Petco National Adoption Event

Once a month, animal lovers come from all over the island to visit their local Petco stores, which host a National Adoption Event weekend on a designated Saturday and Sunday.  This gives adopters a first hand opportunity to meet and shake paws with a variety of shelter dogs  from the Oahu SPCA in Kapolei who are looking for a loving and forever home with a new family.

One of the Petco stores in Hawaii that has been an active supporter of the OSPCA is located right in Pearl City.  Management and employees, as well as the dog groomers, always look forward to meeting the new puppies, adult and senior dogs that the volunteers bring out to these events.  More importantly, the outreach events at Petco encourage people to adopt or foster from a shelter first rather than buy from a pet store.  Even people who may be reluctant about going to an animal rescue facility are more open about meeting a dog on a one-to-one basis at a pet friendly store like Petco.

Of course, the volunteers have just as much fun as the dogs do and it gives the animals a chance to socialize more with humans as well as with other four legged friends too!   Our adoption rates continue to increase at the Oahu SPCA as more people get to know about us and our mission to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home animals that have been abused, neglected or abandoned.  Check out our website at http://www.oahuspca.org/ if you’d like to volunteer and help out at our events or if you’re considering adding a new addition to your family!  You’ll get some great kisses and wagging tails and feel good about making a difference.

The next Petco National Adoption Event is this weekend (9/10 and 9/11) at the Pearl City Petco store.  Hope to see you there!