A World of Pups

Just to reiterate other peoples review I am so upset with this place. My boyfriend surprised me in November with my gorgeous morkie that we named Binx. He had done no research on the place and just walked into a puppy store and bought him without my knowledge. When he came home with him I was over joyed and in love. As the night progressed I noticed Binx was coughing and gagging a lot. My boyfriend told me he was coughing at the store as well but he thought it was normal since my mom has yorkies and they do that snort type thing which is normal. For Binx it was not normal. When we woke up the next morning he has mucus all over his nose and eyes. I immediately brought him to them vet. He had an upper respiratory infection. He was given antibiotics and sent on his way. ONE week later we went to the vet for his check up and I was told he has parasites! Furious I wanted my boyfriend to go back there and get some money back. Not all because I would never wanna give my puppy back but some since they charged him $ 2,800 dollars for a sick dog. As we reached the new year Binx had no problems and the best personality. But then the coughing came back and this time it was a lot worse any time he got excited he was suffering to breath. When I brought him back to the vet he had another respiratory infection. After reading the other reviews I now see my puppy is not alone in this. World of Pups are horrible people who are selfish and do not care about the well being of the animals. Hopefully they will be shut down soon.

Having cute puppies tumbling around in the window is absolutely genius. That’s what prompted me to stop in the middle of the sidewalk and proceed into the store.
Prices are fair for dog products, with entire walls full of toys and snacks to choose from. However, what really got me was the great service I received from Pete and his fellow employees. I had previously gone over to Vinny’s and felt like I had a bit of cold water doused over me when the treatment I received there was not up to par with Unilocal reviews. However, all of the employees here are extremely friendly and willing to offer help in any way possible.
I love the fact that I was able to buy a big bag of air popped chips for my little Yorkie– 50 chips for $ 2.99. My little furbaby loves the banana chips, as well as the little gingerbread men I purchased. I will be back as soon as I need more treats.

I read some of the reviews below and I have to say people are very uneducated on having a new puppy, it’s like having a newborn baby. Anyhow I came into this store and was immediately helped by Linda, Pete and Gary. I found all the supplies I needed for my new puppy, I have a wonderful pup that I purchased from Gary she is 4months old, has seen her vet and I have all the supplies I need. Every employee was more than willing to answer any questions I had from health questions to shampoos to dog carriers. My pup is learning, healthy and has a wonderful personality for such a tiny thing! I couldn’t be more pleased with how helpful everyone was. I will definitely be back and continue to get my dogs supplies from this store. I highly recommend this store!

I’ve bought two dogs over the years from this store. Both are great animals and very healthy. I seen some neg posts. I believe these are people that shouldn’t be purchasing an animal to begin with. They can’t understand the basics of business. This store has been in business too long to not be doing the right thing with customers. If you don’t believe this ask the owner how many animals does he personally own. I asked and he said four. So an animal lover owns the store. Every business has economic requirements to stay in business. If you want a healthy pet, chances are you will find one there. No animal is perfect but your chances are a lot better there than a shelter. By the way these shelters make money than a store (tax free) all with an unknown animals.

We checked out this place online and called with questions. Jasmina was polite and gave me educated answers to my questions over the phone. We arrived at the store and the staff greeted us and was helpful but not overwhelming. The store was clean and organized.
The kennels that the puppies were in were clean and the dogs were happy! When we were ready to see a puppy, Jasmina brought her out and gave us information on each one.
We saw about 4 puppies and the girls who handled the puppies each time were gentle and were happy to bring out each one. There was no pressure! We finally found our Jack-​A-​Bee puppy that stole out hearts. Jasmina explained each step and helped with everything. They gave Cookie a bath and trimmed her nails before we took her home. The staff even put a pink collar on with a matching leash. :) The whole staff was wonderful and thank you for making this experience great for me and my girls! Jasmina you were amazing! Thank you for everything and we will be seeing you soon!

How is this guy still in business selling unhealthy animals. This guy has to be sanctioned, fined, closed down. After my bad experience with this pet shop n realizing (after reading theses review) why hasn’t anyone contacted the news media. Did you know sick pup parasite can be transferred to humans. I have undoubtedly proof I was sold an unhealthy pup

The worst place to buy a puppy. I cannot describe how horrible this place it. When it comes to selling you a puppy they are all over you trying to convince you to buy the puppy, but when you call and ask for something they are the nastiest people. The manager is disgusting i dont know how they keep him around, very rude and unprofessional.
Let me tell you how they work…
If they see you are interested in buying a puppy they will be all over you on top of your neck doing whatever it takes to sell you the dog. They promise free training, discounts in store and a free vet visit. Sounds lovely right? Well that’s definitely not the case…
They DO NOT help you train your dog, they just read you a bunch of BS printed out from the computer that you can do at home. The store discount is useless because they over price everything and just give you a discount to knock it back to the retail price
THE VET… understand that there is only one vet that they give you a free visit to that happens to be working with this place, even if your dog is sick they will tell you he’s healthy so you don’t return the pup. When you bring the dog for a second visit they try to charge you for a bunch of tests over $ 200, for what a puppy I bought one month ago?
Their year health guarantee is BS, if you buy a sick dog you’re stuck with a bunch of medical bills because they will not take the dog back under any circumstances. I can go on for days about how awful this place is.
This place is disgusting and the staff is rude and nasty. I do not recommend getting a puppy from this place, you’re experience would be nothing but dreadful.
I love my puppy I’m glad I rescued him for $ 2300…

Alycia is hands down the best groomer I’ve taken my cat to especially being in the heart of bay ridge where you rarely find cat groomers! My cat was given a beautiful lion cut, nail trim, and bath within less than an hour. The best part was I got to watch it all happen unlike other places where you drop your pet off and pick them up 2 – 3 hours later. Alycia was a sweetheart and offered many tips for my cat. I highly recommend her to anyone with a pet. Will definitely be returning here soon!

I also purchased a sick dog that past away before it’s first birthday. I was told by the vet that the puppy had a heart murmer and Gary Said no refund, I wish I’d taken him to court

Already wrote my review once just wanted to say again… This place is a freaking joke! The ones who put good reviews on this site clearly don’t know any better. Aidan and the rest of those careless cheating ass workers can all kiss my ass. I will use everything in my power to shut this filthy disgusting place down and expose them for what they really are. I’ve already had nbc news contact me a few days ago about this place.

I bought a 2 month old dachshund from here yesterday. They assured me the puppy was healthy, and even their in-​house vet signed off on the dog being healthy. As soon as we bought the puppy home it was gagging and vomiting, it wouldn’t eat or drink water.
We thought it was just nerves.
Later on the dog had constant diarhea, vomiting and still wouldn’t eat or drink water.
We took it to our vet the next morning and it was tested for the Parvo virus and it was positive. They sold us a sick dog with the Parvo virus. This virus is EXTREMELY contagious to other animals, which means most likely the other animals were exposed and this isn’t a one time occurrence!
There is NO way their in house vet did not know this. The symptoms do NOT appear suddenly. And the dog was suspiciously in the basement not with the other dogs when we bought it. Perhaps they knew it was sick? I read in another review online they keep the dogs in the basement to starve to death if they can’t sell them.
We knew about this particular dog from pictures on their website. This dog was not displayed in the store for all to see. There was also another dachshund downstairs.
I contacted the manager AIDEN and he said they would only cover the cost of the dog unless we brought the dog BACK TO HIM because he did not believe the test my vet took who said the dog had the virus and wanted to give the dog his own blood test. This sounded supsicious to me since I did not trust him at this point. My vet said the dog needs to go to an animal hospital immediately. I called and they will charge me $ 5000 for the care of the dog… (hopefully the dog survives!). AIDEN said he will NOT cover the hospital cost! So he KNOWINGLY SOLD US A SICK DOG and now won’t pay for the dogs sickness. He said the dog BECAME sick when I took him home!
Dogs do not become sick with the parvo virus in a few hours after taking them home!
I believe if we brought the dog back to this store the dog would have died and I didn’t trust this place so I took him to the animal hospital.
I will take AIDEN and this business to court because my Vet said there is no doubt the dog was sick when I bought it.
DO NOT BUY PUPPIES FROM THIS STORE !!! They are from PUPPY MILLS and are all sickly !!! NOT a breeder like they say they are.
I firmly believe everyone who works here KNOWS about what is going on with the animals and I wish all of them ESPECIALLY THE OWNER to SUFFER violently like these animals and my animal has!!!
When I called and spoke to AIDEN and told him I will see to it this place shuts down he laughed and said «Fine do what you need to do… I only work here» I said well YOU will be out of a job! and TELL the owner he will pay for this in court, and I will tell everyone who needs to be told.

The stench once you walk in the door is awful enough to make me puke! They are clearly unprofessionals who are just trying to make a quick stack off of innocent puppy lovers. This place definitely without a single doubt in my mind is the worst place possible for any breathing animal. The workers come and talk to you in their PJS ! PJS?!? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME MAN?! And most of them dont even know what theyre talking about. some guy was pushing to sell me a shiba for $ 2000, $ 2000 sir? are you crazy?! and then tells me if I want a cheaper dog a beagle will be a mere $ 1400… WHAT THE FUCK?! Imagine my face. and on top of that he was so reluctant to give me a price range unless I was willing to take home the pup today… Why is he pushing so hard for me to buy a puppy? He doesn’t even know how to handle one, I might add. They keep all the younger pups downstairs and they all smell terrible, the only reason I’d buy a puppy from this disgusting place is to save its poor life from these terrible human beings. Everyone in this store seems so incompetent that they should be the ones locked up in the cells not these poor dogs. please someone shut this place down and give these pups a great home! Also I’ve read previous reviews and apparently if they don’t sell a pup by 6 months they starve it?! SOMEBODY PHONE PETA OR 911. these horrible people need to get time behind bars~
On top of that the guy that helped me stated that if I had bought a pup from them Id be guaranteed certain things such as insurance and puppy training lessons… FOR $ 2000 I should be guaranteed all of that as well as all her vet bills paid and $ 300 worth of puppy goods. they’re con artists I swear !!
In conclusion –100 stars is definitely a kind rating.

A puppy mill dump that should be shut down. I once asked one of the guys where they get their dogs from (knowing full well). He says to me: «their mothers». What a scumbag.
They advertise reserving puppies for holiday gifts. Animals are not gifts!!! They are enormous commitments! This store perpetuates a cruel industry and ruins dogs in the process. A puppy’s key socialization period is 8 – 16 weeks. They keep dogs here for over a year, never out for a walk, never potty trained, never socialized. A neighbor got one from there, didn’t know better, the poor thing was 13 months old, terrified of everything, anxious and aggressive. That store ruined that dog. I wish I knew how to get this place shuttered.

My husband took me to this pet store almost 4 years to this day. We decided to adopt /​«purchase» a shar pie/​beagle mix, which we was given a guarantee and was assured this puppy was heathy and a great dog from a breeder. Less than a year goes by and he had numerous health issues with his eyes. We spent thousands of dollars on specialists and appts. And a lot of heartache it’s heartbreaking we cannot help him. After so many tried, his doctors state he was born with multiple disorders and conditions that his immune system cannot fight. His now blind and in pain. His not even 4 years old yet. If you only want heart break and difficult choices don’t come here.

To echo other reviewers– if only there were a lower rating, this place would deserve it. It’s disheartening that in an age when word of mouth via the internet has such a powerful influence on businesses large and small, that some seem impervious, and worse– ones whose crimes go beyond the realm of «poor customer service». I’m sickened by what I’ve read here.
I placed an order on Amazon from this third-​party seller for a case (24) single servings of Stella and Chewy’s Duck Duck Goose Freeze Dried Dinner for $ 48.52. Several days later, I was completely confused as I unwrapped a single serving (¹⁄₂₄^th of my order). Perhaps prematurely, I offered my cat half of that package and went about contacting the seller through amazon’s channels. The price tag affixed to the individual package read $ 1.99 and the store’s name «A World of Pets», what I now understand to be their other operating name.
It’s a pretty straightforward problem and so I explained. I figured there was some miscommunication between whomever received the order and whomever filled it from the store floor– but if they checked– with the person who shipped it, by the weight of the package, against their inventory — any of a myriad of ways– they’d be able to confirm quickly what I’d paid and what was shipped.
The reply I got in no way acknowledged a problem. It was actually rude. I replied to clarify. The next email was similarly ignorant and brusque.
Rather than get hysterical (which I tend to do), I calmed down and called the phone number listed on the Amazon site. The woman who answered explained she couldn’t help me. They are in no way affiliated with the Amazon orders filled, that I should just email the contact provided. I explained that I’d made several attempts and was getting nowhere with the person who responded. She put a guy on the phone that could not have been more of an a-​hole. Now I was starting to get hysterical. The guy was making up different, conflicting answers to my questions as he went along! Starting to believe I was being scammed, I called Amazon, whose customer service rep Cheryl was, not suprisingly, awesome. I expect to have this resolved within 2 days, though I expect not the way I’d hoped. Amazon’s third party seller policy protects me from scammers such as these. Ya don’t want to favor big business but how can you avoid it with small businesses like this one.
My strong impression is that they’re dishonest, in a really grotesque way. I do hope I get the refund and can help others to avoid this business in the future.

Warning!!! The STENCH in this place will knock you on your ass!!! I don’t know how the employees work there… Gross!!! They must TOTALLY be used to the smell in this place. ALSO, if you buy ANYTHING from there, there is NO cash or credit refund. What kind of bullshit is that!!! Go to PETCO for all your pets needs — they offer cash/​credit refunds (and they don’t reek). To me, any establishment that doesn’t offer cash/​credit refunds SCREAMS… desperation — #just sayin’.

Disgusting store with disgusting people working in it. When you walk in, the smell will literally make you want to puke. Many of the items were also grimy and dirty. Also, don’t ever ask the people working there for advice. They’ll bullshit you to death, and lie their ass off to make you buy. Don’t even think about returning anything either because their return policy is a joke.

Got a gorgeous Dorkie (Dachshund mixed with Yorkie)… LOVE THE DOG! She’s great! However, the little girl has kennel cough, ear mites, and Isospora. I was expecting kennel cough but wasn’t expecting to get a dog from Wanda Kretzman from Clearwater Kennels (Google to see for yourself). Nevertheless, the experience was good with the staff (they were extremely nice and helpful). So now I have mixed feelings because of where they got the dog from, but besides all of that, VERY happy with the little girl!

A world of pets is a great pet store with a large selection of pet toys and products. The prices are reasonable and the staff is knowledgeable about the products. When I had to get my kitten an Id tag, they made it right there for me. I will definitely be back!

They are running a «sale» if you can call it that. Some puppy breeds are on sale for under $ 1000.
This place used to be twice the size but i guess the tough economy forced them to sell off half the place.
They have lots of options including puppies, kittens, birds and fish. They also have a discount card that will get you a percentage off if you use it often.
I honestly can’t bring myself to buy a pet from here, i’d rather rescue a pet.