Petco Love Stories link:
Your love story is lifesaving! National nonprofit organization Petco Love and the Humane Society of Imperial County want to hear how your adopted pet has transformed your life in big and small ways. Submissions opened on August 11th, 2025, for Petco Love Stories, an annual call for adopters across the county to share their heartwarming and inspiring tales of love about the pet they adopted from their local animal welfare organization including the Humane Society of Imperial County.
The Humane Society of Imperial County is proud to encourage adopters in our community to share how their adopted pet changed their life — for a chance to win a lifesaving investment up to $100,000. Each Petco Love Story entry of a pet adopted at the Humane Society of Imperial County gives us that chance.
Since 2013, more than 25,000 adopters have shared their Petco Love Story, and Petco Love has awarded $8 million in lifesaving investments to the animal welfare organizations that made those adoptions possible. The annual campaign is a celebration of the unique love adopted pets share with us and the heartfelt ways their love enhances our lives. Earlier this year, Petco Love awarded $500,000 to 25 animal welfare partners across the country in celebration of the 2024-2025 Petco Love Stories winners - with the grand prize winning organization receiving $100,000!
The Humane Society of Imperial County wants you to brag about your pet and submit your love story to inspire more pet adoptions and help shelter pets find loving homes. With over 100 shelter pets patiently waiting for loving homes while in our care, we are certain that your heartwarming Love Story will encourage more community members to make adoption their first choice!
“Petco Love Stories highlights the life-changing impact adopted pets have on the people who love them,” said Susanne Kogut, President of Petco Love. “These powerful stories not only celebrate the unbreakable bond between pets and their families, but also highlight the incredible work of our animal welfare organization partners across the country. We’re proud to champion these connections and help more pets find loving homes.”
Participants can submit their Love Story in written form or share a link to a public-facing social media video, or by using both formats. This allows adopters to creatively express the unique ways their pets have impacted their lives.
Submissions for Petco Love Stories are open to individuals ages 18 and older, or those with parental consent. In 500 words or less, participants can share their Love Story along with photos or videos of their adopted pet. Submissions opened on August 11th and close at 11:59 p.m. (CST) on September 29, 2025. Every adopter is asked to submit their Love Story via the submission form you can find, HERE, whether it’s written or a social media video.
The Humane Society of Imperial County encourages all past adopters to share their love story and help us continue saving lives through adoption. Show the world that adopted pets change our lives for the better.
About The Humane Society of Imperial County
The Humane Society of Imperial County is a private non-profit organization with BIG dreams of making a difference within our community! As our local agricultural community continues to grow, so do the needs for our animals and their welfare. Imperial County is known to have limited resources when compared to other shelters in urban and coastal areas, and our rural location and unique demographics have meant dealing with limited funding which directly impacts animal welfare services within our community. Despite the obstacles and limitations, our dedicated team of staff and volunteers has always been able to produce pawsitive outcomes for the thousands of homeless pets that enter out care each year! With the support of our community and the Love Stories they submit, we will be able to accomplish bigger and better things for the animals we serve.
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 nearly $421 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 7 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. Join us. Visit petcolove.org or follow on Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.
Media Contacts:
Devon Apodaca, Humane Society of Imperial County, hello@imperialcountyhumane.org
Crystal Bugary, Petco Love, media@petcolove.org
Need help putting your Love Story together? Here is a quick video with 4 easy steps to help share your story with the world:
