Health & SafetyImportant Alert
Central Texas heat: keeping your Waco dog safe on hot days
Waco summers stay dangerously hot well into fall. Hot pavement and parked cars are the biggest risks — here's the quick, vet-backed playbook.
For Waco dog parents
Give your dog their best Waco life
Your dog is family. We help you find the places, people, services, and events that make life with them in Waco even better — and we say when bringing them along is not the right call.
Keep Waco Wagging by Platinum Scoops
What do you need today?
If it involves your dog in Waco, start here
Dog-friendly Waco
Where can we go together — and what is it actually like with a dog?
Explore Dog-Friendly Waco →Dog care
Who can I trust with my dog when they should stay somewhere safe?
See Dog Care →Wag Watch
What changed that could matter to you and your dog this week?
Read Wag Watch →This weekend
What can we do in Waco with a dog — and when should we leave them home?
See Waco Dog Weekend →Dog Match
You may love the dog. Can you live with the dog?
A lifestyle matcher for the life you actually live — not a personality quiz.
Wag Watch
What Waco dog parents need to know
Timely, sourced updates for Waco and McLennan County dog parents.
New & NoteworthyGood to Know
Free fall concerts return to Waco's dog-friendly Bridge Street Plaza
The free Levitt AMP Waco Music Series is back at Bridge Street Plaza this fall (Sept 10–Oct 8, 2026) — an easy, walkable outing at a leashed-dog-welcome public space.
Waco Dog Weekend · September 12–13
What are we doing with the dog this weekend?
This weekend, move one purchase to a local business.You don't have to spend extra — just move one purchase you were already going to make.
Saturday · 9 AM–1 PM
Waco Downtown Farmers Market
200 E Bridge St, Waco, TX
This may be one of the easiest ways to move a purchase local this weekend. Grab produce, bread, breakfast, meat, baked goods, honey, or something else you would have purchased anyway — and buy it directly from a local producer.
Saturday
Street Dog Cafe
406 Elm Ave, Waco, TX
If coffee or breakfast was already part of your Saturday plan, make that your local purchase. Street Dog Cafe gives Waco dog people an easy place to grab breakfast or coffee while supporting a local business.
Sunday · 12:00 PM–8:00 PM
Doggie Day at The Will — Dash for the Daisies
5984 N State Hwy 6, Waco, TX
Dog-focused activities, the Dash for the Daisies Dachshund Derby, and a chance to shop local vendors at HomeGrown Sunday.
Keep Waco Wagging Approved
Waco, Texas
Give your dog their best Waco life.
Your dog is family. Find the places, people, services, events, and experiences that make life with them in Waco even better. We live here, we have dogs, and we would rather tell you the patio has no shade than pretend every outing is a good idea.
“They are not boarding. They are visiting — bathed in the kitchen sink, dried with the good towels.”
Jackye Clayton, founder
When they should stay home
Care you can actually trust
Poop scooping, boarding, daycare, training, wedding pet attendant services, and Camp Clayton themed daycare in Waco. Taking your dog everywhere is not the job. Leaving them with people who know them is part of a good life.
From our clients
“Jacqueline & Todd are exceptional! They handled my 100lb Rottie with grace, and gave her so much love and attention. I'm so happy to have…”
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“This couple Rock! We adopted our dog late March 2026. Early May, she was sick and diagnosed with Pancreatitis... They did amazing with al…”
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From the shop
Cute shirts. Local impact. More tails wagging.
The Wag Club
If it involves your dog in Waco, stay in the loop.
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