Petco has been an invaluable supporter of Downtown Dog Rescue from the very beginning.

Back when we started DDR in the late 90’s, our first dog adoptions were at the Pasadena store on Arroyo Parkway. It was just me, a dog and a 3 ring binder with photos of dogs that needed homes.

I would pick up a dog at a local homeless camp, give the dog a quick bath, take him to Petco and hope that I could adopt him that day. If not, I’d drive the dog back downtown and then put the dog back with the people in the camp to hold until next week. With little funding, no place to keep dogs, we did what we could and Petco was always supportive of our work.

Almost two decades later, thousands of dogs have gone to our weekly Petco adoption events and met their future families there. 

We love our current Petco store in San Gabriel and value our partnership with our store manager Mike. His passion for animals/rescue and Petco’s continued support of adoption events, play a big part in connecting DDR dogs to families.

When we began the new DDR kennel project, I wrote to the Petco Foundation, asking their support with our new kennel property and our plan to make DDR all that it can be – with a grooming area, play yards and offices to expand our work. The Foundation’s Executive Director, Susanne Kogut, took time out of her busy schedule to discuss our project in detail and suggested we submit a grant request.

We are ever so grateful to the Petco Foundation for the $25,000 grant to support the Downtown Dog Rescue capital building project.

Without the generous support of the Petco Foundation, we wouldn’t have been able to complete the remodeling of our new kennel. This grant will enable us to completely finish our build out, move the dogs in very soon and allow us to expand community outreach efforts and increase adoptions.

Many thanks to Petco for believing in DDR from our grassroots beginnings and their generous support of our local vision.

Lori Weise, Founder

Downtown Dog Rescue