Jeff’s Pet Depot

If I could give zero stars, I would. I searched for pet stores in Fresno and Jeff’s Pet Depot popped up. My navigation took me to a place with a sign that said All In One Pets. I double checked my maps before giving this review to be sure I am not blasting the wrong company – I’m not. This is the place, right next to Golden Donuts and Subway.
I walked in and was greeted in a prompt manner. The clerk (maybe owner?) asked if I needed help finding anything. I told him I was looking for either Zignature dry dog, food or Pure Vita dry food duck or lamb protein and grain free only. He sort of furrowed his brow and repeated them back to me wrong and then told me his stores didn’t carry either product but they do have other products to look at. I figured I’d take a look.
He proceeded to guide me to Blue Buffalo. Now, I’m not trying to say anything about anyones dog food choice, but it’s not what we choose for our dog. I told him no thank you. He pushed. I said I don’t like BB, he pushed. I flat out said «no Blue Buffalo.» He then passed me off to smoother store clerk who made me explain her diet again… He showed me a bag of food that looked vaguely familiar to me so I picked it up and meanwhile he’s blabbing about how this company pioneered grain free, limited ingredient. It only took me a few seconds to see why I didn’t buy the did before. I told him thank you for showing me the food, but I’ll keep looking. He asked why and I explained that they use meal as their primary ingredient. I’m not okay with feeding my dog less than what I feel is best dry dog food. And he had the audacity to argue with me and tell me that meat meal is just as nutritious as actual meat. Perhaps I’m misinformed, but if that’s true, then I’d like to see him eat it. I didn’t say such a thing. I politely excused myself and thanked them both for their time. I went to Whities.

With the cold rainy weather I found I had to bring my dog into the house. So she needed a good bath and found out they did grooming here. I have a older chow mix and was super anxious when I left her there. However the lady did a great job. My fur baby looks and smells great. Very glad I chose to have it done here and would defiantly take her back. It’s a nice little store and the employees where very friendly.

Supposed to be no appointment needed. I have gone there before and have not needed an appointment. Today I go in to get my dogs nails cut and the 2 ladies there tell me the groomer is out visiting a friend and to call in an hour to see if she’s back cause they didn’t know when she would be back. I call back in an hour like she said and a lady tells me «sorry you just missed her, she’s gone for the day now». This experience was really inconvenient for me.

THIS STORE SELLS EXPIRED DOG FOOD!
I usually buy my dog food from The Dog House. A few months ago their store was plowed into by a car, so I came by Jeff’s Pet Depot to get my Solid Gold dog food. So while I was looking at the Solid Gold shelf I noticed a LOT of it was expired! I posted a picture so you can all see what I’m talking about. The photo shows four different bags’ expiration dates.
I’ve been stewing on this for about a month and finally decided to write this review. Selling expired food is wrong. I’m not sure if most people look at expiration dates, but you should. This is a perfect example why.
So, in about May of 2015 there were bags of dog food that had expired
Feb 2014
Aug 2014
Jan 2015
Mar 2015
What else is being sold there that’s old? Stay away!
Click on the picture to open it up.

This is a great little pet store, and I definitely prefer going here over any of the big brand stores. The owner (I assume his name’s Jeff??) is always there when I go, and is very helpful and knowledgeable about the products he sells. He is able to point me in the right direction for what I’m looking for, and give me advice. They also keep a record of your purchases if you want them to, so when I forget what brand of food I buy, they are able to look it up for me.
The thing slight drawback of this place is that once or twice they have been out of my brand of food or a product I wanted (which just comes with the territory of being a smaller store), but it’s not that big of a deal since they will order it for me and have it in to pick up in a day or two. I definitely recommend going here!

It is a nice small pet store. I’ll come back again soon. Hopefully these independently owned type of stores stick around in Fresno. I’m kinda tired of the only places to go are big corporate owned stores like PetsMart.
This pet store is at First & Nees next to Golden Donuts (yeah, of course I would remember that).

What can I say? This place is incredible for any pet lover! It is WAY beyond PetSmart or Petco. They don’t sell any of the big box store dog/​cat foods that are purportedly the best out there. They sell top of the line, high protein foods like Evo, Innova, Legacy, Blue Wilderness, etc. Incredibly knowledgeable as well.
They are really nice, very helpful and just a really nice operation. Full service groomer there as well. If you have a dog, cat, rabbit, fish or just like animals, check this place out.

Why am I paying 15−20% more for pet food from people who would rather be doing other things?
Great selection of products but unless the vibe turns around I will not be coming back.