Rundown and old stuff on the shelves. Trying to buy bugs for our bearded dragon and most of the containers have more dead bugs than live

Took my dog for a grooming. They scheduled me on Mother's Day. The girl at the front desk turned our Aussie away. Claimed she couldn't take him because he is on a low dose of trazadone. He's on this daily until directed otherwise. Why would I stop giving him something he's prescribed by a DVM. There were no other dogs. Seems liked she just didn't want to work today. read more

Excellent Customer Service! Came in today to pick up an item and use reward points. Had a little trouble getting them loaded for check out . Alicia the store manager went above and beyond to help and get everything working smoothly! Thank you so much! read more

The front desk lady was amazing. Great smile! Turned my day around, was having a horrible one. Thank you all for your customer service I appreciate the help read more

Employees are so friendly!! This place feels so welcoming. Greeted right when I walk in, and asked if I need help finding anything. This location seems very clean and organized. Jonny at grooming is such a delight. My pup thoroughly loves getting groomed there. read more

I have nothing bad to say about this location. Staff is always friendly and helpful. It's never super crowded. There is always plenty of parking. And they have a good selection, at least for the stuff I get there (supplies for cats, dogs and snakes.) read more

I brought my kitten first time owner to vetco. I was very nervous first shot. The worker tall white woman was so mean and unprofessional called me a liar ' even though I had picture time frames when I got the cat' in front of her coworker who by the way was very professional and knowledgeable. We had our kitten in his carry on bag my kitten popped his head she then with a very stern voice said nextime that cat better be on its carry on. Her tone was nasty. She made the whole experience miserable. The other works seem happy loving there job. read more

If I could give it zero stars I would. I had a grooming appt for my dog I called them to make sure his vaccinations were up to date so I didn't waste anyone's time going if they weren't. They said he was good to go so I went the appt and they told me they couldn't see him because the groomer was new and she had only been cutting hair for a year and she "didn't feel comfortable" cutting his hair. That's ridiculous I live far from that petco so that's why I called before, they wasted my time. The cross eyed dude I talked to had horrible customer service and asked me to reschedule. How are you going to tell me when to come in on your schedule? I would not recommend taking your pets there. read more

One of the few stores in SD that carries my dogs food!! Came in looking for a stomach remedy for my princess and Mario was super helpful. He even showed me the rewards I had on my Vita Care account and I got $40 off my purchase! Def my go-to Petco in SD. :) read more

Today I received the most wonderful customer service from April. I was purchasing two full carts of a wide variety of items, some quite heavy. April handled my complicated purchase with ease. I was experiencing an enormously difficult day, having just received very bad personal news. In addition to her professional, efficient, and systematic checking out my huge order, her warm and caring demeanor truly helped me. April made an awful day better. I am so grateful to her. From now on, I will be using this Petco for my frequent Just Food for Dogs purchases. While there are Petco stores far closer to my home, such excellent customer service is well worth the 15-minute drive. Thank you, April. I appreciate you. read more

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I signed up for dog training. The girl hosting the training sessions was very nice, but I don't know how knowledgeable she is on the subject. I only attended the first session, and we were alone. No one else in the group showed. And her technique was basically to make loud high pitch sounds. Of course the dog is going to come to me if I make siren sounds. Or say Bap bap bap bap! In a Minnie Mouse voice. I can't reach that pitch with my voice, and if I could I wouldn't do that anyways. I was grateful to get a refund, but disappointed because I was hoping for more from this. read more

This store do not go here if you want you pet or guinea pig stolen Tooken from you I had purchased a guinea pig and she was very small and pregnant they did not mention I was not aware took her home on 8/24th and had her till 9/14she gave birth when I wasn't home I was at work and my bf was there he was doing laundry and so my guinea pig had gave birth to a fetus that wasn't fully developed no hair and was eaten almost entirely was not much that came out of her there was no life just dark blood as small as a quarter the momma that gave birth was ok it was just that one so my bf threw away the scraps of remain in trash I live in apartment could not Barry it I had went to this petco explained what happen and asked did they know my guinea pig was pregnant they said no and apologize twice that they were sorry didn't seem genuine they were trying to get me to bring her in for the sake of her care and I made it clear I wanted her back and to be better and the process the tall man and old looking woman there which was eyeing me from the start like she was up to something and they both told me she chimmed in and said they can do a refund for me and I can have them take care of her till she's better and treat here and they'll let me know when she's better to get her and I can buy her back I'd have to buy her back. And so she gave me a refund and asked where the baby was when I brought my Guinea pig in I told her she ate it nothing was left but blood clot thing look like and tossed in the trash and told her the baby was not alive or developed (I had alrdy explained that to them twice ) and she made a face like she wasn't happy and took off to the back and came back and did the refund she got my name number and told me she'd update me and didn't look me in the eye when she said that. So I called the store an hour later. One of the staff answered they said they heard me talking and they were the manger and I asked him if I will get a update soon how is she doing and he replied are you the one that came in w the Guinea pig and explain what I said but he said I threw away her baby which I didn't and so he proceed to not let me talk and say that he doesn't trust me or my bf who ever threw away the baby which didn't happen and that they wouldn't resell her to me. He was acting like he owned her and was very hostile about it so I told him thank you I will look into. My dad heard what happen he called the store and the lady answered the one that did the refund and was eyeing me from the start and being rude to me she told my dad nothing of what happen she read a end of a sentence that was on a piece of paper of her notes that did not tell us anything and was very rude to my dad told him she wasn't gona keep talking to him or give her back and told him to call customer service and kept saying that very aggressive careless and hostile I'm very scared for my Guinea pigs well being so now I'm home w one that I have and she is depressed because this petco took her friend read more

Petco - This is the guinea pig they stole from me and lied about - Pet Stores Near Me - El Cajon, California

They had so many betta fish a week or so ago... at least 5 were dead on display. I bought one and it died overnight. It had parasites. I came today to buy substrate for a new tank set up and there were so few available.... Coincidence? I think not. Picture posted is from last week read more

Petco - Multiple dead betta fish - Pet Stores Near Me - El Cajon, California

We took our dog in as we have been doing for the past year or so, upon pick-up our dog could not wait to get out of their shop (something was wrong) we took her in for her usual de-shedding, teeth cleaning and nail trimming when we got her into the car, she shook and her fur went flying everywhere. It looked like a snow storm. There is no way they combed her out. Her nails were only half done, and it doesn't look like her teeth were cleaned they also charged us for a long-haired dog which is ridiculous, $25 more! We will not be back that's for damn sure! read more

Ivanna is an absolute rude barbarian that ripped the scab off my baby's ear when taking off her harness so she wouldn't have to groom her. She smirked when I brought it up to her and tried to blame it on my other pupper when they were both sitting at my feet and they were not fighting or playing with each other. read more

Petco - The deep ass cut she talking bout "it must've just fell off" - Pet Stores Near Me - El Cajon, California

the worst petco location do not go here. the cashier did not let me purchase beta fishes and I told her it's my money and I guarantee you they will be well taken care of I did my research and she still did not let me purchase the fishes with my OWN MONEY. the worst customer service and I will be taking it to court. read more

Very thankful for Ivanna Meza (Grooming Academy Instructor) at Petco Grooming on 2nd Street in El Cajon.. Lady, my doggie has had the same groomer for over 3 years! Lady's groomer is on vacation and I needed someone else to cut Lady's hair this one time! TRUST is a big thing as you know! I met Ivanna over a year ago when Lady and I had pet training at this Petco location which also worked out really well! I highly recommend Ivanna for all grooming services and most of all for her loving care she provided to my doggie. I saw this first handed as I secretly from a distance watched Lady being groomed! Thank you Ivanna and thank you to your awesome class!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND TRUSTED! ‍ read more

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This is not the first time we've had a bad experience with the grooming/store. Last weekend my husband took our dog to get groomed. They said, thwy weren't open for grooming. When he got home they called and asked where he was. Told them what the lady said. Chalked it up to miss communication. Today he went again and the store was not open yet 9:15. Saw a women walking in and asked if she worked there. She replied yes, he told he he had an appt and she said... "Well your suppose to push the doors open" what??? (Who does that I asked him?) Then when we went to puck up our dog we were 20 mins late and the (not so nice emplyee) stated that if we were late again they were gonna have to charge us. My husband got into it with her. She was rather rude. Blocking us from ever coming back. (Like we would anyway.) She said ahe was waiting in front of the shop when he got there, if that was true... Why didn't ahe open the doors and let him in. Then she said ahe was in a different part of the store waiting. Again, why didn't ahe let him in? My husband was going to give her a tip, but after all that. I think not! Good luck with Pet Smart. If I could give a zero I would. Never liked that store anyhow! No loss for us!!! read more

This is my main Petco that I shop at, and have had great experiences for years. Today, unfortunately, has changed that loyalty. I ordered a product on their website to be picked up in the store the next day. It's a product that needed to be picked up asap due to it being part of a medical treatment for my animal companion. The product was stocked on the shelf and ready to go. I thought the email said my item was ready for pick up, so I headed to the store. Come to find out it wasn't ready, which is fine, but I was completely shut down when I asked if it could be picked up now since it's literally on the shelf in the store. The store opener today (June 10th, 2024) was unhelpful and said that since there's another order in front of mine they will not help me and eventually today, sometime before closing, I may get another email to let me know I can come pick up the item. This item is important for medical treatments and they wouldn't even bother to go to the shelf, which I could just pick up myself and bring to them, so they can mark it off and picked up. They just said they're unwilling and unable to help me and walked away. This is not great customer service, especially for a customer who has been loyal to this brand and store location for many years. Unfortunately that has changed as of today's experience. When you visit this store, please alter your expectations for the type of service you will receive. They don't seem to care about the customers or their animal companions medical needs. read more

Horrible customer service they don't even bring your order out when waiting for pickup will have you waiting 20 minutes for something you prepared I app if I wanted to wait I wouldn't use the app I would go in the store read more

Well I guess my family and I will be shopping at Petsmart from now on. Today we had the wort experience with the girl that works the fish area, not sure her name but she had a few face piercings. We have a 20 gallon fish tank and a few other small tanks and went in to get a few neon tetras and some long fin zebra danio, she refused to sell up 3 neons and two zebras because they are "both schooling fish" no duh we know that. But who's to say what we have planned for these fish and that we know what we are doing. The neons were going in our 5 gallon and the zebras were going to go in our 20 gallon. But this is all none of her business and not for her to refuse our Business and her attitude toward my husband and I. We will not be coming back to shop there unless the store manager sees this and can make it right. Very disappointing. read more

One star and by that I mean one employee by the name Randy was the start today. He was all over that store helping people nonstop. Meanwhile you have 2 employees and what looked to be a manager in a red shirt at the register practice doing noting cause their was only one person in front of me in line. In fact one employee said I can go help on the floor and the lady in the red and she No Randy's got it. I then said no he needs help on the floor as he is only one and I had to wait 20 minutes to get a fish. At the end of it all randy helped us with a hamster too that we named after him. From now on I'll be taking my business elsewhere. read more

Worst Petco EVER. No interest in customers coming through the door, no acknowledgement. Employees are clueless and told me to feed a fish every other day when it should be fed 2-3 times a day. Seriously? Probably wasted money on fish care products he suggested, since he had no idea what he was talking about from the get go. Disarrayed items on shelves, have to use Google to look up answers on pet care since employees don't know and DGAF. After buying $100 worth of product, the cashier just stands there and waits for me to grab everything I bought and carry out by cradle method, I guess? Couldn't even be bothered to tell me they were out of plastic bags, had to ask him like....can I have a bag, man? "Oh, we don't have any." I finally just looked around the store and emptied out a bag of cat food donations so I could use the bag. Dogs whining in the background pleading for freedom. What an absolute hell hole. First time there and my last time spending even 1 cent here. read more

Had an appointment with ivanna but another person took the appointment I guess he seemed like he was new. My dog is 7 and I have never once gotten a negative report card from my dog except for this time. They stated my dog would try to bite them when they did his paws which was unusual because I play with my dogs paws all the time. Since I got him back he's been licking his paws non stop and anytime I touch his paws/nails he runs away scared. They cut them far too short and it's bothering him and pissed me off I won't go back there for grooming. I wish I knew this before I tipped read more

Don't waste your time coming here. The selection sucks. Smells like a filthy barn and the service is shitty. I gladly sat down my $300 purchase and walked out of there to go to another store further way rather than deal with their shitty customer service for one more second. read more

Talked to store assistant manager about how the grooming manager is not friendly to my dog. She pretty much told me she doesn't care. Take your fur babies somewhere else I spoke to corporate and they filed a complaint against the store , also said she was charging me ridiculous fees that aren't real. Lol read more

Went there today 12/29 at 6p.m. and asked the girl working the cash register where something was and she just pointed to the back of the store. She was on the phone with her friends who were cussing on the phone and laughing, I heard because she had them on speaker! After spending 20 minutes I finally found what I was looking for and went to check out. She still had the speaker call going and was now eating tacos at the register. My receipt came with complimentary salsa on it from her tacos! read more

I walked in through the sliding doors and literally stepped on dog shit. How the hell does that happen. The employee wasn't even alarmed or apologetic, like what the... sickos. You guys stink on ice!!! read more

Never have shopping carts. Staff rude when I asked for cart. Said they would help me if I waited but sarcastically said they are busy with only 2 people working. When I decided to not wait...Blamed customers for using and leaving outside for homeless to steal & stated corporate for not letting them have more. read more

This review is solely on customer service. I go to petco at different locations to purchase my cat's food/litter and service/quality are just fine *** Update- the referenced female is named Tina. I discovered this after reading one star reviews, in which unfortunate patrons of Petco had to encounter her. Weird, majority of the one star reviews reference Tina. I wonder if it has anything to do with her contempt towards humanity *** On 7-22-2020 at approximately 130 pm, I was working in the area and due to covid -19, many fast food places with accessible restrooms were closed and I REALLY needed to find a restroom. so I popped into Petco. I approached the woman at the front counter ( approximately 30 something year old, heavier set white female with blue/blonde hair ) and apologized for being an inconvenience but politely asked access to the restroom. She said, only shoppers can use the restroom. That is fine, I understand many places have a policy in place to protect against the homeless or shoplifting. I said no problem and stated I can buy product ( my cat could always use more canned cat food) but she stated " that doesn't count " said that I must be "shopping " and not just buying something- i must be confused on what "shopping " is so, I looked it up and decided to post the definition here as well. Yes, this is petty and really insignificant but just had to clarify " shopping " . read more

Petco - Pet Stores Near Me - El Cajon, California

Good morning, Went to this location and was treated rudely by Eric. I came in and was gonna by a toy for my dogs. I was asked if " neeeded I said no im ok, but then since I had been driving all morning I asked to use the facilities bathroom. I was told no, I mention that all the other stores which in San Diego, which I frequent allow me to the facilities, and he said very rudely not this one. To go out of the way to pretend to be helpful just to be rude is not the customer service im accustomed at all other Petco locations. Especially when im member and purchase often.. read more

Worst service and they even lie, went there and got told puppy bath and trim for his first time was $40 went to pick him up and he didnt get trimmed even though I got charged for it (50$) said they gave him a bath but visibly showed he didn't as he still had dirty and a bit of tangled hair. Very disrespectful and manager of grooming also threatened me and my kids and said, puppy was scared so he tried to nip even though he is 12 weeks and still teething which was made aware before we started. Then she continued after we told her the puppy is still dirty and tangled which shows he wasn't bathed and continued the threatening by saying "because of this I will be writing a notation on your account to let other groomers know you are disrespectful." Very disappointed in Petco and will not be coming back as she made my kids cry aswell, as long as hurt the puppy and got him even more scared of groomer. read more

Nice employees, store is clean for the most part. Watch out for people that are inconsiderate about picking up their own dog feces. Worker was nice enough to pick up after that person. Prices are good for what you get, I did purchase something that was originally $31.99 but had a petpals discount for $17.99. I didn't realize I was charged the full price took product back in and was a easy fix. read more

At 3:29 March 9th 2020 I ordered a dog harness from Petco website. My choice of pick up was Petco 540 N. 2nd street El Cajon. My order was ready for pick up at 6:15pm March 9th 2020 so the family went to pick up our order. When we got there we did a bit of shopping before we went to the counter to pick up our already paid for harness. We got to the counter and Jose was our checker. We paid for the new items we had picked up then I showed him our confirmation of item we needed to pick up. He started looking for his scanner and could not find it. There were some customers in line so he just started serving them and kind of ignoring the fact we were standing and waiting for our item that we had bought. After 5 min of standing there being ignored by the cashier my husband opened the online order box that was right in front of this young checker and found our item. The checker, Jose said we could not leave until he scanned the item, but he just kept waiting on the people that were in line and ignoring that we were even standing there. When I complained, finally after standing there for 15 min he finally called the manager over the loud speaker. He had to call her a few times. Finally the manager; Ashley came to help but her attitude was horrible. She made us feel that we were inconveniencing her. No apologies at all for the wait. She made a snobby remark, "There is only one of me" What made it worse is Jose the checker kept telling us, "There is only so much I can do". As we were leaving I mentioned I was going to do a Yelp review and the other checker who was just standing around at the front door area said, "Thank you very much" as she sarcastically pushed her chin out and made a sour face. I have worked in customer service for years and was appalled at how unprofessional all these workers were. If I was the manager of this store I would have fired all these late shift people! Ashley as the acting manager this particular evening, her attitude was so over the top unprofessional. She is teaching her team to be just as uncaring as she is. She mentioned Jose was a trainee. My question, if he is really a trainee, then why did it take so many calls and wait time before she came to the front??? With a new trainee you think she would be quickly running to the front where revenue is being handled. Never again Petco of El Cajon!!! Awful experience with customer service. read more

I give it 5 stars because Freddie was amazing! It's hard finding Good customer service nowadays so i was pleasantly surprised! He Was helpful and informative! He knew about the dog vitamins as well as where stuff was in the store and because they have hardly any carts due to theft he carried my huge bag of dog food to the front register and then out to the car and loaded it into my vehicle! Freddie's you rock! Ps: thanks for being concerned about my little one running out of the store without me! The sweetness was icing on the cake! read more

We now bring our Chow Chow to the 2nd Street location for grooming. I can honestly say that the sole reason is that we followed our groomer, Ivanna, when she moved from the RSD location. She has groomed our girl since they was 10 weeks old and was instrumental in our socialization process. Chows can be stinkers, but with Ivanna's patience and excellent grooming skills, we now have a Chow that loves to go see her "Bestie" Ivanna and always looks beautiful when she comes home. I highly recommend Ivanna, you won't be disappointed! read more

I am I saltwater guy, I also have a dog but anyone can sell dog food. I always prefer Petco to Petsmart because they offer salt water aquatics and Petsmart does not. However Petco has a really bad reputation in the salt water hobby of having miserable Displays and unhealthy fish when compared to a specialty store. Tanks looked pretty clean, see pictures that I have added. It looked like somebody actually might have cared when arranging the rock formations. Although I will say that there was a very small blue tang at the bottom tank who is probably dead at this point given the state it was in when I was in yesterday. read more

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I have been a customer of the RSD location Petco for 2 years and quite enjoy it. I had an order unknowingly sent to the 2nd street location. I am disabled and often have my father or daughter pick up my items or brought to my car. Unfortunately, this location does not offer items to be brought to your vehicle, so I sent my daughter in with the order number and my name. They forced her to come back to my car to get my ID and when I confronted the short woman with dark hair at 5:15pm approx, she lied and said it was required when the one down the street NEVER has required it. I believe she racially profiled my 13 year old daughter because even though she had my name and text of my order number, she refused to give her the items. My ID obviously does not match her, so she is doubly lying about it being required. As a legally disabled person, I am highly upset that this person pulled this crap. My daughter didn't understand, but I do. I am greatly rethinking about being a loyal customer, who also pays for VitalCare for my pet, of Petco due to this maltreatment. read more

Forgive me if your names are wrong but Eric (maybe aaron) and Molly were amazing! He helped me pick out food for my dogs that were having digestion problems and Helped me carry the bags to the counter. She helped me carry them to the car after having a stressful week it was nice to come in and get great customer service. Both very helpful and informative. Store was clean and had a huge variety. Thank you read more

The people that work here are friendly! Unfortunately I believe petco needs to more properly educate the employees on ALL species that they sell. I bought a Red Uromastyx here on and was told that only one employee (who was not working at the time) knew anything about them. I was recommended a completely improper tank set up, and it turns out that petco doesn't carry any set ups that are suitable for the species. I decided to get the uro, and do my research, but I can't help but wonder what would have happened if they sold her to someone that wasn't ready to commit to a high maintenance pet like this. Looking back at photos from the week we got her, she was EXTREMELY underweight and dehydrated. PLEASE STOP selling pets that you do not know how to care for. read more

Petco - The Uromastyx I was sold (1 day after purchase) - Pet Stores Near Me - El Cajon, California

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