“It’s alright, girl”

Volunteer walkers Derek Payne, left, and Scott Richardson offer comforting words to Nikita and Lexi, two of up to 100 dogs coming from Northern Ontario to the Sarnia and District Humane Society.

Volunteer walkers Derek Payne, left, and Scott Richardson offer comforting words to Nikita and Lexi, two of up to 100 dogs coming from Northern Ontario to the Sarnia and District Humane Society.

“Some of them have never been walked and don’t even know what a leash is,” Richardson said.

The Sarnia shelter is going head-to-head this weekend with the Welland SPCA in an “adoptathon challenge” to see which can find more permanent homes for the lost and abandoned pooches.

Glenn Ogilvie