The Dog Market

The staff here are wonderful: they know the products they carry, absolutely love dogs, and are very helpful when it comes to choosing between types of foods, coats, and other items.
The prices can be a bit high but, in our experience, they’re justified based on the high quality of the service and the ability to easily return things that you end up being displeased with when you get home.
The Dog Market also sells all sorts of little treats for our favourite canines. It’s pretty normal for us to get the pups some peanut butter cups, yogurt-​based ‘truffles’, cinnamon ‘donuts’ with yogurt topping, or even some dog ice cream in the summer. All of these make nice little bites that our dogs always appreciate. And the ‘donuts’ leave the dogs’ breath smelling nice!

I feel obligated to update my opinion. I am now a very loyal customer, the staff are very knowledgable and their products are top of the line

I will never walk into the shop again. My friend posted some pics of their jacket inventory. I was amazed-​I went to check it out. The inventory wasn’t as big as it seemed-​mostly for small dogs.
When you first go in-​a sales lady will greet you and will literally follow you all around the store (small shop), such as your dog.
I tried to explain to her my issue with the rescue and that I’ve been trying to find a jacket that she’ll wear-​she thinks they’re her enemies and wants to attack them. I felt pressured into buying it and told her I’ll try it and if it doesn’t work, I’ll bring it back.
First-​they don’t know their sizes or breads of dogs very well-​The jacket was way way too big. My dog wanted to attack the jacket-​of course as I knew she would. I decided to give up on the jacket thing and decided to return it the very next day. THEY DO NOT RETURN ANYTHING UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. The girls there do NOT communicate very well and this was a very, very bad experience. I found a couple of the girls to talk snobby and act like they’ve got month end quota’s to meet. I live in Leslieville and support all the local businesses-​anytime I get a chance.
I’m going to stick to my to my Paul at Timmie’s-he’s AMAZING with customers. I guess that’s why he’s been the business the longest and has no issues with competing with Pet Value. I’ve seen a lot of shops come and go within Riverdale, Leslieville and Beaches and sadly I don’t think this shop will last-​due to their lack of communication, customer service and policies.
If anyone wants to buy a store credit, let me know. I have a single income and do not have the monies like most of the ppl in the Beaches. I just threw $ 63 of my hard earned monies in the garbage.

Everytime I’ve been here I’m amazed at all the stuff they can fit in such a small space, at times overwhelming but this store is nice, a little pricy and friendly staff

Great, dedicated local shop — terrific selection and helpful staff. Really glad they are in the Beach and nearby.

I live right by this store which is handy. And it’s a really cute little store. I buy all my dogs food here, and alot of her toys, bowls etc. They have a pretty good selection, as from the outside it looks kind of small. But they are reasonably priced and very helpful. The girl Natasha who owns the store really knows her stuff and seems to research what she sells.
If you need a brand of food that isn’t available and they can get it, they will order it in for you too. The only downside is I can’t walk past the store with my dog, she always wants to go in, even when it’s closed lol

I didn’t plan on coming to the Dog Market, more like my Amstaff and her 60 pounds of galvanized muscle literally pulled me right in here! Well didn’t my girl drag me to the back of this shop where all the fancy doggy treats are, the little brat! Like this store’s credo reads «Who owns who», indeed!
The staff in here are super sympatico and really know how to interact well with pets and their owners alike, even when my girl gluttonously chomped down (without permission of course!) on a $ 9 tendon jerky treat while running around the store mischievieously like she stole something. These dog shops are smart to leave everything at paw/​muzzle level where the dogs (unless extrordinarily well behaved) succumb to their carnal desires! I inevitably ended up buying her tendon treat plus $ 15 worth of fancy schmancy dog biscuits from the Bosco N Roxy pastry display. They’ve even got a mini fridge stocked with frozen dog treats which of course I got suckered into out of sheer novelty. So yeah am I doggie-​whipped or what?
There’s even an adorable little brown Pomeranian that chills out here :) She was such a polite little lady, definitely put my dog’s manners to shame!
So if you want to (or in my case are forced to!!) spoil your four legged brat rotten, the Dog Market is a great place to do just that.

They recently changed the name from Bark & Ftiz to the Dog Market. The service is still great! They carry a selection of dog snacks that are difficult to find elsewhere. My pups love the salmon sticks. Shop here, your pups will love it. Street parking is $ 2 per hour, which is pretty good. My stops here are usually less than 15 minutes!

We don’t get here much, because they don’t carry our preferred type of food, but B&F is a small, well organized shop that offers a well-​chosen selection of higher-​quality accessories. They also sell their well made dog biscuits in bulk.
The staff is very helpful and friendly, and offer no pressure.

A little pretentious for me. Afterall I’m buying a dog dish and treats not Prada’s.

When we moved into the area, we thought this was going to be an over-​priced boutique store that we wouldn’t use much — even though they are practically across the street form where we live so carrying heavy bags of dog food would be much easier to get home with. The fact is that we found the food is very competitively priced! Sure they have more «gourmet» things as well (and we indulge our dogs in them every so often) but all in all it’s a great place to shop. Some of the more expensive leashes, toys, outfits and fun stuff may be out of our budget on the whole, but they are shopping there makes us want to save up for the fun (if frivolous) stuff too.
Like other stores, they offered us a frequent buyer type deal where if we bought 10 bags of food, we got one free. A nice bonus. Unlike other stores, the staff have made a point of being very friendly, yet never pushy, and very personable. We are in maybe once every three weeks or so, but they remember our name (and have our frequent buyer info up and waiting by the time we check out).
One of our dogs has a severe poultry allergy so our choices are limited. They have gone so far as to add an extra couple of bags of the brand and flavour of dog food that we buy to make sure it’s always in stock when we need it. They have welcomed our dogs into the store and made a point of befriending them and us.
Fun store, fun products and EXCELLENT customer service. Wohoo!

Bark & Fitz is another cute little Pet store in the Queen East area. They are actually a chain, but you couldn’t tell from their high quality products and friendly service.
If you’re looking for some sort of specialty treat, like wheat free or gluten free, Bark & Fitz has a really good selection. They also have a lot of pet giftwares, so if you’re looking for a present for a dog lover, you can get some really good ideas here as well.
I don’t know what else to say about Bark & Fitz, they are just a really great store!