Youngstown All Breed Training Club has new $1 million facility

NORTH JACKSON

It was years in the making, but the Youngstown All Breed Training Club has officially opened the doors to its new $1 million facility.

“Over the years, we’ve just put money away through events that we’ve held,” said Perri Graf, club president. “It’s all been through donations and events that we’ve held.”

The building was completed March 1, but Saturday, club members, their dogs, and a variety of vendors greeted the public at an open house.

“Just to let the public know we’re here, what we do, we’re here to help them,” Graf said.

The new facility sits on eight acres and includes 18,375 square feet of indoor training floor and offices. Eventually, outdoor rings and tracking and hunting facilities will be built.

This is the first facility owned by the club in its 60-year history.

The purpose of the nonprofit club is to educate dog owners in the care and discipline of their dogs, and to provide facilities and opportunities for training.  

“We’re here to help people train their dogs,” Graf said. “We don’t take their dogs [and train them]. We actually train the owners to train their own dogs.”

Club members train more than 1,000 people a year, she said.