SaskPets is hosting the first Annual Sask Pet-a-Palooza in June 2026 in Saskatoon in collaboration with Lianne Matieshin Photography. We are looking forward to putting on an amazing Pet-centered and Pet-friendly event for you and your pets.
Event Details
Date: June 13th, 2026
Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Location: Sutherland Curling Club
141 Jessop Ave, Saskatoon
Your Hosts
Lianne Matieshin
Lianne has been around animals her entire life! She grew up on a farm that had cattle, chickens, pigs, dogs and cats. She has worked in the pet industry for 20 years. Her first job was at a dog boarding facility, she was a registered veterinary technician for 10 years, and has run her photography business that specializes in pet photography for over 10 years. She loves training and competing with her dogs in many sports, currently focusing on barn hunt, scent detection, disc, and dock diving and has also played flyball and agility. She currently has a 9 year old Border Collie named Drift, a 4 year old black Labrador Retriever named June, and an 8 year old cat named Hazel.
Lianne loves the pet community here in Saskatchewan and believes in supporting all of the amazing local businesses we have in our province. Lianne regularly donates her time and photography skills to many rescues in Saskatoon, donating raffle and silent auction items for many different causes, and provides the images for the Saskatoon Police Service K9 calendar fundraiser for the past 4 years.
Lianne wishes to recognize all of the amazing pet businesses we have in our area by providing them with an amazing event that they deserve to have! She’s so excited to be a part of Sask Pet-a-Palooza and creating an amazing event with Paige from SaskPets!
Paige Kowal
Paige has loved animals for as long as she can remember and has been passionate about working with them since she was able to. She currently has 2 dogs that she adopted from rescues within Saskatoon. Lily is around 9 and Bindi is 8, both are mix breeds.
Paige has worked in a variety of areas in the pet industry and has gained a lot of experience and knowledge. She owned and operated her own Dog Training business for 10 years, worked as a Pet Sitter, Dog Walker, Dog Daycare Attendant, Boarding Kennel Attendant and worked in a Pet Health Store. She has also volunteered with different rescue organizations in Saskatoon as well as a large Animal Sanctuary in Utah called Best Friends. Throughout her experience she has gained a lot of knowledge about many different types of pets as well as the different types of pet businesses and organizations we have in our province. She has learned about the many things that we are doing well, things we could add or improve on and ways to help out in our communities.
With this knowledge she created Saskatchewan's Pet Community, SaskPets, and knew she wanted to do so many different things within this community including building a Directory of as many pet-related businesses located in SK as she could find and make it available to everyone. She wanted to create handmade, unique, quality products for pets and their people, share helpful and fun information about pets and eventually host fun pet-centered events to bring the community together in person. She knew she couldn't do it on her own so when she connected with Lianne, owner of Lianne Matieshin Photography, and found out they shared a common passion the Sask Pet-a-Palooza was formed!
Entertainment
Details coming soon!
Sponsorship Opportunities
Details coming soon!
Vendors
Vendor Applications:
Early Bird open - September 15th, 2025 - November 15th, 2025
Regular open - January 15th, 2026 (if space still available)
We have limited Vendor spots available and limited spots in each category we are looking to fill. Our focus is Saskatchewan-based Pet Businesses but we will accept a limited number of applications from other business types as well.
More Details coming Soon!
Vendor List
Who will you see at the Sask Pet-a-Palooza this year?!
Check back mid-November!