Petland Inc.
Petland is an award-winning franchise operation based in Chillicothe, Ohio, with more than 240 full-service retail pet centers across the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, South Africa, Brazil, El Salvador and Saudi Arabia. Petland is consistently listed among Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 top retail pet franchises. Our retail stores offer birds, fish, reptiles, small animals and puppies and kittens, including registerable breeds, crosses and mixed breeds from the community. Community service driven: Petland’s community service programs aim to promote pro-active spay-neuter initiatives; place homeless pets in the community through an active in-store Adopt-A-Pet program; and to nurture the human-animal bond by fulfilling pet-related wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and by giving donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. State-of-the-art animal care systems: Our in-store, state-of-the-art animal husbandry systems and pet socialization practices at Petland are the result of more than 46 years of fine-tuning to bring the best health care practices to the pets in our care. Trained operators, pet counselors: Prior to the opening of a Petland store, operators and pet counselors receive several weeks of training in animal husbandry, community service, customer service, financial reporting, marketing, merchandising, public relations, sales techniques, and store management. Seasoned operators return to the classroom often, as coursework is offered at Petland, Inc. year-round. Years of experience, mission-oriented: Petland was founded in 1967 and continues to put veterinary care at the forefront as our pet counselors work everyday to meet the Petland Mission: “Our Pet Counselors are dedicated to matching the right pet with the right customer and meeting the needs of both. To our customers who already have pets, we are dedicated to enhancing their knowledge and enjoyment of the human-animal bond.”www.petland.com
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Oct 14, 2026
Codyjoe McEwanGUEST
Uh, I was never really a fish guy.
Codyjoe McEwanGUEST
Um, I was working at Petland though in like 2010.
Codyjoe McEwanGUEST
And, uh, a Chinese guy came in and I couldn't really understand him, and I thought he asked if we sold food for arowanas.
Codyjoe McEwanGUEST
Um, and I said, "Yes." And then he turned around and walked away.
Jason AdamsHOST
You mentioned about fish, right? Just doing research.
Jason AdamsHOST
Don't go to PetSmart or Petco or wherever, Pet Land and, and go in there and be like, "Oh, these look cool.
Jason AdamsHOST
These look cool.
Jason AdamsHOST
These look cool." Realize, "Hey, I've got a 20 gallon tank and I just bought a opaline gourami, a rainbow shark, a convict cichlid, uh, four endlers and a couple of guppies and some cory cats, and now I'm wondering why-
Kate PutmanGUEST
But yeah, October came, I ran like a cross country race or two.
Kate PutmanGUEST
And I was just like, I was literally going to like Petland, which is what it's called around here.
Kate PutmanGUEST
They have them in New York, but the dogs are like five grand.
Kate PutmanGUEST
So I was like, I know I can't afford this.
Eric TriplettHOST
Yeah.
Alyssa Miller HurleyGUEST
And then our youngest cat, which he's just turned a year old and we got him from Petland and San
Eric TriplettHOST
Diego,
Alyssa Miller HurleyGUEST
Las Vegas.
Eric TriplettHOST
OK.
Alyssa Miller HurleyGUEST
So we got him from Petland in Las Vegas.
Alyssa Miller HurleyGUEST
He is a Lynx Point Siamese.
Alyssa Miller HurleyGUEST
Oh, wow.
John GoodwinGUEST
And this has caused a pretty good reduction in the number of puppy mills in this country.
John GoodwinGUEST
Unfortunately, in Ohio, we can't do these sorts of local ordinances because the legislature, at the behest of Petland, who's a Puppy Mill Link Company based in Ohio, they passed a law that took away the rights of people in Ohio to petition their city council to do something about this problem.
John GoodwinGUEST
And we need to get that law appealed.
Jay FoxHOST
Why can't the state do it if the municipalities can't?
John GoodwinGUEST
And if the Ohio legislature wanted to take a strong stand against puppy mills, that would be a good way to do it, by prohibiting the sale of puppies in pet stores.
John GoodwinGUEST
Unfortunately, they seem to have received a lot of support from lobbyists.
John GoodwinGUEST
These elected officials have received a lot of support from lobbyists that are hired by Petland.
John GoodwinGUEST
And so it's going to take people.