Tag Archives: Canadian Pet Expo

Unexpected Source of Pet Business Ideas: Pet Expos!

Pet festivals are great for a lot of things including socializing your dog, picking up new pet products (and samples), getting travel ideas, and likely the most overlooked: getting pet business ideas. I found myself thinking about all of these things and more after attending the Canadian Pet Expo.

Dog friendly breweries, special events, and the Canadian Pet Expo… back in 2022

The season of pet festivals has begun. Start by taking you dog to the Canadian Pet Expo Easter weekend. Then head to dog-friendly breweries during special pet event days.

Once again… Canadian Pet Expo 2019, Toronto, Ontario. All Pet, All Weekend

Pet expos might be the best place to fill your photo with dog photos – especially those with ready-made sets like The Canadian Pet Expo on this weekend. The annual Canadian Pet Expo 2019, September 14 and 15, 2019, fills two units of the International Conference across from Pearson Toronto Airport. This year, line-ups flow smoothly and […]

Get Out with the Dog: K9 Sport Sack, The Canadian Pet Expo & Problem Solving Success

Necessity is the mother of innovation … or something like that. In other words, so many entrepreneurial endeavours are born out of a need to solve a personal problem.

And K9 Sport Sack – the backpack for your dog – is no exception.

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Travel Toronto, ON: Spring 2017 Canadian Pet Expo. It’s on!

Some people are heading to church next Easter weekend. Others will be glad Friday is a holiday. I’m thrilled the Spring Canadian Pet Expo is back at the International Centre, near the Toronto airport in Ontario, Canada. The 2017 event promises to be the biggest yet with more than 300 vendors (really, the focus of […]

#1 Canadian Pet Industry Trend for 2016?

Pet expos are exciting! Expos, festivals, events… whatever you want to call them, they are the ComiCon for companion animal enthusiasts – minus the costumes (unfortunately). Easter weekend, thousands of dog, cat, rodent, bird, reptile and fish fans crowded into the International Centre near the Toronto airport in Mississauga, Ontario to get up close and […]

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4 Cheeky Lessons Learned at the Canadian Pet Expo in Mississauga, Ontario

The dog-friendly Canadian Pet Expo and 2015 Reptile Breeders Expo (International Centre, Mississauga, Ontario) might consider renaming its fall expo – or at least flipping it. Arguably, it was less about furry pets and more about reptiles. The same company runs a spring version (see previous post), and the September 19-20, 2015 attempt was remarkably […]

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Toronto, Ontario: How to Survive the Annual Canadian Pet Expo and more

Reptiles must be the new rabbits this Easter. An unprecedented number of vendors, mostly snake breeders, were at the  Canadian Pet Expo this holiday weekend (April 3-5, 2015) at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. Visitors could take home almost any variety of baby snakes for $75 and up. Fortunately, a reptile rescue organizations was nearby […]