From CITY OF BOWLING GREEN
The city of Bowling Green Parks & Recreation Department is calling all pet parents to the 65th annual pet show at City Park on Wednesday, July 8, at 7 p.m. Participants should arrive by 6:45 p.m. to register at the Needle Hall Stage that evening. All legal pets are welcome and must be registered before the event begins.
Participant categories:
- Funniest pet name
- Prettiest girl cat
- Best groomed pet
- Biggest rodent
- Most unusual pet
- Shaggiest pet
- Most interesting farm pet
- Prettiest bird
- Pet with the longest ears
- Best behaved pet
- Largest dog
- Pet that looks most like owner
- Smallest dog
- Best pet trick
- Bird that tweets/talks loudest
- Prettiest girl dog
- Cutest boy dog
- Largest cat
- Slimiest reptile
- Smallest cat
- Cutest boy cat
BG Parks & Recreation Department would like to thank the 2026 pet show event sponsors: Bowling Green Community Foundation, Glass City Federal Credit Union, Lanny Milligan Donor Directed Pooled Fund of the Greater Toledo Community Foundation, and Ohio Logistics.
The rain date for this event is Wednesday, July 15, at 7 p.m. For questions or more information, call Ivan at 419-354-6223 or email ikovacevic@bgohio.gov.
