JOIN US FOR OUR THIRD ANNUAL FESTIVAL CELEBRATING OUR FURRY FRIENDS!
Sunday, September 14, 2025
West Gate Lodge / 2925 W. Broad St. / Noon–4:00 p.m. / Rain or Shine
Westgate Neighbors Association is proud to present Westgate Wags and Whiskers with the generous support of our sponsor Schoedinger Pets. Save the date and get ready to leash up, Columbus! All proceeds from our Red Rover Rrrraffle will go to pet and animal charities.
Westgate Wags and Whiskers promises the ultimate dog (& cat) day of summer!
This FREE event is open to all pets and their well-behaved humans in and around the city. For the safety of all two and four legged attendees, all pets must be leashed or otherwise controlled at all times.
More information will be updated with more detail as we get closer to the event.
Here’s what you can expect:
- Pet-centered artisans, businesses and services
- Contests and Activities for pets & their humans
- Pet Rescues
Super Sidekick Pet Pageant:
Returning for 2025 will be our popular Pet Pageant! So, if you’re bringing a pet, they are eligible to enter and win (and look a little kooky in the crown and cape that will designate Westgate’s “Super Sidekick”)! Costumes are encouraged, but not required. Sign-up begins at noon, and remember … it’s not a beauty pageant. Any “body” that slithers, swims, flies, bounds or creeps onto the pageant stage can be a winner!
Red Rover Rrrraffle:
Our gift basket raffle has been known to be over the top — and we won’t disappoint this year! You do not need to be present to win — but you need to be onsite to select which baskets you want to be in the running for — you get to choose!
All proceeds from Westgate Wags and Whiskers benefit pet and animal charities.
The recipients of the 2024 Red Rover Rrraffle proceeds were:
Forever in Our Hearts Rainbow Bridge:
SPONSORED BY SCHOEDINGER PETS
Remember your loved ones that wait patiently for you to join them again. Our Rainbow Bridge brings you a mindful moment to recall the joy they brought to your life.
“We can never keep our pets long enough. But we can keep them in our hearts forever.”
These coloring pages deserve a round of “a-paws”! Download our Westgate Wags and Whiskers coloring pages just for the fun of it!
We’re sniffing around for vendors in the following categories:
- Pet clothing and accessories
- Pet furniture and equipment
- Pet food and treats
- Art
- Service dog and pet training
- Pet boarding and grooming
- Veterinarians
- Pet rescues
- Pet services
Would you like to be a vendor for 2025?
Come play with us!
VENDOR SPACES ARE FREE TO ALL:
- For-profit, retail business
- Non-profit retail business
- Accredited, non-profit pet organization
- Government agency
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED
QUESTIONS ABOUT BEING A VENDOR
OR VOLUNTEERING IN 2025?
Contact Evelyn Slaybaugh at wagsandwhiskers@westgateneighbors.org. Put “Wags & Whiskers” in the title of the email.
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These Westgate pets are patiently waiting! Or as they like to say “bow wow, meow, cluck cluck, purrrrr, grrrr, squawk, blub blub blub, bark, croak, yap, whine, woof, hiss, chirp, grunt, snort, buzz, ribbit…”
Email a picture of your pet and we’ll post it here!
(Just one photo per pet, please.)
