Pet lovers have a new place to take care of their pet’s needs, as PetSmart opened its doors this week in Albany.

Located on Dawson Road in the Albany Square shopping plaza, PetSmart is a pet superstore, offering an abundance of items for all kinds of pets. In addition to standard items like pet food, pet houses, grooming items, collars, leashes and toys, PetSmart also offers animal adoption services, animal training and animal grooming services for a variety of common household pets.

“We have just about everything for almost all animals,” said store manager LaVera Callahan. “The customers are extremely excited too.”

Callahan said one reason the company is glad to be in Albany is that now customers don’t have to travel so far to get to the store. Prior to opening in Albany, the closest PetSmart locations were in Columbus and Valdosta.

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