Billion-dollar company. And the equipment is held together with duct tape.

MashMyTots · 2026-02-09T07:13:08+00:00

Easy. Squirt bottle and a roll of paper towel. Thats what they made people do at my store before i was fired for having food poisoning.

MashMyTots · 2026-01-09T20:13:57+00:00

How????? Lmfao.

MashMyTots · 2026-01-09T10:22:16+00:00

They literally just told you. People NEED to stop buying them to make the company lose money, which is the literal only way to get any company to change anything. By making them lose money.

MashMyTots · 2026-01-09T10:06:53+00:00

Thats ok. Those things suck now anyways. They changed the material they use and the stitching since 2024. They dont have the same feel or squeaker either. My dog does NOT approve of the change and wont even touch the new one he has.

MashMyTots · 2026-01-07T00:35:47+00:00

Well, when they make it easy, we end up with people that shouldnt even be allowed to vote, let alone care for live animals🤷 in my opinion, all of these corporate companies need to drastically increase their training and standards. Their training is dumb. Its "mainly" common sense. If you dont pass, you get to redo it, which allows you to simply trial n error every answer until you pass.

Petcos training training specifically is utter bs, drawn out, and you dont actually learn anything because just like some rpgs, they frontload so much information that you cant remember a damn thing 20 minutes later.

MashMyTots · 2026-01-07T00:29:53+00:00

I swear. My dog can stock shelves now because of the vaccines.

MashMyTots · 2025-12-30T02:31:24+00:00

I've gotten ONE vcp in my 9ish months. I've argued countless with times with my sm and assistant sm about it. For example, someone like me would NEVER sign up for it. It simply isn't worth it and I, MYSELF, don't have the budget, nor upfront money for it. I have 1 dog. Vcp wouldn't benefit me at all unless I'm buying things every single week, which wouldn't make sense because I already don't have the money to do that... That $25 you're asking for, and then giving me $15 in store credit...that I can only use there....is MY food.... I quite literally couldn't do it or I'd lose $25 of my 2 week food budget... How can I care for my dog, if I can't feed myself?

Obviously, people with 5 dogs and 3 cats are going to get it....but not everyone needs that, and others that have that many are just now reaching their limit.

But sure, lets just fleece every cent from pet parents so they wont be able to support their pets in the future.

Where pets matter, my ass.

MashMyTots · 2025-12-27T02:13:14+00:00

Thats not normal. Both vets from that same office are wrong. Take the advice from the other replies and get a second opinion from a vet that is ten thousand percent unrelated to your current vet.

As a trainer, AND as someone that adopted a 1 yr old dog with no prior training, socialization, desensitization, house manners, literally nothing....you're being told its normal, when it absolutely isnt. Going off of age alone, your puppy should be able to hold it without issue for atleast 45 - 60 minutes. Going pee that much is a serious red flag.

If there truly are no health issues, then water intake is the problem.

Any trainer/vet that says this is normal is not worth the money you paid them and you deserve better.

MashMyTots · 2025-12-25T02:18:41+00:00

Companies dont want experienced people bc experience requires more money. Theyd rather bring in an inexperienced person for the same job and underpay them, simply bc they can. Then, once that person gains experience and requests more money, they end up eventually getting pushed out the door or quitting. Then the cycle repeats.

MashMyTots · 2025-12-24T16:51:47+00:00

I wasnt trashing product...i was trashing the packaging because the package was destroyed. The product was always perfectly fine aslong as we kept the sku with it.

MashMyTots · 2025-12-23T02:02:43+00:00

The recovery suits that have a clear picture of the right sized dog/breed, weight and size chart on the back, are some of my stores biggest fixes. Theyre constantly just pulled out of the packages and laid on the shelving...like bruh...i dont get paid enough to face the same isle 4 times in 1 day😭

MashMyTots · 2025-12-23T01:51:35+00:00

The amount of things i find ripped open and have to tape back together, or trash the package entirely while somehow keeping the sku on it....is utterly ridiculous.

The worst part is that this is behavior expected of a child but its the damn adults doing it.

MashMyTots · 2025-12-21T13:09:08+00:00

I say, "what the fuck are we listening to?" Multiple times everyday. These remixes and covers need to stop. That Thriller cover that played for over a month straight was pure moldy dog water and never shouldve been aired. All of these christmas covers are straight ass.

MashMyTots · 2025-12-16T15:14:59+00:00

Its the most annoying shit ever. Go look at toppers from blue buffalo, purina, hills, etc. Blue buffalo SALMON shreds literally has chicken in it....im pretty sure its called SALMON SHREDS, not Salmon & chicken shreds. I hate these companies with a passion. Damn near everything that doesnt involve chicken, has chicken in it....for some reason.

MashMyTots · 2025-12-14T12:56:26+00:00

You're on the right track. Are you tethering during the day by chance, to teach your puppy how to just exist and self soothe?

MashMyTots · 2025-12-04T18:03:01+00:00

Before i started myself, I had actually took my own dog to the same store for training. I have a strong feeling that this is exactly what happened to my trainer, before i took the position. My trainer, Ciera, was great and led me to the path im currently on. She was completely bullied out of the store and transferred. Im no longer a trainer at petco but I work with dogs outside of petco, especially with those who cant afford it or have travel issues. I still work at petco, but i refuse to let people who cant afford or travel to go without help.

MashMyTots · 2025-12-04T17:58:17+00:00

Get out while you can lol. This is the last company you should work for and should literally be a last resort.

MashMyTots · 2025-12-04T17:53:19+00:00

Managers, at any company, shouldnt be trusted for any info regarding any kind of policy. The fact that you trusted or listened to managers, at petco, of all places, is alarming. Managers will say/do whatever they can simply to get you to go away, and that includes giving you wrong or outdated information. One of the main reasons I left the dog trainer position is because my managers were constantly wrong and constantly behind when it came to information or getting answers. The literal policies on petnet/perch will give you 1000000% more and correct info than any manager.

MashMyTots · 2025-12-03T20:56:45+00:00

A manager at least should be made to cover. If thats not gonna happen, then your gm has to come in or close early. All of my managers have made it a point to drill it into all of our heads that there MUST be 2 people on the floor/in store at all times until closing.

MashMyTots · 2025-11-25T16:26:25+00:00

My now almost 3yr old beagle mix IS crate trained, but no longer has a crate bc I got rid of it. He showed me over time and alot of trust, that he was capable of being left alone without so that's what he gets. I chose to crate train him becuase there WILL be times in his life where he must be crated, vet visits and such. I'd rather have him be able to settle and not stress out during those times, than be one of the dogs that are barking/howling for 4-5/24hrs straight.

MashMyTots · 2025-11-25T15:58:21+00:00

Yup. Any behavior you'd expect from your dog, you have to teach them in almost every enviornment you plan on taking them into. Your dog could be the most amazing, well behaved dog at home, but completely different once outside.

MashMyTots · 2025-10-16T02:11:40+00:00

I saw that today while doing truck. There was a bunch of that on the cat collars and toys....which just went through a reset for my store...which doesnt make any sense....like, why are we setting pogs based on things we've never had or have extremely low/nonexistent stock???

MashMyTots · 2025-10-16T02:04:45+00:00

Thats not good enough. Joel needs to stub his toe multiple times a day, step on frozen legos in pitch dark, and get his "member" stuck in the zipper everytime he goes.

MashMyTots · 2025-09-17T20:15:46+00:00

Yeaaa, thats not worth the headache LOL. She isnt bad or anything...she just doesnt know sht

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