In every life there’s a beginning and an end.  There’s no way to avoid this, it’s just the way it is.  Still, knowing that some day we all move on doesn’t make it any easier for those of us left behind.  Death is a difficult thing to explain to anyone, but I would think it’s most [...]

Someone at the PETCO office recently shared this story and I thought it was too sweet not to pass on…

“This is a picture of my two dogs, Duke and his son, Jessie. Jessie was just weeks old when he was stung on the lip by a bee. After calling the vet [...]

Bernice is a shy, scared, young girl, suffering from a terminal disease. But for a day, PETCO got to make it all better.

Bernice is a “wish child” with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. As a kid with a lot of hard days behind her and [...]

Jack is cool. Jack is a big, handsome, well-behaved German Shepherd with a knack for attracting a lot of attention. There are people here at the office who never spoke to me in the 1 ½ years I worked here before adopting Jack. And there are people here who I know would never speak to [...]

I received the great email below from a PETCO associate about her favorite animal books. I still vividly remember my 5th grade teacher reading Where the Red Fern Grows out loud to the class over the period of a few weeks. She was crying so badly in the end that she had to pass the book off to [...]

With the DVD release of Disney’s Bolt as well as the recent cinema release of Disney’s G-Force, I started thinking about my favorite movies involving animals, animated or live-action. I also started thinking about how many creative liberties Hollywood takes with depicting an animal in a movie. Whether it’s a fuzzy four legged creature, or [...]

This may seem like an unusual question for someone who doesn’t work in a pet-friendly office, but I hear it on a regular basis.  One of the perks of working at the PETCO office is we get to bring our pets to work with us.  I usually bring my dog Ace 2-3 days per week.  [...]

Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that I dropped the one through five star rating from this blog and am just sticking with the thumbs up/thumbs down ratings. When Thoreau advised us to “simplify, simplify” I don’t think he was referring to blogs, but it is still good advice.

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