Complaints from vendors have also been widespread over the years, including 20 separate complaints filed with the Better Business Bureau in which vendors describe different shows that were canceled or rescheduled with little warning.

Many claimed they never received refunds.

Still, the company claims the St. Louis pet show will go on. The company sent an email to vendors promising that it will find a new location and date in early November for the expo and will refund all vendors who can’t make the new date.

But it has not yet announced a date or time for the event, according to vendors.

“Early November is next week. Why don’t they have any details?” said Tina Roe, who works with two pet nonprofits that bought booths at the expo: MO Min Pin Rescue and Missouri Lost and Found Paws.

The rescue paid $425 for a corner booth and the Lost and Found organization paid $450 for two booths.

“We don’t have big budgets, and it’s all run through donations, so that’s a lot of money for us,” Roe said. “And we just got another very sick dog. We need the money.”