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DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a weekend packed with pets\, shopping\, activities\, entertainment\, and plenty of four-legged fun at Pet Palooza\, coming to the Fredericksburg Convention Center!\n\nPet Palooza brings together pet lovers\, local businesses\, rescues\, shelters\, vendors\, and animal organizations for a weekend celebrating pets of all kinds. Whether you're looking to spoil the pet you already have\, meet your next best friend\, discover new products\, or simply spend the day surrounded by animals\, there will be plenty to see and do throughout the show.\n\nShop for Your Pets\n\nExplore vendors featuring pet treats\, merchandise\, gear\, accessories\, toys\, apparel\, specialty products\, and more. Discover new products\, stock up on your pet's favorites\, and find unique items you may not come across in your everyday shopping.\n\nFind Your New Best Friend\n\nLooking to add a new member to the family? Dozens of adoption agencies\, rescues\, and shelters will be joining us throughout the weekend with animals looking for loving homes.\n\nMeet adoptable pets\, connect directly with the organizations caring for them\, learn more about the adoption process\, and you just might leave Pet Palooza having met your new best friend!\n\nMore Than Just Shopping\n\nPet Palooza is an experience for pets and their people! Throughout the weekend\, enjoy activities for pets and families\, interactive experiences\, opportunities to meet different animals\, and plenty of ways to get your own pet involved in the fun.\n\nPut your pup to the test on the lure course\, meet goats\, reptiles\, and other amazing animals\, explore pet-focused exhibits\, and enjoy a weekend built for animal lovers of all ages.\n\nAnd yes   bring your pet! Pet Palooza is a chance for them to get out of the house\, explore the show\, try something new\, and join you for the day.\n\nPet Palooza Pet Talent Show ????\n\nSunday\, October 13 at 1:00 PM\n\nDoes your pet have a trick\, skill\, or talent that deserves the spotlight? We're inviting talented pets to take the stage for the Pet Palooza Pet Talent Show!\n\nFrom impressive tricks and trained routines to unique skills and unexpected talents\, we want to see what your pet can do. Interested in having your pet compete?\n\nSubmit Your Pet for the Talent Show\n\nSpace is limited\, and submitting an application does not guarantee participation. Selected participants will be contacted with additional competition details prior to the event.\n\nWhether you're shopping for your pet\, looking to adopt\, meeting new animals\, testing out activities\, or cheering on the competitors in the Pet Talent Show\, Pet Palooza is a full weekend celebrating the pets we love.\n\nShow Hours:\n\nSaturday\, September 12th: 9am-4pm\n\nSunday\, September 13th: 9am-3pm
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Get ready for a weekend packed with pets\, shopping\, activities\, entertainment\, and plenty of four-legged fun at <strong>Pet Palooza</strong>\, coming to the Fredericksburg Convention Center!</p>\n\n<p>Pet Palooza brings together pet lovers\, local businesses\, rescues\, shelters\, vendors\, and animal organizations for a weekend celebrating pets of all kinds. Whether you&rsquo\;re looking to spoil the pet you already have\, meet your next best friend\, discover new products\, or simply spend the day surrounded by animals\, there will be plenty to see and do throughout the show.</p>\n\n<h3>Shop for Your Pets</h3>\n\n<p>Explore vendors featuring <strong>pet treats\, merchandise\, gear\, accessories\, toys\, apparel\, specialty products\, and more</strong>. Discover new products\, stock up on your pet&rsquo\;s favorites\, and find unique items you may not come across in your everyday shopping.</p>\n\n<h3>Find Your New Best Friend</h3>\n\n<p>Looking to add a new member to the family? <strong>Dozens of adoption agencies\, rescues\, and shelters</strong> will be joining us throughout the weekend with animals looking for loving homes.</p>\n\n<p>Meet adoptable pets\, connect directly with the organizations caring for them\, learn more about the adoption process\, and you just might leave Pet Palooza having met your new best friend!</p>\n\n<h3>More Than Just Shopping</h3>\n\n<p>Pet Palooza is an experience for pets and their people! Throughout the weekend\, enjoy <strong>activities for pets and families</strong>\, interactive experiences\, opportunities to meet different animals\, and plenty of ways to get your own pet involved in the fun.</p>\n\n<p>Put your pup to the test on the <strong>lure course</strong>\, meet <strong>goats\, reptiles\, and other amazing animals</strong>\, explore pet-focused exhibits\, and enjoy a weekend built for animal lovers of all ages.</p>\n\n<p>And yes &mdash\; <strong>bring your pet!</strong> Pet Palooza is a chance for them to get out of the house\, explore the show\, try something new\, and join you for the day.</p>\n\n<h3>Pet Palooza Pet Talent Show ????</h3>\n\n<p><strong>Sunday\, October 13 at 1:00 PM</strong></p>\n\n<p>Does your pet have a trick\, skill\, or talent that deserves the spotlight? We&rsquo\;re inviting talented pets to take the stage for the <strong>Pet Palooza Pet Talent Show!</strong></p>\n\n<p>From impressive tricks and trained routines to unique skills and unexpected talents\, we want to see what your pet can do. Interested in having your pet compete?</p>\n\n<p><a href="https://forms.gle/vUpF2cZJm6mi9cso8" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; text-size-adjust: 100%\; vertical-align: baseline\; background: transparent\; color: rgb(167\, 29\, 49)\; text-decoration: none\;"><strong>Submit Your Pet for the Talent Show</strong></a></p>\n\n<p>Space is limited\, and submitting an application does not guarantee participation. Selected participants will be contacted with additional competition details prior to the event.</p>\n\n<p>Whether you&rsquo\;re shopping for your pet\, looking to adopt\, meeting new animals\, testing out activities\, or cheering on the competitors in the Pet Talent Show\, <strong>Pet Palooza is a full weekend celebrating the pets we love.</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>Show Hours:</strong></p>\n\n<p>Saturday\, September 12th: 9am-4pm<br />\nSunday\, September 13th: 9am-3pm</p>\n
LOCATION:Fredericksburg Convention Center
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