Dog Days of Summer Festival 2026
September 13 - October 4
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LAST CALL for 2026 Dog Days of Summer Festival Vendors!
For Profit Vendor Fee: $100 | Non-profit Vendor Fee: $25
Limited spaces available, so don't delay!
Join this amazing group of pet-related businesses, nonprofits, and more:
Alternative Humane Society
Angie Burger Photography
Animal Emergency Care
Animal Medical & Surgical Center of Bellingham
Bailey’s Neighborhood Pet
Blue's Chews
Boss Dog
Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital
Brigadoon Service Dogs
Cascadia Daily News
Cicchitti's Pizza
City of Bellingham Public Works
Dewey Griffin Subaru
Doc D's Apothecary
Dog Eared Book Company
Doris Bizarro
Elementails Intuitive Animal Services
Evergreen Pug Rescue
Fairhaven Veterinary Hospital
Fido Physio
Happy Tails Happy Homes
Hyline Hotel for Dogs
Iconic Coffee
Industrial Credit Union
KAFE 104.1 FM
Kona Ice
K&S Injury Advocates
K9 Kindness Trainers
Love2Hope
Mountain Veterinary Hospital
MustLuvBoxers Rescue
North Coast Credit Union
Northwest Boxer Rescue
Old Dog Haven
On Belay Dog Company
Paws for a Beer
Pet Partners
PetStop
Pine & Paws Pet Care
Poi Dog Rescue
Sammies Vegan
Shadow's Forever Friends
Sweet Ps Mobile Grooming
Stellar Motion
Summit to Sound K9 Rescue
Sweet Ps Mobile Grooming
Tacos El Tule 2
Teresa Garten State Farm Insurance
The Canine Aquatic Center
To Tie For
ValuPak/Specialty Feeds
Walton Law
Wee Bee Kind
Whatcom County Stormwater Pet Waste Program
Whispering X K9 Training
General Festival Information:
PARKING: Parking available at the following neighboring businesses (Two Paws Up and THANKS to them for their support!): Builder’s Alliance, Western Forest Products, Greenbrier Construction, Matrix Services, and Growsource. Look for parking attendants and signs. Parking is limited, so plan accordingly, leave extra time to find parking and please bring your patience! ADA Parking available at WHS shelter.
NOTE: We DO NOT offer shuttle services to and from the DDS festival area, which can be a bit of a walk from parking areas. Additionally, the Dog Days of Summer Festival is held on a dirt/grass field where the ground can be uneven.
EVENT REMINDERS – To make sure that both human and canine attendees have the best day ever, please follow these guidelines:
- Please keep your dog leashed at all times and pick up after them. Extra poop bags will be available at the WHS booth.
- Please DO NOT bring reactive/aggressive dogs to the DDS event.
- Please DO NOT bring unvaccinated dogs to the DDS event.
- Please DO NOT bring female dogs in heat to the DDS event.
Funds raised at WHS’s Dog Days of Summer Festival benefit the domestic, wild, and farm animals in our care. Thank you so much for your support!
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 a valid 501(c)(3) status. Dog Trainer vendors must train using only positive, reward-based training methods. Food vendors must commit to serving only vegetarian or vegan food at this event. Thank you for your understanding!
Interested in being a vendor or learning more about the event? Please email our Development Manager, Paige, at development@whatcomhumane.org or call 360-733-2080 ext. 3014.
Thank you to our 2026 Dog Days of Summer Festival Sponsors:
