Your go-to store for all things related to pets! Supplies, food, and even vet services can be obtained here and this long standing storefront has its operation running smoothly with a steady group of staff available when they're needed by customers. Nostalgic are the times when I used to come here as a kid to see all the fish and small critters available for purchase, and now as an adult, it hasn't changed all that much. There are still sections for aquarium enthusiasts looking to bolster their underwater environments as well as for fur and reptilian baby parents with the goal of enriching or growing their family. In each section, you'll find organized aisles and shelves filled with feed, toys, medications, and other wares for sale. The prices are reasonable compared to online prices and plus, with their free (as well as paid) membership, you'll get rewarded for each purchase, incentivizing you to shop more for your pets. The points you earn are tracked through your account and can be earned and redeemed at any of their stores or online through their website. If you're a frequent buyer, you'll benefit greatly from their rewards program. The main reason for our most recent visit was for their vet services offered through Vetco, specifically for vaccinations. It's best to set an appointment through their website to ensure you'll be seen, although sometimes walk-ins are welcomed but not guaranteed to be serviced. For non-vaccine related vet services, I believe you'll need to make a different kind of appointment and work with the in-house staff during their open hours. If you've never been here, you'll be asked for your pets medical/vaccination history but once you're in the system, they'll track everything your pet receives from their office. The biggest incentive for coming here for vaccinations is the vaccination packages offered at reasonable prices without having to first pay and see a veterinarian. Despite being a mobile clinic that travels to various sites in the Bay Area, they do have experienced and certified vets on staff, available to administer the vaccines and do preliminary examinations. We were very satisfied with the service offered here through Vetco as well as the staff working the store. Everyone was friendly, patient, and helpful in helping us get what we needed and for offering ways for us to save money. It does seem this store brings in a lot of locals and frequent visitors as some patrons seem to be recognized by the staff. I love the neighborly vibe! Overall, despite being a well-established chain, this Petco has not lost its luster nor its commitment to serving their community of pet owners and pets. I'm proud and glad to have this shop in our area and hope that they continue to help foster creation of new memories for generations to come. Your pets will be happy, healthy, and safe here at this Petco! read more

Petco - Vaccine package offered by VetCo - Pet Stores Near Me - Union City, California

Good people. Super friendly. Experts. Every time people drop what they are doing to fully help me. Everyone here really loves their job and animals read more

Brought my 100+ dog for a full groom. He has been regularly groomed everh 2-3 months since he was 7 months old (he will be 7 soon), and has NEVER had an issue. He stands well, he sits, gives his paws over, gets on the table or in the big tub on his own once he knows it's grooming time. All the groomer was able to do was trim his paws and bathe him. She said that he was non-cooperative for the tail and butt trim, that he sat down when she lifted his tail and "whipped back" at her, and that she didn't want to "push him" so she didn't trim anything. He also did NOT get brushed. I get the impression she was afraid of him because of his size. My dog was so stressed post-groom that he hid in the dining table for hours and slept for a full 24 hours which he has only done one other time after he had surgery. I will not be returning. I would rather drive 2 hours to his previous groomer than take him somewhere he hates. read more

well, I think this is an important business to have in our neighborhood. Just know when you go there if there's some really great amazing helpful people and then there's some not so great terrible service clearly they don't seem to wanna be there people. I guess that's true for all businesses, but it makes me question whether this national business is taking care of their employees financially and wellness wise. I'm sure the job is hard but if you love animals, you think that more people would like being and working there. There are people in the grooming area that are just absolutely wonderful that I like a lot and that's why I bring my dog and some cashiers are great, but trying to find help when you need help with an item can be really challenging so that I give this place three stars. read more

2/24/25 As always made an appointment with Katie A to groom Shiloh, my Aussiedoodle. I say as always because I never have to worry about what Shiloh will look like when I pick him up. Katie always does an amazing job on both my dogs. She is #1 professional and #1 excellent groomer. Sometimes I hide down one of the aisles so I can watch her groom so that Shiloh can't see me. I have never had any issues with my dogs nor did my mom with her dog. Communicate exactly what you want done. Example: I tell Katie do not trim his tail or ears and she doesn't. So thankful for Katie, I know my fur babies will always look and smell fantastic! read more

Petco - This is Shiloh my Aussiedoodle. His coat is short and tail & ears long - Pet Stores Near Me - Union City, California

Worst Vetco experience I have ever had. Labeled my cat as aggressive on her paperwork after they brought her into a closed room without me and tried to force her out of her carrier to give a vaccination. It is my assessment that Dr. Shauna Gray is not OK to be giving services to felines. and then they charged me 5 bucks for that. read more

I was there last night and a very nice young lady helped me and i was really happy with her work and im doing this one for her BUT MY KNUCKLEHEAD FORGOT HER NAME! lol S/o to the indian young lady tht helped me last night, thank you so much. Continue being great at your work. read more

If you want to be a racially profiled and treated like your scum on Earth and homeless when you're in the store, paying for goods as they hold your $10 bill up to the light to check it. Then you should shop here. Never in my life have I had four $10 bills held up to the light and checked and then ran across with a pin while I was stared at over the 30 seconds. I took him to look at my four $10 bills as if I am some homeless scumbag who's trying to pay with some fake $10 bills. Call the store. The manager told me some stupid excuse. They don't have any sign about this. Dumb excuse to explain to people. Why are you being racially profiled to check $10 bills. I don't care what the excuse is or what the reason is. You don't check $10 bills holding all of them up to the sky while looking at the person who's trying to pay as if they're committing fraud for a $10 bill. You should have a posted sign stating hey, we've been notified by the police that there's fraud. We have to check the money rather than just going and offending all your customers and checking their $10 bills read more

I brought my shih tzu Pops into be groomed by Katie today and he looks beautiful! He went in a mess and came out a model lol. He smells great & has a cute bandana. He had a bath, nails trimmed, full haircut & style. He was happy and so was I ! I highly recommend Katie for your grooming needs. read more

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This is a compliment for the gentleman Steve who assisted me with my fish yesterday evening. I have a 55-gallon tank and I'm really a newbie when it comes to populating my tank with fish and plants. He's so knowledgeable on aquatic life, and made me feel confident that the fish I received from Petco would be a great fit for my current aquatic environment. I now know how to populate moss properly and learned some other awesome tips. I have some very happy new fish and they're just having a blast. read more

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Preface: We've only taken our dog to Petco San Bruno one time before. We had a wonderful experience with Jade there, but it is not close to us. Union city is only 18 minutes away. We had a 10:15am dog grooming appt at this store, Dyer/Union City. We arrived a minute or so early at the check in desk, but no one came out to greet us until 10:19am. Something small to overlook, but as we're waiting I'm looking at the two groomers with two cute dogs being groomed, the dirty check in desk and filthy floors. I understand they're mid session so I don't expect them to do anything but continue their sessions. The store itself is filthy. There's an "Accidents Happen" station, that looks like every accident happened on it and no one cleans it. The aisles have dried liquid or animal pee everywhere that are no longer wet but sticky and black. My husband went to use the bathroom and he said it looked so disgusting like it's never been cleaned. Why is the store so dirty and it's only been open for an hour? A Nikki came out from the back. She was polite and went over the services for the appointment, bath + soothe & repair, and explained that our appointment may take up to 2 hours, no problem. I got a call at 11:50 that my dog would be ready in 10 min, 2 minutes later received a text confirming my dog was ready for pick up. My husband went inside to pay and get her.... When she got back to the truck, her coat did not look brushed and blow dried. She had dandruff and loose hair all over her back and right side, her teeth did not look to be brushed, and her ears weren't clean. We will never come back to this store. If anyone from management reads this, do better. read more

The grooming department went well my pup came out looking so freshly groomed ready for the hot days and vacation.. Nikki is our groomer but I have met other staff there and they are so good with my Lucy.. Thank you Nikki for doing such a great job on our pup. My only complaint was the mess on the floor throughout the store there was smeared poop .. other than that customer service was nice and I will continue to bring my pup back for grooming read more

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This review is for the Vetco Vaccine Clinic that this Petco location provides. I was able to get 3 of my cats vaccinated and dewormed here for the price of what would be 1 cat appointment at a regular Veterinary Hospital. The Veterinary Technicians who run the event were knowledgeable and weren't gimmicky with other patients (advising to wait for vaccines based on weight and age as opposed to just trying to sell people entire packages). I recommend the service to anyone looking to get their pets vaccines done within the Union City/Fremont/Hayward area. Here's a link to the appointment finder webpage to get started with an appointment for anyone who is interested! https://www.petco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PetcoVetBookingView?cm_mmc=PSH%7CGGL%7CSVC%7CVTCO%7CVTC%7C0%7Cvz6GWcTDL4jB9uiFvWANkT%7C58700008832795145%7Cpetco+vet+clinic%7C0%7C0%7Ckwd-313484123680%7C136093155573%7C17149023030&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17149023030&gbraid=0AAAAAD97F17Lo9Ghb6f1LItQWcrazM34v&gclid=Cj0KCQjwmqPDBhCAARIsADorxIbxuq5EEDCuPv4zC5oYNnc2F1cEQPn0V1xylK4YAs8C-fqgaNr1e3caAmYUEALw_wcB read more

Never coming back!! Don't get your dog groomed here!! Petco is the most affordable grooming service we have found in our area for our one year old doodle so we've gotten him groomed here on multiple occasions. Each time it's taken at least 3 hours and we didn't have any problems. Today we picked up our dog after ONLY about 2 hours after dropping him off (which should have been the first sign of trouble) and got him back completely shaven. We have NEVER gotten him back like this. The cut was uneven, way shorter than what we agreed on, and his tail completely gone. He's had matting before so on one occasion they did have to make it short but NOT as short as this time. We agreed that his face would be shorter but him body was not matted so we said to make it as long as possible. I don't know if it's new staff or they just lack patience but for the price, this is simply unacceptable. read more

Petco - Pet Stores Near Me - Union City, California

I would give a 0 all because Grooming Services has failed me 3 times. I have booked appts 1st time worker told me my dog is too young to get a trim and that we should wait til she grows her adult hair. 2nd time they had to reschedule because they were short workers. Third time I had booked it but she started her period. The lady had called me to confirm I said we will need to reschedule because she started her periods. Her appt was for May 7 for a haircut and bath. Shows in the photo I attached as proof. Today the 8th I took her in and she comes out looking the same. I am not Paying 70 bucks for just a bath. Apparently the worker that rescheduled me only noted a bath and failed to book what I had originally booked for which was a bath and haircut. To the Worker at the front I want this to be known that I was not at fault. I will be speaking to management when they call me on Monday read more

Petco - - I booked for a bath and trim to the worker who rescheduled my appt failed to do her job properly. - Pet Stores Near Me - Union City, California

This Petco has never once failed me! They typically always have everything I need in stock and everyone is super friendly and helpful. I've never had a bad experience here. read more

I love that they have their cat adoption center open now ... we missed it ! The staff is great and very knowledgeable and the cats carers are very friendly and will answer any questions you have about the kitties ... they'll even let you hold them ... read more

This is what my dog came home to after her grooming session at Petco. I'm definitely regretting taking my dog to Petco even after hearing their negative reviews. I don't recommend anyone to take their fur babies to Petco for grooming. It's very sad to see them in pain. read more

Petco - This is what my dog came home to after her grooming session at Petco. - Pet Stores Near Me - Union City, California

Whenever I need a groom and wash for my husky, I always come here! This dog sheds a lot and getting a haircut before summer is always key to cool her down. read more

Just tried them for new ocean fishes for my aquarium. The collection is full of different kinds of ocean fishes. read more

Pet dog training with Amanda! I want to highly recommend Amanda. I bought the four private lessons from Petco. Her style of training is positive reinforcement. I questioned it at first but after 4 lessons I have to say I have a very well trained dog. The dog was a rescue and after 1 1/2 years old was still able to retrain his bad habits!! read more

This review is just for the grooming salon. Brought in our doggie for wash and haircut. I gave our groomer instructions on cut length and what we wanted. Four hours later we returned to pick him up. He still had a few minutes left. Francisco was doing a wonderful job. He was gentle with our pup, and we did our best to stay out of our doggies eyesight so he wouldnt get too excited. Our doggie was so happy and well behaved with him too, thank goodness lol. Francisco takes great care and does excellent work. I would recommend him to anyone with smaller dogs who arent fans of getting their hair cut or nails done. I would give ten stars if I could. read more

Petco - Pet Stores Near Me - Union City, California

I just had another great experience at Petco grooming in Union City. My dog needed her nails trimmed and anal glands expressed. I didn't have an appointment but was helped right away by Luna. She was very friendly and did a great job. I used to go to Petsmart in Fremont but feel Petco does a better job. I am and will continue to be a repeat customer. Thank you, Luna! read more

Here be ghosts. I walked in with an appointment for a dog bath and went straight to the Grooming station. No one was there and no one was in the windows (looking into the haircut area). I waited about 10 minutes and then went to find anyone who worked there and that took a weirdly long time trekking around aisles. When I found one he simply pointed towards the Grooming station and I said "No I know but no one is there" He went to make a notice call that played for a few minutes and then nothing again. Stood around another 15 min maybe and some Grooming staff came out. Yadda yadda the wash went fine but I didn't end up getting a call so I just showed up a couple hours later (the site says the appointment could take 2-3 hours). The staff said they did call but may have called a different number and that's why I didn't get the notification about my dog being all set to go. I'm the only number on my account and I had no messages. A few of the staff seemed confused about a Pals Reward I had and I had to download the Petco app and extra steps? And then one of the staff simply scanned my reward and it applied so I'm not sure if the app was necessary. At the end of it, I just really wanted to get out of there. read more

Very limited selection of cat food and supplies but the store is very clean. More focussed on dogs, which may just be reflective of the community. read more

I had signed up for subscription delivery of dog food. I have only had 2 deliveries so far. Both shipments contained expired food which could not be given to my dog. I was forced to get out of the house during this pandemic and buy dog food directly from a store because of Petco shipping expired food. Cancelled subscription delivery services. Never again. read more

Petco - Just got this shipment in Sep 2020 which contained expired food from Feb 2020 by Petco. - Pet Stores Near Me - Union City, California

Gary was great and very helpful. Great store overall I wish I came here along ago. The staff overall are also amazing and very kind/helpful.

I have taken my large Goldendoodle here twice for grooming and Luna has done a FANTASTIC job! It is difficult and takes painstaking hours to groom this breed. Trust me I know and some groomers won't groom this breed because it is so challenging. I have been to other groomers and never happy because they just don't listen and in the past so disappointed when I picked my dog up. Luna, keep up the good work! You work very hard and it shows every time in grooming my Golden Doodle! Thank you! Janice read more

On January 17th I took my dog to his bathing appointment at the Union City store at 4 pm, around 6 pm they informed me that something happened to my dog and when he came out he was bleeding from one ear. When I asked, no one told me what had happened and they didn't give me a solution. No one was responsible for what happened. Then the manager sent to say with a worker (since he was not able to go out to talk to me personally). For me to take my dog to the vet's emergency room so that they would help my dog and that I would take the bill and that Petco would pay for it. Until Five days after the incident, a person from Petco communicated with me to ask me about my dogs health after the incident that happened at their store. This person very attentive assisted to my dogs appointment where he got his stitches removed to pay for the veterinarian service. It's acceptable for accidents to happen but until this day, I haven't gotten an answer to what happened to my dog. They also told me there weren't any cameras on site, which I know isn't true. This is a call for them to be more attentive when accidents like this happened. And for them to have a plan when emergencies like this happen, and to give the customers a reason to their accidents because till this day, my son and I felt alone, since this is my son's emotional support dog. Till this day I appreciate that they paid the hospital bill but they also should have a support plan for customers when these incident happen. (-Maribel Osorio, customer) read more

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Petco has always been a go-to store of mine and all my dogs growing up and current. This review is mostly for the staff. Everytime I come in, I'm always greeted. Yesterday, my dog Kruntch ran away from our house as the wind blew our gates down :( He made is way over to union landing and to my knowledge, people got him into petco! The staff cared for my boy, gave him food, and love until animal services came to take my boy to tri city shelter. With out a doubt, I am SOO grateful for the team at petco for looking out for Kruntch. I can't remember who I spoke to on the phone, it was a guy and he was soo nice and gave a description of my dog. While everything was going on, I felt so helpless since I am out of state, but hearing my boy made it to petco, and they treated him so well- I was able to finally breath while my family went over to bail him out of the pound. Thank you so much petco! We truly appreciate your kindness and love for Kruntch! read more

Petco - Our sweet boy Kruntch - Pet Stores Near Me - Union City, California

Haven't tried their grooming or vet services. I always end up at this location since it's close to my place, but I find myself either disappointed or slightly stressed. Their inventory is very lacking to say the least. I always end up having to order my items online instead. Customer service has always been great though when checking out. read more

Omg took my dog to get groomed, took them an hour and a half now I know why. After arriving home I examined him further and what a mess my poor dog. I have attached pics read more

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This location losses one star from me, primarily due to the lack of customer service. I called at 9:01 since it's stated that they open at 9a, looking to schedule a last minute appointment for today or tomorrow. A gentleman kept answering the phone saying "there are 2 customers ahead of you, please call back" and when I finally decided to leave my name and number, an hour goes by and I still never received a call back... Just minutes ago, Corinna (?) from the grooming department answered but asked for my name and number so she can call me back. Before she could finish, I quickly asked if there were any appointments today. She then proceeded to say she doesn't have access to the computer schedule to check -that makes NO SENSE. How do you work for the grooming department but don't have computer access?? I will be looking for a new grooming salon for my two dogs and I will refer this experience to my friends and family. Thanks Petco. read more

I'd like to give this review to Amy (hopefully the spelling is correct) of PetCo Union city for providing an excellent customer service! I was in search for a couple male parakeets for a while now to join our family of 4 parakeets(3 female, 1 male). But they are sold out everywhere I go. I called PetCo Union city, and spoke to Amy. She kept me updated of shipping and followed up as soon as they had arrived. I went to the store as soon as I heard from her that their shipment had just arrived - I left the store with 2 young male budgies :) Thanks again Amy! read more

Petco - The two, new and young parakeet males - both perched while the rest of the family still adjusting to them being there lol. - Pet Stores Near Me - Union City, California

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I always love to visit any Petco store with my kids, cos they have some reptiles and cute pets in store.

This review is specifically for their employee named Gary. I'll be optimistic that he was just having a hard day but he was rude off the bat once i mentioned that I didn't have a number and would rather pass on signing up "although its free and would save a couple bucks" as he stated. I was polite in declining and he goes to mention later on in the check out process that lets just waste money and how it's good/nice to be rich in a rather rude manner after being rejected the second time of not wanting to sign up for their number. I've worked at similar jobs where we're encouraged to get customers to sign up so i know how it goes but never would I have responded in that same way as GARY did. Will definitely not come back although it's nearby and would rather "waste more money" in my gas to go to someplace else (: read more

Your local Petco that provides the standard experience that you would expect out of any of the retail locations. Everything is stocked and easily found, the place itself is relatively clean, and a staff member is usually able to answer any question I have, when I have them. I've only had one instance where I wasn't able to find something in store that was advertised online, but besides that, I haven't had any negative experiences. The review above is solely for the retail part of the store. I haven't utilized their grooming, training, or adoption services. There was one time I called in regarding their puppy training classes and was told that the trainer would call me back the next day and they never did. Oh well, I ended up taking my money elsewhere for puppy training instead, so their loss. read more

What is wrong with people these days?? It's so sad that anytime a worker doesn't bow down and do everything a customer wants no matter how ridiculous customers jump on social media and make the incident 100% worse than it actually was... people don't take into consideration how bad customer service jobs are having to work with the terrible community we have these days!!! It's so much better to smile and say thank you than to yell at these poor workers and go to social media... what about how people DRIVE!!! That's where people should be complaining and saying how rude everyone is!! Not the people who help us at stores.... without them we can only shop online.. lol!! next time goin into a store (Petco) why don't you think of the worker and what they might be goin threw?? How many rude customers they've had or how maybe they have health or financial issues?? DONT BE RUDE BE KIND IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU! Ok thought of a few more things.. lolHey just a quick note to all you people with to much hateful time on your hands..Gary Rob and the rest of the Petco associates are wonderful caring ANIMAL LOVERS who work their butts off for US! Gary your a AMAZING CARING HARD WORKER AND I'M BLESSED TO HAVE YOU THERE ON THE DAYS I SHOP !! I spend 1,000 bucks every week and all the workers that have to deal with me are so AMAZING .. Maybe all these complainers should only be allowed to shop ONLINE!! YEP ! read more

The worst customer service ever! I politely asked Gary if he could point me to the aisle that would carry pet carpet cleaner. He mistakenly mistook the dog shampoo aisle he was standing in, and said "right here," and walked away. I spent 10 mins looking down the aisles looking for the item, and no where to be found. I want to add that Gary saw me walking around (we caught eyes) and he did not offer to ask if I needed help, and there were 2 other customers in the store with 5 employees. At check out I stood in the line where it said enter and where I was the only person. Gary then pointed to the spot I should be standing, where I still the only person in line. When he rudely finished with the customer before me, he signaled again with his finger that I was next. He was on his phone text through the whole check out. As soon as he handed me the receipt he walked away. Terrible customer service Gary! I will not be back. read more

Thank you Bri, for all your help, you're amazing And Justin for dealing with me and not having enough money on my debit card and my bank app taking forever to load. You two are angels read more

Petco - Kiwi and Mochi (I got Kiwi almost 3 years ago from petco, Mochi came home yesterday) - Pet Stores Near Me - Union City, California

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