Pet - Palooza Brantford

01/08/2024

Hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and New Years holiday!!! 😀🥳🎄
It’s 2024, break is over and we’re going full steam ahead again, get ready Brantford Civic Centre, Pet-Palooza Brantford is coming again on Saturday June 8th from 10:00 to 4:00!!!!! 😀🐾🦎🐍 🐇

12/17/2023

Sunday exciting vibes 😀
We’ve organized our dog entertainment, our huge kids area with a variety of animals, reptiles and more, food and so far over 30 pet related vendors!! We can’t wait!!❤️

12/06/2023

We are going full steam ahead!!! 😀
Today was filled with meeting our new dog entertainment owner Kathy with The Flying Furballs performance and flyball team and Tawnya from K9CASE dog trainer!!
Yuppers, we’re back at the Brantford Civic Centre home of the Brantford Bulldogs, Saturday June 8th from 10:00 to 4:00. And Chris who’s one of the head workers there is so amazing to work with, he’s just as excited as we are!!!! 😀🐾🐈🐕🐢🐍🐇🦙🫏🐑
Vendor forms had to be delayed by one day but my awesome right hand lady Natasha at Kidtastic will be sending them all out as of tomorrow (Thursday) morning.
Get ready everyone, this is going to be another furrrific event!!!!

12/01/2023

11/23/2023

Saturday June 8, 2024!!!
We just got the word today!!! Woooo hooo, we are sooooo excited!!!
Save the date folks 😀🐾 🐩 🐈‍⬛ 🦅 🦙 🐇
More posts to follow in the upcoming week!!!

07/11/2023

When creators, Jackie of Pet Lovers' Market and Steph from Pet - Palooza Brantford meet up, amazing things happen!!! Keep watch for upcoming posts about both events!! 😀❤️🐾

07/01/2023

Happy 156th Canada Day folks!!! ❤️ 🇨🇦 🐾

06/28/2023

We’re going full steam ahead to bring you a 2nd annual Pet-Palooza Brantford!! 😀🐾 🦅 🐩 🐈‍⬛ 🐍 🦎 🐢 🐦
Tea ☕️ was hot, books were out and the chit chat was in the works with Natasha, and Tawnya Casey from K9 case…never too soon to start planning 😁Thanks ladies!!!!

06/17/2023

Check out these awesome pics that Jason Freeze from BScene captured!!! You might find yourself in one of the pictures 😀
Thanks again Jason, we really appreciate you joining and the shout out of our first ever Pet - Palooza Brantford!! 😀

06/13/2023

It’s only been just over two weeks but we’re already planning for next year…and we are so excited, and thinking you’re going to love it!!
The new date will be posted soon 😀🐾🐇🦅🦙🐈‍⬛ 🐶 🦎🐍🐢

06/08/2023

We couldn’t have been more excited how our 1st event went and so nice to see the view of others!! 😀 Thanks for the kind message Erin, we all can’t wait for next year!!

06/03/2023

As you may or may not know, every year when Pet-Palooza Brantford runs, a pet rescue or organization will be chosen to be the main recipient from our event. This year the Brant County SPCA was chosen 🐾, and the tally has now been finalized!

After all expenses and leaving a small float for next year, the total donated comes to $5,686!!!
These funds will help with medical care and treatment to the hundreds of animals passing through their doors annually before placing them into homes!! 🥰

To all our sponsors, vendors, attendees from our community and ever afar, our committee, all our volunteers and everyone involved….thank you for making our 1st ever event an absolute incredible one, and thank you for making this happen!!! ❤️

Now, time to start planning next year!!!!
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06/01/2023

With our event we also invited a couple rescues to join at no charge, so they could showcase how they help our community animals in need.
And besides just welcoming them in, we wanted to help them out more so with our silent auction, we’re donating 100% of the proceeds and split between these two amazing rescues…. Purrfect Companions of Norfolk & Hearts to Homes Feline Rescue & Sanctuary!!
We’re still waiting for a few prizes to be picked up but these two rescues will be gifted $632 each!!! ❤️ Thanks so much for joining us!!!

And we’d like to thank everyone who donated to our silent auction….
West Brantford Home Hardware
Spool - Gourmet Poutine & Mac 'N Cheese
Kidtastic Adventures
Strodes BBQ & Deli
Crown Verity Inc.
Le Chocolat du Savoie
Sunset Grill
Tina Latta with Young Living Oil pack.
Ruff Trade Ties
Zoom Zoom Let's Groom
Altitude Coffee Roasters
Polished nail Art
Functional Patterns Brantford
Maria's West: Pizza Pasta Pastry
Heron Head Bikes
Zander's Fire Grill and Brew Lounge
Ontario Wildlife Removal Inc
CLIPet claws & paws mobile nail trim service
Flour Power - Brant
McSween family
Pleasant Ridge Candle Co
Dairee Delite

05/30/2023

So being our first event, we are curious 🧐😀 We know a lot of you came from Brantford, but any other towns/cities??

05/29/2023

Here we go everyone, get ready to check your tickets!!!!

Here are the winners of the DOOR PRIZES!!

We were going to video tape but thought it might be too long, so we had a family in here at Kidtastic randomly choose from the bin of hundreds of tickets and then took pictures!!! 📸
Congratulations to the winners (in the pictures) please message back if you have the matching number and pick up is at Kidtastic, 603 Colborne Street E in the next couple of days!

Congratulations 🥳 🎉 👏

Thanks so much to the local businesses and families for the fantastic donations!!! ❤️
Spool - Gourmet Poutine & Mac 'N Cheese
Kidtastic Adventures
Original Gourmet Popcorn
Theresa Pellizzari from Freedom 55 Financial ($50 gift card to Toys R Us)
Dairee Delite
Sam Johnson with the multi pack of SC Johnson products
Tanya Linington with the Arbonne beautiful package

Thanks so much to all these fantastic people!!! 😀🐾

05/29/2023

I’d like to end today off with a HUGE shout to all our incredible sponsors!!! 😀
I know we’ve said it a hundred time but this event wouldn’t have been the way it was without all of you!!! The venue, the entertainment, the decorations and everything in between. So thanks again for all your support, our first ever event was a great success!!! ❤️
Furryseven Renovations our presenting sponsor!!
Lite 92
Roots TV
Kidtastic Adventures
Lance Calbeck - Royal LePage Action Realty
Strodes BBQ & Deli
Terry Summerhays, Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc., Brokerage
Bailey’s pet spa
Brantford Kia
Maria's West: Pizza Pasta Pastry
Ontario Wildlife Removal Inc
Optic House Brantford
Scissor Over Comb
Spool - Gourmet Poutine & Mac 'N Cheese
Altitude Coffee Roasters
animalaholicshop
Ann and Sue
Our Kitchen Brantford
CreativeCanine
Ronson Painting
Andrea Berestovenko - Financial Security Advisor
Jean & John Stock

05/28/2023

Did you have a great time???
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We were all so thrilled and excited to how our 1st ever Pet-Palooza came together!! We can’t thank you all enough for all your support and hope you all had a great time!!
Over 1000 attendees, with around 250 dogs, 1 turtle and even 1 parrot 😀
Thanks to each and every one of our volunteers, we couldn’t have run this event like we did, without you!!! ❤️
To all our incredible sponsors, all our awesome vendors, our incredible entertainers, the Civic Centre crew, everyone who attended or supported in one way or another…THANK YOU!!!!!! ❤️
You made our first event a huge success and a whole lot of fun!!
Here are a couple photo’s and feel free to share yours!!! 📸 😀

Side note - door prizes will be drawn and posted by tomorrow morning, as I have another event to go to today at the Civic Centre today. “Touch a truck event” so if you’re free come on back between 11:00 and 4:00, the city puts this great event on and lots of cool trucks to see and activities for the whole family!!

05/27/2023

And here we go!!!!

05/27/2023

T minus 14 hours!!!!!

Get ready everyone, Pet-Palooza Brantford has come to a town near you and we are almost ready to rock, roll and wag and have a paw 🐾some good time!!🐩🐈‍⬛🐍🐢🦎🐷🐦

We OPEN Saturday morning at 10:00 and go right to 5:00pm!! See you all soon!!
Brantford Civic Centre

05/26/2023

1 more day to go!!!! 😄

You’ve been asking, so here you go with the schedule for the day in our “main arena”

11:00 WoofJocks Canine All Stars for 35 minutes
12:00 Tawnya Casey from K9CASE talking and demonstrating dog parkour
1:00 WoofJocks Canine All Stars
2:00 Renee dog trainer Live Unleashed
2:30 Adele and her crew from Autism Dog Services
3:00 WoofJocks Canine All Stars

We will all see you tomorrow!!!! 😀

05/26/2023

Hey folks!! 😀 If you’re bringing your pet in on Saturday to join in the festivities, Furry Friends Grooming and Nail Service who’ll be a vendor, they’ll also be offering nails trims for only $10. So check them out for your pets mani/pedi’s!! 🐾

05/25/2023

The day just kept getting better and better!!
First being invited to speak live with John & Lisa on Lite 92 this morning at 8:45 with Leslie our main sponsor Furryseven Renovations, talking all about the event. And to hear how the station have been helping to promote the big day, see you guys Saturday!! Then to see our ad at Strodes BBQ & Deli TV created by Roots TV, then picking up an incredible donation of 500 mini jam jars for our welcome bags from Catherine Jelly from Our Kitchen Brantford. ❤️
Folks, we’re trying and our community are trying so hard to give you all one incredible day, Pet-Palooza Brantford, here we come!!😀🐾🐩🐈‍⬛🐦🐷🦎🐢🐍
Saturday May 27th
10:00 to 5:00
Brantford Civic Centre

2 more days to go!!!!!!

05/25/2023

Do we have vendors?? Oh ya, we are packed with over 45 amazing pet related vendors!!! Many different varieties and items to shop for like homemade treats, collars, pet beds, toys, soaps, pet supplements, talk canine 1st aid, giveaways, new pet magazine…and so so much more!!!
So get those shopping bags ready….here we go!!!!
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Lite 92
LocalPaws Magazine
Honey’s Bistro
Cheeky Treats
Pawsitive Solutions
Terry Summerhays, Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc., Brokerage
Purrfect companion of Norfolk
Hearts to Homes Feline Rescue & Sanctuary
Paw-Some Treats by Abby and Grace
Glitzerina Bowtique
Canovas Photography
Bully Love Boutique
Antler Guyz
Furry Friends Grooming and Nail Service
A Stitch N Time
Spartan Canine Training
Anneke's Pottery Design
Young Living Canada with Tina Latta
Wordkind for The Kindness Card Project
Sit Stay Play Pet Care
Sassy's Boutique
Jack o’ Bites
Just like home pet sitting
Alm treasures
K9CASE with dog trainer Tawnya Casey
Brant County SPCA
Brantford Fire Department
Dozer the pig
Jungle Jamz Travelling Reptile Show
Furryseven Renovations
Heart Warmers
Sue T's sparkling Fifth Avenue Collection
Dharma Dogs Training - Brantford/Hamilton
Dogford Park
Southern Equine Distributing
Old & new is great!
Hoof n Woof Equine & K9 First Aid
REN'S PETS
Autism Dog Services
Stitched to the Nines
City of Brantford
Pucci Spaw
Greeting cards by Ester Gooral
519 Pets
Our Natural Creations
Ruff Trade Ties
animalaholicshop
Live Unleashed dog trainer Renee

See you all soon for this one furrific Pet-Palooza event!!! 😀

05/24/2023

With so many amazing sponsors for our first ever event, we are so so excited and thrilled with the support and encouragement from so many!! And this local business was no exception ❤️ 👓
Celebrating over 30 years in the business and have won several community votes awards, we give this locally owned family run business a HUGE shout out of thanks and welcome Optic House Brantford as won of amazing Silver “Poodle” sponsorship!!!!
Incredible staff, state of the art digital lab, over 50 brand name glasses and have the most adorable “Chief Happiness Officer, Poppy”….what a team!!!

We’re thrilled to have you ladies come aboard and can’t thank you enough, we’ll be popping in tomorrow to say hi 😀🐾

See you all soon!!

05/24/2023

This morning is brought to you by another one of our amazing Gold “Golden Retriever” sponsors and one of our awesome vendors!! I’m sure you’ve heard his name, seen his signs or even worked with him…Terry Summerhays, Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc., Brokerage!!!

Terry is actively involved in our community and supports several local organizations each year. He’s the Team Leader of The Terry Summerhays Team, an award-winning team of local Re/Max realtors, and he has been a top-producing realtor in Brantford for over 15 years utilizing his local market knowledge and expertise to help his clients make informed decisions when buying or selling a home. Contact The Terry Summerhays Team when the timing is right for you to make a move!

Thanks again Terry for all your amazing support, we can’t thank you enough and we’ll see you and everyone this Saturday at the Brantford Civic Centre from 10:00 to 5:00!!!!😀🐾🐦🐶🐈‍⬛🐢🦎🐍

05/23/2023

Countdown is on, 4 more days!!!! 😀

As you know your pets are welcome (please read the rules) and if you’d like to get ahead of the game, here is our Pet Waiver! 🐾
Feel free to print and bring with you, see you all soon!!

05/21/2023

Advertising?? We are definitely trying to get the word out as much as we can 😀

We’ve got our social media platforms, many many families, friends, businesses, vendors and sponsors sharing our posts, doing giveaways, putting up our posters and posting pictures….thanks everyone, you guys rock!!!❤️

Pattison billboard signs x 2 which we love how they turned out, radio station 92.1 on their website and on the radio which a huge thanks goes to Leslie Heathers for helping with this!! Then we also have hot country 93.9 will be joining us that day too, check out their booth that day!! An article was also kindly put together for The Paris Independent newspaper. Plus a live interview with Tawnya Casey from K9 case infront if an audience on “local line” up!!
Stella from RootsTV who did an amazing job putting together our graphics and advertising material, and for advertising us on the mall and Strodes TV’s!!
Grass signs, tickets, posters and post cards printed by Justin Bester and his staff by Minute Man Press!! And don’t worry, a ton more grass signs will be hitting the boulevards all around town all next week!!!😀

We realize a first year of any new event can be a bit tricky to navigate but I tell ya, it’s been so fun and the community support has been just incredible, we can’t thank all of you enough!! And we are trying so hard to make this 1st ever Pet-Palooza Brantford an aaammmaaazzziing one for all of you!!!!
So hopefully we’ll see you all soon for one paw 🐾some event!!!

Sincerely
Steph and the Pet-Palooza committee