Receivables

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Accounts, Notes, Loans, and Financing Receivable Disclosure [Abstract]

Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]

	December 31,		September 30,
	2011		2011
Trade	$	217,132	$	203,038
Vendor rebates and programs		23,370		15,404
		240,502		218,442
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(2,622)		(2,581)
	$	237,880	$	215,861

Product sales resulting from transactions with Banfield, The Pet Hospital (“Banfield”) were approximately 6% of total product sales during the three months ended December 31,2011 and 2010, respectively. Approximately 7%and 8%of our trade receivables resulted from transactions with Banfield as of December 31,2011 and September 30, 2011, respectively.