Petco's director of veterinary medicine, Dr. Petco now counts 12 in-store clinics, which are operated by two separate companies - Thrive and The Pet Vet - both based in Texas. The first clinic in this initiative opened in October.
Last summer, it announced a nationwide initiative to add veterinary services to its offerings. Unlike PetSmart, Petco is new at hosting clinics on a large scale. Like PetSmart, Petco is recruiting veterinarians and support staff for clinics in its stores as part of an ambitious new plan to include veterinary services among its offerings. PetSmart made its quest public this week at the Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas, where it had a trade-show booth 50 paces from Petco, its biggest rival. She provided a list showing 188 locations available. In other cases, Banfield initially indicated interest in occupying the spaces but never did, she said. Lisa Darling, head of veterinarian services at PetSmart. Some of the vacant spaces once were inhabited by a Banfield clinic that since has closed, according to Dr. PetSmart, a national pet-store chain that fueled the growth of Banfield Pet Hospital by housing its clinics in hundreds of stores, is seeking other clinic owners to occupy unused veterinary spaces in 40 states, Puerto Rico and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Books & VINcyclopedia of Diseases (Formerly Associate).VINcyclopedia of Diseases (Formerly Associate).
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