Mahoning County pound's first adopt-a-thon attracts steady stream
YOUNGSTOWN
Johnna Blystone may be reluctant to concede that the world is going to the dogs, though she hoped that a dog would be going to her.
“I love animals; I like every single kind,” the 9-year-old Austintown girl said as she held and stroked a mostly-white Jack Russell terrier.
Johnna was among those who came to Saturday’s first Adopt-a-Thon event at the Mahoning County Dog Pound and Adoption Center, 589 Industrial Road on the city’s West Side.
Johnna and her parents, Brian and Rosalyn Blystone, were looking for a second dog to accompany Ooga, the family’s 8-year-old hound-mutt mix, Rosalyn explained.
A steady stream of people flowed into the facility to walk and interact with the estimated 60 dogs up for adoption during the three-hour event, which was to get as many animals as possible from the pound to compassionate and loving homes, organizers said.
Read more about the event and the dogs in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.