America's Family Pet Expo 2016

This weekend we went to a Pet Expo at the OC Fair & Event Center. Multiple events were on-going throughout the weekend, including shows like a weiner dog race, bird show, and police dog demonstrations. Several buildings housed many different kind of animals to see and pet!

The very first thing we saw (after some horses and llamas) was a diving dog show. These dogs had been trained to run and leap into the air after a chew toy, landing in the pool below. They didn't always catch it, but darn it, they tried their best!

Next, we walked past some of the rescue shelters areas, where all the dogs out were available for adoption. Then we made our way to one of the buildings where they were showcasing all different kinds of dog breeds. 

Apparently, literally every breed of dog has an advocacy group devoted to it, and most of them were there. All your favorite dog breeds, plus every single one you've heard of and several you didn't, had booths set up, with information about the breed and a few dogs out that you could admire and pet.

I didn't get very many good pictures of dogs because I was much too concerned with trying to pet them. But rest assured, there were SO MANY cute and soft and fluffy dogs.

Including, one of my favorites, CORGIS. If only I'd brought a bigger purse, I could have tried to smuggle one away with me.

We headed into the next building, which was full of reptiles! They had snakes you could buy, and they stored them in these weird plexiglass containers. I've never seen anything like it before! 

The next section had fish, which was pretty boring, but they did have some very cool tanks set up, like this one with neon fish and neon rocks.

The building next to that was the cat building! They had a few breed groups, like the dogs, but most seemed to be rescue groups with cages full of cats. There was even a corner for bunnies!

They also showcased some dog houses you could buy that look better than most people's actual homes.

The Pet Expo was pretty fun, though it was extremely crowded. The aisles were often hard to traverse with everyone gawking at the cute dogs, which is understandable. The sheer amount and variety of pets was pretty astonishing. There was something for everyone!