As Part of Petco Love’s ‘Vaccinated and Loved’ Initiative, Woods Humane Society Will Host
Free Pet Vaccine Clinics at its San Luis Obispo and Atascadero Locations
Woods Humane Society will offer local pet parents access to three free pet vaccination clinics. The clinics will be held at the Woods San Luis Obispo location on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, from 12:00 –4:00 p.m. and at the Woods North County location on Friday, December 12, and January 9, from 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
The free vaccines are made possible through Petco Love's national vaccination initiative, Vaccinated and Loved, which is providing an additional one million free pet vaccines to existing animal welfare partners, including Woods Humane Society, for family pets in need.
Parvovirus and distemper in dogs and panleukopenia in cats — the most prevalent deadly diseases affecting pets — are preventable with a simple vaccine. An estimated 30% of pet parents do not take their pet to a veterinarian annually for preventative care. To ensure the health and wellness of beloved pets and to address this critical need, Woods Humane Society and Petco Love have partnered to make pet vaccines free and accessible.
Through this effort, Woods Humane Society aims to vaccinatemore than 150 pets. Woods Humane Society’s appointment-based Pet Vaccine Clinics for community members’ pets will be held at Woods Humane Society’s North County campus at 2300 Ramona Road in Atascadero, California on Friday, December 12 and January 9, from 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., and at the San Luis Obispo location at 875 Oklahoma Avenue on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, from 12:00–4:00 p.m.
Pet parents must make an appointment in advance at SpaySLOCounty.com. In order to qualify for free vaccines, pets must be six weeks or older, healthy, and owned (community outdoor cats do not qualify). Dogs must be on a leash; puppies under the age of four months must be carried; and cats must be in a secure cat carrier. More information is available at SpaySLOCounty.com.
The free vaccines distributed at events through the Petco Love initiative will be the DAPPv Canine and HCP Feline vaccines. Additionally, rabies vaccines, flea treatments, and microchips are also available during appointments at low-cost.
“We are thrilled to help improve access in our community to life-saving pet vaccines through these free pet vaccine clinics, with the help of Petco Love,” said Woods Humane Society CEO Emily L’Heureux. “We hope SLO County pet parents will make an appointment and take advantage of the free and low-cost resources to ensure the health and wellness of our community’s pets.”
“Vaccinations are vital to protecting our beloved pets from life-threatening but preventable diseases,” said Susanne Kogut, President of Petco Love. “Our goal is to make these critical vaccines accessible to as many pet parents as possible, breaking down financial barriers and strengthening the human-animal bond.”
In November 2024, Petco Love’s Vaccinated and Loved initiative reached its goal of distributing three million free pet vaccines for family pets, and the organization is determined to reach even more pets in need by providing an additional one million free vaccines. The campaign was launched in August 2021, encouraging Petco Love animal welfare partners to host free vaccine clinics.
For more information about vaccine distribution, contact Woods Humane Society by calling (805) 543-9316, or visiting 875 Oklahoma Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 or 2300 Ramona Rd., Atascadero, CA 93422. Woods is open to the public daily from 12-5 p.m., with adoption hours from 12-4 p.m. Learn more about Petco Love’s lifesaving impact at PetcoLove.org.
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About Woods Humane Society
Founded in 1955, Woods Humane Society is a privately funded, non‐profit, animal sheltering and welfare organization that annually places up to 3,000 dogs and cats into loving homes. All animals are spayed/neutered, vaccinated and microchipped prior to being placed for adoption. To adopt, visit Woods Humane Society SLO, located at 875 Oklahoma Avenue in San Luis Obispo and at 2300 Ramona Road in Atascadero. For more information about adopting, donating or other programs, visit www.woodshumane.org or call (805) 543-9316 or (805) 466-5403.
About Petco Love
Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since our founding in 1999, we’ve empowered animal welfare organizations by investing more than $430 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 7.1 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide. Our love for pets drives us to lead with innovation, creating tools animal lovers need to reunite lost pets, and lead with passion, inspiring and mobilizing communities and our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners to drive lifesaving change alongside us. Is love calling you? Join us. Visit PetcoLove.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.
5th Annual Wiggle Waggle Fall Festival, Sponsored by Subaru of San Luis Obispo, Welcomes Leashed Dogs for Costume Contests, Pet Fair & More
Woods Humane Society invites the community—including leashed and friendly dogs—to its San Luis Obispo campus for the biggest local pet celebration of the year, the Wiggle Waggle Fall Festival, on Saturday, October 25, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Generously sponsored by Subaru of San Luis Obispo as part of the Subaru Loves Pets® initiative, the free, fall-themed pet celebration expects to welcome more than 800 guests. Activities include kids’ and canine costume contests, photos with Santa Paws by Kelcy Rourke Photography, trick-for-treat training challenges, canine carnival activities such as a stuffed-animal pull, and the Woods Pup-kin Patch.
The festival’s Pet Fair will feature local, pet-themed vendors and food trucks including Old SLO BBQ Taco Truck, The Grinning Bear, Paradise Shaved Ice, Waffle on a Stick, The Caffeinated Cat Café, face painting, and more. Woods Humane Society will also host a half-off dog and cat adoption promotion during the event to help dogs and cats find loving homes.
This year, the first 80 entrants to RSVP for the Costume Contest will receive pup-party-favors, and there will be prizes for the winner in each contest category: Kids, Big Dogs, Little Dogs, and 2 Peas in a Pod.
“Woods Humane Society is celebrating its 70th Anniversary this year and is proud to have been voted the Best Nonprofit many years in a row. In addition to these landmark achievements, we’re thrilled to have found loving homes for 3,162 dogs and cats last fiscal year,” says Woods CEO Emily L’Heureux. “We can’t wait to celebrate with our friends and supporters at the biggest pet party on the Central Coast in an afternoon of pure tail-wagging fun.”
Sponsored bySubaru of San Luis Obispoas well asAnimal Care Clinic, American General Media (KZOZ, KJUG, Coast 104.5, KVEC, The Krush), Cuesta Park Animal Hospital, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Jotform, Kelcy Rourke Photography, KSBY, New Times SLO, Pacific Heating and Sheet Metal, Phillips Flooring, Springdale Pet Ranch, TrueSense Marketing, and Vetama, the Wiggle Waggle Fall Festival will be held at Woods Humane Society SLO, located at 875 Oklahoma Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. Free public parking will be available at the nearby parking lot on Oklahoma Avenue, as well as in other designated areas, to accommodate the more than 800 expected guests.
To RSVP, visit https://pci.jotform.com/form/252183839632160. For more event information, visit www.WoodsHumane.org/FallFestival or call (805) 543-9316.
Woods Humane Society announces its second annual Pets of the Year Calendar Contest,open to public entry from September 1 through September 30, 2025.
Entry into the contest is free. Participants can nominate their pet by creating a page, uploading their pet photo, and asking friends and family to vote by donating to their contest page throughout the month. The top-ten fundraisers will be featured in a beautiful, pet-themed 2026 print calendar. Winners also receive four printed calendars and are featured in a 2026 social media post, email and website post. All contestants who raise a minimum of $25 will win a calendar and will have their pet photo included on the calendar’s collage page.
Woods will unveil the 2026 calendar and winners at the Woods Humane Society Wiggle Waggle Fall Festival on October 25, 2025, where the calendars will be available for sale.
“After enjoying these pet photos and stories on our wall calendar each month for the past two years, we can’t wait to see all of the beautiful nominations celebrating the human-animal bond that come in during this fun contest,” says Woods CEO Emily L’Heureux. “Not only is this such a great chance to honor a beloved family pet, but it is also a unique way to help homeless pets who are still looking for a family. Every vote cast by donating to pets’ pages makes a difference for dogs and cats in need at Woods Humane Society.”
There is no registration fee to participate in Woods Humane Society’s Pets of the Year Calendar Contest. Calendar contestants earn votes with every donation made to their contest pages, and the ten top fundraisers will win a featured spread in the calendar. All contest participants who raise $25 or more will win a print calendar and their pet’s picture in a collage page in the calendar.
The Pets of the Year contest begins on September 1, 2025 and runs until midnight on September 30, 2025. To read more about the contest rules, prizes, and guidelines, visit www.WoodsHumane.org/Contest.
Woods Humane Society is located at 875 Oklahoma Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 and at 2300 Ramona Rd., Atascadero, CA 93422, and is open to the public daily from 12-5 p.m., with adoption hours from 12-4 p.m. For more information about Woods, visit www.WoodsHumane.org or call (805) 543-9316.
