I have often regarded pet store staff or animal attendant, whatever they are called a noble job. Like social worker, health worker, volunteers and among the likes; working with pets is never easy, takes a lot of patience, hard work and dedication. Pets no matter how we love them are still animals; no matter how they are trained we do not know when they will get angry. But pets, from my experience, can feel one’s attitude – they will know if you are truly a pet lover. Working in a pet store is a hard job; it is actually a physical job. Carrying heavy things or animals, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning… you just don’t know how awful the smell of pet stores full of pets that are never bath and all those pet products mix together. So almost all the time you need to clean the area, the pets and the cages or tanks. If not careful, you might catch illness from pets especially those who were not vaccinated. 

There are three things a pet store staff considers in the work - the pets, customers and the pet store owner. As you work in a pet store, it is the pet’s welfare that you have to check first. Knowing about them a lot, will be helpful if a customer would be asking about the pet. It is important that you are able to answer their questions and give additional insight. Second are the customers, good attitude in relating with them even if they seem they will not buy anything in the store. And last the pet store owner, every thing you do, you repersent the pet store and its owner. I have read a lot of pet store reviews, and it is always the pet store owner who is on the blame when something is wrong with the pet store. This fact should make the pet store worker more diligent in his or her work. There are even some pet store worker, who feels that they had enough of everything: from cleaning the pets, the store plus those customer and the need to sell.  Who says, working in a pet store is an easy job? It is not all fun and games, it is actually a responsibility, all job is. But a true pet lover will never feel these things but will be delighted in serving the pets, customers and his or her employer.

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