PetCon Makes Waves as It Lands In LA

Los Angeles’ cutest event of the season took place Saturday, June 22^nd, 2019. The turnout was so high, the venue reached capacity twice and they had to start shutting down entry. So what’s the hubbub that drew so many people out on hot Los Angeles weekend?

PetCon LA, powered by The Dog Agency, is an action-packed event full of insightful panels, fun activations and can’t-miss meet + greets with the world’s favorite celebrity pets.

Celebrity bodybuilder, Mike O’Hearn, joined a panel discussing pet rescue and adoption with the Petco Foundation and the ASPCA.

Rapper 2Chainz pup, Trappy Goyard, hosted a meet and greet at the Trappy Booth.

After two successful years in NYC, PetCon took its first stab at LA, and it did not disappoint. The all-day event featured notable speakers on a range of topics affecting pet parents, as well meet and greets with nearly 50 of the world’s most influential animals and canine film and TV stars.

Booths lining the outside of the venue included: 20th Century Fox, Bush’s Baked Beans, Grounds and Hounds Coffee, Dogtopia, TruDog, Viagen Pets, Eterneva, Lucy & Co., Just Food For Dogs, Chewsy, Dog Limited and more. The event also featured balloons by Airy by Sallie and pet portraits by Nina Lutz Art, Eve Kessler, and GetCaked LA.

@reagandoodle smiling at his meet and greet

@Tofu_Corgi rocking the camera at the Talent Welcome Reception presented by Duke Bush

Thousands of attendees packed the venue to meet their favorite pet influencers, listen to panels, shop the latest pet products, and enjoy the “Instagrammable” activations, all alongside their pets.

20th Century FOX created a huge Ferrari race car photo moment to promote the upcoming film, “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” and the film’s canine star “Enzo” was on site to meet fans.

The stars of Netflix’s “It’s Bruno,” Slick Naim and his pup Bruno, hosted a panel discussing what it’s like working with animals in film and TV.

Brands like 20^th Century Fox and Bush’s Baked Beans shined at the event. 20^th Century Fox brought in a Ferrari with fans and a green screen to have attendees shoot a mini video of them and their pups driving to promote their upcoming movie Art of Racing in the Rain. For Bush’s Baked Beans, PetCon served as a welcome party for their mascot, Duke the Golden Retriever, who just started his own Instagram. The Talent Welcome Reception the evening before the event was “presented by Duke Bush” and he welcomed new fans with a celebrity meet and greet.

Duke Bush, the golden behind Bush’s Baked Beans, launched his Instagram Influencer career and sponsored a talent-only reception Friday evening

The Pet Collective was on site creating hilarious video segments including “pet confessionals” and even had a tattoo artist doing real pet tattoos.

Attendees brought their pets–dogs, cats, and even an Iguana–and spent time in fun Instagrammable moments, getting portraits done of their pets, and even having pancakes made to look like their pups. Speaker sessions were led by the likes of the Instagram celebrity “Brother Nature” @Kelv, fitness icon and adoption advocate Michael OHearn, celebrity vet Dr. Lisa Lippman, and Zach Skow of Marley’s Mutts and the Pawsitive Change Prison Program.

@Kelv aka “Brother Nature” gave a talk on his rise to fame and creating content with animals.

The ASPCA was onsite holding dog and cat adoptions in the “Adoption Garden” and several dogs and cats went home to their furever families.

Zach Skow of Marley’s Mutts gave a talk on his Pawsitive Change prison program that he just presented at the White House alongside Kim Kardashian and others.

Learn more about PetCon at www.petcon.co

Steph Wasser

Steph has lived in NYC for 7 years, and knows all the best neighborhoods for dog watching. Currently, she's a mom to 15 plants and one sweet dog. She firmly believes there is nothing better in life than a wet snout.

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