Petland was originally called "Phillip Pet Supplies" during the 1980's and was changed to "Petland" in 1988 with new owners from Melbourne and incorporated as a company. The new name brought with it a dedicated fish room and dog grooming service shortly after, looking more like a traditional pet shop than it had before. Like most ownership changes, the shop took on both a new look and direction.

In November 1998 the current owners, Rod and Vicki, bought a 50% share of the business. Petland was then incorporated as a new company with dual owners. In mid 2002 Rod and Vicki bought out the other co-owners and have owned the business themselves ever since. They currently run the business with their daughter Sarah; Megan, a devoted and the longest serving employee; and other great staff members.

In early 2003 the fish room was completely rebuilt from the ground up; the next major change came during the first half of 2005 when the entire shop was rebuilt and refurbished. The current business emphasis is on supplies for fish, dogs, cats and small animals. Some of the livestock were deleted during the 2005 rebuild; namely rats, mice, rabbits guinea pigs and birds.

The business investigated a new direction in mid to late 2005 through the demand for fish tank and pond servicing. Vicki runs this side of Petland, servicing both corporate and private fish tanks and maintaining and installing filtration systems into ponds.This service has continued to grow to the extent that it was subsequently promoted and advertised.

During early 2006 a basic web-site was established and upgraded to the current one in November 2006. This new web-site allowed us to persue another avenue in selling products on line.

With the growing website, tank maintenance and pond servicing sides of the business there was a reduction in the dog grooming section in September 2007 to allow for the increased demand of the other business activities. New hutches were built in the original grooming parlour and this then became part of the shop per se.