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Pet Land in Tyler Texas

April 1st, 2010

PETLAND

4512 S Broadway
Tyler Texas 75703
Phone: 903 561 3142
Open: M-S 10am – 8pm         Sun 12 – 6pm

At Petland you can buy a household pet, receive free advice about pet care and purchase food, toys, bedding, flea control etc. for your current animal, fish or bird.

Petland Tyler is located in the French Quarter across the road from the Mall, near Pier One and Michaels. It is not a massive store but it stocks a great range of products and the staff are very helpful and friendly.

On the left hand side of the store are the animals for sale. The puppies and kittens are in glass fronted boxes and are simply adorable. In case you are tempted to add one to your family, the staff will talk to you in depth to try and match you with the right animal. You have the assurance that the animals have been checked by 2 veterinarians and have all their vaccinations plus a ‘health warranty.’ Puppies come with a ‘Pets for a Lifetime’ resource kit which includes a dog training DVD, info sheets and discounts on puppy care products. I like the idea of the 48 hour return policy too – if you find that you have made a big mistake when you get your new creature home, you can return it and receive a refund.

As well as dogs and cats, there are also rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, hamsters and gerbils. Some of the mice for sale are actually bred as snake food! They also have some reptiles and lots of different birds.

The tropical fish section is wonderful. There are lots of fish available to buy and the staff in that section are extremely knowledgeable about fish and amphibians. They will be happy to help you with any problem you might have with your aquarium.

The nutrition center at Petland is large and well stocked – if you need a specialized product then this is the place to find it. If it is just regular cat or dog you need then it would save you money to buy in bulk from somewhere like Atwoods or Sams Club. There are a variety of beds, pet homes and crates for sale too.

One of the things I like about Petlands is its commitment to education. This is not just for the prospective customer. They host school groups for visits in store and even take their animals to nursing homes, which acts as a service to the community and also aids the pets’ socialization. Petland advertises local initiatives, like neutering days and supports local animal welfare charities.

If you are thinking of buying a pet in the future or need advice for an existing one, don’t be afraid to make use of the resources at Petland – they are there to help.

Pets and Friends, LLC – Pet Funeral Home, Crematory

February 1st, 2010

Pets and Friends

They also have a Gym and Post Office
Monday – Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

2979 Highway 110 North
Tyler, TX 75704
903-526-7400

I think this small family-owned and operated business deserves an award for how many different services they offer. You were probably thinking that you misread the title of this post. It is no joke.

Pets and Friends in Tyler Texas

Pets and Friends Store

They are truly a pet funeral home and crematory that also sells pet food and supplies. They have a work out gym for women, and they are a fully functioning United States Post Office. And on top of it all, they are amazing.

Pets and Friends is a clear example of the beauty of East Texas culture. It is located just one mile outside of Loop 323 on 110 North right outside the Tyler city limits. With warm smiles and cheerful words you are essentially embraced the moment you walk into the door of this local business. You might even be greeted by one of their friendly and well behaved pets that stay behind the counter. It seems that even their other customers are all infected by the niceness. The workers really create the feeling of an old timey general store or even that of a family.

Their main service is one that I haven’t witnessed or experienced in anyway. That is, they do cremations of your pets. They are really focused on taking care of the people who face a real loss when their pet dies as though they lost a family member. They really care for individuals and their pets, and it is obvious from the first time you meet them. These cremations range from about fifty dollars to two hundred and seventy dollars depending mostly on the size of the animal and then on whether or not you’ll bring the pet home in an urn. They also offer a fairly large variety of more special wooden or porcelain chests and urns for additional cost.

The gym is a workout center for women. It appears to be a similar setup to Curves. It has several cardio machines as opposed to weights and strength building machines. There are usually a few women there, so it seems that it must be useful. They also have nice happy music playing always in there.

The business does have a decent sized retail area. It is all pet supplies. They have dog and cat food. I think I even saw sugar glider food. They have a huge section of collars and leashes of all sizes and colors. They can make customized name tags. All around the walls there are tons of t-shirts with animals on them, so you can wear a shirt to support your love for beagles or even your favorite breed of horse. They also have some of the most impressive looking dog and cat fur removers that run about seventy dollars a piece.

Pets and Friends

Pets and Friends Store Hours

As for price, it seems that the prices on some items can be a little higher than the big stores, but the service, atmosphere and convenience make up for it completely.

My single reason for frequently visiting this place is for their small version of a post office. This is definitely Tyler’s best kept secret! I almost don’t want to tell you, because I don’t want it to become overwhelmed with business. But if you’ve read this far, you deserve it. Pets and Friends is a full functioning postal service. They can ship letters and packages of all sizes to anywhere in the world. And the experience is absolutely nothing like a standard government run post office. There is never a line more than one or two people. I think I may have once waited for five minutes while they finished mailing someone’s package. The employees are beyond nice and helpful. I recently had to mail out over three hundred and fifty large envelope letters to countries all around the world. They worked it out for me so that I could drop them off in the morning and come back and pay later after they had weighed and stamped each one. They trusted me with what would be a bill of almost six hundred dollars. They sell packaging materials and all kinds of seasonal and forever stamps. This business really does amaze me. I have several close friends who will only use this small company to ship, and it’s because of the same reason. No one wants to wait in line at a traditional post office, and these people win our loyalty through their kindness and warm personalities.

If you want to make your life easier and a little happier, do your shipping at Pets and Friends. Or don’t, and just leave the convenience to my friends and me. I’ll keep going as long as I live in Smith County.

Pet Land

January 16th, 2010

Tyler Pet Land is located at 4512 S Broadway Ave., Tyler, Texas 75703. If you own a pet, I am sure you have already been introduced to Pet Land and know what it is about. It’s like going to the mall, only this is for your pet. Whatever the pet they have what you need for it. Love exotic fishes..you can find plenty of them there. 

Petland in Tyler Texas

Petland in Tyler Texas

 Bird lovers you are in for a treat because they have what you are looking for. Reptiles too and much more. Anytime you want a pet but you can’t have one because your parents won’t allow you….than maybe convince them about taking you to Pet Land and spend time petting all the animals they have. Besides, your parent’s can’t get mad at you when you leave….and those animals remain there.

It’s a great blessing to have a Pet Land around here with knowledgeable people who work there and love animals, and know what to advise you about with your loved pets. For most people they are not pets…but more like their little baby. I should know because I have owned several small dogs that I thought of them more like my children than a pet.

Pets should be loved and well taken care of. Adoption is available there if you find yourself lonely and in need of a friend. Dogs and cats make pretty good companions. They offer unconditional love at all times…no matter what your day was like…they always look forward for you to come home so they can have you pet them and feed them.

Surrounding Pet Land there are other stores, such as: Big Lots, Michael’s, China King and the best thing is a Dollar Store very close. Pet Land is open Monday through Saturday 10a.m. to 8p.m. and on Sunday 12p.m. to 6p.m.

Petland

January 8th, 2010

Note Regarding This Petland Article

We have written a satirical post and because of confusion by some regarding the intended humor of this post we have a brief explanation of what we intended.

This is a satirical post about one of Tyler’s landmark businesses and locations. We at Tylertxdirectory.com love Petland and their animals and would never suggest that Petland tortures their animals but only wrote about common rumors about Petland with the use of irony which I would assume is a bit of fresh air considering all the posts on the internet that seriously accuse the Petland chain of using puppy mills and torture. For those unfamiliar with the use of irony and humor that is all we intended in the post about Petland. Again the blog post about Petland is tongue in cheek and is meant as comedy and nothing more. We do not believe Petland Tyler is engaged in animal torture or buying puppies from puppy mills. We are a loyal customer of Petland and buy all our pet related products from there. As can be seen in this humane society document there are no reports that the Tyler Petland location is engaged in any type of puppy mill buying or animal torture: Humane Society Report for Texas Petland Locations.

Ok, so I’ve heard a couple rumors about this so called Petland. One has something to do with puppy abuse and the other has to do with finding stray puppies to abuse, I believe. I do suppose that these rumors apply to kittens also, so four rumors in all. But we’re not about rumors here at tylertxdirectory.com no sir, we have a standard for journalistic integrity unmatched by any other local online Tyler Texas business directory, which is why, I’m sure, you come here for these hard hitting no spin zone reviews. I will however point out that upon my last visit, every single puppy and kitten had been sold and/or rescued from the clutches of their tormentors.

You may say that I’m jumping to conclusions when assuming Petland deliberately tormented puppies and kittens, but ask yourself, do you really want to take a chance with puppy/kitten torture? That’s what I thought, but then again, you also may say that there’s no constructive purpose for my wild accusations and that spreading malicious rumors won’t prevent any kitten torture at all. If that is the case then feel free to write your own local Tyler business review, but until then I’m running the show, the baby animal torture show. Besides, I have yet to reveal the extremely dramatic and emotional testimony of my horrifying firsthand experience in this sadistic underground cult.

It was a sunny summer day, I was on my daily ten mile run along the strip mall sidewalk, about to pass the China King Buffet for the third time when I decided on one of my favorite past times. I casually walked into the Petland ready to be greeted once again by this exotic and wonderful world of animal slavery when I noticed every single baby animal box like an empty trophy case for the world’s cutest competition. Unfilled, every last cage, it brought tears to my eyes just thinking of those babies not confined in plexi glass for my own amusement, and I had just named them all individually by personality. “Where are my babies?”

I screamed my question repeatedly and was repeatedly bitten by both the parrots and the employees. As I was drug out of the store I knew in my heart the only explanation could be an underground syndicate for baby animal mutilation, and now I hope that your hearts, whoever is reading, can be filled with this truth as well. It feels good to have this in the open finally. But all in all I would like to commend Petland for marketing such a depreciable item as a baby animal, it’s no easy task. So until they get a new shipment of slave babies in feel free to check out the fish.