big pet that’s why I’m never going to petsmart it’s just bad for pets and I remember a video I saw of munchie’s place reviewing the tiny tales hamster cage she said that one of the employees said oh a tiny trail those are good cages which shows you that petsmart barely cares about pets.
in my area there is a Petco and PetSmart basically side to side with a few buildings and a street separating each other. I like that I don't have to go far to see what each has to offer lol.
paula competition is good for the consumer. to have one service provide everything would allow them to control the market how they like and thats, bad and super anti consumer
Help I am dying actually from rotavirus depends on the species, most reptiles and fish are captive bred but there are many that are not. They can flourish or flounder in captivity, generally wild caught animals are looked down upon though.
My experience, owning reptile, petco has more products available that I need, but they also care for their animals more poorly, putting many reptiles or small animals in small enclosures that aren’t cleaned often. I support petsmart more as a company due to the slightly better animal care, but the product diversity in petco is much better.
At the petco i work at we clean all enclosures twice a week. Mice get cleaned every 2 days, and all fish are fed fresh frozen foods. But thats just my store, we are just lucky our crew actually cares about the animals
Our Petco always has nice clean reptile/tarantula/snake cages, they have hides, clean water and food dishes (reptiles). The small animal cages always seem pretty well taken care of also. The ferrets barely ever stink as they seem to clean their litter boxes quite a bit. Petsmart crams too many mice into their cages as they are mostly sold for feeders but the store is pretty well taken care besides that. I prefer Petco because it's only 5 minutes down the road, Petsmart is a whole field trip, I have also noticed the diversity of products at Petco.
Both are pretty much equally terrible when it comes to their live animal sale practices. Advocate for poor care, bad and dangerous care in store, mill bred animals. It’ll vary a bit from location to location, but none are good. I will give petco a point over petsmart though for sometimes having their betta fish in filtered tanks instead of those awful cups
I would agree if it werent for the fact that petsmart doesn't let us give animals fresh veggies or greens. Birds and reptiles and rodents NEED veggies. But they dont allow it.
Both companise badly abuse and neglect their animals. If you think the reptiles on the sales floor arent being cared for properly you should see the ones they keep in the back of the store
I can’t believe this video was posted so recently with no mention of Petco going artificial free and being the FIRST major pet retailer to do so!! I’d definitely say Petco is setting a huge step away from this pet warehouse like Petsmart!
@@jasminangel6718 Which, for the most part, don't have any negative effects on the animals. So yeah, artificial, while often thrown around as a big bad thing, is mostly harmless and not a bad thing at all. Petco is just using it for a bit a popularity boost.
@@mbrookshire918 Yep, they just did it for popularity. If they cared about pets, they wouldn't be selling cramped little crittertrail cages and little betta setups. Or getting their reptiles from the equivalent of puppy mills.
Except no one is EVER available to help me when I need it at my local one. It's like a ghost town and I have to wander around FOREVER. But, it's the only place around that sells me feeder mice so I have to go there and go ghost hunting every 10 days or so. Sigh.
I stumbled across that as an observation. I was astounded going into a retail store and the employee went out of his way to see what I needed, got it correctly identified, and a great price. He even said I could return it and get something else if it didn't work out. I told him I wouldn't return it, not fair to the business, but let him know he did a badass job.
I always thought Petco and Petsmart were some how linked, like owned by the same bigger company or something lol. But I stopped going to petsmart because when I adopted a rat there, the lady picked him up by the tail (which you should NEVER do) and literally threw him in the box and was all around just extremely rough with such a small animal. I had to run in there again years later and they had a dog adoption day and all the dogs were crammed into TINY cages barking their heads off. I've heard some horror stories about petco but have yet to see anything for myself, so I opt to go with them.
That is so HORRIBLE, honestly that woman shouldnt work there if shes gonna grab small animals like that. I work at petsmart and I would never do that. That's just plain horrible
Petco does animal adoption days too. They let the smaller dogs out in a little area. But bgger dogs usually stay in the kennels. since they can just jump the barrier. At least at my petco
That was the problem at PetSmart. A lot of stores had a one filtration or 2 where one of them connects to the majority of takes so if one tank gets sick then it's going to spread. We actually had the fish not available for sale because we had ick so bad that it spread to the other tanks and also a lot of animals that come in sick from the vendor as well. so we normally had a lot of cages filled with animals. The feeder fish are a different story as they get stuck to the filter so easily (not a way to stop it) or they just die because they have short life spans. Petco seems to be better with animals and fish. We don't have a lot of sick fish and once a tank does get contaminated then it's solved quickly. Also we don't have one big system so the illness doesn't spread.
Mmmm bananas my friend had her/his beta fish for years like 5 years. He got it at pet smart. (Sorry for the he/her, they were female but he’s trans now)
@@scin1tyThat's ok it's amazing considering most of the pet stores have terrible conditions especially for fish I had a goldfish that I got from a fair for around 5 years but sadly he passed away last week
Learning that Petco was sold in 2015 makes a lot of sense. I hadn’t been in there since my rabbit Molly died (rest in peace) until I adopted two rabbits last year; to say they’re more skewed towards dog owners is an understatement.
PetSmart went from privately owned to public at some point in the last decade, and we got a new CEO in 2018. I work there. It's changing, but as I'm just a lowly cog in the monstrously huge machine, I couldn't tell you how.
@@nathanrileyschulz5862 nah. Look at the fish section especially and it's night and day. Petco offers more variety and unique fish. PetSmart sticks with the more common fish and only introduces maybe a few unique colors of said fish.
As an employee and leader of one of these company’s stores, I’d say the biggest difference between the two is that Petsmart still has a warehouse feel, having more variety in stock and more options, but Petco seeing smaller has the extra time to put more emphasis in animal sales, care, and services (as you said). Petco in January 2019 got rid of all cat and dog food with artificial ingredients like flavors, preservatives and colors, eliminating popular brands such as friskies, pedigree, and milkbone creating an even more limited selection of products. While i can see they’re trying to focus on healthier options for pets, creating an environment that feels organic and very “part of the family”, they’ve shortened their market and audience which is risky; however petsmart i think still has that costco/walmart feel where you have a wider selection of products at cheaper prices which many desire but it doesn’t feel very homey “part of the family feel”. In all petsmart has more customers in total, and Petco has less but more repeat customers. I am proud to work for one of these retailers and i have no quarrel with the other. I definitely agree which what you said that petsmart is like the expanded version of the pet section of a grocery store and Petco is an expanded version of a basic pet store.
But petsmart sells lots of things that will kill animals, including their own brand tiny tails. Petco doesn’t sell the best things either but they’re trying to be more informed and sell what’s healthiest for your pet, not what’s cutest and will get your kids attention.
to me it’s always seemed like petsmart had more pet supplies for sale while petco had more animals for sale; a larger selection/variety of animals as well
Which could be the reason of PetSmart's lead in the business. Maintenance of a pet is much more expensive that the pet itself most of the time. If they have loyal customers, their revenue would grow largely
It's the opposite here, PetSmart has all the animals(and they manage to neglect all of them lmao) and Petco has the quality supplies with a couple animals and the store is cleaner with slightly Superior animal Care (not by much) definitely prefer going to my petco seeing the animal care doesn't make me want to barf or cry and I can get some safe toys for my little mice.
@@danibobmk1998 petco reccomends heat lamps for leopard geckos when they actually need a heat pad cuz they asorb heat from their bellies but petsmart reccomends heat mats for leopard geckos which is good
one thing they have in common is that they both treat small animals horribly and spread a lot of misinformation about them which is one big reason as to why it's pretty common to see small animals being mistreated, neglected or abused
Our local Petsmart has cats from the local animal shelter. The idea is to encourage people to adopt the cats. Sometimes I'l go in and just say hi to all the kitties, but never buy things, cause I'm a broke teenager who's not old enough for a job
Ours does that too. They also allow people to adopt fish that have been brought to their store. It's cheaper than buying the fish they tend to give them to you with instructions. I know at mine the people in the fish section are extremely educated about the fish they are selling, they refuse to sell fish to people who haven't cycled their tanks, and they ask for a list of fish that are in your tank when you go to buy because not all fish get along.
There’s no difference I’ve been kicked out of both multiple times Edit: editing comments are corny but people are asking what I did so...I pressed down on bin full of those rubber chicken dog toys repeatedly after being asked to stop
@@lol-lt5dv yeah I recommend this restaurant great meals and cheap prices you could even get meals for free if you don't let anyone see you eating the animals.
The Petco near me has a staff that owns their own reptiles and animals, and it really shows by how knowledgeable they are and how well they take care of the animals there. The last time I went to the Petsmart near me I saw a dead snake in one of their cages and one of the employees aggressively said "I'M WORKING ON IT" before storming off. It's no competition.
Just don't go get pets from petco or petsmart. they all come from places where they breed the animal till they can't. Adopt or find someone who just had a litter of the animal you want.its a lot cheaper too
“Pets never get tired of eating that stuff!” ... *looks at my dog who doesn’t always eat all of her food, dry or canned* Yeeeeeeaaaaahhhh.... about that......
Have you thought about changing the food up? I order from the Farmer’s Dog for my yorkie and she loves it! She gets a month worth of 3 types of fresh meals: Turkey, beef or pork, and she devours it!
My 15 month old Bernese who has become so picky that I currently have Hills LB adult, ProPlan LB adult, Eukanuba LB adult and canned versions of all them... They do tire of their food.
I work at Petco and we got a new CEO last year. Hours have been getting cut and the budget is tighter. But I think they'll be fine. I'm a reef keeper at home and I wanted to work someplace to get a discount on my hobby. I found out that Petsmart does only freshwater fish, where Petco does fresh and salt water fish.
Beaste Beat there are several different vendors that the stores have options to order from... as far as the specific vendors the store I work at uses I don’t know but there’s quite a few vendors that are used.
I think PetSmart avoids saltwater fish because idiots don't take care of them and they die. Too many parents would just buy their kid a saltwater fish and throw some tap water in there with a bit of salt. it's probably safer for the fish this way. everyone I know who keeps saltwater fish just go to aquarium stores since they mostly carry more saltwater than freshwater.
Gotta be honest, my parents took me to both to "go to the aquarium" or "see the fish." 🐟 It would take years for me to understand that parents don't like to spend money. 😂😂😂
i used to pretend it was an aquarium (well i did that with house of tropics anyways) bc we couldnt afford to go to the actual aquarium but i really like the animals
Small locally owned pet stores...that’s a neat memory. There was one where I live that was “owned” by a Red Lory and a Blue and Gold Macaw. They had the run of the place and asked the customers for spare change, along with an impressive repertoire of wisecracks. Shopping at small businesses really was more enjoyable than the big box mart experience is now.
Petsmart near me does a good job for fish and reptiles Petco however had to have a 5 year old tell them how to make it so there baby leopard geckos did not die because they were on sand and were digesting it when trying to eat food
SneakyRaptor the gamer Not all Pet co or Pet Smarts have bad care, it’s just that the majority of people who work there take very little care of the animals they sell and know very little. Betta fish and goldfish are the most common abused pets because people who buy them and people who sell them don’t educate themselves. If you work in a pet store and you specialize in a store that only sells pets and pet related products then by all means you should know well enough. Pet co keeps their betta fish in tiny cups btw.
I remember my old manager from another place went to PetSmart and the fish tanks were beautiful. I mean she got her staff to clean them out. I could tell the difference!!! I was so impressed.
I would feel like that too cuz the Petco near me is smaller than the petsmart, and there is less of them, but honestly their both big and are both large coorporations
ExoticLuck I don’t know which stores you’re talking about but I’ve worked for PetSmart as a Petcare associate and we’ve never tortured or hurt the animals. I can’t speak for every store but make sure you have proof before making such claims.
In the two states I've lived in, this holds true! Which is why when I'm looking for something, I usually go to petsmart first, that and they always seem to be closer. XD
izzy beans I agree. The Petsmart in my town is tiny and has a cruel aesthetic, while the petco is so friendly and has all sorts of reptiles, birds, rodents, and fish
jthedog and the sad truth is everything amazon is doing, Sears has already done A LONG time ago. Sears sold vehicles, homes and everything in and around them. They practically invited the online store but it was way too soon. Company man really needs to do a “sears, once bigger then you knew”
At my PetSmart, all the employees love animals! When I got my guinea pigs, Bonnie and Clyde, the lady had named them, told us their favorite foods, and stopped is from getting a shyer pig when we made a joke about being loud.
I work at a petsmart in Atlanta and I can vouch that. I work in pet care and the amount of sick animals we ALWAYS have is horrendous. they allow sick animals to be sold rather than spending money on treatment. I've had animals that would be easy to treat, but due to just lack of care and lack of wanting to put money into animal care they're just left to suffer and die. there's a solid few employees that truly care about the health of the animals but the amount of greedy corporate slaves (managers mostly) make it incredibly hard to give them accurate care. Our fish were dying frequently, 100's every day due to not having cotton filters which caused the PH to sky rocket. I told multiple managers and district manager AT LEAST 10 times and nothing got done because they don't care. it's one of the cheapest pieces of equipment and incredibly easy to order but they'd rather put the money into proprietary brands and dog grooming while letting the rodents, fish and reptiles die and live in awful conditions. we aren't even ALLOWED to give reptiles proper lighting that would suit their specific requirement and without that they have life long defects and can even die. It's disgusting. Petsmart is absolute trash and does not care for the animals, customers or employees, only profit. I've heard petco is about the same. I have been to 1 single petco though that seemed to be doing generally good in pet care. sorry for the rant, these industries are just disgusting and we need to stop worshipping them and ignoring/excusing this behavior.
sadly the nice ones are only nice in the sense that they're incredibly good at covering up just how many sick and dead animals we have. I once again have seen this first hand working here.
Milla Zilla shock collars can actually be helpful in some dogs that are extremely reluctant, like my dog :) we literally tried everything and she wouldn’t respond to anything, and she would harm us :) most shock collars can be put on the lowest setting so it doesn’t even hurt your dog :)
I like Petsmart, they are so nice there but when I go into Petco, the animal enclosures are always more spacious and the fact that they took on a healthy initiative and stopped selling that horrible food, they win my vote!
Petco used to sell what would be considered "store brands" of dog food: Beneful, Pedigree, and the like. Now they only sell the higher-end brands (Science Diet, Eukanuba, and the like). PetSmart, on the other hand, still carries both types of dog food. I usually bought a 50-lb bag of dry food for our dog. Ended up going to Costco.
I’ve found it’s really up to your local stores and their specific managers. The Petco near me has better service and lately has been taking cafe of their animals just as well as Petsmart.
Yeah, the petsmart in the city where I live is shit compared to the petco, the petco is really nice. The petco in the town where i went to college though is terrible, and there isn’t a petsmart there afaik.
Idk there’s 4 of each within a hour drive for me and ye know every now and again you wanna go see what everybody got and I swear every petsmart it’s like they would highly prefer you u turned back out the door
Office Max/Office Depot vs. Staples would be a good video. Especially info on the mailed merger of the 3 that was shut down by the FTC a few years back.
I like Petco. I always find better deals there and the workers are usually very friendly at different locations. I really like the Star Wars merchandise they have there. :)
@@gracewilcox9117 I mean that Petco's fish section has more specialty items, like shrimp tank supplies, planted tank substrate and ferts, a wider variety of live plants and fish foods, and a more knowledgeable staff. But that may just be in my area (dmv)
Yeah and I only get my pet bettas at Petco because they are always healthier than the ones at PetSmart. Although it still is a huge store and they prefer quantity over quality so I still get a sick fish every once in a while.
I worked at Uncle Bill's Pet Center in the early 90's. At the time, it was the largest pet store in the state of Indiana. To this day it remains the best job I have ever worked. I really enjoyed it and the people and pets I worked with. Fond memories. At the time, they had 3 stores. Last time I checked, it still exists and they have expanded to more stores.
I love Famous Amos, I forgot what they were called for a long period of time once I stopped eating them and seeing them less, now I know, they were my favorite cookies when I was little. They still are but I haven't had them lol
I’m a dog trainer for an unleashed by petco (only supplies w/o the live animals, usually for one stop shop purposes in the city). I’ve always heard that working for petco is better than petsmart. Plus the products are artificial free. The ownership of petco bouncing around is REALLY evident in the mass amounts of computer training they make you do on a weekly basis.
It is not weird unless you searched anything like that RUclips is owned by google so search on anything google it transfers get a vpn unless you want similar things about what you do :)
Damn i was really hoping you were gonna talk about the ignorant mistreatment of animals that they breed and sell, I know one of the places has better treatment than the other so it would be a great discussion and a opportunity to bring an awareness to this issue. If u dont know what im talking about, most if not all employees are not propaply trained or knowledgeable to be selling the animals at the stores, most of the pets are not being kept in proper conditions and are sick. They way over breed their pets. Everytime i go there i see people buying new pets asking for advice for care and with out a doubt I hear an employee give out mis information. 1 time I even saw a new employee cage a baerded dragon hatchling with a slightly older dragon, its common knowledge to not let them be caged together and the hatchling ended up being swallowed my the other, they dunk them in water but it was too late and the hatchling died. Ive seen a guinea pig frozen in a corner thin and sickly shaking. Ive seen ferrets far too young to be away from there mother being sold, and ive seen countless of other sick animals with improper caging. Please do not support these companies and do ur research on local pet stores instead and if u choose to adopt they actually have an exotic section not very well known at animal shelters
Beebo Illustrations THANK GOD! I’m not the only one! They give the worse misinformation, “buy a crittertrail” “get this tiny aquarium for ANY reptile!” “Buy this gerbil who is supposed to be housed with another gerbil but it’s fine” IM SICK OF IT if the bosses at those places actually had smart workers places would be WAY better. I heard a worker sell a VERY small cage to someone getting a Syrian Hamster! And the wheel was 4 inches. Ok I will stop complaining, GET YOUR ANIMALS FROM SHELTERS please
@@karmagirl7858 Their decision to continue buying from said breeding companies and mistreatment / misinformation can absolutely be put on the stores. I think petco is more guilty of this by far, as their reptiles are almost always in awful condition. Maybe it's just my area, but petsmart always seems to take better care of their exotic animals.
I work at a PetSmart and I can tell you it's not true. At my location we don't sell ferrets a novel or animals in the back are treated like they're part of our family. We don't sell dogs but we do so cats and all of our cats come from the shelter. But I know at my location you take really good care of all of our animals.
One Petco I went in to look for things for my fish tank, the store was a mess, and the fish area felt so messy. However there's one that's not too old that looks amazing and has a really awesome fish area. The fish tanks at this Petco was in the shape of a semi circle that gives you the vibe you're at the aquarium. I normally go to Petsmart though, not sure why, just preferred I guess.
@@emeraldcampbell7843 its obvious Petco reccomends calcium sand for leopard geckos and its dangerous because they can eat it and their intestines will get blocked While petsmart reccomends reptile carpet which is a safer option cuz they cant eat it
My girlfriend is a trainer at PetCo. I think they're better because the offer things like grooming, walking, "puppy playtime," donations, VetCo and more. They have a wide variety of everything where PetSmart seems smaller in size. PetCo has more animals and more food/items.
I worked at PetSmart for several years. I was a drug addict/major alcoholic. I was nearly black out drunk every single day at work there. For some reason i was never fired. Pretty shocking. I was an extremely good employee, even as drunk and high as i was. I was named employee of the month on many occasions. Got many raises, and ended up becoming a leader. I quit and rejoined several times. I have to say, it was a decent place to work.
Petco has stepped up their game in the past couple of years. They went to higher end brands, no preservatives and fillers. They're going after the "all natural" higher end specialty store.
Wendy Pierce yea and Petsmart has kind of been getting worse with quality, especially when they released their new Tiny Tales brand and making hamsters seem even more like kids toys when they're living beings. Petco selling high quality pet food just makes me wish I could afford their prices and never have to shop at Petsmart again.
@@dancingghost930 Those cages that look like neon castles, yikes! They need more stuff that's meant for a family room not a kid's room. Not much design attention has been given to the small animals and it seems to be in the same unfortunate place that cat furniture was in about 15-20 years ago.
@@RajZoneTrader Dont tell me you believe the whole DCM thing. There isnt enough conclusive data to link "boutique" dog to DCM, nor grain-free to DCM. There have been cases with DCM from the big five. So instead of being an ass hat, look at the research and read the studies.
I know the Petsmart name is pretty dope, but you can't deny the Dog and Cat logo for Petco is art.
darienreaper exactly
Is that a SpiderWalrus?
Yeah I've admired the design of their logo for quite some time. I do normally shop at PetSmart more than Petco though. I just generally find more what I need for my cats there.
Sometimes I let out a fart
@@TheChickenRiceBowl Spidermanatee!
the difference for me is that one is 5 minutes away and the other is 1 hour away
Oml true
Ha same for me Petco is local and PetsMart is 45 mins away been to both they're the same to me.
mine are right next to eachother with just two stores in between them
In my city if I stand outside my petsmart and look across the parking lot I see the petco
Illusive[Brick] same
I just go to the family owned pet store in my area. The owner of the store has a cat and it licks my legs
Korvich my dog licks me
why would the owner lick your legs?
Gurtrude Twaimz dunno
Korvich my cat licks and bites my finger 😝
I go to my local pet shop but if we go any were else it’s petco
Not gonna lie, petsmart is pretty depressing when you come inside their stores compared to petco in our place
I realized that too. The Petco near my house has way nicer lighting than the nearest Petsmart. The Petsmart was weirdly dim for some reason
Honestly I think it's because petsmart is more of a warehouse-type building (like Walmart or home depot) AND their lighting always sucks.
We're the opposite. It depends on location.
Really? Petco where I live is so ghetto.
My local petsmart had beta fish in small cups of water on a shelf which honestly proves that petco is better
Edit: petco does it to
I think the CEO from both companies should face off every year in a steel cage.
They're owned by the same company
Jeremiah Tisdell Then let’s see the CEO fight themself! 😂
Lol
Quit hitting yourself quit hitting yourself
They're not owned by the same company, they're just both privately owned
the dog in petco is literally clifford
sshibes I work there :) I feel ya’
Cathrine the big blue cat that slightly smaller than Clifford the big red dog
no clifford is literally the dog in petco cuz petco came first
Ye it is
sshibes I liked your comment and it turned to 1k it was so satisfying.
When he said 30 years ago, I thought of the 1970s damn I'm getting old
is the 90s is about to be 30 years ago bro, your late
Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaappppppp!!!! I wasn’t even alive in the 70’s, 80’s or 90’s but I feel OLD! I just realized my brother is almost 30?!
@@Caroline-yo2zo same here
im 24 and when he said "30" years ago, I still thought about the 70s
So go crawl back to ur grave,grandpa
I worked at Petco for a few years and loved it. Everytime I go into a Petsmart it doesn't have the same atmosphere or vibe
I work at a petco too, and I agree. Petco has a more welcoming and friendly atmosphere than petsmart
@@elyssamorris3156 Yes, you guys are doing a good job helping customers. It's appreciated. 🙂
Petco treats their employees way better.
At PetSmart, our will to live is slowly destroyed. Especially in the hotels
@@winterwren8417 Yes...... just yes
People: Pet’s Mart
Other People: Pet Smart
Me an idiot: Pet’s Smart
I call five below five and below ⓢ ⓤ ⓔ ⓜ ⓔ
me a 90s kid: Pez Mart?
can't even dialogue format right
lmao memers
@Toadw1 it's pentsmartz
Wait, so you’re telling me that’s not what it’s called .__.
I bought two "male" mice from petco once, I asked if they were male for sure and they said of course we don't put males and females together...long story short I now have 10 little baby mice running around.
At least you got free food
@@sumliss4643 I'm vegan
Diana Sandoval oof large
widepeepohappy KILL IT
Eh whatever at least they be cute
I was a Petco this one time and i was looking at the dog treats and one of the workers there just grabs a dog treat and eats it saying its edible and tasty and ask if we wanted to try some. It was a fun experience :)
Random Nonsense I work at Petco this is so true lol they told me I wasn’t a real Petco employee until I tried one
@@kristytingley wait hold up... tried the dog treat?!
Get Slimey don’t knock it till you try it! Duplex Creme cookies at the treat bar lol 😂
You guys dont normally eat dog and cat food?
@@residentflamingo115 nope
I’ve realized it’s mostly biased on managers. I have 2 Petsmart’s near me and 2 Petco’s. The two stores of each company give off completely different vibes. No two stores are the same from what I’ve seen lol
Frfr I work at a recently built Petco and in the 2 years it has been open we are reading better stats than any of the other dozens of locations we have scattered around the city that have been their for years, even celebrated high milestones that corporate paid for a small party
I've worked at multiple PetSmarts and yeah this is a true observation
I feel like Petco is more of a specialty store -- if I want a sweater for my boa constrictor I go there.
If, however, I need bulk food for my dog, I go to PetsMart.
Boa Sweater!? That sounds so cool yet so weird lol.
I've also notice that Petco has a larger variety of exotic pets. Most notably they sell a nice variety of salt water fish. Where as Petsmart and most other pet shops mainly just sell fresh water fish.
@@MaryC861 Personally in my town as well Petco is the only place (besides the specialty reptile store) that sells feeder mice. Both of the Petsmarts in my city sell hamsters, 'fancy' mice, and other rodents, but not regular feeder mice, which I think is really interesting
Why Petco? Most grocery stores sell protection.
This about sums it up yeah 😂
Petco i find to be friendlier and more helpful. Also, the store seems brighter with more lighting. Petsmart is always more dim. Just an observation. I prefer Petco
I avoid getting animals at either but I would say petco takes WAY better care of their animals. There is definitely room for improvement, but they are better than petsmart
I think the reason why it’s dim is because dogs or cats usually aren’t used to bright lights
@@Winnie-the-one-eyed-pony ..ahhhh...that is a good point...I never thought of that
Alex Barnes petco is way more brighter and friendlier they also hold a lot of pet costume parties that raise money at least in my town they do but they also have more chic and fancier toys and pet wearables
Yes petco much better also they could kill a dog the way they groom dogs
I think Petco is better. Once I was at Petco and they were actually feeding their reptiles and even birds fruits and veggies. Also the one near me takes really good care of their fish.
For me petsmart keeps their beardies and leopard geckos on carpet while petco keeps them on calcium sand
I agree. My local Petco (not all of them, however) lets ferrets out to play after hours
Do they have newborn puppies
Shotty No???
@@skittles3205 you can't buy newborn puppies. you need them at 8 weeks
I went to PETCO thinking it was PETSMART: I came out with a care package, all I needed for my new puppy, I never went back to petsmart.
Nice. Also you gotta admit their logo is so adorable and wholesome
@@fyrespark2077 Not anymore.
@@dragmaplays-new9811 wdym
@@fyrespark2077 They changed the logo to something bland and soulless.
@@dragmaplays-new9811 WHAT?!
i know what they both have in common :/
they both sell the worst hamster, mouse, and gerbil cages. critter trails ://
Haha, yes. But all the small cages are the WORST no room for the animals to explore. We got one, because our hamsters were small at the time, until we realized how BIG hamsters could get. Now, my family resorts the cutting holes in storage bin, stick tubes through, etc. We realized pet stores were absolutely trash.
Preach🙌🏼🙌🏼
I’m a Chicken nugget facts
Critter trails suck ass
Critter trails are better as traveling cages
Petco has a cute logo. Always reminded me of Clifford
Same, I loved it as a kid and still do
Same
I like Petco better
I like both logos tbh I like the Petco logo alot but the one near me does a horrible job at keeping there animals alive and not sick
Can't because there's no giant blue cat, and that cats bigger than him
Petco has far more supplies for “alternative pets”(I.e. not cats and dogs!)...I own Guinea Pigs and generally can ONLY find a decent variety of products for them at Petco
Agreed. I had a sugar glider for a while, and while some basics I could get at PetSmart, a lot of stuff had to be bought at PetCo.
edvaira6891 i have a hamster and i agree
Mango Conchile Is his name Hammond?
I can find better quality stuff at petsmart
edvaira6891 try Pet supreme
I work at petco currently and went into a petsmart recently for the first time and I was blown away by how much nicer everything was in comparison to petco, and I bought my dog a new bowl there, I felt so dirty 😆😆😆
Why did I just watch a 11 minute video about which pet store is better
We're together on that question... and I'm from Brasil which makes me even more lost why I watched this! hahaha
I did because I thought I'd learn about who treated the animals better so I know where I should shop.
This didn't help.
Petco is better than Petsmart, their hamster cages are not it!
Because Veggie, *you wanna make sure they don’t eat ya fellow veggies*
Look I'm watch this at two in the morning the day before I get a parrot I am asking myself all of the questions I can spam
Petco just recently banned artificial foods so that alone secured me as a customer. But overall they just have a better aesthetic, and I like their rewards program, and discounts that they offer
Nurse Courtney what’s their rewards program like?
Petco also takes Petsmart coupons and reward dollars.
Amber Porter petsmart takes petco coupons too
PetSmart has a similar rewards program but you can redeem at the register instead of activating them online or whatever. They also pricematch to Co and Chewy
For me, we use Petco for our dogs. However for my lizard (got him at a petco) we buy his stuff from the PetSmart near me because they are hooked up with an exotic vet (literally an office connected to their building). And that veterinarian does everything for all the reptiles and animals there, the one that I go to. She helped so much when my beardy was ill.
Buy some propane.
I work at Petco, we get minimum wage, our hours slashed, AND we're expected to learn about animal nutrition on our own time. This makes it almost impossible to keep employees and we end up training new people into positions like dog trainer and groomer WAY faster than we should. I see Petco collapsing first, tbh.
Rey Luellen I work at petco too as a trainer and I think that your stores success is all based on partners. Your hours get cut if you are meeting sales and you only make minimum if you have no plans on moving up in the company. At my store we all work together to learn the nutrition and we work hard to make sales so we are good if you aren’t doing that then it’s not the overall company
Our dog trainer is excellent and makes 40 cents above minimum wage and has been working there for three years, coorprate keeps denying any attempted raises. We make the 2nd most in our district. The only people we have are the people who would endure ANYTHING to work with animals. We ARE a passionate bunch, which is why it's devastating for us to only have 2 employees on shift and leave customers waiting or unattended. They want us to be constantly trying to engage and educate to boost sales, but where are we supposed to do that when one employee is working the register while the other is doing the hourly animal walk?
Rey Luellen yes, I have the same problem at the petco I work at!
Pet supplies plus gives you on the clock training courses on pet nutrition, they have for years. I liked that it’s completely unbiased too, from what I could remember it let you pick a few brands of your choice off the shelf and compare the GA and ingredients yourself.
I don’t generally like these major retail pet chains but I could definitely see the big 2 crumbling eventually.
well, you can always try to get a job at PetSmart. You have experience, so I'm sure they'll take you. also, trainers and groomers at petsmart make decent money from what i've heard.
Honestly it varies from store to store. I've been to PetSmarts that have great costumer service and great animal care, and I've been to one (my local one) that has okay customer service and shitty animal care. Petcos are the same, but I believe Petco has tried to be more ethical by not selling wild caught animals anymore such as hermit crabs. I think animal treatment should always come first in my opinion.
I personally don’t like Petsmart, from a bad experience with them a few years ago. One day, I brought my dog to get groomed at Petsmart, and when I got back to get him, he was scratching at his eye, clearly something was wrong. I later found out that one of the groomers literally cut his eye with their grooming scissors, and never told us. Now whenever we go to get him groomed, he has serious anxiety and stress from that event, and I feel so bad for him. Still to this day I’m super upset with whoever groomed him for not telling us about it. 😔
Edit: just to be clear, we stopped going to Petsmart for their grooming and other services afterwards, and now go to Petcoach for grooming, and I’ve noticed Petco is a lot better about pet nutrition, and stopped using artificial stuff in there food, which shows how much they actually care about our pets. 😊
People should sue Petsmart, cutting an animals EYE with scissors is not something you can just ignore, an animal could get blinded by that!
Zelda Collins, Yes, I totally agree. I'm just so glad that the injury didn't make him completely blind, as far as I know, he can still see pretty well in that eye, but there's a possibility he could be partially blind, but no real serious injury in the eye thank gosh.
@@katsyvy8288 Well that's good, I would be very sad if any of my sweet puppers got hurt or blinded.
Yea same I was really upset when my pupper got hurt, but at least it didn't affect him long term 🙂
Yeah and at least the petco I go to you can see big cages for hamsters even thought there are critter trail’s I see none that have been bought which shows you how much the employees there care about your little pet or big pet that’s why I’m never going to petsmart it’s just bad for pets and I remember a video I saw of munchie’s place reviewing the tiny tales hamster cage she said that one of the employees said oh a tiny trail those are good cages which shows you that petsmart barely cares about pets.
They’re both good restaurants
came here from cowbelly and also r/cursedcomments
What's your deal, mate?
@mato paz what's that in dollars?
Wait
Yes it is a great Chinese restaurant I should know since I'm part asian
Petco has the awesome slogan, “Where The Pets Go.” Catchy.
Jer Gervasi could say the same about heaven
LeftoverCheese 👌
The kitchen
LeftoverCheese I mean, you’re not wrong
Isnt it "where the healthy pets go?" 😅
in my area there is a Petco and PetSmart basically side to side with a few buildings and a street separating each other. I like that I don't have to go far to see what each has to offer lol.
Literally any major retailer: exists
Amazon: I'm about to end this whole man's career
Nimda so true.
Why that is even allowed is beyond me though. Aren't there anti-trust laws to prevent just this?
F**k Amazon.
paula competition is good for the consumer. to have one service provide everything would allow them to control the market how they like and thats, bad and super anti consumer
@paula not even going to bother, sorry.
You are either trolling or you are beyond help.
Enjoy your "cheap" prices and "free" shipping.
I find Petco to have a much more pleasing and diverse atmosphere, with a much wider variety of animals
EXACTLY!
Petsmart is better
Cat 2344fx They don’t have FERRETTSSTSSSTSTSTSTS
@@MangoDonutreal yes cuz they are wild and wild animals in enclosures are probably not happy ghgggbyh
Help I am dying actually from rotavirus depends on the species, most reptiles and fish are captive bred but there are many that are not. They can flourish or flounder in captivity, generally wild caught animals are looked down upon though.
My pets would be so flattered if they could comprehend the money, time, and competition that went into feeding them lol
!!Shut up you stupid Cat & eat your Puppy-Chow!!
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V8flattop Gamer lol we used to do the same thing with our cats
@@verycutetaco Ha-Ha
@@Evangelionism mIRC?
My experience, owning reptile, petco has more products available that I need, but they also care for their animals more poorly, putting many reptiles or small animals in small enclosures that aren’t cleaned often. I support petsmart more as a company due to the slightly better animal care, but the product diversity in petco is much better.
At the petco i work at we clean all enclosures twice a week. Mice get cleaned every 2 days, and all fish are fed fresh frozen foods. But thats just my store, we are just lucky our crew actually cares about the animals
Our Petco always has nice clean reptile/tarantula/snake cages, they have hides, clean water and food dishes (reptiles). The small animal cages always seem pretty well taken care of also. The ferrets barely ever stink as they seem to clean their litter boxes quite a bit. Petsmart crams too many mice into their cages as they are mostly sold for feeders but the store is pretty well taken care besides that. I prefer Petco because it's only 5 minutes down the road, Petsmart is a whole field trip, I have also noticed the diversity of products at Petco.
Both are pretty much equally terrible when it comes to their live animal sale practices. Advocate for poor care, bad and dangerous care in store, mill bred animals. It’ll vary a bit from location to location, but none are good. I will give petco a point over petsmart though for sometimes having their betta fish in filtered tanks instead of those awful cups
I would agree if it werent for the fact that petsmart doesn't let us give animals fresh veggies or greens. Birds and reptiles and rodents NEED veggies. But they dont allow it.
Both companise badly abuse and neglect their animals. If you think the reptiles on the sales floor arent being cared for properly you should see the ones they keep in the back of the store
I can’t believe this video was posted so recently with no mention of Petco going artificial free and being the FIRST major pet retailer to do so!! I’d definitely say Petco is setting a huge step away from this pet warehouse like Petsmart!
@No Need artificial free means it's not made out of fake coloring or flavors
@@jasminangel6718 Which, for the most part, don't have any negative effects on the animals. So yeah, artificial, while often thrown around as a big bad thing, is mostly harmless and not a bad thing at all. Petco is just using it for a bit a popularity boost.
I agree 100%! Artificial free is great!
@@noalb3108 so they got rid of 15% of their products just to get a popularity boost? No - they care about what its customers feeds their pets!
@@mbrookshire918 Yep, they just did it for popularity. If they cared about pets, they wouldn't be selling cramped little crittertrail cages and little betta setups. Or getting their reptiles from the equivalent of puppy mills.
I've had completely opposite experiences. Where I'm from PetSmarts are bigger, nicer, cleaner and usually more expensive
Mhm, petco looks like, well, um, a basic pet store.
PetSmart does not welcome pit bulls in their stores, Petco does welcome them. there is no reason to not welcome pit bulls.
@@reginaldb.willikers6978 I find that false.
@@ninoaguero7810 just for the sake of not wanting a war in these replies, elaborate?
Nino Aguero I literally just learned it was only for the daycare and grooming after the video.
I like PetCo’s plan to become more “service oriented.” It adds value in a different way than simply being convenient.
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Whooh- goo! I had forgotten about this lol. I didn’t know I had gotten so many likes. Thanks so much!
Except no one is EVER available to help me when I need it at my local one. It's like a ghost town and I have to wander around FOREVER. But, it's the only place around that sells me feeder mice so I have to go there and go ghost hunting every 10 days or so. Sigh.
I worked at petco, they suck
Neither of them take good care of their reptiles
I stumbled across that as an observation. I was astounded going into a retail store and the employee went out of his way to see what I needed, got it correctly identified, and a great price. He even said I could return it and get something else if it didn't work out. I told him I wouldn't return it, not fair to the business, but let him know he did a badass job.
Ah yes, my childhood zoo
...We were pretty broke.
But zoos are free
The cat and dog in Petco's logo have names. Blue Mews and Red Ruff.
Really? That’s neat.
Its me Chrisp awww really? that's so cute😊💞
That’s so amazing
That's pretty stupid if in being honest...
@@Sle3plessNights And why is that
I always thought Petco and Petsmart were some how linked, like owned by the same bigger company or something lol.
But I stopped going to petsmart because when I adopted a rat there, the lady picked him up by the tail (which you should NEVER do) and literally threw him in the box and was all around just extremely rough with such a small animal. I had to run in there again years later and they had a dog adoption day and all the dogs were crammed into TINY cages barking their heads off. I've heard some horror stories about petco but have yet to see anything for myself, so I opt to go with them.
Prince of Mayonnaise me too, I thought they were together
Rodrigo6Flame • 37 years ago in my opinion petco is like the definitive edition of persmart, so litterally almost the same
Poor ratto! That's awful ☹️
That is so HORRIBLE, honestly that woman shouldnt work there if shes gonna grab small animals like that. I work at petsmart and I would never do that. That's just plain horrible
Petco does animal adoption days too. They let the smaller dogs out in a little area. But bgger dogs usually stay in the kennels. since they can just jump the barrier. At least at my petco
There's one thing they both have in common though: They both carry dead or disease-ridden fish
I have never gone to a pet store where at least half of their beta fish are alive
And reptiles
That was the problem at PetSmart. A lot of stores had a one filtration or 2 where one of them connects to the majority of takes so if one tank gets sick then it's going to spread. We actually had the fish not available for sale because we had ick so bad that it spread to the other tanks and also a lot of animals that come in sick from the vendor as well. so we normally had a lot of cages filled with animals. The feeder fish are a different story as they get stuck to the filter so easily (not a way to stop it) or they just die because they have short life spans. Petco seems to be better with animals and fish. We don't have a lot of sick fish and once a tank does get contaminated then it's solved quickly. Also we don't have one big system so the illness doesn't spread.
Mmmm bananas my friend had her/his beta fish for years like 5 years. He got it at pet smart. (Sorry for the he/her, they were female but he’s trans now)
@@scin1tyThat's ok it's amazing considering most of the pet stores have terrible conditions especially for fish
I had a goldfish that I got from a fair for around 5 years but sadly he passed away last week
Learning that Petco was sold in 2015 makes a lot of sense. I hadn’t been in there since my rabbit Molly died (rest in peace) until I adopted two rabbits last year; to say they’re more skewed towards dog owners is an understatement.
PetSmart went from privately owned to public at some point in the last decade, and we got a new CEO in 2018. I work there. It's changing, but as I'm just a lowly cog in the monstrously huge machine, I couldn't tell you how.
PETSMART should make the S purple, so that no one can know. >:D
They have too much debt to be screwing with their logo XD
Steven Sanchez
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@@stevensanchez1192 tea 🍵🍵🍵
Lol
Lol
Growing up I thought PetSmart was the Walmart version and Petco Target
It’s scary how accurate that is
Like how target is better petco is better
Other way around
Same
@@nathanrileyschulz5862 nah. Look at the fish section especially and it's night and day. Petco offers more variety and unique fish. PetSmart sticks with the more common fish and only introduces maybe a few unique colors of said fish.
Interesting I always thought Petco was the bigger store when it comes to popularity and profit.
Mila Chavi Me too.
Well it depends on the state you live in
Some. The petsmart here is ssd. But petco is to go to pet store
Same
DarkMoon Kat same
After working at Petsmart I’m feel like we have your general pets/supplies and Petco has more “exotic” pets and more small animal variety.
As an employee and leader of one of these company’s stores, I’d say the biggest difference between the two is that Petsmart still has a warehouse feel, having more variety in stock and more options, but Petco seeing smaller has the extra time to put more emphasis in animal sales, care, and services (as you said). Petco in January 2019 got rid of all cat and dog food with artificial ingredients like flavors, preservatives and colors, eliminating popular brands such as friskies, pedigree, and milkbone creating an even more limited selection of products. While i can see they’re trying to focus on healthier options for pets, creating an environment that feels organic and very “part of the family”, they’ve shortened their market and audience which is risky; however petsmart i think still has that costco/walmart feel where you have a wider selection of products at cheaper prices which many desire but it doesn’t feel very homey “part of the family feel”. In all petsmart has more customers in total, and Petco has less but more repeat customers. I am proud to work for one of these retailers and i have no quarrel with the other. I definitely agree which what you said that petsmart is like the expanded version of the pet section of a grocery store and Petco is an expanded version of a basic pet store.
RdyRose ! Hmm... 🤔 After reading through your statement I’m guessing you’re a Petco employee.
you're a petco employee. lol the "leader" gave it away! :)
Agree 100%
But petsmart sells lots of things that will kill animals, including their own brand tiny tails. Petco doesn’t sell the best things either but they’re trying to be more informed and sell what’s healthiest for your pet, not what’s cutest and will get your kids attention.
@@littlekoreanboi petsmart has leaders too tho, I fr thought they were a petsmart employee
to me it’s always seemed like petsmart had more pet supplies for sale while petco had more animals for sale; a larger selection/variety of animals as well
Oh yes
Which could be the reason of PetSmart's lead in the business. Maintenance of a pet is much more expensive that the pet itself most of the time. If they have loyal customers, their revenue would grow largely
Yeah I like petco better
It's the opposite here, PetSmart has all the animals(and they manage to neglect all of them lmao) and Petco has the quality supplies with a couple animals and the store is cleaner with slightly Superior animal Care (not by much) definitely prefer going to my petco seeing the animal care doesn't make me want to barf or cry and I can get some safe toys for my little mice.
I dont like either of them, they both have insanely bad husbandry and its just depressing
idk I always seen Petco as a Target and Petsmart as a Walmart
Same! I've still never been inside a PetSmart and definitely prefer Petco
Petco has better standards
@@ladymorgana8760 not for reptile care
@@yesyes1299 in my experience PetSmart is way worse in all animal care.
@@danibobmk1998 petco reccomends heat lamps for leopard geckos when they actually need a heat pad cuz they asorb heat from their bellies but petsmart reccomends heat mats for leopard geckos which is good
one thing they have in common is that they both treat small animals horribly and spread a lot of misinformation about them which is one big reason as to why it's pretty common to see small animals being mistreated, neglected or abused
This
This needs to be higher in the comment section
this.
I used to work at a Petsmart and I go to both stores and I have never seen any animals abused at either stores.
@@BallymurphyBabe yes you have, you're just not educated enough to spot it, the betta cups? abusive, the "enclosures" for the hamsters? terrible
I've always thought that PetCo is just a smaller version of PetSmart lol
S smaller and better version of petsmart for me
@SPINEL YT idk mine just seems bigger
Lmao same
Our local Petsmart has cats from the local animal shelter. The idea is to encourage people to adopt the cats. Sometimes I'l go in and just say hi to all the kitties, but never buy things, cause I'm a broke teenager who's not old enough for a job
Ours does that too. They also allow people to adopt fish that have been brought to their store. It's cheaper than buying the fish they tend to give them to you with instructions. I know at mine the people in the fish section are extremely educated about the fish they are selling, they refuse to sell fish to people who haven't cycled their tanks, and they ask for a list of fish that are in your tank when you go to buy because not all fish get along.
Our petco does this. Our humane society actually doesn't allow the petsmart in our town to adopt out cats.
I'm a broke teenager who doesn't want a job
Nemesis Chan well maybe in the future you would like to make something of yourself? Good luck?
Suck but lol
My dream is for someone to love me as much as Company Man loves the name “PETsMART”
This video was informational on the history, but the comment section was the most helpful. Thank you everybody and Mr. Company man
There’s no difference I’ve been kicked out of both multiple times
Edit: editing comments are corny but people are asking what I did so...I pressed down on bin full of those rubber chicken dog toys repeatedly after being asked to stop
What did you do???
@@StarlitSpace797 oh you know got hungry.
@@hopecritical-ops5554 JAILLL
I took my pet rock here to have a nice dinner with him
@@lol-lt5dv yeah I recommend this restaurant great meals and cheap prices you could even get meals for free if you don't let anyone see you eating the animals.
The Petco near me has a staff that owns their own reptiles and animals, and it really shows by how knowledgeable they are and how well they take care of the animals there. The last time I went to the Petsmart near me I saw a dead snake in one of their cages and one of the employees aggressively said "I'M WORKING ON IT" before storming off. It's no competition.
F for the snake
It could be just the place. Where I live the Petsmart takes “decent” care of their reptiles but at the Petco it’s a different story
One time I went to my local PetSmart and there were 6 dead goldfish. #petsgotoheaven
I work at petsmart and I honestly have no idea what that person was thinking and how they would let a snake get that bad
Just don't go get pets from petco or petsmart. they all come from places where they breed the animal till they can't. Adopt or find someone who just had a litter of the animal you want.its a lot cheaper too
PetSmart vs Petco
This battle may tear apart the universe
The world was not ready for this!
@Dagan Ward Pet Food Express is better.
If I had no choice but to pick petco is better
Amazon is the true enemy.
Dagan Wa
“Pets never get tired of eating that stuff!”
... *looks at my dog who doesn’t always eat all of her food, dry or canned* Yeeeeeeaaaaahhhh.... about that......
And my bearded dragon not eating his greens
Kinda off topic but your profile pic is cute!
@@userunknownhaha oh thanks! It’s a drawing a friend did of my dog!
Have you thought about changing the food up? I order from the Farmer’s Dog for my yorkie and she loves it! She gets a month worth of 3 types of fresh meals: Turkey, beef or pork, and she devours it!
My 15 month old Bernese who has become so picky that I currently have Hills LB adult, ProPlan LB adult, Eukanuba LB adult and canned versions of all them... They do tire of their food.
I work at Petco and we got a new CEO last year. Hours have been getting cut and the budget is tighter. But I think they'll be fine.
I'm a reef keeper at home and I wanted to work someplace to get a discount on my hobby. I found out that Petsmart does only freshwater fish, where Petco does fresh and salt water fish.
I don't know if you would know this but where does Petco get their pets from ?
Beaste Beat there are several different vendors that the stores have options to order from... as far as the specific vendors the store I work at uses I don’t know but there’s quite a few vendors that are used.
Matthew Stevens ty
I think PetSmart avoids saltwater fish because idiots don't take care of them and they die. Too many parents would just buy their kid a saltwater fish and throw some tap water in there with a bit of salt. it's probably safer for the fish this way. everyone I know who keeps saltwater fish just go to aquarium stores since they mostly carry more saltwater than freshwater.
RealToWonder you think petsmart cares at all about its animals?
Gotta be honest, my parents took me to both to "go to the aquarium" or "see the fish."
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It would take years for me to understand that parents don't like to spend money. 😂😂😂
Omg 😂 i did not expect to laugh so hard. That’s actually very smart.
You have wise parents.
I used to do that while babysitting. I call it the "poor peoples' zoo."
i used to pretend it was an aquarium (well i did that with house of tropics anyways) bc we couldnt afford to go to the actual aquarium but i really like the animals
@@davis4555 I called it the Dog's Zoo, because I took my dogs there and let them look at the other animals.
And im just over here "petco feels nicer than petsmart"
Little Person i like petsmart more it’s nicer where i live
Hailyn Adams It does though! I don’t know why, petsmart gives me “You shouldn’t be here” vibes
i be here having no petco
Our pet smart let’s us pet the cats and guinea pigs etc. they only let us not pet the parrots :p
no i got my hamster from there and she was VERY malnourished
Small locally owned pet stores...that’s a neat memory. There was one where I live that was “owned” by a Red Lory and a Blue and Gold Macaw. They had the run of the place and asked the customers for spare change, along with an impressive repertoire of wisecracks. Shopping at small businesses really was more enjoyable than the big box mart experience is now.
I can tell you what Petco and Pet Smart have very in common.
Their horrible care for fish.
Petsmart near me does a good job for fish and reptiles Petco however had to have a 5 year old tell them how to make it so there baby leopard geckos did not die because they were on sand and were digesting it when trying to eat food
jade silva Lol reptiles too how could I forget.
SneakyRaptor the gamer Not all Pet co or Pet Smarts have bad care, it’s just that the majority of people who work there take very little care of the animals they sell and know very little. Betta fish and goldfish are the most common abused pets because people who buy them and people who sell them don’t educate themselves.
If you work in a pet store and you specialize in a store that only sells pets and pet related products then by all means you should know well enough.
Pet co keeps their betta fish in tiny cups btw.
And birds
I remember my old manager from another place went to PetSmart and the fish tanks were beautiful. I mean she got her staff to clean them out. I could tell the difference!!! I was so impressed.
I believe petco is more friendly and family oriented and petsmart is a big corporation
I would feel like that too cuz the Petco near me is smaller than the petsmart, and there is less of them, but honestly their both big and are both large coorporations
I have the opposite impression from the stores in our town
@@Aidancordell yeah i know but i feel petsmart is better than petco by 1%
ExoticLuck I don’t know which stores you’re talking about but I’ve worked for PetSmart as a Petcare associate and we’ve never tortured or hurt the animals. I can’t speak for every store but make sure you have proof before making such claims.
@@yoditasmeron9678 you can google these things yes some stores are good im just fed up with my local ones. Im believe you
I think it depends on where you live. The petsmart I know looks like a fancy Dillon's. The petco I know looks like a sad Wal-Mart
izzy beans Lmao it’s the other way around for me
In the two states I've lived in, this holds true! Which is why when I'm looking for something, I usually go to petsmart first, that and they always seem to be closer. XD
@@jeremys553 same
Yah same, I'm from south florida so along with that we have pet supermarket which is like petsmart but smaller so Petco is not very plenty here
izzy beans I agree. The Petsmart in my town is tiny and has a cruel aesthetic, while the petco is so friendly and has all sorts of reptiles, birds, rodents, and fish
As someone who works at petsmart, I can confirm it is Pet Smart. It used to be Pet's Mart, but they changed it so it sounds less business-orientated.
basically every single retail store has to worry about amazon as a competitor at this point
Soon, even insurance companies will be competing with Amazon. They've been working on getting their own health insurance.
@@jorceshaman
Amazon sells all. Soon they will sell cars, houses, and more.
Amazon will take over the internet while Walmart stays in stores to even it out- just a theory
jthedog and the sad truth is everything amazon is doing, Sears has already done A LONG time ago. Sears sold vehicles, homes and everything in and around them. They practically invited the online store but it was way too soon. Company man really needs to do a “sears, once bigger then you knew”
jthedog definitely cars- just like eBay Motors. But i don’t think houses would be smart, I mean could they really takeover real estate? Really?
The only difference I need to know is Petsmart has 0/10 care for there animals and Petco has 1/10 animal care.
...also -10 for Employee care and Wages!
At my PetSmart, all the employees love animals! When I got my guinea pigs, Bonnie and Clyde, the lady had named them, told us their favorite foods, and stopped is from getting a shyer pig when we made a joke about being loud.
At my PetSmart they care WAY more about the animals than PetCo does. Especially the reptiles.
I work at a petsmart in Atlanta and I can vouch that. I work in pet care and the amount of sick animals we ALWAYS have is horrendous. they allow sick animals to be sold rather than spending money on treatment. I've had animals that would be easy to treat, but due to just lack of care and lack of wanting to put money into animal care they're just left to suffer and die. there's a solid few employees that truly care about the health of the animals but the amount of greedy corporate slaves (managers mostly) make it incredibly hard to give them accurate care. Our fish were dying frequently, 100's every day due to not having cotton filters which caused the PH to sky rocket. I told multiple managers and district manager AT LEAST 10 times and nothing got done because they don't care. it's one of the cheapest pieces of equipment and incredibly easy to order but they'd rather put the money into proprietary brands and dog grooming while letting the rodents, fish and reptiles die and live in awful conditions. we aren't even ALLOWED to give reptiles proper lighting that would suit their specific requirement and without that they have life long defects and can even die. It's disgusting. Petsmart is absolute trash and does not care for the animals, customers or employees, only profit. I've heard petco is about the same. I have been to 1 single petco though that seemed to be doing generally good in pet care. sorry for the rant, these industries are just disgusting and we need to stop worshipping them and ignoring/excusing this behavior.
sadly the nice ones are only nice in the sense that they're incredibly good at covering up just how many sick and dead animals we have. I once again have seen this first hand working here.
Everyone: PetSmart or PetCo wow such an important question hmm I wonder
Me, a Canadian with only petsmart: hmm yes I wonder
what no we have petco?
Hotel Heart ALDC it’s a joke and he could also be somewhere in Canada where he only has petsmart
Me, a southamerican who has none of em: *hmmmmmmmmm*
the reason we started caring more about our pets is because we started caring less about everyone else
Omg yes, sadly this is true :(
I only go in there once in a while just to look at the animals, like a mini zoo
i can literally spend 2 hours in a store jsut looking at animals and fish and plants. sometimes i'll end up taking a bunch home.
And scare the fishes
Omg same lmao
Suau Randomness thanks for killing our fish asshole
@@raini0705 Do you have good care for them? Because I know impulse buying animals people ussualy don't have very good care.
"petsmart vs petco" gives "walmart vs target" vibe to me
clearly as a man of culture, i prefer petco and target
Petco and Walmart for me
Keiry Tenorio Walmart is the stereotypical American supermarket
You're right and it's funny because where I live we have a Petco nearby a Target and a Petsmart nearby a Walmart
Petsmart and target
I like all lol
I don't really have favorite pet stores or just stores in general
Petco went artificial free and is also phasing out shock collars :)
Milla Zilla shock collars can actually be helpful in some dogs that are extremely reluctant, like my dog :) we literally tried everything and she wouldn’t respond to anything, and she would harm us :) most shock collars can be put on the lowest setting so it doesn’t even hurt your dog :)
@@togepi14 they give dogs heart murmurs as well as a myriad of other health and mental issues. Js.
ASMRHouseMouse plus I use petco because petsmart got leaked for throwing away old animals and lacking the care of most other animals they keep
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I like Petsmart, they are so nice there but when I go into Petco, the animal enclosures are always more spacious and the fact that they took on a healthy initiative and stopped selling that horrible food, they win my vote!
Petco's fish section is always so chill and laid-back IMO
No one has said “Petco: where the pets go”
Lindsey Murphey they actually changed it to “Petco: where the happy, healthy pets go”
I bet petsmart let the dogs out
It rhymes XD
@@hopeslover6778 who let the dogs out woof woof woof
My mom says that 😂😂
You should do a video on Office Max vs Staples. Like Petsmart/Petco I usually can’t tell the difference.
And Office Depot!
Somebodywhoexists Office Depot and Office max are the same company now
The Staples in my area closed based on location. I liked staples more since I felt like they had more stuff.
Staples was also bought out by Office max / Office Depot
I GARUNTEE THIS WAS RECOMMEND TO ME BECAUSE I SEARCHED UP WHAT HOURS PET SMART AND PETCO WERE OPEN
STOP STALKING ME GOOGLE
Get a VPN. That'll do the trick
@@allisonnewman6958 Thanks 😅
Google owns RUclips, so that’s probably why
same lol
I got reccommended this because???????????? lol no idea
Petco used to sell what would be considered "store brands" of dog food: Beneful, Pedigree, and the like. Now they only sell the higher-end brands (Science Diet, Eukanuba, and the like).
PetSmart, on the other hand, still carries both types of dog food.
I usually bought a 50-lb bag of dry food for our dog. Ended up going to Costco.
I’ve found it’s really up to your local stores and their specific managers. The Petco near me has better service and lately has been taking cafe of their animals just as well as Petsmart.
THANK YOU FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE SAID IT!
Yeah, the petsmart in the city where I live is shit compared to the petco, the petco is really nice. The petco in the town where i went to college though is terrible, and there isn’t a petsmart there afaik.
Idk there’s 4 of each within a hour drive for me and ye know every now and again you wanna go see what everybody got and I swear every petsmart it’s like they would highly prefer you u turned back out the door
Office Max/Office Depot vs. Staples would be a good video. Especially info on the mailed merger of the 3 that was shut down by the FTC a few years back.
I like Petco. I always find better deals there and the workers are usually very friendly at different locations. I really like the Star Wars merchandise they have there. :)
PETsMART
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Sounds like a Epic Rap Battle of History lol.
Mango Steel oh you’re that old
@@SweepinShims Oooh, thats gotta leave a mark.
God damn right
Mango Steel Oh hell yeah!
That’s good !🤙🏾
I didnt think there was a difference until I started keeping fish. Petco is on a whole 'nother level
wdym?
@@gracewilcox9117 I mean that Petco's fish section has more specialty items, like shrimp tank supplies, planted tank substrate and ferts, a wider variety of live plants and fish foods, and a more knowledgeable staff. But that may just be in my area (dmv)
As a fellow fish keeper I agree
Vocal percussion on whole nother level coming form my mind
@@notkerrystolcenberg and better care for their stock. I see wayyy too many dead/diseased fish in PetSmart to feel right buying anything from them.
My opinion, I like Petco better because they have saltwater fish, were as PetSmart doesn't
Yeah and I only get my pet bettas at Petco because they are always healthier than the ones at PetSmart. Although it still is a huge store and they prefer quantity over quality so I still get a sick fish every once in a while.
I prefer Mud Bay over both. More variety of grain-free, carageenan-free, potato starch-free, pea fiber-free foods.
Popcorn ThePupper I got my Betta fish from PetSmart in lived 6 years but got a Betta fish from petco and lived 3 days
alexia Simmons well we live in different places (most likely) so your experience might be different. This is just my experience
@@LikaLaruku true true, but if your going to buy a pet mud bay isnt really a option
I worked at Uncle Bill's Pet Center in the early 90's. At the time, it was the largest pet store in the state of Indiana. To this day it remains the best job I have ever worked. I really enjoyed it and the people and pets I worked with. Fond memories. At the time, they had 3 stores. Last time I checked, it still exists and they have expanded to more stores.
5:05
You underestimate the power that famous amos has on my taste buds. That stuff is like crack to me.
Same! I buy the whole box from costco which has like 42 packs lmao
I love Famous Amos, I forgot what they were called for a long period of time once I stopped eating them and seeing them less, now I know, they were my favorite cookies when I was little. They still are but I haven't had them lol
I love famous amos and I buy from Costco too!!!
Haven't tasted that in 3 years!!!
“Hey can you let me copy your homework”
“Sure, but change it up a bit so nobody notices”
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Basically lol
I’m a dog trainer for an unleashed by petco (only supplies w/o the live animals, usually for one stop shop purposes in the city). I’ve always heard that working for petco is better than petsmart. Plus the products are artificial free.
The ownership of petco bouncing around is REALLY evident in the mass amounts of computer training they make you do on a weekly basis.
I work in a regular store and there is an insane amount of computer training
I'd like to see a deeper dive into the ethics of each company - how they source live animals, how they vet suppliers of goods made overseas, etc.
You said famous anus
I rewatched like 12 times and I swear you didn’t say Amos
they hate us cuz they anus
@@CBielski87 the interview
Yep! Lol. 5:06
If you slow down to .25 playback speed he definitely pronounces it correctly, but still indistinguishable at full speed hah
Now that you pointed it out, I hear that way. Thanks stranger.
So weird that this is recommended to me the DAY I’m about to start volunteering at Petco
It is not weird unless you searched anything like that RUclips is owned by google so search on anything google it transfers get a vpn unless you want similar things about what you do :)
youtube is stalking u
@@ciorno3291 volounteering for a huge for profit company?
thays weird tbh
Hideki Shinichi stores host local rescues so not for petco but for a rescue
@@HidekiShinichi Either a dog or cat rescue that the store allows inside.... You ever been to either a Petco or Petsmart? It's pretty widely known...
Damn i was really hoping you were gonna talk about the ignorant mistreatment of animals that they breed and sell, I know one of the places has better treatment than the other so it would be a great discussion and a opportunity to bring an awareness to this issue.
If u dont know what im talking about, most if not all employees are not propaply trained or knowledgeable to be selling the animals at the stores, most of the pets are not being kept in proper conditions and are sick. They way over breed their pets. Everytime i go there i see people buying new pets asking for advice for care and with out a doubt I hear an employee give out mis information. 1 time I even saw a new employee cage a baerded dragon hatchling with a slightly older dragon, its common knowledge to not let them be caged together and the hatchling ended up being swallowed my the other, they dunk them in water but it was too late and the hatchling died. Ive seen a guinea pig frozen in a corner thin and sickly shaking. Ive seen ferrets far too young to be away from there mother being sold, and ive seen countless of other sick animals with improper caging. Please do not support these companies and do ur research on local pet stores instead and if u choose to adopt they actually have an exotic section not very well known at animal shelters
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THANK GOD! I’m not the only one! They give the worse misinformation, “buy a crittertrail” “get this tiny aquarium for ANY reptile!” “Buy this gerbil who is supposed to be housed with another gerbil but it’s fine” IM SICK OF IT if the bosses at those places actually had smart workers places would be WAY better. I heard a worker sell a VERY small cage to someone getting a Syrian Hamster! And the wheel was 4 inches. Ok I will stop complaining, GET YOUR ANIMALS FROM SHELTERS please
They don’t breed their animals, the companies they buy from over breed. That can’t be put on the store
@@karmagirl7858 Their decision to continue buying from said breeding companies and mistreatment / misinformation can absolutely be put on the stores. I think petco is more guilty of this by far, as their reptiles are almost always in awful condition. Maybe it's just my area, but petsmart always seems to take better care of their exotic animals.
I assume this comment is aimed towards both stores?
I work at a PetSmart and I can tell you it's not true. At my location we don't sell ferrets a novel or animals in the back are treated like they're part of our family. We don't sell dogs but we do so cats and all of our cats come from the shelter. But I know at my location you take really good care of all of our animals.
One Petco I went in to look for things for my fish tank, the store was a mess, and the fish area felt so messy. However there's one that's not too old that looks amazing and has a really awesome fish area. The fish tanks at this Petco was in the shape of a semi circle that gives you the vibe you're at the aquarium. I normally go to Petsmart though, not sure why, just preferred I guess.
big difference, is I can always find a petsmart but never a petco
I can always find a Petco but not Petsmart
@CalamineAzura h a c k e r
its the other way around for me
It's all about *location* I guess
It's pretty easy to distinguish between the two!
One has more lizards than the other.
Petco has worse reptile care
@@yesyes1299 you're spreading this but have you ever worked at petco and seen the animal care first hand or do you just assume?
@@emeraldcampbell7843 its obvious
Petco reccomends calcium sand for leopard geckos and its dangerous because they can eat it and their intestines will get blocked
While petsmart reccomends reptile carpet which is a safer option cuz they cant eat it
@@emeraldcampbell7843 and petco uses heat lamps even though leopard geckos need heat mats but petsmart uses heat mats
@@emeraldcampbell7843 and petco told someone to use a 10 gallon tank for a full grown dragon (an employee)
These are very different
Petco has ferrets and petsmart has dog training
Petco also has dog training!
@@dragunovunderpants they're very smelly and can attack you unexpectedly if you aren't careful
My girlfriend is a trainer at PetCo. I think they're better because the offer things like grooming, walking, "puppy playtime," donations, VetCo and more. They have a wide variety of everything where PetSmart seems smaller in size. PetCo has more animals and more food/items.
ferrets are illegal to have where i live lol
Omg I never noticed that!
I worked at PetSmart for several years. I was a drug addict/major alcoholic. I was nearly black out drunk every single day at work there. For some reason i was never fired. Pretty shocking. I was an extremely good employee, even as drunk and high as i was. I was named employee of the month on many occasions. Got many raises, and ended up becoming a leader. I quit and rejoined several times.
I have to say, it was a decent place to work.
Petco has stepped up their game in the past couple of years. They went to higher end brands, no preservatives and fillers. They're going after the "all natural" higher end specialty store.
Wendy Pierce yea and Petsmart has kind of been getting worse with quality, especially when they released their new Tiny Tales brand and making hamsters seem even more like kids toys when they're living beings. Petco selling high quality pet food just makes me wish I could afford their prices and never have to shop at Petsmart again.
@@RajZoneTrader You obviously havent looked at the food Petco sells then.
For the record, my cat is 18 years old and the vet says he's healthy.
@@dancingghost930 Those cages that look like neon castles, yikes! They need more stuff that's meant for a family room not a kid's room. Not much design attention has been given to the small animals and it seems to be in the same unfortunate place that cat furniture was in about 15-20 years ago.
@@RajZoneTrader Dont tell me you believe the whole DCM thing. There isnt enough conclusive data to link "boutique" dog to DCM, nor grain-free to DCM. There have been cases with DCM from the big five. So instead of being an ass hat, look at the research and read the studies.
Chewy.com: Imma bout to end this whole man’s career.
Mans whole*
It's funny cause PetSmart owns Chewy
Poop in a bucket lol yes kind of but I use chewys prices as a price match at petco/ PetSmart lol
@@cthuled5425 no it's a possessive apostrophe. If you are going to correct someone's grammar you better be fucking right
Drogon they weren’t correcting the grammar they were correcting the meme lol.
lol when you said they were struggling with online retailers im like “yep chewy is gonna knock them out” but nope petsmart owns it lol
I was watching this and then I got an ad for carpet cleaner for dogs messes.
I got a petco ad watching this.
Coincidence?
I THINK NOT
I got petsmart
i got booking.com