PETCO

PETCO Review



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nicoleburkey
Ephrata, PA
i worked there an employee abused a PUPPY!
1 star rating

a dog lover, a pet pamperer, a pet owner, an animal rescurer

JUL
18
2009

PETCO — 

i was a former employee at PETCO's grooming salon. For now, im going to call it the abuse center. SO, i worked at this abuse center (PETCO) for 5 months. i am also a grooming salon owner who was looking to make a few extra bucks. I later witnessed a 4 month of puppy being hit 3-4 times in the face where the tooth went through the lip. the reason he did it was because the puppy would not stay still for the nail clipping. so he jerked her little body around and she got scared. she she tried to get away and he hit her. i held the sweet thing in my arms while it was shaking like a seizure! puppies who are getting their first grooming are very sensitive. you need to be gentle and do whatever it takes to be patient not the ruin the experiance for the puppy forever! i yelled at him saying, "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!?!?" he replied with a simple, "if my dog was being an ***hole, i would have done the sameeeee thing." i reported to the local spca, the manager and owner of this specific store (reading, pa) and did absolutely nothing. spca could not help me out because the owner/manager had a contract where you may not report abuse? i never filled a contract! my life was threatened when the abusive employee found out i had reported the incident. now, i dont know about anyone else but i sure as hell would not want MY pets going to a groomer who will hurt them or ME! i am proud to say that my name is NICOLE BURKEY from Ephrata PA. please dont put your dog in harms way... and that's at PETCO of reading, pa.

Last edited on Dec 10, 2009



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geckobeer wrote on Dec 10, 2009 at 10:51PM

In response to inthewerks's comment from Nov 13, 2009 at 12:50AM:

Agreed. This person would never have been hired and there is no "contract". That's just silly. The "owner" of petco is not the manager. He works for a corporation and you can be damned sure that the corporation doesn't have this king of "contract" with the SPCA when you consider that PETA is sitting in the board room. And honestly, why would the SPCA sign this supossed "contract"? This is just silly. I'm glad you gave your name Nicole, if you really are a groomer I will be sure to NEVER bring any of my dogs to you. And I will make sure that everyone at the local dog park knows your little game.

inthewerks wrote on Nov 13, 2009 at 12:50AM

the manager had a contract where you cannot report abuse? hmm.......never heard of that one before but its a good one. if you would like to share the local spca contact number and report number you filed. and if you own a pet salon, why work at a petco to make extra money on the side. if petco knew you owned a salon, you would have never gotten a job there because of conflict of interest. you could take customers from them. so whats really going on? badmouth your competition to get more customers? sounds like it to me.

mfsuperspeed wrote on Aug 9, 2009 at 7:19PM

Cheers to you Nicole for standing up and fighting for what is right. The employee who struck the puppy should have been Fired immediately. Thank you for blow'in the whistle on Petco. WE WILL NEVER SHOP THERE EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!

mrssnell wrote on Jul 19, 2009 at 6:45PM

ugh. Your story is just disgusting, Nicole, and I'm sorry YOU had to go through it as well as the little pup. I'm way picky about who works with or on Libby Lou. In fact, I have to know the person as a friend for a while before I'll contract any grooming or sitting services. Looks like I might have made a wise choice for reasons I wasn't even aware of! Thanks for a very straightforward review.

nicki2442 wrote on Jul 18, 2009 at 11:16PM

Good that you reported them...but too bad they didnt do anything about it. I'd like to have a word with that puppy abuser.