EXHIBIT 99.1


Date:      August 12, 2003
Contact:   Mendo Akdag, CEO
Phone:     (954) 979 5995
Fax:       (954) 971 0544

PETMED EXPRESS D/B/A 1-800-PETMEDS APPOINTS A NEW INDEPENDENT
DIRECTOR TO ITS BOARD

Pompano Beach, Florida, August 12, 2003 - PetMed Express, Inc.
(OTCBB: PETS) today announced the appointment of a new
independent board member to its Board of Directors.  Joining the
PetMed Express Board is Frank Formica.  Mr. Formica has spent
twenty-nine years in various capacities with the National
Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD"), the self-regulatory
organization responsible for the regulation of registered broker-
dealers in the United States.  Leaving the PetMed Express Board
is Guven Kivilcim, an inside board member who vacated his seat to
support the Company's goal of creating an independent Board of
Directors.

"We now have a Board of Directors in which the majority consists
of independent members," said PetMed Express CEO Mendo Akdag.
"Mr. Formica, with a long record of accomplishments, brings more
diversity and adds a new dimension to our Board of Directors.  I
would like to welcome our new board member to the Company."

Frank J. Formica, age 59, has served as a legal consultant and
expert in corporate securities and securities industry litigation
and arbitration cases since 1999.  From 1969 until 1999, Mr.
Formica held various positions with NASD including Director of
the NASD's Congressional and State Liaison Department, Director
of the Corporate Finance Department, and Vice President and
Deputy General Counsel.  Mr. Formica received his J.D. degree
from the Washington College of Law at American University and an
undergraduate degree from Ohio University. He is a member of the
New York State Bar.

Mr. Formica has been a frequent speaker in the following programs
relating to securities laws and regulations: the American Bar
Association; the Practicing Law Institute; the New York Law
Institute; the Securities Industry Association; the Real Estate
Securities Syndication Institute; the North American Securities
Administrators Association; and the NASD compliance conferences.

Founded in 1996, PetMed Express is America's largest pet
pharmacy, delivering prescription and non-prescription pet
medications, health and nutritional supplements at competitive
prices through the PetMed Express catalog, customer service
representatives, and on the Internet through its website at
www.1800PetMeds.com.
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This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements, as
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
or by the Securities and Exchange Commission, that involve a
number of risk and uncertainties, including the Company's ability
to meet the objectives included in its business plan.  Important
factors that could cause results to differ materially from those
indicated by such "forward-looking" statements are set forth in
Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operations in the
PetMed Express Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
March 31, 2003.

For investment relations contact PetMed Express, Inc., Pompano
Beach, Mendo Akdag, CEO, 954-979-5995.

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