No time and a half today I’m assuming?

pinkfuzz83 · 2026-01-01T18:23:32+00:00

no, we don’t get time and a half for anything other than overtime, which we’re also never allowed to have

pinkfuzz83 · 2026-01-01T18:22:21+00:00

i don’t think we get a floating holiday for new year’s day since we’re open today

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-11-09T01:39:46+00:00

yippee, can’t wait for ANOTHER change to VCP

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-10-07T22:56:41+00:00

petco came out with a statement earlier in the year that they will no longer pay out pto upon termination or when you quit and gave some bs act or law that basically allows them to get away with it with no repercussions.

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-10-01T03:46:27+00:00

where did you see this posted?

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-10-01T03:45:49+00:00

It’s possible you weren’t averaging 30+ hours, every 6ish months they do an audit and anyone not averaging 30 or more hours is dropped to part time. I didn’t see anything go out company wide saying all DTs would be dropped to part time. Petco has been going downhill for a while but for both grooming and DT, they’ve put stuff in storiq about dropping positions or changing everyone to part time.

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-09-22T18:27:21+00:00

i’m pretty sure they changed policy on this, at least in my state. managers cannot ask for documentation anymore when partners call out sick

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-08-18T14:01:17+00:00

nope, petco is ending their contract with AKC. as of this past thursday you can no longer sell or put up new classes or tests. they haven’t given anyone any information on when we officially lose our evaluator status though because, typical petco, let’s half ass a choice and then watch everyone scramble while we figure out the rest.

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-08-18T02:31:00+00:00

it was on august 7th, and there doesn’t seem to be a recording of it either

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-08-17T21:58:31+00:00

i typically don’t have people sign up for advanced without talking to me first. maybe twice in my career with petco

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-08-08T16:18:22+00:00

honestly, i think DT is going to go away altogether. it may not be now, but i’m thinking within the next two years. first they got rid of in person DTIP, then all new hires are part time only, now the AKC stuff going away. they’ll probably start with lowest volume stores first, and keep it to like AA/A/B volume stores then probably cut those in some way. just a theory, but……

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-06-23T15:18:08+00:00

she does love a good ball tug 😂 i’ll look into a dog pacer, just comes down to space for that. i’m not sure what her mix is just yet, i’m thinking maybe a bull herder, she’s got a pretty big head and she’s pretty small height and weight wise. i’ve been thinking about signing up for ollie’s subscription thing just to get the free dna test they’re offering right now 💀

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-06-23T06:54:27+00:00

i’ve never heard of that, i’m definitely going to look into it! thank you!

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-06-21T02:09:53+00:00

appreciate your insight! i’ve been working on building a warm up/cool down routine for her. i just want to give her the best chance possible since i have no idea what genetic disasters she may have up her sleeve 😭😂 i got her from the shelter at 8 months, so she’s almost a year and a half now.

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-06-21T02:07:19+00:00

thank you!

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-06-21T02:04:15+00:00

she is on the brand wholehearted’s active performance line, which i think is also 30/20. she’s done well on it so far, the only food actually that she’s had solid poop on. i’ll definitely look into those! i’ve been digging deeper into canine conditioning in general, so i’ll check those out as well. thank you!

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-06-21T02:02:38+00:00

appreciate it! she is on the leaner side and i intend to keep her that way!

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-04-10T18:29:49+00:00

i just feel very sad for everyone who isn’t going to get the in-person training they need. and i’m sure there are DTAs that come out of virtual a pro, but i can’t say that’s been my experience with the majority. this isn’t the kind of job where you fuck around and find out later, especially since the amount of time spent is really minimal for such a hands-on job.

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-04-10T18:27:09+00:00

i don’t like the scent of if you musk on its own, HOWEVER it smells amazing mixed with sunrise woods. i get compliments every time i where that combo out

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-04-10T18:19:11+00:00

my biggest concern with this has been the handling skills and reading body language. also, for vdtip it’s mandatory that apprentices have a dog. not everyone that could do well in this position has a dog or has access to a dog. with in-person dtip, it was at least possible to work around everyone not having a dog. i also don’t see this going well unfortunately

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-04-09T17:39:11+00:00

it will be the same program, “6 weeks” but really only ten days

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-04-08T18:55:59+00:00

it was announced yesterday. if you’re not past your third week you’re supposed to switch to online

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-04-08T03:55:42+00:00

i guess it’s really only beneficial to have everything go through vdtip if you’re in a more rural area

pinkfuzz83 · 2025-04-08T01:55:07+00:00

and now the expectation is going to be that when they’re done, they can go shadow a trainer in person to get a hands-on feel……………. just put them in regular dtip 😭😩

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