[EXHIBIT 5.1]

           KATZ, BARRON, SQUITERO, FAUST & BOYD, P.A.
                      100 N.E. Third Avenue
                            Suite 280
                 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301


     August  19, 2003


     PetMed Express, Inc.
     1441 SW 29th Avenue
     Pompano Beach, Florida  33069


     Re: Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the  Registration
     Statement  on  Form  SB-2  on Form  S-1  ("Registration
     Statement"); Petmed Express, Inc. (the "Company")


     Gentlemen:

     This  opinion  is submitted pursuant to the  applicable
     rules  of  the Securities and Exchange Commission  with
     respect   to  the  registration  for  public  sale   of
     12,590,985  shares  of common stock,  $.001  par  value
     ("Common  Stock"),  including shares  of  Common  Stock
     issuable   upon  exercise  of  common  stock   purchase
     warrants.

     In  connection therewith, we have examined  and  relied
     upon original, certified, conformed, photostat or other
     copies  of  (a)  the  Articles  of  Incorporation,   as
     amended, and Bylaws of the Company; (b) resolutions  of
     the  Board of Directors of the Company authorizing  the
     issuance  of the Common Stock and related matters;  (c)
     the  Registration  Statement and the exhibits  thereto;
     and  (d)  such other matters of law as we  have  deemed
     necessary  for  the  expression of the  opinion  herein
     contained.  In all such examinations, we  have  assumed
     the   genuineness   of  all  signatures   on   original
     documents, and the conformity to originals or certified
     documents  of all copies submitted to us as  conformed,
     photostat  or  other  copies. In passing  upon  certain
     corporate records and documents of the Company, we have
     necessarily assumed the correctness and completeness of
     the statements made or included therein by the Company,
     and  we  express no opinion thereon. As to the  various
     questions  of  fact material to this opinion,  we  have
     relied, to the extent we deemed reasonably appropriate,
     upon  representations or certificates  of  officers  or
     directors  of  the Company and upon documents,  records
     and instruments furnished to us by the Company, without
     independently  checking or verifying  the  accuracy  of
     such documents, records and instruments.

     We  are members of the Bar of the State of Florida  and
     express  no opinion on any law other than the  laws  of
     the  State  of  Florida applicable  Federal  Securities
     laws.

     Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of  the
     opinion that the shares of Common Stock have been  duly
     and  validly authorized, legally issued and  are  fully
     paid  and  non-assessable, and as  it  relates  to  the
     warrants,  when issued and paid for in accordance  with
     their terms will be fully paid and non-assessable.

     We  hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as  an
     exhibit  to the Registration Statement and to  use  our
     name   under  the  caption  "Legal  Matters"   in   the
     prospectus   comprising  part   of   the   Registration
     Statement.

               Sincerely,


               /s/Katz, Barron, Squitero, Faust & Boyd, P.A.
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               KATZ,  BARRON, SQUITERO, FAUST & BOYD, P.A.