Traci's Paws, Inc.

11/19/2024

We hope to see you at 9th Annual Unleash the Holiday Cheer!
We have so many fun activities that we've added this year for the younger kids and we were so thankful that Instinct Dog Food as donated 220 cases of canned dog food for the first 220 guests!
This goes for our civilian guests too! Each person may take 1 case of dog food home with them. These 220 cases have a retail value of $10,507.20! How awesome is that?

Remember, if you are active duty military or a veteran, you need to order the correct ticket and show your military/Govt. ID/paperwork at the welcome booth when you arrive.

Order your FREE tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/9th-annual-unleash-the-holiday-cheer-tickets-1005240089167

San Diego's most charitable, pet-friendly Pet and Military Appreciation event of the year (and voted as San Diego's Favorite Events!)

11/18/2024

We are so excited to start announcing our Pet Costume Contest judges!

First up is a sweet boy known for being the world's FIRST surfing Corgi, Super Corgi Jojo! A few years ago Jojo partnered with Traci's Paws for a fun event celebrating The Secret Life of Pets 2, movie premiere with a Yappy Hour.

We are so excited to welcome Jojo and his dad John, as one of our celebrity guest judges.

Be sure to get your Pet Costume Contest ticket NOW, while it is only $5 to enter to win PAWSOME prizes!

Pet Costume Contest Info:
Registration 11am - 11:30 am
Parade 12pm
Contest begins 12:45pm

CATEGORIES: Best Holiday Spirit (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter), Best Parade Float (anything on wheels), and Most Creative!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/9th-annual-unleash-the-holiday-cheer-tickets-1005240089167?discount=SDDC

11/14/2024

I had a great time meeting with the members of and 3 students from Mrs. Orrantia's class at Eastlake High School today.
I am so excited to have these Junior Volunteers at Unleash the Holiday Cheer in a few weeks!

11/12/2024

We are so excited that the UTHC24 Pet Costume Contest will be even better for you this year!

A HUGE thanks to help from the San Diego Dog Club members, Michelle (Roaming with Maddie), Tammy ( ), Diane of Light up Pups (), and John and Josephine (), for finding and donating some amazing prizes and gifts, as well as our friends at for donating prizes thanks to our Super Furiends working their magic!!

Don't forget to get your ticket now, which is a donation to help military and veteran families get veterinary care they need, to keep their pets in their homes!

Use the link below for $5 off! Or order at the link in bio (it is the top button for tix, discount is already applied at check out!)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/9th-annual-unleash-the-holiday-cheer-tickets-1005240089167?discount=SDDC

11/11/2024

Our new spokesdillo is already hard at work, showing love to our veterans today!

Veterans, Unleash the Holiday Cheer is less than 3 weeks away, and you (as well as active duty military and dependents) can choose from over 1,000 unwrapped Christmas presents and receive a voucher for free veterinary care for your pet!

We LOVE and GREATLY appreciate our military and veteran community and love giving back to you around the holidays!

You can order your FREE ticket at this link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/9th-annual-unleash-the-holiday-cheer-tickets-1005240089167
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11/06/2024

GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY!
UNLEASH THE HOLIDAY CHEER, is right around the corner! Order by scanning the QR code!

December 1st 11am -2pm
NTC Park Liberty Station
Free Entry
$20 Pet Costume Contest tix
Free professional Santa photos!

11/05/2024

Hello all, we're sad to announce that our sweet little spokesdog, Bebe the Chi, has crossed the Rainbow Bridge.

She was a sweet girl who loved to be loved, and came to live with our founder in June of 2023. That following November, Bebe was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure and given 11-12 months to live, and was just shy of the 1 year mark.

We are so thankful to have had her in our lives doing her best to bring awareness to pet adoption, rehoming pets for aging parents within the family, and being an advocate for senior pets.

Please hold your furbabies extra tight

11/05/2024

Hello all, we're sad to announce that our sweet little spokesdog, Bebe the Chi, has crossed the Rainbow Bridge.

She was a sweet girl who loved to be loved, and came to live with our founder in June of 2023. That following November, Bebe was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure and given 11-12 months to live, and was just shy of the 1 year mark.

We are so thankful to have had her in our lives doing her best to bring awareness to pet adoption, rehoming pets for aging parents within the family, and being an advocate for senior pets.

Please hold your furbabies extra tight.

10/28/2024

We are so excited for our largest fundraiser/charity event of the year, Unleash the Holiday Cheer!

It takes a full year of work and a lot of love to create such a fun event for our guests. This year, we are raising $25,000 to sponsor veterinary care for military and veteran families who have pets in need of anything from a dental to life saving surgery!

It just starts with a dollar and EVERY dollar helps.

That being said, we want to challenge and ask each of our followers to donate just $1 to help us reach our goal!

Of course, you may send any amount you prefer to us on Venmo, but we hope you'll send at least $1. Just make sure you type in "VET" so we know your donation is going to our "Military Veterinary Care Sponsorship Fund".

Thank you again, and we appreciate your support of just $1!



You may donate at our Venmo link in bio, where you see the purple paw!

10/27/2024

We are so excited for our largest fundraiser/charity event of the year, Unleash the Holiday Cheer!

It takes a full year of work and a lot of love to create such a fun event for our guests.
This year, we are raising $25,000 to sponsor veterinary care for military and veteran families who have pets in need of anything from a dental to life saving surgery!

It just starts with a dollar and EVERY dollar helps.

That being said, we want to challenge and ask each of our 3,000 followers to donate just $1 to help us reach our goal!

Of course, you may send any amount you prefer to us on Venmo, but we hope you'll send at least $1. Just make sure you type in "VET" so we know your donation is going to our "Military Veterinary Care Sponsorship Fund".

Thank you again, and we appreciate your support of just $1!


You may donate at our Venmo link here, where you see the purple paw!

https://www.venmo.com/u/tracispaws

10/26/2024

Why Unleash the Holiday Cheer?

Approximately 1 million unwanted pets are euthanized each year. I had a dream of what our large charity event would be, but I needed to ensure it was truly making an impact. While researching, I discovered that Tufts University had a study showing that children in military families with a parent on deployment who had a pet in the home coped better than children who did not. This was precisely what I needed to read to help create the best event possible. I wanted to bring the number of euthanized pets down even further and support military families to cope and rest easier when a partner or parent was deployed. Of course, numerous studies have shown a pet's impact on veterans, so it was a win-win.

You may know that in the previous 8 Unleash the Holiday Cheer events, with the help of amazing donors, Traci's Paws sponsored pet adoption fees, and we've helped save approximately 300 homeless pets by uniting them with military and veteran families.

This year, due to the overwhelming rehoming requests we've received, we decided to focus on pet families staying together instead of creating new pet families. This way, the pets in need facing rehoming can receive FREE vet care and remain in the home they already know and love instead of going to the shelter, a rescue, or new home.

Unleash the Holiday Cheer is a family & pet-friendly holiday festival with many activities and entertainment. All military personnel & veterans and their dependents with proper ID can choose from over 1,000 NEW unwrapped Christmas gifts to take home for FREE and will receive a Veterinary Care Voucher for free vet care with our partner San Diego Humane Society's Community Vet Program. Traci's Paws will sponsor the funds for these vouchers and due to high demand, you MUST be present at the event to receive this voucher.

Since the inception of Unleash the Holiday Cheer, we've raised nearly $600,000 for 1,663 military/veteran families and nearly 1,500 individuals!

Each year, Unleash the Holiday Cheer is slightly different, so please check out the complete details on our event and ticketing page (link below)

For 2024, here is a little of what you can expect:

Sponsored Veterinary Care Vouchers (YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO RECEIVE THIS)
Professional Santa photos for people and pets, and kids and pets receive gifts from Santa with our NEW living room style photo studio)
Holiday Vendor Village for Holiday Shopping with Military discounts
LIVE Entertainment (Stay tuned for our EXCITING upcoming announcements!)
Pet Costume Contest & Parade (with 3 NEW CELEBRITY INSTA-FAMOUS PUPS!)
Friendship Bracelet Designing Station
Take-home craft activities for kids and adults
Over 1,000 NEW unwrapped gifts for our military and veterans and their dependents to choose from!
MORE!

This event is a celebration of our community, where we come together to support and care for each other, and I hope to see you soon!

ORDER YOUR UNLEASH THE HOLIDAY CHEER TICKETS HERE!
(1st 20 people who enter the Pet Costume Contest get $5 OFF by using the same link below)

And if you can't make it but want to support us, and our Military Vet Care Fund, you may donate at the event page as well, there's a DONATION ticket!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/9th-annual-unleash-the-holiday-cheer-tickets-1005240089167?discount=5OFF

San Diego's most charitable, pet-friendly Pet and Military Appreciation event of the year (and voted as San Diego's Favorite Events!)

10/21/2024

Each year on October 21st, people across the nation observe National Reptile Awareness Day. Created not only for reptile lovers to celebrate, but National Reptile Awareness Day also promotes education, conservation, and appreciation for reptiles. It is a day to learn about their natural habitats and the ecological threats that they are facing.



A reptile is any amniote that is neither a mammal nor a bird, is cold-blooded, has scales or scutes, and can lay eggs on land. Scutes are the thick bony or h***y plates which form the dermal layer of such reptiles like turtles and crocodiles.

There are more than 10,000 species of reptiles. The day promotes the wide varieties, their habitats, and how we benefit from reptiles, too.

Thanks for the great info.!

10/19/2024

We can't believe Unleash the Holiday Cheer is right around the corner, and we are so excited for our special event!
This year, with your help, is sponsoring Veterinary Care for our military and veteran community and handing out vouchers to those who attend, thanks to our partner San Diego Humane Society with their community vet program.
Our goal is to raise $25,000 so we can help provide life-saving veterinary care to more pets!
Please help us by making a tax-deductible donation on this post. Thank you for your support!