Unleashed by Petco

Tiara is an awesome trainer! Our dog Kenny has been transformed and we can’t thank her enough. He loves going to school and loves Tiara. We are on our fourth session with her and highly recommend her. The store staff is always courteous, helpful, and friendly.

Great service! My puppy started his first day of training and Tiara was very attentive and helpful. She is a great trainer and I’m unpressed with the amount/​quality of training for the cost.

Expensive. One of the girls was super friendly. The sales woman who rang me up clearly didn’t want to be there. I asked about her day, even tried to make a joke. Came here just because we ran out of cat food and was the closest place. Good for emergency cat food run.

I don’t like this store it seems to only cater to dog owners every time I go in to shop for my cats, set up is odd and sometimes the back side portion of the store (cat area) is closed off for the dog training or whatever they had going on. Kinda pisses me off that I was unable to price compare cat food when the entire aisle of cat food was blocked by some kind of fencing/​wall. Some of the employees are uninterested in assisting.

Came here to buy food for my puppy and after a few minutes of me walking around trying to look for assistance, I finally had to flag down an associate who just got out of the back room. I know it’s a smaller pet store, but that should mean that customer service should be up to par and trying to get assistance should always be available.
Asked an associate for a large breed puppy food that other pet stores carry and yet the lady who was helping me said that they don’t have that. She even said that the brand only carry puppy food but not for large breeds. How could that be when I told her that the brand carries it because I feed my dog that. So irritating that they swear they always know what they’re talking about and yet they don’t.
So, after all of that, I had to leave and go to another pet store when I should’ve just gone to a bigger pet food place to begin with. What a waste of time!

This Unilocal review is primarily for tiara. We signed up our mini French bull dog for training and not only did she train our dog well, but trained the entire family. She was knowledgeable, patient, stern and gentle. I frequent that store and purchase all products my dog needs just for the chance to say hello.
I call often to ask her questions when my dog has behavioral issues and she always has an answer that works.
I would highly recommend her for training any type of dog.

Overpriced. All PetCos are in my humble opinion.
They sell my cat litter and it’s nearby, so I visit often. They have decent sales, but have stopped carrying my cat’s soft food, which means I’ll be here much less often.
The staff are very helpful and nice.
Parking. Seriously, why is the lot divided? Seems utterly unnecessary. Plus, they closed the damned thing off for three small tents one weekend and I drove around for 20 minutes trying to find a spot outside of the location to no avail, which meant I had to return another day (though my cats were in need of litter that day!).
I give four stars for location and service. It’s more like a 3 ½, as it’s overpriced and parking stinks. ;)

Went in this store today with my puppy and the staff was super nice and friendly, gave my dog lots of attention. The lady at the register was very helpful, not sure what her name was but she had short hair. Store was very clean.

Store in disarray. Pallet jack with no product just sitting in an isle. Boxes in another isle with no one around working other than the register. This was mid day. And, oh yes watch out for the kind crazy lady talking like an injured animal following you around to fondle your dog even after you ask politely for her to not approach. I did not take my dog to Unleased for socialization.

I went here looking for a soft cone for my dog on ⁴⁄₂₄. The guy working there was no help at all. He said he didn’t know where it was because he normally didn’t work in that store but he knew for sure that they carried them. So instead of offering to help me look after he was done helping another customer, I walked the entire store unable to find the item. I left and went to Centinela and they were very helpful. I should have gone there in the first place.

Great staff, love Tiara she was our puppy trainer she is really nice. Always helpful.

I needed flea shampoo for my little guy and got plenty of good advice from the Redhead. Nice lady, I’m just really horrible with names. I got an oatmeal based shampoo and another pack of Advantage. Washed the little guy when I got home and I noticed he was comfortable and flea-​free almost immediately. Long Beach has a terrible flea problem. Folks… keep close watch on your fur babies.

Eveveryone here is great except one scrawny lil Mexican chic who has the personality of a robot-​absolutely unpleasant!

This Petco Unleashed is a great store, with a fabulous staff! They are so friendly, and knowledgeable. They have a good selection of pet food, leashes, toys, etc. We really like the bulk treats – our dogs love them, and they are inexpensive. Thank you, Unleashed!

Always set up your dog for success for them to respond well to training and I did exactly that by taking my 1.5 year old boxer to Tiara! I was looking through Unilocal and Google for various dog trainers to help my dog (Maximus) get over his aggressive behavior towards other dogs while walking on a leash. I don’t know how he’s gotten to this point because he goes to daycare and the beach and he gets along well with other dogs. Anyway, I’m glad I found Tiara because she is awesome! I had to wait a couple of weeks to start because she was on vacation, but the wait was worthwhile. Plus, it gave me a chance to train Maximus on my own.
She works with clicker and treats. It seems she also has different ways to train dogs because she was kind of surprised I knew what I wanted. I knew the basics of clicker training, so we bypassed the intro. Through the 6-​week course, Maximus learned leave it, drop it, watch me, and a little bit of ‘stop’ (it wasn’t a priority of mine, so I didn’t really teach it to him). My dog seems to have an attention deficit because it was so hard to get him to focus once we were at the store. At home, he was a master! It was so frustrating to see him easily distracted every time we tried to rehearse the commands inside the store, but Tiara reminded me that I need to be patient and understanding. Maximus has so much energy, no matter how much we exercise him, and it’s hard for him to focus.
I signed up for this course to correct behavioral issues with my dog, not to teach him him tricks. At the end of the 6 week course, Maximus knew how to do each command, but I need to focus more on performing the commands with distractions… lots of distraction, Tiara taught me the basics and I will forever be grateful for that. She is awesome and I recommend her to everyone who owns a dog!

You’ll notice a common theme in this thread. This is much less about Unleashed as it is about Tiara Hoyt. She is an outstanding trainer. She is amazing in her training skills, professional, extremely personable and truly cares of not only the dogs well being but yours as well.
My wife and I got a new rescue dog a couple months back. We also had another dog for 5 years. After bringing home the new dog, we immediately noticed behavior issues. We were either going to have to get them under control, or find the dog a new home.
With Tiara’s help, within 6 weeks our new little man is now a warm welcome friend in our home, and a great companion for our other dog. We got them both in the training, and they both graduated today.
Thank you so much Tiara. We’re so glad we found you.
edit: started a new business on Unilocal under Tiara. Here is the link to that review.

Penny and I LOVE Tiara! Best trainer by far, my baby girl Penny did the puppy training course and it was money well spent. She learned all the basic commands and tricks in 6 weeks! Tiara is honestly an amazing trainer, knows her stuff and loves what she does. We definitely enjoyed our weekly sessions, Tiara was patient and thorough and Penny learned a lot and enjoyed every minute. You can’t beat the price Unleashed offers and with a trainer like Tiara it’s a steal. I’ve recommended her to so many of my friends, if your looking for a knowledgeable trainer that honestly cares and loves what she does please look for Tiara I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.

We LOVE Unleashed and we LOVE Tiara!
We haven’t used her as a trainer for our two Yorkies, but we love that she is so knowledgeable about their products and services.
We normally go to the Petco at the Marina, but the Unleashed store is literally, just blocks from our house. It’s so convenient to just pop in for food, treats, or the like. I love that all the employees are so kind and helpful.
The store offers a nice variety of products, not the volume you find at the larger Petco, but most of the necessary things pet owners need day-​to-​day.
I love that they have their own parking lot, they are right off of Redondo, and they have great store hours.

I am giving three stars, the entire experience here was not good. It just wasnt good. We went in looking for real bones for dogs, the ones with real marrow… the guy had no idea what I was talking about. My mouth dropped a bit ;)
He asked an older women who was so bothered that I knew what I wanted and she didnt, she sent me to back of store where it was all junkie artificial garbage.
I walked to front of store so wanting not to give them my business and their they were right there in the freezer!!! Really? Really?
This kind of business doesnt deserve my business or my stars and I am always fair. Shame on this store hire people who love animals and know what you sell.

It’s a smaller version of Petco. They have the same basic items at the same prices. I don’t really see the need to call it something different. It is not a boutique store. It’s a corporation that changed it’s name to masquerade as a neighborhood shop. I prefer to support actual small businesses with owners that live in the neighborhood. But if you need something for your pet quickly, this place will do.
Note: for some reason, all the signs are not lit up at night, making it hard to find. It has a large parking lot, so why not light up the sign so people can find it?