a stray in Santorini

I recently had the opportunity to travel to Greece and it was an incredible experience. Athens was so unique; an eclectic mix of sleek modern architecture combined with fascinating ancient Roman ruins. However, what stuck out to me the most was not the historic site of Zeus’ Temple or the extremely [...]

Blizzard Sez: "Registering makes commenting easy"

Are you a frequent commenter on the PETCO Scoop? Are you tired of typing in your name and email address every time you leave a comment? Why not register?

If you register once the website will remember your information so you don’t have to type  it in for every comment.

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Jim with Tore and Sparky

As PETCO’s CEO, I’m delighted to welcome you to our new blog, The PETCO Scoop.

As you might guess, I love animals – especially my dogs Tore and Sparky – and I know how passionate our customers and associates are about the pets in their lives, too. That’s a big reason [...]

Forty-three years into its history, PETCO now has a store in Hawaii – and in all 50 states.

This is an exciting milestone for the entire PETCO family. Not only are we opening a store in the last of all 50 states, but we’ve been officially blessed and welcomed as the first pet specialty retail chain [...]

Promoting our new program to support Guide Dogs of the Desert, a PETCO team attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Wednesday to celebrate the opening of the organization’s new Guide Dog Depot in downtown Palm Springs, Calif.

Since it is very expensive to raise and train guide dogs, many visually impaired people cannot afford to buy a [...]