This review is about All Terrier Rescue who does the in-store dog adoptions twice a week. I like the store and employees; they have always been helpful. We buy stuff for dogs, cats, a gecko, and rabbits. With all our animals, we need pet stuff almost weekly (litter, crickets, food, etc). We have used their grooming and have been pleased for our very hairy dog. But my review is not so much for that...
My review is more about the integrity of Petsmart by allowing All Terrier Rescue to do their dog adoptions twice a week in this store. The people running All Terrier Rescue are not nice or kind, and it reflects poorly on Petsmart that they continue to support this company by letting them use their store.
I've started avoiding using this store when I can because they support and allow All Terrier Rescue to have their dog adoptions here on Saturdays and Thursdays. I avoid the store when I can, but most definitely work my schedule around so that I don't have to stop by on either of those two specific days.
Let me say upfront that I have adopted from All Terrier Rescue. Just because they have poor people skills doesn't mean that their dogs don't need homes.
They are not kind nor friendly to families wanting to look at their dogs. I have seen them snap at kids who are trying to pet the dogs through the exercise pen. When I was in buying supplies, I have seen them in an altercation with a couple who walked out of the store fuming a string of curses. My neighbor adopted from them, but told me that they made their 7 year old cry. My 9 year old daughter came home in tears one day from going to the store with my husband to pick up a few items, and she was in tears about how the head lady was telling someone how one of their dogs was "stupid". My daughter couldn't believe how she was talking about one of her own dogs she was trying to adopt out!! And in our household, the word "stupid" is offensive, degrading, and disrespectful, and it is not to be used. So that is part of why it upset our daughter so much.
And once, when I saw one of their dogs bleeding, I was trying to get it some attention, and the head lady literally got in my face and told me I needed to leave. I told her that I wasn't trying to cause trouble, I was just trying to get the dog some medical attention (it's neuter sutures had come undone and it was bleeding on the floor and the dog was sitting, shaking, with his head hung down and unresponsive to me trying to call it. It was in obvious pain). I assumed that with the 15-20 dogs they had there, they couldn't notice everything, so I was pointing out the dog's condition in a respectful and calm way. The head lady got right in my space, and in my face, and said to leave. I told her I wasn't trying to cause trouble, but before I could finish my next sentence, she cut me off and brusquely said, "Yes, you are. And you need to leave." I walked to the Vet counter to see if the vet had a spare minute to check on the dog. I would assume in an emergency situation they would, right? They said no, that they don't have anything to do with All Terrier Rescue, and I could file a complaint. I said that there was nothing to complain about and I didn't want to file paperwork; that wasn't the point. I wanted the dog to get some immediate help. I asked the Petsmart shift manager to come over and although I told him that one of the adoption dogs in the back was bleeding, he didn't do or say anything. I had my arms full with items we were going to buy and he simply told me that he could ring me up and walked me to the front. I told him that I was worried about that dog and it needed to see a vet, and he assured me that it would get seen soon. If I didn't have somewhere to be that afternoon, then I would've stayed to make sure that was true. It seemed to me that the poor dog needed an advocate.
It reflects poorly on Petsmart to allow All Terrier Rescue to do business in their building. I have adopted/rescued all our pets, and I'm all for adoption, and I've even adopted one of our dogs from All Terrier Rescue, but I'm disappointed in Petsmart that they have hitched their wagon with this business. read more