Dog Days of Summer Festival

Name: Dog Days of Summer Festival
Start: 2025-08-24T11:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-08-24T15:00:00-07:00
Location: Whatcom Humane Society

Schedule

Sun Aug 24 2025 at 11:00 am to 03:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Whatcom Humane Society | Bellingham, WA

SAVE THE DATE! SAVE THE DATE! SAVE THE DATE!
THE ANNUAL WHATCOM HUMANE SOCIETY’S DOG DAYS OF SUMMER FESTIVAL IS SUNDAY, AUGUST 24th FROM 11AM - 3PM
Join us for the most FUN Dog Days of Summer Festival to date. Activities include: pet themed vendors, canine contests and games, activities, an animal caricaturist, vegetarian food trucks, beer garden and more! Best of all, as always, entrance and admission to the Dog Days of Summer Festival is FREE!
LOCATION: The field behind the Whatcom Humane Society Division Street Shelter – 2172 Division Street, Bellingham
DOGGONE FUN ACTIVITIES FOR YOU AND YOUR DOG TO ENJOY INCLUDE:
Canine Cooling Stations
Paw-Casso Painting
Hound Hill - bigger and better than ever this year!
Kids Booth
Animal Caricaturist - get there early, Steve the caricaturist is AMAZING and the line to get your pups picture drawn gets long - totally, 1000% worth the wait!
Dog Training Area - some of Whatcom County's BEST positive-based trainers will be on hand to answer questions, conduct demonstrations and offer mini-training sessions with your dog.
Photo Booth - located near the WHS booth!
PAWS FOR A BEER - BEER GARDEN - humans must be 21 + years to enter . . . we don't check dogs ID!
VEGETARIAN FOOD COURT - vendors include: Iconic Coffee, Sammies Vegan, Cicchitti's Pizza, Kona Ice, GIRLnDOG
CANINE CONTEST SCHEDULE - PRIZES AND GIVEAWAYS FOR ALL CANINE PARTICIPANTS (time subject to change)
11:15AM - DOG/GUARDIAN MUSICAL CHAIRS
11:30AM - DOG/GUARDIAN LOOK-A-LIKE
11:45AM - BEST BODY/TAIL WAG
12:00PM - DOG/GUARDIAN MUSICAL CHAIRS
12:15PM - BEST COSTUME
12:45PM - BEST EARS
1:00 PM - SO UGLY YOU'RE CUTE!
1:15 PM - BEST BARK/HOWL
1:45 PM - DOG/GUARDIAN MUSICAL CHARIS
2:00 PM - BEST KISSER (DOG KISSING WHS ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS!!)
2:30 PM - MY DOG ATE WHAT?!
VENDOR INFORMATION. We are currently accepting applications for Dog Days of Summer Vendors.
Confirmed Vendors as of 7-26-25
Whatcom Humane Society
Whatcom Humane Society Thrift Shop - POP UP Shopping Area
Animal Emergency Care*
Alternative Humane Society
Blue's Chews
BurlyBedroll
Cascade Canine Cleanup
Cascadia Daily News*
CHS Northwest
Cicchitti's Pizza
City of Bellingham Public Works
Cypress Veterinary Hospital
Dandy Dannies
Dewey Griffin Subaru*
Doc D's Apothecary
Doris Bizarro
Elementails Intuitive Animal Services
Elf Sanctuary
Fairhaven Veterinary Hospital*
Fetch, Focus, Flourish
GIRLnDOG
Happy Tails Happy Homes
Iconic Coffee
KAFE 104.1FM*
Kona Ice
Love2Hope
MustLuvBoxers Rescue
Oopsie Poopsie
Pawcific Now Wag
Paws For a Beer
pawTree
Pet Partners
PetStop
Pacific Northwest Cattle Dog Rescue
Poi Dog Rescue
Radiant Heart After-Care For Pets*
Sammies Vegan
Scoop Doggy Dog*
Sierra Belleville State Farm Agency*
Shadow's Forever Friends
Shake & Shine
Spay Neuter Northwest
Tails-a-Wagging
The Canine Aquatic Center
To Tie For
ValuPak/Specialty Feeds
Walton Law*
Washington Vintage Motorcyclists*
Wee Bee Kind
Whatcom County Stormwater Pet Waste Program
Whatcom Pet Care Network
Whispering X K9 Training
*2025 Dog Days of Summer Festival Sponsor
PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS we are only able to offer vendor booths to event sponsors, animal related businesses, animal related causes and animal welfare advocacy and rescue groups (with valid 501(c)3 status).
Dog Trainers wishing to have a vendor booth must train using only positive based training methods.
Food vendors must commit to serving only vegetarian food at this event. Thank you. WOOF!
Pet Sitters/Dog Walkers - must be licensed and bonded.
Non-Profit Rescue Groups - space is limited and will be offered first to those groups with established relationships with WHS. Thank you for understanding.
For more information about vendor and/or event sponsorship opportunities, visit https://whatcomhumane.org/whs-events/ddos2025/
THANK YOU & BIG WOOFS TO OUR GENEROUS 2025 DOG DAYS OF SUMMER SPONSORS!
KAFE 104.1 RADIO
RADIANT HEART AFTER-CARE FOR PETS
ANIMAL EMERGENCY CARE
DEWEY GRIFFIN SUBARU
SCOOP DOGGY DOG
STATE FARM INSURANCE, SIERRA BELLEVILLE
FAIRHAVEN VETERINARY HOSPITAL
WALTON LAW
CASCADIA DAILY NEWS
WASHINGTON VINTAGE MOTOCYCLISTS